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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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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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What is not a branch of government

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Parliament

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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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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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Kim Campbell was Canada’s first an only female

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Prime minister

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A enumerator is

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Someone who updates the voters list

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The Governor General is the personal representative for the

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Queen

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

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The youth criminal justice act

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Canada is based on the British parliamentary system | T/F
True
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How many free days do senators get without losing pay
21 free days
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A platform is a program that helps political party's explain their ideas to the voters T/F
True
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Sergeant at arms definition
- First person to walk into HOC - Carries the mace - Acts as a bouncer in the house he can eject people
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Speaker of the house definition
- Sits at the end of centre aisle - Enforces laws - acts as a referee
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Definition of page
Delivers the paperwork, messages
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Sweatshops deffinition
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
It's a official document with everything said in the House of Commons is written or typed
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Minority government definition
When a goverment is in power has less than half seats in the house it's minority government
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Manga carta definition
Greater charter signed by king john of England in 1215 made all people equal in the eyes of the law.
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Jordyns culminating on human trafficking in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is #1 for trafficking Ages four to fifteen were used for labour body parts Forced labour Sold by family
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Lauren's culminating on gender based discrimination in India
Girls are last to get medical care Boys have more rights than women Most abortions are for girls
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Clayton's culminating on aids in Africa
2 million deaths caused by aids in Africa Africa is on of the most common places to get aids Deadly used as weapon
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Brittni culminating on gender based discrimination in Cambodia
Men get away with a lot of crimes 25% women can't read Mostly women got abused
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Zack culminating child soldiers in Iraq
Drugged the kids Young as 10 to fight in war Took kids 18 and under
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Sydney culminating on Bono
Fights for human rights Helps country's get clean water Supports 38 different charity's
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Megan culminating child soldiers in Afghanistan
Smuggle weapons 14-18 of age go in battle 250,000 child soldiers around the world
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Ashlyn culminating hatecrime in Peru
More than 250,000 hate crimes happen a year | 12 cases of gays getting murderd
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Brooke culminating Rwanda genocide
Mass slaughter Cut down tall trees was the code to kill Most women got HIV and aids
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Kasey culminating on child soldiers
Ages 5-18 forced to fight Everyone was involved Drugged kids
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Thomas culminating on police corruption in Bali Indonesia
People are scared to travel Underage sex trade No police station
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Alex culminating on child soldiers in samolia Africa
Used to fight children Children are drugged Chosen cause easy to train
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Jill culminating on Romeo deallaire
Member of senate Soldier for 36 years Prevented genocide
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Liam culminating on human trafficking in Thailand
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
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Erin culminating on sweatshops in china
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
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Addison culminating on capital punishment
Legally killing someone for a crime For murder rape drug trafficking Chins doesn't show number cause it's to high
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Brock culminating on land mines
War country's use it everywhere | If you step on it your leg blows up
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Famous canadian
Terry fox
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Who was Canada's first prime minister
John a McDonald
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Who is our current prime minister
Stephen Harper
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Probation definition
Found guilty in a crime but you are realeased into the community with certain conditions
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Civil
Police aren't involved
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Criminal
Deals with police | Punishment
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Indictable offence
Seriouse offence
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Summary offence
Minor criminal activity

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