Legislative Branch
What is the Senate?
The representative of Britain's monarch for Canadian affairs
The final court of appeal in Canada
What is the Supreme Court of Canada?
What is the House of Commons?
The branch of government least affiliated with the other 2
What is the Judicial Branch?
Elected officials who introduce and debate bills in the House of Commons
Who are MPs (Members of Parliament)?
A Member of Parliament with many roles: Political party leader, cabinet leader, and Head of Government
Who is the Prime Minister?
12 of Canada's 13 provinces and territories have this many levels of courts
What is 3 (lower, superior and appeal)?
The one province or territory with a different number of levels of courts than the other provinces/territories
What is Nunavut?
A member of the legislative branch that often debates other members of the legislative branch
What is an MP?
After a bill is passed by both the House of Commons and the Senate, it has to receive Royal Assent from this person.
Who is the Governor-General?
A collection of MPs appointed by the Prime Minister to develop policies to govern the country. Hint: Most members oversee a government department.
What is the Cabinet?
Other than Federal Courts of Appeal, these other courts can appeal a case to the Supreme Court
What are Provincial/Territorial Courts of Appeal?
Something proposed by a senator or MP that can eventually become federal legislation
What is a bill?
When one refers to "Parliament", they are actually referring to this branch of government
What is the Legislative Branch?
These officials are appointed by the Governor-General, at the advice of this person, a member of a different Branch.
Who is the Prime Minister?
The three parts to the Executive Branch
What are the Prime Minister, the Monarch (or Governor-General) and the Cabinet?
There are this many justices on Canada's supreme court.
What is 9?
The court system that specializes in intellectual property, maritime law, and tax assessments
What is the Federal Court System?
The legislative branch passes laws, the executive branch implements laws, and the judicial branch does this
What is "interprets laws"?
The name (other than riding) for a region represented by a Member of Parliament
What is a constituency?
The Governor-General has the right to do this to Parliament if they believe Parliament would not successfully govern the country
What is dissolve?
This aspect of a different political branch (also known as the Governor-In-Council) can refer legal questions to the Supreme Court
What is the cabinet?
The only member of all three branches of Canada's government
Who is the Minster of Justice (MP, Cabinet, deals with Judicial affairs)?
The term "Government" when used inside the House of Commons refers to these three aspects of the legislative and executive branches
Who are the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the MPs from the governing party?