QUESTIONS
What is political science
the academic study of government and the state.
What is the constitution
The Constitution is a set of laws containing the basic rules about how our country operates.
What is a responsible government?
Responsible government refers to a government that is responsible to the people
How many branches are in the federal government?
And what are they?
3
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
What does administration of justice mean?
–Administration of justice: meaning, actually giving out the punishment and carrying out the sentence (prisons).
Where did politics originate from?
The word "politics" is based on Greek, and it originated in Greece
What are natural rights?
–Natural Rights: Universal, does not vary from culture to culture, cannot be restrained or repealed by human laws.
– Right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness.
What is the supreme courts role?
to interpret the Constitution and limit the powers of the other branches of government.
What are the provincial government responsible for?
–The provinces are responsible for public schooling, health and social services, highways, the administration of justice, and local government.
True or False?
Senators are appointed
True
What is politics?
the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power
What did John Locke believe about human nature?
Locke believed that human nature is characterized by reason and tolerance
What is judicial review?
determines which laws and policies are constitutional, or allowable, and which are not.
The cabinet has members...
–of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the top leaders of the executive branch.
What is the Senates purpose?
–The Senate's purpose is to consider and revise legislation, investigate national issues, and most crucially according to the Constitution — give the regions of Canada an equal voice in Parliament
Who believed that human nature is "nasty, brutish and short.”
Thomas Hobbes
What contains the powers and limitations of federal and provincial governments?
The constitution contains the power and limits of the federal government and those of the provincial governments in Canada
What does the executive branch do?
–broadly responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing the laws made by the legislative branch.
What is the house of commons responsibility?
–making laws (legislation), checking the work of the government (scrutiny), and debating current issues.
Who are members of the judicial branches?
–Members are judges who are public officers appointed to preside in a court of justice, to interpret and apply the laws of Canada.
–A social contract –"the mutual transferring of right” - must develop in order to maintain society.
–agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
What is a federal system?
Countries that have federal governments systems, divide power between a strong national government and smaller local governments.
True or False
The judicial branch independent of the legislative and executive branches.
True
How are members in the House of Commons elected
elected in single-member constituency elections or by-elections.
Who represents the monarch ?
the Monarch (represented in Canada by the Governor General)