The Canadian Government
This type of government is where a small group of people are in power.
A written proposal for a law. Introduced in Parliament and, if passed, becomes an act.
What is a bill?
A LINEAR GRAPH that measures political ideas. Political parties make policies that ultimately determine where they lie on this graph.
What is the political spectrum?
Provides fundamental rules and principles that govern our country.
What is the Constitution Act?
Contests of leadership, ideas, politics and power, where interested individuals campaign for our vote.
What is an election?
Libraries are this level of government responsibility.
What is municipal government?
An appointed official by the Governor General who works on national issues and provides an independent, non-partisan review of federal legislation.
What is a senator?
This ideology favours social and economic equality.
What is left-wing ideology?
You have the freedom to rally to express your disagreements.
What is fundamental freedoms?
A successful candidate must receive the most votes in order to be elected in their area.
What is First-Past-the-Post/Single-Member Plurality?
Represented by the Prime Minister (Mark Carney) and the Parliament. They manage NATIONAL issues and responsibilities.
What is federal government?
High-ranking members appointed by the Premier to serve as heads of government ministries (e.g., Education, Environment). They formulate and administer government policy.
What is the Cabinet?
This supports the government or community owning major industries and resources, rather than private or individual ownership.
What is socialism?
You have the right to live and work anywhere in Canada.
What is mobility rights?
If a candidate has no opponents, or if the number of candidates match the number of council seats to be filled, the candidate(s) win automatically and there is no election.
What is acclamation?
Canada’s head of state is tied to the British monarch (in this case, King Charles III) but their influence is limited by Canadian Constitution and laws.
What is constitutional monarchy?
A ceremonial staff that symbolizes the authority of the Speaker to oversee the Legislature. It is carried into the Chamber by the Sergeant-at-Arms.
What is the Mace?
This supports maximizing an individual’s liberty and reducing government power as much as possible.
What is libertarian?
You have the right to education based on your prefered official language.
What is minority language education rights?
You rank candidates according to your preference (first choice, second choice, etc.). Each winning candidate must have a majority of the vote (more than 50% of the votes).
What is ranked ballots?
This branch is the court system in Canada responsible for interpreting the law, protecting citizens’ rights, and determining the appropriate punishment for people who break the law.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This is the difference between of how a law is passed in the provincial vs. federal government.
What is the same process as provincial laws but is recognized by the governor general and given royal assent and proclamation?
This means the country is usually dominated by two large parties — one of the left (favouring social reform and activist government) and one of the right (favouring social tradition and limited government)— there is almost always a strong third-place party as well.
What is the two party-plus system?
You have to be a Canadian citizen and be at at least 18 years old to run as a candidate.
What is democratic rights?
This occurs when a political party wins more than half the ridings in an election. The party with the greatest number of seats forms the government and do not need to rely on votes of other parties to pass legislation.
What is a majority government?