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53 Cards in this Set
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How is a Law Passed?
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A law gets passed by going thorugh the house of commons, the senate, and then to royal assent to be affirmed
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How MPs are there in the house of commons?
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There are 308 MPs in the house of commons
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What Party has the Most seats in the House of Commons?
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Liberal
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What is the riding Party?
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Liberal
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What party is incharge of the Country?
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Conservative
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What are lobbyist groups?
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lobbyist groups are people hired by the government to influence the MPs and government officials e.g. Mothers against drunk driving
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What does biased mean?
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leaning toward one side of a vote for a personal reason
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What is bias in the media?
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not examining every side of the story equally
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How do citizens participate in the justice system?
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They vote for whose opinion best represent what they want
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Another way citizens participate in the Justice system?
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They can give their name to be selected by a jury.
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What are some rights of canadain citizens?
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-speach
-to move throughout the country -religious view |
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What are the three umbrella ideas?
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quality of life
identity citisenship |
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What are some examples that you can use for your essay?
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The girl in medicen hat (murder mother, father, and brother because of a relationship)
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What are some examples that you can use for your essay?
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The two kids from bosco homes who murderd people for a gettaway car
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What are some examples that you can use for your essay?
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The John Howard Soceity think that the youth crime level has decreased drastically
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What rights do children NOT have?
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The right to vote
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What rights do children NOT have?
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The right to participate in a grand jury
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What rights to felens NOT have?
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The right to move
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What rights to felens NOT have?
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The right to leave the country
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What is a good way to exercise individual rights?
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To vote every single time for what you beleive in
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What do you think is the message on for the political cartoon on page 74?
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I think it means that we are letting our young offenders escape to easily from the justice system
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Does the Charter of Rights and freedoms still apply in the workplace?
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Of course
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What happens if you feel that your individual rigths are being threatend in the workplace?
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the person(s) who are making you feel this way can be charged and cinvicted under the charter of rights and freedoms in the court of law
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If the company does not want you to consistantly disclose you beleves can you if you work for the company?
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you can but the company has the right to fire you
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What are some responcibilities of canadians?
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responcibilities of canadians are to help inforce the charter of rights and freedoms
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What are some responcibilities of canadians?
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to help impact our country for what you beleieve in (vote)
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What are some responcibilities of canadians?
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To make sure that ever canadian gets these rights
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Who is the leader of the Conservative party?
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Stephan Harper
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Who is the leader of the Liberal party?
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MIcheal Ignatieff
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Who is the leader of the New Democradic Party ?
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Jack Layton
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What does Propaganda mean?
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ideas spread that envolves purposely to hurt a person(s)
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What does reintigrate mean?
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To reintroduce something back into a group (the John howard soceity reintigrating and rehabilitating young offenders)
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What is identity?
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Identity is something that represents you or the country you live in e.g. the canadain flag
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What does Apathetic mean?
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Showing no emotion towrds something
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What does Rehabilitate mean?
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To try to change something to make it better e.g. the John howard soceity reintigrating and rehabilitating young offenders)
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What is citizenschip?
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being a part of a city, country, or group of people
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What are Lobbyists?
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A person who tries to influence legislation or law making.
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What are values?
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Somethings that are significant to a certain group of people e.g. muslims, religion
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What is Quality of life?
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How well people live
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What is government?
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A group of people that come togeather for a cause
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What is the indian act?
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The indian act was a bill pasted by the government (1985) that lets first nations peoples have a governmental role
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What is the charter of rights and freedoms?
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a document created to ensure the rights of all canadain can be practiced.
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What does "to what extent" mean
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it means how far can something be done
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What does "how should" mean?
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How should is an opinion about a way something should be done
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What does "what criteria mean"
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It mean what catagory an issue fits in
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What is a thesis statement?
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A thesis statement is that sentence or two in your text that contains the focus of your essay and tells your reader what the essay is going to be about
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What is the legislative branch?
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The part of the government that makes laws
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Who was our first prime minister?
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John A. MacDonald
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What was the biggest year for youth crime
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2001 was the biggest year for youth crimes
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what is autonomy?
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the authority to make decisions
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When was confederation?
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1867
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What was confederation?
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when canada became a country
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What is it called when there is more seats in the house of commons for the riding party?
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A minority government
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