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Accountable

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Answerable to someone for your actions

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Affirm

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To validate and express commitment to something

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Anglophone

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A person whose first language is English

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Annuity

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An annual payment

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Assimilate

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Become part of a different cultural group

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Assimilation

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The process of becoming part of a DIFFERENT cultural group

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Autonomy

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Authority to make decisions

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Bias

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An opinion based on unchallenged assumptions (your opinion)

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Biodiversity

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The number and variety of plant and animal species on earth, including genetic variation with individual species

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Black market

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Another word for underground economy

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Boycott

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A decision by consumer to stop buying something as a way to being change to it

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Civil Servants

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The people who serve Canadians as employees of the government

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Climate Change

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A rise in the average temperature of earth, primarily caused by emissions from burning fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas

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Collective bargaining

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Negotiating as a group- this is the key right established by unions for workers

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Collective identify

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The shared identity of a group of people, especially because of a common language and culture

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Collective rights

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Rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical and constitutional reasons.We didn’t treat them right in the past.(Aboriginal peoples, first nations, métis, Inuit, francophones and anglophones

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Colonialism

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The process of establishing colonies in which a region is claimed and governed by a country from another part of the world

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Community service

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Help in the community performed as part of a sentence, such as assisting with the community clean up of food bank

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Competition

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In Economy, rivalry among producers to sell product to consumers

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Constituent

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Someone who lives in a riding and is represented by an elected official from that riding

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Constitution

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A special set of laws that establish a framework of governance

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Consumerism

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An economic theory that links prosperity to consumer demand for goods and services, and that makes consumer behaviour central to economic decision making

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Consumers

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Those who use products and services

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Criminal record

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A permanent record of breaking the law, which is public information. A criminal record can prevent you from some jobs, volunteer positions and the ability to travel to other countries

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Criteria
Standards for evaluating something
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Demand
The wants and needs of consumers for products and services
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Demand
The wants and needs of consumer for products and services
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Demographic
To do with characteristics of populations
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Economic system
How a society organizes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services
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Economics
The study of the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services
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Economy
The resources and process involved in the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services
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Entrenching
Fixing firmly within
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Ethnocentrisim
The belief that ones culture is superior to all other cultures
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Executive Branch
The part of government responsible for putting laws into action
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Fair and equitable
Governed by rules that apply to everyone, taking into account individual needs and circumstances
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First Nations
The umbrella name for the diverse aboriginal peoples who have collective rights that are recognized and protected in Canada's constitution. The constitution refers to First Nations as "Indians" in keeping with the name used at the time of negotiating treaties
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Francophone
A person whose first language is French
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GDP per capita
A measure of how well off the people of a country are
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Goods and Service Tax (GST)
A federal sales tax in Canada
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Govern
To make decisions as a government and put decision into action
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Governance
The process of governing
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Government
The body with the power to make decisions for a society
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Health Insurance
An agreement by a company to pay for your health services, in exchange for a fee that you pay each month/year
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Immigration
The process of people establishing homes, and often citizenship, in a country that is not there native country
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Income tax
Tax based on a percentage of a person'a income
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Indian Act
Federal legislation related to the rights and status of First Nations peoples (" status Indians"), first passed in 1876 and amended several times
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Indian
Europeans used the word "Indian" to describe the First Nations of North America, although these peoples were diverse and had names for themeselves, Many First Nations prefer not to use the word "Indian" to describe themeselves
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Inherent rights
Rights with origins in fundamental justice
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Issue
A topic that connects to citizenship, identity and quality of life, and on which well-informed people have different views and perspectives
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Judicial Branch
The part of government that interprets and applied the law by making legal judgements
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Justice system
The institutions and procedures for applying laws in a society
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Justice
Applying laws
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Labour force growth
The growth of the "labour force", or the number of people who can work
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Labour union
An organization of workers that acts to protect workers rights and interests
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Legislation
Laws created through the legislative process
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Legislative branch
The part of government that makes laws
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Lever
In the context of society, a means of accomplishing something; a way to apply pressure
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Median
A concept in statistics that means the middle number in a set of data organizes in order of least to most
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Minorities
Groups in society who do not form the majority of the population
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Official language community
One of the groups in Canadian society hose members speak an official language of Canada-French or English -as their first language
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Accord
A formal agreement
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Opinion
Personal reaction to an issue
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Patriate
To bring to a country something that belongs to the country
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Perspective
Values and ideas shared by people with a common language, cuter and history
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Point of view
Opinions and preferences of an individual based on personal experiences
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Political system
The structure of government
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Popular vote
The total votes cast in an election, as different from the total seats won in an election
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Private health care
Health care paid for by individuals
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Privately owned
Ok economics, the part of the economy owned and controlled by businesses and individuals
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Producers
Those who create products and services
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Profit
Money made from a product or service above and beyond the cost of providing the product or service
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Public good
What's best for society as a whole
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Public health care
Health care paid for by taxes
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Publicly funded
Paid for by taxes and provided by government
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Publicly owned
In economics, the part of the economy owned and controlled by governed and paid for by taxes
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Quality of life
A measure of personal and collective well being
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Refugee
A person who seeks refuge in another country because of danger or persecution in his or her home
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Rehabilitate
To in still positive behaviours and attitudes
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Reserve
Land for the exclusive use of First Nations
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Rights
What individuals and groups are allowed to do in society, as established in law
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Sales tax
Tax paid at the time of buying a product or service, and based on a percentage of the price if the product or service
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Scarcity
In economics, the idea that land (materials), labour and capital (money) limit the supply of what people want and need
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Scrip
In Métis history, a document that could be exchanged for land and that was offered to the Métis at the time the numbered treaties were negotiated
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Sentence
A consequence for a crime, such as imprisonment, determined by a court of law
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