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What is the nickname of the House of Commons

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H.O.C or green chamber

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How many members in the House of Commons

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308

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Which house is the lower and the upper

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  • House of Commons is lower

- Senate is upper

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How you get to be in the House of Commons

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  • Must be 18

- Have to be elected by voters in your riding

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How many members are in the senate

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105

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What is the nickname for the senate

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Red chambers

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How do you get to be in the senate

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  • Must be 30 or older

- Have to be chosen by the prime minister

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Three levels of government

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  • Federal
  • Municipal (local)
  • Provincial
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Three Branches of government

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  • Judicial
  • Legislative
  • Executive
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9
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Who’s the premier of Ontario

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Kathleen Wynne

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Who’s the first Canadian born governor

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Vincent Massey

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Who’s our current Governor General

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David Johnston

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Who’s the current mayor of Kawartha lakes

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Any letham

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What level of government does Andy letham represent us at

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Municipal because it’s local

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Who is the prime minister that was in power when Canada repatriated the constitution

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Pierre Trudeau

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15
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What is not a branch of government

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Parliament

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16
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What happens during “ question period”

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Members of the opposition parties ask questions of the official government

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17
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The speaker in the house is

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  • Elected by members of parliament
  • In charge of the operation of the HOC
  • Can eject people
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18
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Kim Campbell was Canada’s first an only female

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Prime minister

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19
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A enumerator is

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Someone who updates the voters list

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20
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The Governor General is the personal representative for the

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Queen

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21
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The person who has charges filed against them Ina criminal case is called the

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Defendant

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The person who makes the complaint against the defendant in a legal case is called the

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Plaintiff

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23
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The current system in place for dealing with offenders under 18 is

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The youth criminal justice act

24
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Canada is based on the British parliamentary system

T/F

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True

25
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How many free days do senators get without losing pay

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21 free days

26
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A platform is a program that helps political party’s explain their ideas to the voters
T/F

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True

27
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Sergeant at arms definition

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  • First person to walk into HOC
  • Carries the mace
  • Acts as a bouncer in the house he can eject people
28
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Speaker of the house definition

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  • Sits at the end of centre aisle
  • Enforces laws
  • acts as a referee
29
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Definition of page

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Delivers the paperwork, messages

30
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Sweatshops deffinition

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A place where children are forced to work in unsafe conditions such as places like Starbucks, Nike, Walmart, Apple

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Hansard reporter definition

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It’s a official document with everything said in the House of Commons is written or typed

32
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Minority government definition

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When a goverment is in power has less than half seats in the house it’s minority government

33
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Manga carta definition

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Greater charter signed by king john of England in 1215 made all people equal in the eyes of the law.

34
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Jordyns culminating on human trafficking in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh is #1 for trafficking
Ages four to fifteen were used for labour body parts
Forced labour
Sold by family

35
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Lauren’s culminating on gender based discrimination in India

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Girls are last to get medical care
Boys have more rights than women
Most abortions are for girls

36
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Clayton’s culminating on aids in Africa

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2 million deaths caused by aids in Africa
Africa is on of the most common places to get aids
Deadly used as weapon

37
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Brittni culminating on gender based discrimination in Cambodia

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Men get away with a lot of crimes
25% women can’t read
Mostly women got abused

38
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Zack culminating child soldiers in Iraq

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Drugged the kids
Young as 10 to fight in war
Took kids 18 and under

39
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Sydney culminating on Bono

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Fights for human rights
Helps country’s get clean water
Supports 38 different charity’s

40
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Megan culminating child soldiers in Afghanistan

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Smuggle weapons
14-18 of age go in battle
250,000 child soldiers around the world

41
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Ashlyn culminating hatecrime in Peru

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More than 250,000 hate crimes happen a year

12 cases of gays getting murderd

42
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Brooke culminating Rwanda genocide

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Mass slaughter
Cut down tall trees was the code to kill
Most women got HIV and aids

43
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Kasey culminating on child soldiers

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Ages 5-18 forced to fight
Everyone was involved
Drugged kids

44
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Thomas culminating on police corruption in Bali Indonesia

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People are scared to travel
Underage sex trade
No police station

45
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Alex culminating on child soldiers in samolia Africa

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Used to fight children
Children are drugged
Chosen cause easy to train

46
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Jill culminating on Romeo deallaire

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Member of senate
Soldier for 36 years
Prevented genocide

47
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Liam culminating on human trafficking in Thailand

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Can be put in jail for 4 to 10 years
30,000 victims of sex trafficking did each year
Most human trafficking is for sex

48
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Erin culminating on sweatshops in china

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250 million children forced to work
Poor conditions
Been a issue for a long time still going on
Sweatshops are in walmart Starbucks and Nike

49
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Addison culminating on capital punishment

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Legally killing someone for a crime
For murder rape drug trafficking
Chins doesn’t show number cause it’s to high

50
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Brock culminating on land mines

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War country’s use it everywhere

If you step on it your leg blows up

51
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Famous canadian

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Terry fox

52
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Who was Canada’s first prime minister

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John a McDonald

53
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Who is our current prime minister

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Stephen Harper

54
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Probation definition

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Found guilty in a crime but you are realeased into the community with certain conditions

55
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Civil

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Police aren’t involved

56
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Criminal

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Deals with police

Punishment

57
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Indictable offence

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Seriouse offence

58
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Summary offence

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Minor criminal activity

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