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50 Cards in this Set
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Governance
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The process of governing
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Political System
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The structure of government
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Quality of Life
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How well you live
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Rights
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What individuals and groups are allowed to do in society, usually as established in law
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Economic System
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How a society organizes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.
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Unbiased
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Without preconcieved ideas
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Opinion
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Personal reaction to an issue
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Government
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The body with power to make decisions for a society
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Executive Branch
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The part of government responsible for putting laws into action
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Legislative Branch
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The part of government that makes laws
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Fundamental Rights
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The freedom to express your own opinion
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Democratic Rights
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The right to vote
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Mobility Rights
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The right to live anywhere in Canada, also the right to leave, enter, and stay in Canada.
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Legal Rights
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Innocent untill proven guilty
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Equality Rights
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To be free of discrimination
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How many treaties are there?
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There are 11 treaties
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Scrip
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in Metis history, a document that couldd be exchanged for land and that was offered to the Metis at the time the Numbered Treaties were negotiated.
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Affirm
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To validate and express commetment to something
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Collective identity
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The sharede identity of a group of people, especially because of a common language or culture.
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Collective Rights
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Rights gauranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical and constituational reasons. Aboriginal peoples, including First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples; and Francophones and Anglophones.
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Indian
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First Nations sometimes use this term because it was, and continues to be, a term with legal and constitutional significance. It is not a term. First Nationals chose for themselves.
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Entrenching
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Fixing Firmly within
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Patriate
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To bring to a country something that belongs to the country
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Assimilate
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Become part of a group of a different cultural group
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Ethnocentrism
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The beliefe that one's culture is supurior to all other cultures
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Accountable
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Answerable to someone for your actions
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Indian Act
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Federal legislation related to the rights and status of First Nations peoples ("status Indian"), first passed in 1876 and amended several times
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Anglophone
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A person whos first language is English
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Francophone
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A person whos first language is French
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Official language community
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One of the groups in Canadian society whose members speak an official language of Canada - French or English - as their first language
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Official language minority
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A group that speaks one of Canada's official languages (English or French) and that does not make up the majority population of a province or teritory
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Publicly Funded
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Paid for by taxes and provided by government
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Autonomy
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authority to make decisions
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Constitutant
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someone who lives ina riding and is represented by and elected official from that riding
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Minorities
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groups in society who do not form the majority of the population
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How many seats are in the House of commons ?
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There are 208 seats in the house of commons
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Who are lobbyists ?
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Lobbiests are people paid to represent the interests of particular groups in society
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Individual Rights // Sections of Charter
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- Fundamental Freedoms
- Democratic Rights - Mobility Rights - Legal Rights - Equality Rights All rights are protected by law |
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What is the "YCJA" and who does it protect ?
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The "YCJA" is the Youth Criminal Justice Act and it protects Youth from ages from 12 - 17
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Rehabilitate
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Help people in trouble and make them aware of positive thinking
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Reintigrate
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Make part of again
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Colonialism
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Establishing colonies in a land that owned by the people from other places
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Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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Government is justified in restricting rights, only if it is to mantain a free democratic country
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Prime Minister and the Cabinet
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PM - Head of Canadas government, in order to become PM you mst be head of your party and then win the most seats in the House of Commons
Cabinet - People responsible for different department and portfolios They propose most ideas for laws |
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Why is the Charter important
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Woman had to fight for their equality
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When were the number treaties signed ?
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Between 1871 and 1912
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What is another name the number treaties are called ?
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Land cession or post - confederation treaties
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Legal roles and Responsibilities citizens
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- Voting
- Jury duty - Advocacy groups |
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What does fair and equitable means ?
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Governed by rules that apply to everyone, taking into account individual needs and circumstances
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Individual Rights
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Express opinion, choose religion, organize peaceful, meetings and demonstrations
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