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40 Cards in this Set
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What is the Battle of Vimy Ridge
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- In North France
-French tried 3 times to regain the hill but failed. -From the west side of Vimy Ridge the Canadians bombarded the Germans positions for over a month. -Made tunnels for troops to move under the enemy. -Canadians won. |
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What weapon did the battle of ypres use
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Chlorine Gas
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What caused world war 2
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When Germany invaded Poland
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What was the year and location of Dieppe raid ?
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-1942
-Port of Dieppe on the coast of France. -The Battle of Dieppe was a disaster for the Canadians. |
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What is Autonomy?
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Independence
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What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ?
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-Garentees equality
-Freedom of religion, race, gender |
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What political ideology is LEFT WING ?
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Communism
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Right wing political ideology ?
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Fascism
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At which stage in the passage of a bill does debate first occur in the House of Commons?
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Second-reading
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What is Patronage?
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support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another.
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Amending Formula?
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The process by which changes can legally be made to the Canadian Constitution.
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Bloc Québécois?
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A federal party formed by Lucien Bouchard in late 1990, with the aim of running in federal elections to promote support the aim of separation in Quebec.
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Charlottetown Accord
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A package of constitutional amendments that was similar to the Meech Lake Accord, except that it addressed the concerns and interests of more of the provinces. The two main goals of the Charlottetown Accord was to reform the Senate into an elected body with equal representation throughout the country, and to support Aboriginal self-government.
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Immigration Policy
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A nation’s policy for its preference in immigrants, based on ethnicity, education, and national aims.
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“Notwithstanding Clause”
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The clause in the Canadian Constitution (Section 33 [1]) that allows Parliament or the legislature of a province to allow an act to stand even though it contravenes the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Sovereignty-Association
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A proposal by Quebec nationalists that Quebec have political independence yet retain close economic ties or association with Canada.
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Jean Lesage
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The leader of the provincial Liberal party that came into power in Quebec after Duplessis died.
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Réne Lévesque
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An influential Quebec cabinet minister who left the Liberal Party and form the Parti Quebecois. The party was based around Lévesque’s idea that Canada and Quebec should divorce peacefully, as their two different cultures apparently could not work out while merged together.
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Pierre Trudeau
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In 1969, Trudeau’s government attempted to deal with problem of Aboriginal people demanding self-government and improved living conditions by proposing a policy in the White Paper (see Pg. 208), which ultimately proved to be unsuccessful.
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James Cross
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A British diplomat who was kidnapped from his Montreal home by members of the FLQ on October 5, 1970.
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Pierre Laporte
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The second person to be kidnapped by the FLQ during the October Crisis, Laporte was a Quebec labour minister that was kidnapped on October 10, 1970. Laporte was murdered by the FLQ; he was found strangled to death in the trunk of a car on
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what year Quiet Revolution begins.
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1960
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what year Canada’s maple leaf flag flies for the first time.
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1965
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what year Canadian immigration policy becomes officially “colour-blind”.
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1967
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what year FLQ crisis in Quebec leads Prime Minister Trudeau to invoke the War Measures Act.
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1970
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what year B.C. Treaty Commission established.
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1993
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Democracy
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a system of government in which people freely choose in elections who will govern them. Also refers to the principles and ideals of such a government, such as freedom of speech and rule of law.
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Constitutional monarchy
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a government in which the monarch has only the powers laid out in the nation’s constitution and laws
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Cabinet
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group of ministers chosen by the prime minister who decide government policy, Cabinet members usually have responsibility for particular departments of government, such as Foreign Affairs, Defence and Justice
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Cabinet solidarity
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the custom that cabinet members must not show public disagreement with government policies
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Pierre Laporte
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The second person to be kidnapped by the FLQ during the October Crisis, Laporte was a Quebec labour minister that was kidnapped on October 10, 1970. Laporte was murdered by the FLQ; he was found strangled to death in the trunk of a car on
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what year Quiet Revolution begins.
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1960
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what year Canada’s maple leaf flag flies for the first time.
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1965
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what year Canadian immigration policy becomes officially “colour-blind”.
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1967
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what year FLQ crisis in Quebec leads Prime Minister Trudeau to invoke the War Measures Act.
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1970
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what year B.C. Treaty Commission established.
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1993
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Democracy
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a system of government in which people freely choose in elections who will govern them. Also refers to the principles and ideals of such a government, such as freedom of speech and rule of law.
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Constitutional monarchy
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a government in which the monarch has only the powers laid out in the nation’s constitution and laws
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Cabinet
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group of ministers chosen by the prime minister who decide government policy, Cabinet members usually have responsibility for particular departments of government, such as Foreign Affairs, Defence and Justice
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Cabinet solidarity
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the custom that cabinet members must not show public disagreement with government policies
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