Module 2: Context of Canadian Politics Flashcards
The notion of ‘three founding nations’, which provides French Canadians and Indigenous peoples with a collective claim to equality rather than a simple minority status within Canada.
Compact Theory of Confederation
The basis of political authority in Canada. Beyond setting out the role of the monarchy, it details the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government as well as the jurisdictional division of competency between the federal and provincial governments. It also details the rights and obligations of the citizens, particularly through the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Constitution
A form of government in which the head of state is a monarch but a constitution shapes the arrangements of political power.
Constitutional Monarchy
Describes groups of people who share customs, language, and sometimes distinct physical/racial characteristics.
Ethnicity
Is constituted by people who share characteristics that define them and set them apart from others.
Identity Group
A policy that assumes that ethnic customs and cultures should be valued, preserved, and shared within the context of citizenship and economic and political integration.
Multiculturalism
The stories people tell to make sense of their lives and of reality itself.
Narratives
The broad patterns of political values, beliefs, and orientations that are widely held within a political community.
Political Culture
The conventional and accepted practices that are part of the political system.
Political Customs
The imposition of handicaps, barriers, and different treatment on individuals because of their race.
Racial Discrimination
The territorial tensions brought about by certain groups that demand a change in the political, economic, and cultural relations between regions and central powers within the existing state.
Regionalism
An idea that has been human created and has been broadly accepted.
Social Construct
Shared beliefs that provide standards of judgement about what is right, important, and desirable in society.
Values
A social system by which the government has a primary responsibility for the individual and social welfare of its citizens.
Welfare State
