Government
Head of the Canadian Government
What is Prime Minister? (Mark Carney)
What are federal, provincial, and municipal
What party is leading the House?
Liberals
level of government where there is an election right now
municipal
The leader of the Federal government is called a...
What is Prime Minister.
Represents the Monarch
What is governor general?
Level of government in charge of responsible for issues that affect Canada as a whole country
What is federal?
determines how many MPs a province has
what is population?
popular vote
total amount of votes, Shows how many voted for a certain party
the liberal party has a ____________ government
minority
Members of the executive branch
What are Prime Minister, Governor General, and Cabinet
Seats are occupied by
What are members of parliament?
Election
contests where candidates campaign for our support & our vote
seats needed to be a majority gov
170+
No bill is passed in Parliament without
What is royal assent?
Level of government in charge of Public Parks, Libraries, Police, and Fire Services
What is municipal?
This branch comprised of house of commons and senate
What is the legislative Branch/parliament
system of representation in the House
Representation by population
When different political parties form a temporary alliance
Role of the executive branch
What is proposes laws and puts them into action?
Examples of what federal of government does
What is International Relations, Immigration, Criminal Law, Taxes, National Defence, Foreign Policy
This is where the elected members of parliament (MP's) discuss important issues, and make decisions about bills and laws.
What is the House of Commons.
First - past- the-post
how an MP wins his/her seat (riding), candidate with most votes = MP to represent that riding in the House
benefits of a majority government
Stability, efficiency, consistency