The Federal Machine
This branch of the federal government includes the Prime Minister and the Cabinet; it is responsible for the day-to-day business of government and putting laws into action
What is the Executive Branch?
This piece of federal legislation, established in 2003, defines how the justice system treats youth aged 12 to 17 who have broken the law
What is the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA)?
This economic system, used in Canada, sits in the middle of the spectrum because it involves both government and individual decision-making
What is a Mixed Economy?
This specific class of immigrants is the only one required to qualify under Canada's "point system"
What are Economic Immigrants?
These three groups are recognized by the Canadian Constitution as having collective rights for historical and constitutional reasons
Who are First Nations, Métis, and Inuit?
This is the principle used to determine seats in the House of Commons, ensuring provinces with larger populations have more representatives
What is "Representation by Population" (or "Rep by Pop")?
According to your sources, these are the three conditions you must meet to be eligible to vote in Canada: be a citizen, be 18 years old, and be this
What is "a human"?
This is the basic economic problem where people have unlimited wants but only limited resources to satisfy them
What is scarcity?
This is the current minimum number of points an economic immigrant needs to qualify for entry into Canada (Hint: your generations favorite)
What is 67 points?
This 1876 act gave the federal government authority over "Indians and Lands Reserved for Indians" and was used to push for assimilation
What is the Indian Act?
A person who competes for the job of an elected representative during a federal election is known by this term
What is a candidate?
This term describes providing different treatment or accommodations to individuals (like handicap stalls or differentiated exams) based on their specific needs.
What is equitable?
If many consumers want a product but there is a very low supply available, this is what usually happens to the price
What is the price increases?
This 1914 event involved a ship from India being turned back from Vancouver harbor due to discriminatory immigration clauses
What is the Komagata Maru?
This person led the Métis Provisional Government during the Red River Resistance and is considered the founder of Manitoba
Who is Louis Riel?
This 1931 act gave Canada full legislative autonomy, meaning it could pass its own laws without needing Britain's approval
What is the Statute of Westminster?
This law allows the government to suspend the rights of people during times of war, invasion, or violent uprising; it has been used three times in Canadian history
What is the War Measures Act?
These are government-owned companies, such as CBC or Canada Post, that provide essential services and support Canadian culture
What are Crown Corporations?
This agreement allows Quebec to nominate a percentage of immigrants and requires them to send their children to French-language schools
What is the Canada-Quebec Accord?
This Quebec law, passed in 1977, established French as the official language of government and business within the province
What is Bill 101?
These are the three distinct branches of Canada’s federal political system
What are the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches?
Under the YCJA, the media is generally prohibited from doing this to a youth charged with a crime to protect their privacy
What is publishing their name?
These are the three "factors of production" needed to produce any good or service
What are Land, Labour, and Capital?
These are the four main categories of immigrants recognized by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
What are Economic, Family Class, Refugees, and "Other"?
There are this many "Numbered Treaties" across Canada, which are historic agreements between the Crown and First Nations
What are 11 treaties?