pat social Flashcards
what is constituency
is a voting district
to be allowed to vote you must
be 18
be Canadian
live in Alberta for 6 months
live where you want to vote
people that are candidates in elections belong to a political party like
The NDPs the liberals the wild rose the MLA etc
who are the MLAs
Members of the Legislative Assembly
how do the Members of the legislative assembly get elected
by Albertans to govern the provincial government along with their leader, the Premier
Who are the cabinet ministers
are the MLAs that are in charge of the government departments like the department of education
if you win the election in your voting district but your political party does to win the most seats in the legislature then you become an…
opposition MLA
who is the lieutenant governor
is the queens representative in the provincial government
what does the lieutenant governor do
closes the legislative assembly so an election can be take place. They also invite the leader who wins to become a premier
for a bill to become a law or act, it:
gets introduced
gets three reading reviews
gets voted on
for bills to become laws or acts in any province, the lieutenant governor must
sigh it first after the MLAs vote in favour of it
what is the provincial government uncharge of
health, education, social services to help people in need, energy
for a motion to become a bylaw it must be
considered and discussed three times. Then it is voted on by the council members, if it passes becomes a bylaw
local governments are all over
Alberta
local government is in charge of many services such as
libraries, police, and fire, garbage,and recycling, streets.
local government have elected members called
councillors
the councillors form a
council
who are cilvil servants
are people who hired to work in government departments and jobs
what do the city or town manager
they are hired to make sure the council decisions are carried out
who are superintendent
they are the people who are hired to be uncharge of a school board
trustees
are elected to help run the school board
what is the job of a trustee
they make sure that the local, areas educate albertans kids the way the provincial government wants them to
albergas provincial government is uncharge of
education in the province
what is the Canadian charter of rights and freedom
is a very important document that protects the rights and freedoms of people living in Canada
