chapters 1-5 key terms Flashcards
Political system
Structure of government
Governance
Process of governing
Economic system
How society organizes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services
Bias
An opinion based on unchanged assumptions
Lobbyists
People hired by a group to influence MP’s and government officials
Unbiased
Without preconceived ideas
Executive branch
Part of the government responsible for putting laws into action
Legislative branch
Part of the government that makes laws
Judicial branch
Part of the government that applies and interprets laws
House of Commons
Part of the legislative branch, made up of members of parliament( MP’s) that debate, study and vote on laws
Constituents
People that live in a particular riding
Popular vote
The total votes cast in an election
Royal assent
Given by the Governor General that makes a bill into a law
Law making path
House of Commons-senate-royal assent
Assimilation
To become part of a different cultural group that is not your own
YCJA
Youth criminal justice act
Rehabilitate
To install positive behaviours and attitudes
Reintegrate
To make part of again
Validity
Reliable information based in facts
Defence
The lawyer and evidence that represents an accused person
Justice
Applying laws
Sequester
To remove jurors from all outside contact
Community service
Help in a community that is served as part of a sentence
Fair and equitable
Rules that apply to everyone, but take into account individual needs
Sentence
A consequence for crime
Prosecution
The lawyer and eve dunce that supports the guilt of an accused person
Advocacy
Independent groups that help find solutions to the underlying reasons for crime
Fundamental freedoms
Example: the right to choose your religion
Democratic rights
Example: right to vote
Mobility rights
Example: right to leave Canada
Equality rights
Example: the right to be free of gender discrimination
Legal rights
Example: the right to be free of imprisonment without evidence
Internment
To be imprisoned because of your identity
Charter of rights and freedoms
A list of rights and freedoms in Canada that makes our society free and democratic
Constitution
Set of laws that establish governance… Highest law in Canada
Individual rights
Rights and freedoms that is inherent to every Canadian citizen
Labour unions
An organization of workers that acts to protect workers rights and interests
Affirm
To validate and express commitment to something
Collective rights
The rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian Society for historical and constitutional reasons
Collective identity
The shared identity of a group of people, especially because of their common language and culture.
Inherent rights
Rights with origins in fundamental Justice (passed down)
Reserve
Land for the exclusive use of First Nations
Patriate
To bring to a country something that belongs to the country
Script
In Metis history, a document could be exchanged for land and was offered to Metis ( numbered treaties)
Ethnocentrism
The belief that ones culture is superior to all other cultures
Annuity
An annual payment
Autonomy
Authority to make decisions
Metis
People with a French and Indian origin
Passed form parents of both the French and Indian decent
Immigration
The process of people establishing homes, and often citizenship in a country that is not their native country
Demographic
To do with the characteristics if populations
Labour force growth
The growth of the “labour force” it the number if people who can work
Refugee
A person who seeks refuge in another country because of danger or persecution in their home country
Accord
A formal agreement
Point system
Dates from 1967 and applied to only economic immigrants. Criteria Canada uses to accept different immigrants
Provincial nominee program
Under the provincial nomination program, provinces can “ nominate” a percentage of the immigrants Canada selects each year
Canada-Quebec accord
A specific agreement with Quebec that allows them to nominate the percentage of immigrants to Canada to correspond with their population in Canada
Economic immigrant
Skilled workers and professionals who are immigrants
Family class immigrant
Immigrants that have travelled with spouses, partners, children, parents and grandparents of people living in Canada
Immigration law vs. immigration policy
Migration law says who is allowed into Canada where as a policy sets the procedures for evaluating immigrants and dahs how many people are allowed to enter into Canada per year
