Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

POLI 321 > October 2017 > Flashcards

October 2017 Flashcards

1
Q

Canada has a total of _____ legislatures

A

14

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Fixed-date election law

A
  • prescribes that general elections be held on a particular date, typically every four years
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

By-election

A

-district-level election held between general elections

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Bicameral legislation

A
  • consisting of two chambers (House of Commons and Senate)
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Unicameral legislature

A
  • one chamber (provincial and territorial legislatures)
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Senate

A
  • provides upper class with representation
  • long term analysis of policy and legislation
  • House of “sober second thought”
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Triple “E” Senate

A
  • equal, effective, elected
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

House fo Commons

A
  • represents the “common people”
  • members of parliament
  • representation by population
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Earned majority government

A
  • governing party’s share of the vote is at least 50%
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Manufactured majority government

A
  • governing party’s share of the vote is less than 50%
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Hung Parliament

A
  • minority government

- no single party controls

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Crossing the floor

A
  • when a member of the legislature leaves one political party to join another
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Contempt

A
  • formal denunciation of parliamentary behavior by the speaker
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Leader of the Official Opposition

A
  • typically the head of the party with the second-highest amount of seats
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

House Leader

A
  • each party appoints a member
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Backbenchers

A
  • legislators without cabinet responsibilites
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Party Whip

A
  • individual member responsible for ensuring caucus members toe the party line
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Party leader

A
  • referee

- controls what partisans can speak about publicly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Each session begins with

A
  • throne speech, which includes presentation of the budget and budget estimates, and end with prorogation of dissolution
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Standing committee

A
  • permanent legislative committee whose existence is defined by standing order
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Ad hoc committee

A
  • working legislative committee, whose mandate is time limited
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Bill

A
  • a piece of draft legislation tabled into the legislative
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

First reading

A
  • draft bill is read in the legislative assembly by the sponsoring member
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Second reading

A
  • the member motions that debate may begin on a bill
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Legislative Committee stage

A
  • bill is scrutinized clause by clause
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Report stage

A
  • possible amendments to a bill are suggested
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Third reading

A
  • all members vote on amended bill
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Other chamber

A
  • bill goes through same process
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Royal Assent

A
  • formal signing of a bill into recognized law but with Queen’s representative
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

The rule of law

A
  • nobody is above the law
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

the rule of judicial impartiality

A
  • judges decide cases based on evidence and on objective interpretation of the law
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

the rule of judicial independence

A
  • judges are free from political interference when deciding cases
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Private Laws

A
  • legal rules that concern the relationships among individuals and organizations in matters that do not have broader public concern
34
Q

Public Laws

A
  • legal rules
35
Q

Ministers of justice

A
  • one of the highest-ranking members of a cabinet

- oversees the court system and justice department

36
Q

Minister of public safety

A
  • responsible for law enforcement, corrections, emergency management, and overall community safety
37
Q

The judiciary

A
  • encompasses the entire system of courts across Canada
38
Q

Courts fulfill three major functions

A
  • guardianship over the legal system
  • adjudication of disputes
  • guidance of democratic system through commissions of inquiry
39
Q

Adjudication

A
  • courts ensure that private disputes are settled and that chargers, regulatory decisions, or other disputes between citizens and government are resolved
40
Q

Judicial Review

A
  • courts assess the action and the laws of Canadian governments to ensure they are consistent with the constitution
41
Q

Constitutional law cases

A
  • involve deciding which order of government, federal or provincial, has jurisdiction over a particular policy area, or whether Canadians’ rights and freedoms ahve been breach by government
42
Q

Hierachical

A
  • the system allows more serious cases and appeals to proceed to higher courts
43
Q

Law Enforcement

A
  • is a complex and expensive component of the judicial system
44
Q

The correctional system

A

Both the provincial and the federal government take responsibility for running the correctional system

