Types of Governments
In this system of government, citizens vote for who they want to run the country.
What is a democracy?
This is the name of Canada's current head of state, the Monarch of Canada.
Who is King Charles III?
This branch of government includes the House of Commons and the Senate, and is responsible for creating new laws.
What is the legislative branch?
These are the two official languages of Canada.
What are English and French?
This Canadian political party follows liberalism as its political ideology, making it the party closest to the centre of the political spectrum.
What is the Liberal Party of Canada?
In this system of government, one person holds all political power by seizing control of the military and building a cult of personality.
What is a dictatorship?
This person represents the Monarch in Canada at the federal level and performs ceremonial roles.
Who is the Governor General?
This branch of government includes the court system, which is responsible for judging whether laws are constitutional and determining whether people have broken the law.
What is the judicial branch?
On the Charter, having the right to vote and to run for political office are examples of these types of rights.
What are democratic rights?
This Canadian political party follows conservatism as its political ideology, believing in lower taxes, smaller government, more private businesses, and a stronger military.
What is the Conservative Party of Canada?
In this system of government, a royal family holds political power and passes their authority from generation to generation.
What is a monarchy?
This person is the leader of the political party with the most seats in the House of Commons.
Who is the Prime Minister?
This branch of government includes the Governor General, the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council, the Cabinet, and Ministries, which are responsible for putting new laws into action.
What is the executive branch?
On the Charter, this category of rights includes the right to a lawyer, the right to be informed of reasons for arrest, and the right to be protected from unreasonable search and seizure.
What are legal rights?
This Canadian political party follows socialism as its political ideology and believes in workers' rights, more social welfare programs, environmental protections, and social justice policies.
What is the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP)?
In democracies, this document outlines the duties and structure of government, the laws of the country, and the rights of citizens.
What is a constitution?
These politicians represent specific federal electoral districts in the House of Commons.
Who are Members of Parliament?
This term describes the system of balancing power between the three government branches.
What is a system of checks and balances?
On the Charter, these types of rights describe where Canadians are allowed to travel and live.
What are mobility rights?
This political ideology is found on the far left of the political spectrum and often creates dictatorships, with the government owning everything, a ban on private property ownership, and the elimination of division between social classes.
What is communism?
This is the term for a democracy in which a president serves as the head of state.
What is a republic?
These are the three levels of government in Canada.
What are federal, provincial, and municipal governments?
These politicians are not elected and serve in a chamber of the legislative branch until the age of 75.
Who are Senators?
This controversial clause allows Parliament and provincial governments to override certain rights and freedoms in the Charter.
What is the notwithstanding clause?
This political ideology is found on the far right of the political spectrum and often creates dictatorships, with military expansion and nationalism promoted, and the creation of a strict social hierarchy in which some groups of people are deemed superior over others.
What is fascism?