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Government of Canada Flashcards

1
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How are the members of the house of commons decided?

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They are voted on

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2
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What is the lower house?

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The House Of Commons

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What does M.P. stand for?

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Member of Parliament

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What colour is the carpet in the house of commons?

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Green

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5
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Who decides the members of the Senate?

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Appointed my the gover general on reccomendation of the Prime Minister

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6
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What is another name for the Senate?

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The house of sober, second thought

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7
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Who is the Upper house?

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The Senate.

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8
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Who Canada’s head of state?

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The Queen

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9
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Who represents the Queen in Canada?

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The Governor general

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Who is the head of government in Canada?

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The Prime Minister of Canada

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11
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List 4 jobs of the Governor General

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  • Signs all bills into law by giving ‘royal assent
  • Officially welcomes representatives of foreign governments to Canada
  • Reads the Speech from the Throne (this ‘speech’ is the ruling government’s plans for the new parliamentary session)
  • Promotes pride and awareness of Canada
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12
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What is a M.P. that is not in the Prime Minister’s Cabinet called?

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Backbencher

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13
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What does it mean to be non-partisan?

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It means the person or group is not a part of any political party

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14
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What is an Independent?

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Someone elected for the riding with no political affiliation.

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15
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Which group is usually referred to as the ‘Official Opposition’?

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The party with the next largest number of seats.

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16
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How often is a federal election held?

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Every 4 years

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17
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Why would an election be held off until a later year?

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The country is at war

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18
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Who elects the speaker?

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by secret ballot and by all M.Ps

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19
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Who is the speaker?

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The moderator or referee

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What does M.L.A stand for?

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Member of the Legislative Assembly

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21
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Who’s the head of the Municipal government?

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Mayor

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22
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Page

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Usually a university student hired to help members of government while they are working in their meetings.

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Whip

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A. doing attendance for meetings B. seating people in committees C. discipling party member that are not acting as the party wishes

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24
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What do special interest groups do?

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They try to influence parties and governments.

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What are petitions?

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Petitions are written demands signed by special interest groups (also known as ‘lobby groups or ‘pressure groups’

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26
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Economy

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The running of a household

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27
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What kind of economic system does Canada have?

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A mixed or blended system

28
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What is Canada’s economic a mix of?

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1) free enterprise 2) a planned economy

29
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Free enterprise

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Where private systems run it with minimum government interference

30
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Planned Economy

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where the government runs and owns a number of services and businesses and is highly involved in how the economy affects its people) The planned economy focuses on fairness

31
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Goods

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any physical objects that we make or buy

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Services

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any activities or actions that we do

33
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Supply

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how much of something we have

34
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Demand

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a strong desire to purchase something and the ability to pay for what they desire

35
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What causes prices to go up or down?

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  • Prices go up when a product is new and their is not a lot of supply - Prices go down when there is too much of a product and when people stop wanting it as much
36
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How does counterfeiting affect supply and demand?

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  • Counterfeiting puts too much supply into the market forcing prices to go down - Counterfeiting offers cheap versions of the original product and creating low or bad reputation for the original company
37
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What are some concerns with counterfeiting products?

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  • Can impact peoples health - Often poorly made - Destroy the original company’s reputation - Steals money Can that rightly belongs to the original company, businesses can then go broke and have to lay off many of their workers - Can use the money they make for criminal and/or terrorist activities
38
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Why is it hard for Canada to slow down or stop counterfeiting?

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  • Not enough political will - Not enough resources put aside to fight it
39
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What is the function of the executive branch?

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Make and Implement decisions, carry out policies and run government departments.

40
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List key people in the executive branch

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Queen (gov general-fed, lieut gov gen. prov) Prime Minister-federal Premier-provincial Cabinet MInisters Civil servants

41
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What is the function of the legislative branch?

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Introduce, debate and pass laws

42
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What is the function of the judicial branch?

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Interpret and enforce law

43
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List key people in the legislative branch

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Elected representatives Appointed senators- fed.

44
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List key people in the judicial branch

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Judges and courts

45
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What is 1?

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Parliment

46
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What is 2?

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Queen

Represented by the Governor General

47
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What is 3?

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The Senate

Appointed on the Prime Ministers recommendation

48
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What is 4?

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The House of Commons

Elected by voters

Government members

Opposition members

49
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What is 5?

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Judicial

50
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What is 6?

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Supreme Court of Canada

Nine judges appointed the governor general

51
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What is 7?

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Federal Court of Canada

52
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What is 8?

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Provincial Courts

53
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What is 9?

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Executive branch

54
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What is 11?

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Legeslative branch

55
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What is 10?

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Prime Minister and Cabinet

56
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Government

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Ruling body of people

57
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Why does Canada have 3 branches of government?

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To check and balance eachother

58
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What is the purpose of the executive branch?

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To carry out the business of the government

59
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What is the purpose of the legeslative branch?

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To make laws

60
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What is the purpose of the judicial branch?

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to interpret and enforce laws

61
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What is a Constitutional monarchy?

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Constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a king or queen acts as Head of State. The ability to make and pass legislation resides with an elected Parliament, not with the Monarch

62
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Councilors

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These elected officials will represent the people who voted them in from their own geographic area-known as a ward

63
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Band Council

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Elected leaders joined together in case of reserved land

64
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What are elected provincial memeber called?

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Members of National Assembly

65
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Riding

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The pieces of land members of the house of commons represent.

66
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Comissioners

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Territorial version of provincial lieutenant-governor generals

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