45
Q

Federalism

A
  • a system of government that enables public policy to be responsive to local concerns while being unified by a set of common, overarching objectives
46
Q

Origins of Canadian federalism

A
  • the conventional view of Canadian History holds that the Fathers of Confederation drew their greatest inspiration from the United States
47
Q

Federal spending power

A
  • the capacity of the federal government to spend its available funds, even on areas that fall outside its constitutional jurisdiction
48
Q

Appointment power

A
  • the authority to decide who should be selected to fill a government position
49
Q

Classical Federation

A
  • federal and provincial governments look after their separate jurisdictions
50
Q

Co-operative Federation

A
  • federal and provincial governments work together
51
Q

Collaborative Federation

A
  • provincial and territorial governments collaborate to provide leadership
52
Q

Emergency Federation

A
  • the federal government takes the lead in a national crisis
53
Q

Symmetrical Federation

A
  • all provinces are treated equal
54
Q

Asymmetrical Federation

A
  • some provinces receive special powers, especially with respect to Quebec.
55
Q

Treaty

A
  • First Nations enjoy equal status with the federal and provincial level of governments representing the Canadian crown
56
Q

Political Fairness

A
  • federal governments are challenged to choose between policies or programs that have broad, country-wide appeal but cause deep resentment in certain parts of the country
57
Q

Fiscal Federation

A
  • the manner in which revenues and responsibilities are distributed among various orders and governments
58
Q

Horizontal fiscal gap

A
  • inter-provincial revenue disparities relative to responsibilities
59
Q

Vertical fiscal gap

A
  • a revenue disparity between the federal and provincial orders of government
60
Q

Vertical fiscal imbalance

A
  • revenue disparity relative to responsibilities
61
Q

Equalization

A
  • refers to the primary transfer of programs designed to lessen the fiscal disparities among provinces
62
Q

Executive federalism

A
  • policy decisions take place among leaders of the various federal, provincial, and territorial governments
63
Q

Functional federalism

A
  • a system in which civil servants conduct the bulk of intergovernmental activity
64
Q

Regionalism

A
  • an allegiance or psychological connection to a territory with its own unique political culture
65
Q

Political Culture

A
  • a society’s innate political characteristics, embodied in the structure of its institutions and beliefs of its members
66
Q

Regionalism in western canada

A
  • western alienation (sectionalism)
67
Q

Regionalism in Ontario

A
  • sectionalism
68
Q

Regionalism in Quebec

A
  • autonomism, federalism (sectionalism, nationalism)

- separatism (nationalism, secessionism)

69
Q

Regionalism in Atlantic Canada

A
  • sectionalism
70
Q

Regionalism in the North

A
  • sectionalism
71
Q

Sectionalism

A
  • an emotional connection with one’s regional homeland, rather than with one’s country
72
Q

Nationalism

A
  • a unifying ideology among people who share a common hoeland, ancestry, and language or culture
73
Q

Secessionism

A
  • widely held sentiment that a province or territory should leave the Canadian federation
74
Q

Quiet Revolution

A
  • an early 1960s modernizing movement in Quebec, geared toward a stronger provincial government and outward nationalism, smaller role from catholic church
75
Q

Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords

A
  • a failed constitutional accords in the late 1980s and early 1990s that would have recognized Quebec as a distinct society and brought them into the constitution
76
Q

Referendum

A
  • Quebec votes 50.6 to 49.4 to stay in Canada
77
Q

Three factors that laid the foundations of regionalism in Canada

A
  • settlement/immigration patterns
  • formative events
  • economic staples
78
Q

Socialization

A
  • ideas and lens passed down from generation to generation
79
Q

Institutionalization

A
  • federal economic development programs, organizations, structures, laws, and other systems develop in ways that further entrench geographic differences in Canada
80
Q

If Canadians are so divided, what holds them together?

A
  • Canada’s political institutions promote unity through diversity and can accommodate differences

POLI 321 (3 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions