Definitions

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Representative Democracy

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A system of government in which we elect representatives to act on our behalf

Question 2

Constitutional monarchy

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Monarchy. This is because King Charles lll is our head of state

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Constitution

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A set of fundamental laws and principles that establish how our country is run. We must follow these laws.

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Governor General

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Head of states representative in Canada.

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Executive Branch

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Administrates laws. Cabinet is party of this. Looking good in public.

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House of Commons

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Referred to as “lower house”. A group of elected MPs. Total of 338 seats.

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Legislative branch

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Creates new laws. Part of House of Commons.

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Judicial branch

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Interprets laws, makes sure they are applied fairly. Supreme Court

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Cabinet

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Carries out executive functions. Leader is prime minster, includes cabinet ministers, Governor General, Prime Minister, and MPs chosen by the prime minister.

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Caucus

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Private meeting that discusses policy.

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Solidarity

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Showing public support to political parties decisions. Part of cabinet.

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Bureaucracy

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Civil servants that help cabinet ministers

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Free vote

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Is an exceptional vote. Doesn’t happen often as free voting goes against cabinet solidarity

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Speaker of the house

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Manage House of Commons, make sure everyone is following the rules

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Senate

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Upper house, usually serves as a final check for discussions held in the House of Commons.

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Official opposition

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Party that came second in voting. In present case, the conservatives.

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Prime Minister

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Leader of political party in charge.

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Proportional representation.

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Electoral system where parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them

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First-past-the-post system

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Our system of voting. We’ve been doing it forever. Keeps stable government. Only have to have more seats among all parties, no majority needed. Basically a constituency

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Socialism.

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Connected to communism. Decently far left, response to capitalism, society should be cooperative. Government should have major role in the economy.

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Communism

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Alternate solution to capitalism, far left, more radical/extreme left wing,

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Capitalism

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Related to conservatism, leave to do, economy should be left alone, industry drives economy,

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Fascism

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Far right, extreme government aggression, fascist countries believe their “race” is superior to others, fascists must be like a military

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Liberalism

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Mid left wing,

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Conservatism,

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Moderate right wing

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Chief

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Leader of the band council,

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Band council

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Councillors at municipal level, elected groups that govern First-Nations communities in Canada

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Shadow cabinet

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Official opposition, leader of official opposition chooses MPs to be in it, sits opposite of cabinet.

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Backbenchers

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Members of the political party in power that aren’t in the cabinet, yet still show full support

Question 30

Triple-E Senate

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Effective, elected, equal, a proposal for how to reform the senate

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Notwithstanding Clause

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A clause that lets you go against Canada’s constitution of rights for what the government deems as beneficial

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Amending formula

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A formula that lets legislators override certain charter of rights and freedoms

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Residual powers

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Powers that are not given to the provinces and instead are held by the federal government. Eg. federal governments jurisdiction over many areas of health pertaining to public safety. (Covid)

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Ballot

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Voting slip

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Liberal party

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Federal political party of Canada, moderate left wing.

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Green Party

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Far left, believes in ecological sustainability

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Blocc Queboeccois

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Mid left, still follows democratic policy but wants to seperate from Canada

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NDP

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decently far left, helped liberals with minority

Question 41

Justin Trudeau

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Leader of liberal party, our prime minster

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The king

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Our official head of state, doesn’t have much say in how our country is ran

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Bill

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Proposed law that can create a new law

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Royal assent

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Governor General signs a bill to officially make it a law

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Premier

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Leader of a province. Ours is David eby

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Constituency

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Similar to a riding, approximately a hundred thousand people would vote for a candidate to represent them

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Candidate

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Person of interest for a government title

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Campaign

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To “campaign” for yourself, putting up advertisements to help get votes

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Mayor

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Leader of a city

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Councillors

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Elected representative of an electoral district or a municipal

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Patty Platform

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A parties policies and goals

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Lieutenant governor

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Representative of the head of state in each province

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MP

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Members of Parliament

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MLA

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Members of legislative assembly

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Legislative assembly

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Body of people elected in each province to create and pass laws

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Debate

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Formal discussion on a particular topic in which opposite arguments are formed

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Party whip

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A person chosen from a political party that maintains order in the party. Keeps everyone in shape.

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Patronage

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How a senator is chosen. The support someone gives to someone else. LOYALTY

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pressure groups

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Institutiononalied, issue oriented groups that try to influence change of policy in interest of a cause

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Lobbyists

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A person who attempts to influence the government/legislators for the good of themself

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Majority

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Government formed when a party wins more than 50% of the seats in the house

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Minority

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A government that’s formed when a party wins more seats in the house then any other party, but not more than 50% of total votes

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Coalition

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Government formed by two or more parties joining together

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Order parties from most left to right

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Green, NDP, Bloc Quebec, liberal, conservative

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