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Federal Government Terms Flashcards

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What does govern mean?

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To make decisions as a government and put decisions into action.

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What does governance mean?

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The process of governing

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What does the Parliament do? Laws/Bills

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Makes laws, discuss, debate and refines new laws.

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What do the house of commons do? Laws/Bills

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Propose,debate, review and pass BILLS.

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5
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How many members of parliament are there

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338

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How many members of the Senate are there?

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105

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Who proposes a bill?

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Senate or House of Commons.

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Who debates, studies and refines a bill?

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The Senate or house of Commons.

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Who signs a bill into a law?

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The governor general in the monarch.

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What does each member of parliament represent?

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An area in the country, called a constituency or a riding.

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What are the 3 levels of government

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Municiple, federal, provincial

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What is the Senate?

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A member of Canadas parliament, they discus and draft bills

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What is the House of Commons?

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The lower members of Canadas parliment, they represent constituencies or ridings

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What is the cabinet?

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The canadian ministry,

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What is a constitution?

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made in 1867 bna act it is a set of rules on how to run the country

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16
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What is a political belief?

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people develop different opinions about society and how things should be run in their community province and or country

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What is the executive branch?

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Represented by the government general the prime minister and the cabinet (or the Canadian ministry) they propose most laws put laws into action and run day-to-day business

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What is the legislative branch?

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Parliment that consistst of queen upper house (senate) lower house (house of commons) they make laws and represent interests and rights of canadas regions.

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How many registerd political partys are there?

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20

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