Branches of Government
All three branches of government.
What are executive, legislative, and judicial?
The SPCA is an example of this.
What is lobby group?
This branch's primary role is to make laws.
What is the legislative branch?
The electoral system used to elect Canada's members of Parliament.
What is First Past the Post?
The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group.
What is quality of life?
This branch has the prime minister and the cabinet ministers.
What is the executive branch?
An advertisement by Mac that states that iPods are better than other MP3 players is an example of this.
What is bias?
This person performs royal assent before a bill can become a law.
Who is the governor general?
This determines the total vote cast in an election.
What is popular vote?
Canada's government is ________ to citizens. If they do not do what we want, we can choose not to elect them again.
What is accountable?
This position was created to ensure that all regions of Canada have an equal voice in the federal government and represent the interests of Canada's minority groups.
These are used by politicians as a way of controlling their image in the media.
What are slogans?
After the House of Commons, a bill then goes to this place, whose members usually pass the bill.
What is the senate?
This occurs when a cabinet formed in the House of Commons with a political party does not have more than 50% of overall seats in parliament.
What is minority government?
For example, Minister of Transportation.
What is Portfolio?
The head of state, but does not play an active role in Canada's government.
Who is the monarch?
This person is hired to voice the views of a group and provide expertise on issues that affect its members.
They decide which bills will be introduced into Canada's parliament.
Who are the Prime Minister and the Cabinet ministers?
This is the party that wins the second highest number of seats in an election. Their job is to question the government.
What is the official opposition?
A person who lives in a riding and votes is a ______________.
What is constituent?
This branch deals with all legal cases & constitutional issues.
What is the judicial branch?
Bonus: Canada's government is considered a Constitutional ______________ and Parliamentary _______________.
Monarchy, Democracy
The reason that Canada is called a two-chamber system.
What is because there are two components to decision making: the House of Commons and the Senate.
This is how the seats in the House of Commons and the Senate are distributed.
Senate seats are guaranteed by the Constitution while the seats in the House are determined by population.
When a culture adapts to a dominant culture. For example, First Nations in Canada.
What is assimilation?