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100
A term used by political scientists to describe the inner logic that ties the political institutions of a country together into a coherent whole
What is a regime?
100
Powers reserved for governors general to use on their own initiative. These powers are meant to ensure that we have a government that enjoys the confidence of the House.
What are reserve powers?
100
The unelected body of our parliament
What is the Senate?
100
A method of political organization that divides the powers & responsibilities between a national government and regional governments. Each is elected by the people, and each is sovereign within its own sphere
What is federalism?
200
A set of rules that authoritatively establishes both the structure and the fundamental principles of the political regime
What is a constitution?
200
The body that is given the all-important right to "advise" the governor general in the exercise of his or her power
What is the Queen's Privy Council a.k.a The Cabinet?
200
This hot topic includes ideas about changing the way one becomes a senator, about revising the powers of the Senate, and about reforming the relationship between the Senate and the House of Commons.
What is Senate reform?
200
This term refers to any power not specifically reserved for the provinces
What are residual powers?
300
The first country in history to unite federalism and parliamentarianism
What is Canada?
300
A speech that outlines the legislative program that the government is proposing to Parliament.
What is a throne speech?
300
This body of parliament is also referred to as the confidence chamber
What is the House of Commons?
300
The Fathers of Confederation intended to create a system in which the federal government would dominate. This term refers to a type of federal union in which power is concentrated at the national level.
What is centralized authority?
400
This term refers to the way in which the executive and the legislate branches are organized. The government (the political executive) is answerable to the legislative branch (the House of Commons).
What is responsible government?
400
This type of executive is more ceremonial than real.
What is the formal executive?
400
The controlling and regulating body of parliament
What is the Senate?
400
This term refers to the redistribution of federal tax revenue to provinces whose tax revenues fall below a national average standard in order to ensure that Canadian citizens have roughly the same level of government services and taxation.
What are equalization payments?
500
This term refers to a constitutional rule based on implicit political agreement that is enforced in the political arena rather than by the courts
What is a constitutional convention?
500
This type of executive is what we would consider to be the actual source of power
What is the real executive?
500
The initiating branch of parliament
What is the House of Commons?
500
Only these levels of government are constitutionally recognized in Canada
What are the federal and provincial governments?
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