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what does Propaganda mean?
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•information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
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Apathetic meaning?
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•apathy - an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
•apathy - the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally |
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Lobbyists meaning?
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A representative of a special interest group whose function is to influence legislation affecting his special interest.
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Reintegrate meaning?
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•reintegration - places a youth who has served a sentence back into society through the parole system.
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Rehabilitate
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•rehabilitation - the restoration of someone to a useful place in society
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values
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•beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment
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Identity
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•the distinct personality of an individual
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citizenship
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•the status of a citizen with rights and duties
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Quality of life
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how well you live or want to live your life and how changes in a community or country can effect your quality of life
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when was confederation?
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july 1 1867
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what is confederation?
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the birth of canada
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what provences were originally in canada?
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nova scotia, new brunswik, ontario, and quobec
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what was the last provence to join confederation?
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alberta
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how do citizens participate in the justice system
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they can be part of a jury or be a witness and report crimes
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what is the ycja
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it is the youth criminal justice act
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what does the ycja do
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they deal with youth criminals in canada
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what is the function of the ycja
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the function is dealing with the youth criminals of canada and gives them appropreate punishments such as community service and some self help classes if needed
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effectivness of the ycja
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ever since the introduction of the ycja youth crime has gone down quite alot
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how are laws/bills passed?
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they are passed by being sent to the house of commons where the bill is read for a first and second reading (during the second reading and beyond the bill can be rejected) afer the second reading the bill goes to the committee stage than the report stage than a third reading then the bill is sent to the senate where all steps are repeaded until the third reading when after that step the bill can either stay at the senate or go back to the house of commons and is debated and voted on and after this step the governor general gives the bill royal ascent
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what is the first reading?
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the first reading is when the bill is seen on paper for the first time
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what is the second reading?
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this is when people debate and vote on the bill
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what is the report stage?
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debates and votes are done on the bill and any changes are made to make the bill better
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what is the third reading?
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this is when the bill is debated and voted on the final form of the bill
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what are all the branches of the government?
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the executive, judicial, and the legislative branches
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what does the executive branch do?
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they put laws into action
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what does the judicial branch do?
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they apply and inturprite laws,
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what does the legislative brnch do?
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they make the laws
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what are some responsibilities of citizens?
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getting a job, paying all bills, obeying laws, keeping good care of your property
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what are some rights of canadian citizens?
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we have fundemental rights, democratic rights, and mobility rights
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does every body in canada have the same rights even if they aren't a citizen?
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yes they do but there are two rights that only canadian citizens have
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what are the two rights?
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voting and leaving and entering canada freely
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what are fundemental rights?
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they are rights such as the freedom to express your own opinion, choosing your own religion, the freedom to assiciate with any social group
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what are democratic rights?
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the right to vote for members of parliment, and the right to vote for a new government at least every five years
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what are mobility rights?
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the right to move anywhere in canada to earn a living there, and the right to enter stay in or leave canada
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how are mps selected
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they are voted by citizens
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how are senators
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they are elected
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what do mps do
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they represent the people in there ridings and they are the peoples voice in ottawa
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what is the role of media in political issues
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there role is to give the facts to the public and
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what atre lobby groups?
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they are groups of people in society that want to persuade people to think a certain way
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what is an example of a lobby group?
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madd mothers against drunk driving
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were the number treaties made before or after confederation
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after all of the number treaties were made after confederation
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where was treatie 6 signed?
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saskatchewen
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where was treatie 7 and 8 signed
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both in alberta
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what basic things did treatie 6 have?
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health care, education, hunting and fishing rights, resources, farming assistance, and special benifits payments and annuities
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what about treatie 7 what did it have
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the same thing except for health care
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what did treatie 8 have?
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everything that tretie 6 had
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did the metis have any historical documents such as the numberd treaties?
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no
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basic things about treatie six
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At this time, the buffalo, the staple of the people that lived on the plains, was disappearing at an alarming rate. The chiefs realized that if they didn't sign a treaty with the government , they might starve to death or have to attack more of the forts and settlements within the area
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basic things about treatie 7
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The agreement was signed at the Blackfoot Crossing of the Bow River,
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basic things about treatie 8
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Treaty 8 was an agreement signed on June 21, 1899, between Queen Victoria and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area
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who was involved in the case with shoplifting under 5000 dollars?
