Old Age Security, Employment Insurance,Child Tax Benefits,
What is a social program?
100
A company owned by Canada gov't to provide essential services, economic development and support of Canadian culture and identity
What is a crown corporation?
100
These are women who were fighting for voting rights
What is suffragettes?
100
This group influence Canadian's opinions
Who are lobbyists?
100
this sometimes creates unbalance information in the news
What is bias?
200
Competition Act
What law prevents "misleading of false claims" in advertising in Canada?
200
This agreement helps Quebec "recruit" French immigrants
What is the Canada-Quebec Accord?
200
1867
When did the BNA Act come into effect?
200
These are the steps of lawmaking...
What are
First reading/Second reading/Committee stage/Third reading and then Royal Assent?
200
Workers have a fight to form unions.
Law describes bargaining procedures for unions and employers.
Set standards for wages hours, safety, holidays
What are labour laws?
300
Public transit, wind turbines, solar panels, biofuels, power plants
How has the Canadian gov't tried to reduce emissions?
300
Refugee, family, economic, other
What are the 4 classes of immigration?
300
This happened in 1876 and it infringed on their rights of religion, thoughts and beliefs and freedom of opinion of certain peoples.
What is the Indian Act?
300
responsible for spending by gov't
protection for gov't employees
dealing with the "wrong doings" of the gov't
What is the Federal Accountability Act?
400
Publicly administered, comprehensive, universal, portable, and accessible
What are 5 principles of Healthcare in Canada?
400
to reunite families in Canada, respect bilingual and multiculturalism, it benefits all Canadians
What are the objectives of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act?
400
Europeans believed their culture to be superior to other cultures.
What is ethnocentrism?
400
Encompasses the 5 "R's"
What is the Youth Criminal Justice Act?
400
This legislation establishes collective rights of groups in Canada
What are the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
500
Identity, Health and Safety, Jobs, Environment, Marketing
What 5 factors guide a consumer?
500
publicly owned, gov't makes decisions, individual consumers have little influence,
What are the characteristics of a planned economy?
500
Aboriginal peoples, francophones and anglophones
What groups hold collective rights in Canada?
500
Environment, Democratic Reform, Indian and Northern Affairs, Public Safety, Treasury etc...
What are cabinet minister portfolios?
500
They work independently of gov't, they work with youths and adults who have broken the law and help them return to the community, they stand up for the rights if offenders