Goverment Structures

Question 1

Who/what is a governor general?

Answer 1

They are a part of the legeslative branch and helps the goverment. The governor general of Canada is the federal representative of the Canadian monarch, currently King Charles III.

Question 2

Who/what is the head of state?

Answer 2

The head of state is the King/Queen or the royal assiant.

Question 3

What are Members of Parliament?

Answer 3

They are also known as an MP and voted in by riddings

Question 4

What are senators?

Answer 4

They are a person who is in the senate, are appointed by the goverment and tipically agrees with the house

Question 5

What is a party whip?

Answer 5

This is a person whos job is to go around a goverment party and make ssure that everyone is voting the same in the house.

Question 6

Who/what is the speaker of the house?

Answer 6

This is the speacker of the House of Commons. They are elected by the Prime Minister and they run the parlinmet and question periods. Bassically they are the repersentative of the goverment.

Question 7

What is the constitution and what is its purpose?

Answer 7

This is a document that sets out the rules for canadian goverment and is important to keep Canada safe and make sure there are set out lines that can not be crossed.

Question 8

How does our voting system work?

Answer 8

Our country isdivided up into riddings, which are areas of the country. these areas then each vote for one MP, and they are based on popultion. When voting the winner of the ridding gets one seat in the house of commons. It is a game of winner take all and its based on who has the most total votes leading to he most seats.

Question 9

How is the government is chosen?

Answer 9

Whichever political party gets the most seats in the house of commons at the end of all the ridding will win and chose a repersentitive (AKA the Prime Minister).

Question 10

What is the cabinet is and how does it work?

Answer 10

They are a part of the legeslative branch. The Canadian Ministry is commonly referred to as Cabinet. It is the body of ministerial advisors that sets the federal government’s policies and priorities for the country.

Question 11

What is a backbencher?

Answer 11

A Member of Parliament who does not hold office in the government or opposition and who sits behind the front benches in the House of Commons.

Question 12

What is the Legeslative branch?

Answer 12

This branch makes laws, and has elected/appointed mebers who become local repersentitives. This branch includes MP, and senators.

Question 13

What is the Judgical branch?

Answer 13

This branch inturprets laws and enforce the laws. This includes Supreme Court, Lower Court, and Judges.

Question 14

What is the Executive branch?

Answer 14

This branch is responsible for putting laws into actions and proposing laws. This includes the Head of State, Goverment General, Prime Minister, and the cabinet.

Question 14

What is the concept of the popular vote?

Question 15

What is the concept of repersentation by poplutation?

Question 16

What is the concept of First-Past-The-Post?

Question 17

What is a majority?

Answer 17

In a majority government, decision-making power is concentrated in the governing party.

Question 18

What is a minority?

Answer 18

A minority government is formed when no political party has a majority of seats in the House of Commons. As a result, the political party that forms the minority government requires the support of another political party (or parties) to pass laws. It may also seek the support of independent MPs.

Question 19

What is a lobbyist and what do they do?

Answer 19

Lobbyists communicate and repersent for people. They aim to influence how goverment do legislation related to particular issues like mmigrant rights, health insurance, clean energy, housing development, transportation, and many others.

Question 20

What is media bias?

Answer 20

An important part of Canadas goverment structure is therole of the press. As a part of the canadian charter of rigths and freedoms the press have the right to gather, publish, and distribute information and ideas without goverment permission.

Question 21

What is the parliment press gallery?

Answer 21

This is part of canadas parliment where aprroved media members have the right to observe and report about the goverment.

Question 22

What is the prosses of passing a bill in parliament in order? (no details just names)

Answer 22

First Reading
Second Reading
Commite Stage
Report Stage
Third Reading
Other House
First House Votes
Royal Assent

Question 23

What are goverment structures?

Answer 23

The desisions of goverment in Canada are regulated by a number of different structures. These ensure that the democratic prosses is fair, and that the goverment and citizens are held accountable.

Question 24

What are the three levels of goverment and what do they do?

Answer 24

Federal - make desions about all of Canada
Provincial - Make desisions for each province
Local - make desicions for towns and citys

Question 25

What is the charter of rights and freedoms?

Answer 25

It is a document that sets out the rights both individual and collective for all of the citizens of Canada.

Question 26

What is the role of goverment?

Answer 26

The responsibility of goverment is to govern. This means that the goverments job is to provide direction, create and fore laws, and to act in the best intrest of there citizens.

Question 27

What is the criminal code of Canada?

Answer 27

This is a document with all the laws that govern citizens.

Question 28

What are riddings?

Answer 28

They are a big part of how are voting system works and the areas that the votes are divided into.

Question 29

What is the House of Commons?

Answer 29

The House of Commons is a very important part of Canadas legeslative system and is where most of the laws are made and desisions are talked about. THis building is repersented by green seats.

Question 30

What is the senate?

Answer 30

This is where the senators live and is repersented by red seats.