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the 15 year old girl was charged
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what were some punishments?
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20 hours of community service, and have 6 sessions of drug and alcohal sessions (because she was drinking at the time)
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what is a youth justice commitie?
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it is a group of volenteers from your community
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What are the 3 main economies?
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Command, mixed, market
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What is the focus of a command economy?
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Comand economy is when there is a lot of government involvement
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What is the focus of a market economy
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Ther is almost no government involvement
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4. What is a mixed economy?
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It is a mix of command and market
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5. What are the factors of production?
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Land, labour, capitial
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6. What is scarcity?
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When a society wants mor goods than can be produced.
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7. What are the 3 basic economic q’s
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What will be produced, how should they be produced, and who should get the products
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8. What is a centrally planed economy?
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Its just another word for command economy
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9. What is an equilibrium?
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It is when supoply and demand are the same
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10. When will price go up on a product?
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It will go up when the demand for a product goes up
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11. When will the price of an item dive?
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When the demand goes down
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12. What is demand?
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Demand is how much push there is for a product to be made
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13. What is supply?
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Supply is when a product is made
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14. What is canadian quebec accourd?
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It is an agreement between quebec and thefederal government saying that quebec gets a certain percentage of french speaking immigrants. If there is 20% of french people in the total canadian population than 20% of all immigrants accepted into canada must speak french.
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15. People immigrate to ther countries because of what?
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The come because of push and pull factors
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16. What is a push factor?
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It is when people leave there country because of government conflict, or lack of basic needs and poor standard of living.
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17. What is a pull factor?
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A pull factor is when people want to come to other contries because of good things like promice of land and upgrading there quality of life, or possibly finding a better job.
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18. What are the four types of immigrants?
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Economic, family, refugees, and other
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19. What is economic immigrant?
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They are immigrants that are skilled workers that are coming to a country for job reasons
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20. What is family class?
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These are immigrants that come to a different country because they have family in that country
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21. What is a refugee?
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They are people who include people who are seeking to escape persecution, torture, or cruel and unusual punishment.
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22. What is the other class?
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this class includes people who are accepted for humanitarian or compassionate reasons
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23. Where do the immigrants go to most in canada?
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Toronto. Vancouver, and montreal
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24. How many refugees are in the world?
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12 million
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25. What percentage of refugees are under 18?
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45%
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what is a social program?
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it is something offerd to the public like health care
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what is canadas health care like?
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in canada every thin g to do with medicial stuff is free except for perscriptions but a trip to the hospitial is free
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what is the americian healty care like?
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you pay for everything like even putting a cast on a broken arm would be like 3000 dollars and in canada its free
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what is an under ground economy?
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it is like the black market type thing.
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Boycott
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A decision by consumers to stop buying a product or service
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Corporate Tax
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Tax imposed on entities that are taxed at the entity level in a particular jurisdiction
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Biodiversity
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The number and variety of plants and animals on earth
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Carbon Tax
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Incorporate a price for greenhouse gas emissions in every good and service in Canada
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Private Health Care
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Health care paid for by individuals
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Public Health Care
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Health care paid for by taxes
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Income Tax
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A tax based on a percentage of a person's income
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Tax Base
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All the economic activity in a society when government taxes pay for the services
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GHG
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Green House Gasses
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Canada Health Act
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Specifies the conditions and criteria with which the provincial and territorial health insurance programs must conform in order to receive federal transfer payments under the Canada Health Transfer
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GDP
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A measure of how well off the people of a county are
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Sales Tax
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Tax paid at the time of purchasing a good or service
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Kyoto Protocol
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Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change aimed at fighting global warming.
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Economics
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The study of the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services
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Economy
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The resources and processes involved in the distribution, production and consumption of goods and services
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Shift Left
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Towards more government involvement
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Shift Right
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Towards less govenment involvement
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Unemplyment Rate
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The percentage of the work force that does not have jobs
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Collective Bargaining
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Negotiating as a group
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Labour Union
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Group of workers who want to protect other workers
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