Democracy
We each choose an individual or candidate to represent us by participating in this democratic process
What is voting?
This is the document which promises specific rights and freedoms for all Canadians.
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
These Indigenous groups are often lead by a Chief
Who are the First Nations, Metis, and Inuit?
A political party can form a government in two ways
What are minority and majority governments?
According to this act, men who owned property could vote in Canada starting in 1867
What is the British North America act?
These people can vote once they turn 18
Who are Canadian citizens?
This category guarantees Canadians the right to practice religion, express our own opinions, and protest against our government.
What are Fundamental Freedoms?
Education, hospitals, highways and natural resources are run by this branch of government
What is the provincial government?
Canada is divided into 343 of these
What are electoral districts?
This was the year that white women who owned property could vote
What is 1918?
There are 5 major political parties on a federal level
Who are conservatives, liberals, NDP, green party, and Bloc Quebecois?
According to our legal rights, everyone is considered ___ until proven guilty
What is innocent?
This term refers to representatives for people on the provincial level
What are MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly)?
Electoral districts are determined by these factors... (there are 4)
What are population size, geography, culture, and language?
Indigenous people could only vote if they gave this up
What is "Indian status"?
This is where the federal government meets
What is Parliament Hill?
These are the two languages that all Canadian government employees should be able to speak according to our Official Languages of Canada rights
What are English and French?
This term refers to representatives at the federal level of government
What are MPs (Members of Parliament)?
Candidates who receive the least amount of votes and are least likely to win a federal election run as...
What are independants?
This was the first province to allow some women the right to vote
What is Manitoba?
Canada's democracy can be described as these two things
What are a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy?
A right is something you are allowed to have or do and it cannot be taken away while a responsibility is...
What you have to do to make sure everyone else gets fair access to their rights too
One of these things is not under the federal government's control: money and taxes, the military, protecting Indigenous rights, healthcare
What is healthcare?
The voting system where the candidate who wins the most number of votes get elected, even if they win by one vote!
What is First-Past-The-Post?
List the groups of people who gained the right to vote in these years: 1948, 1950 and 1960
Who are Asian Canadians, Inuit people of Canada, and First Nations peoples?