Government Structure
The highest law of the land that organizes the government.
What is the Constitution?
A geographic area represented by an MP or MLA
What is a Riding or Constituency?
A group of people with similar ideas who try to get their candidates elected
What is a Political Party?
A proposed law that has yet to be passed
What is a Bill?
The term for those who work for the government but are not elected.
What is Civil Service?
The branch of government responsible for enforcing laws
What is the Executive Branch?
The method of voting where the candidate with the most votes in a riding wins.
What is First-Past-the-Post?
A government where the ruling party has more than 50% of the seats in the House of Commons.
What is a Majority Government?
The process where the Governor General signs a bill into law
What is Royal Assent?
The term for how we transmit information, which can influence government and the public.
What is Media?
The branch of government responsible for creating laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The system where all votes count toward the total seats won by a party.
What is Proportional Representation?
A government where the ruling party has less than 50% of the seats in the House of Commons
What is a Minority Government?
The approval process for changing a bill into law.
What is Legislation?
A group of people who seek to influence government decisions but do not run for office.
What is a Lobby Group?
The branch of government responsible for ensuring that the other two branches do not become too powerful.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The group of people eligible to vote in an election
What is the Electorate?
The upper house of Canada’s Parliament meant to provide sa ober second thought
What is the Senate?
The responsibility of a Cabinet Minister related to their assigned area.
What is a Portfolio?
The phrase or motto used in advertising and politics.
What is a Slogan?
The official leader of the governing party in Canada.
Who is the Prime Minister?
The type of democracy where citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them.
What is Representative Democracy?
The official leader of Canada is represented by the governor general.
Who is the Head of State?
The term for bringing the Canadian Constitution home from Britain in 1982.
What is Patriation?
The ability of a nation to govern itself without outside influence.
What is Sovereignty?