Cast your vote!
It’s what you’ll need to have with you in order to get your ballot for a federal election.
What's identification?
It’s the name of those people who run for election.
What are candidates?
It's what MPs do with a bill, on the way to making it a law (2 things).
What is read it, study it in committee, amend it, debate it, or vote on it?
It's how members of parliament get their jobs.
What is an election?
It’s the word for the draft of a new law, before it becomes a law.
What is a bill?
It’s what we call a group of people with similar political ideas.
What's a political party?
It’s the name of the container where you drop your vote.
What is a ballot box?
What are campaign promises?
It's what the executive branch (Cabinet and PM) mostly does.
What is 'run the country through all the government ministries / departments"?
It's how a senator gets her job.
What is: committee recommendation, selection by the PM, or appointment by the Governor General?
It’s the word for changes made as the government works to perfect a new law.
What are amendments?
Members of Parliament are accountable to them.
Who are voters or Canadians?
It’s the name of the place in your riding where you’ll go to vote.
What is a polling station?
It's how long a party gets to govern before the next election comes.
What is 4 years?
It's what the legislative branch of government mostly does.
What is make or change laws?
First you get chosen to lead your party, then you win a seat in parliament and finally your party wins the election.
How do you become Prime Minister of Canada?
It’s this group that suggests most of Canada’s new laws.
What is the cabinet?
It's a term that means the same number of citizens get to elect the same number of leaders.
What is rep by pop or representation by population?
It's where an MP is elected by his/her constituents.
What is a riding or constituency?
It’s the document that outlines the main ideas and solutions that a party plans to do, if elected.
What is a party platform?
It's what the judicial branch of government mostly does.
What is 'enforce laws'?
He or she is the king's representative in Canada.
Who is the Governor General?
It’s the chamber of sober second thought, where laws are evaluated by high-ranking Canadians.
What is the senate?
These are the 3 levels of government in Canada.
What are: municipal, provincial and federal?
It’s what determines the boundaries of a riding.
What is population?
It's the issue that can happen because of the way we count ballots and decide winners by riding.
What is: having a winning party that did not get the popular vote? (most votes)
These teams of MPs and experts study bills and suggest improvements.
What are committees?
This is the name for the idea that everyone needs to follow the law, no matter how wealthy or powerful.
What is Rule of Law?
This is the person who puts the final stamp of approval on a new law.
Who is the Governor General?
This is the name of the highest law of our land. Every other law must respect it.
What is: the Constitution?