Program created in 1927 to assist seniors with their level of income
What is Old Age Pension
100
This bill, created in 1960, guaranteed the right to life liberty personal security and enjoyment of property equality before the law,
What is the Bill of Rights
100
Passed by the government in 1946, the goal of this act was to "reinforce Canadian identity and unity, to encourage cultural diversification, and preserve human rights and fundamental freedoms"
What is Citizenship Act
100
Canada became a member of this international alliance after WW1
What is the League of Nations
100
The term given to describe Canada's solidification of our own Constitution
What is patriation
200
Social program created in 1945 sometimes referred to as a 'baby bonus'
What is Family Allowance
200
"Status Indians" received the right to vote in federal and provincial elections in this year
What is 1960
200
This act, signed in 1988, declared the equality and value of all cultural groups in Canada
What is Official Multiculturalism
200
Canada became a member of this international organization after WW2
What is the United Nations
200
Prime Minister dedicated to "bringing home" the constitution
Who is Pierre Eliot Trudeau
300
Created in 1940, this program was put into place to assist people who found themselves temporarily out of work
What is the Unemployment Insurance Act
300
This modern organization began to form to solidify the pursuit of First Nations rights in 1968, then called The National Indian Brotherhood.
What is the Assembly of First Nations
300
Group of politicians whose mandate was to "develop Canadian confederation based on an equal partnership between two founding races"
What is Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism
300
Canadian involvement in this famous raid helped the allies successfully plan the D-day invasion
What is the raid at Dieppe
300
Quebec premier who refused to sign the constitutional agreement because it did not satisfy Quebec's demands for a "distinct society"
Who is Renee Levesque
400
This program was finalized in 1966, taking an example from Saskatchewan premier Tommy Douglas, it provided federal funding for provincial health care
What is the Medical Care Act
400
Many citizens of Quebec were opposed to signing Canada's constitution because they considered themselves a ....
What is distinct society
400
This government law officially declared Canada a bilingual country
What is Official Languages Act
400
Term given to the allies policy in dealing with Hitler during his "rebuilding" of Germany prior to WW2
What is appeasement
400
Term given to a group of premiers who gathered to amend Trudeau's initial constitutional proposal
What is the Gang of Eight
500
Term used referring to Canada as a result of the creation of social assistance programs
What is the Welfare Sate
500
Created in 1948, this UN charter helped to establish the idea that all human beings have a right to the basic necessities of life, equality, and fair treatment under the law.
What is the Universal declaration of Human rights
500
This PM spearheaded the initiative for the Maple Leaf as our national flag.
Who is Lester B. Pearson
500
The first treaty signed independently by Canada, without seeking the consent of the British government
What is the Halibut Treaty
500
Controversial constitutional program which premiers were reluctant to sign as a result of centralization of judicial powers