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Political system

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Structure of government

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Governance

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Process of governing

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Economic system

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How society organizes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services

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Bias

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An opinion based on unchanged assumptions

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Lobbyists

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People hired by a group to influence MP’s and government officials

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Unbiased

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Without preconceived ideas

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Executive branch

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Part of the government responsible for putting laws into action

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Legislative branch

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Part of the government that makes laws

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Judicial branch

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Part of the government that applies and interprets laws

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House of Commons

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Part of the legislative branch, made up of members of parliament( MP’s) that debate, study and vote on laws

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Constituents

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People that live in a particular riding

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Popular vote

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The total votes cast in an election

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Royal assent

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Given by the Governor General that makes a bill into a law

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Law making path

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House of Commons-senate-royal assent

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Assimilation

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To become part of a different cultural group that is not your own

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YCJA

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Youth criminal justice act

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Rehabilitate

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To install positive behaviours and attitudes

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Reintegrate

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To make part of again

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Validity

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Reliable information based in facts

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Defence

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The lawyer and evidence that represents an accused person

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Justice

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Applying laws

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Sequester

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To remove jurors from all outside contact

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Community service

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Help in a community that is served as part of a sentence

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Fair and equitable

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Rules that apply to everyone, but take into account individual needs

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Sentence

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A consequence for crime

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Prosecution

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The lawyer and eve dunce that supports the guilt of an accused person

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Advocacy

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Independent groups that help find solutions to the underlying reasons for crime

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Fundamental freedoms

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Example: the right to choose your religion

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Democratic rights

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Example: right to vote

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Mobility rights

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Example: right to leave Canada

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Equality rights

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Example: the right to be free of gender discrimination

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Legal rights

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Example: the right to be free of imprisonment without evidence

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Internment

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To be imprisoned because of your identity

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Charter of rights and freedoms

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A list of rights and freedoms in Canada that makes our society free and democratic

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Constitution

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Set of laws that establish governance… Highest law in Canada

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Individual rights

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Rights and freedoms that is inherent to every Canadian citizen

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Labour unions

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An organization of workers that acts to protect workers rights and interests

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Affirm

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To validate and express commitment to something

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Collective rights

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The rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian Society for historical and constitutional reasons

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Collective identity

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The shared identity of a group of people, especially because of their common language and culture.

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Inherent rights

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Rights with origins in fundamental Justice (passed down)

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Reserve

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Land for the exclusive use of First Nations

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Patriate

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To bring to a country something that belongs to the country

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Script

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In Metis history, a document could be exchanged for land and was offered to Metis ( numbered treaties)

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Ethnocentrism

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The belief that ones culture is superior to all other cultures

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Annuity

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An annual payment

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Autonomy

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Authority to make decisions

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Metis

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People with a French and Indian origin

Passed form parents of both the French and Indian decent

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Immigration

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The process of people establishing homes, and often citizenship in a country that is not their native country

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Demographic

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To do with the characteristics if populations

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Labour force growth

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The growth of the “labour force” it the number if people who can work

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Refugee

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A person who seeks refuge in another country because of danger or persecution in their home country

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Accord

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A formal agreement

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Point system

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Dates from 1967 and applied to only economic immigrants. Criteria Canada uses to accept different immigrants

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Provincial nominee program

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Under the provincial nomination program, provinces can “ nominate” a percentage of the immigrants Canada selects each year

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Canada-Quebec accord

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A specific agreement with Quebec that allows them to nominate the percentage of immigrants to Canada to correspond with their population in Canada

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Economic immigrant

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Skilled workers and professionals who are immigrants

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Family class immigrant

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Immigrants that have travelled with spouses, partners, children, parents and grandparents of people living in Canada

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Immigration law vs. immigration policy

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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

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