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29 Cards in this Set
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Who is th mp of richmond |
Alice Wong
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MLA of richmond |
John Yapp |
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Who is the head of state? |
The Queen |
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Who is the queens representative of canada |
Governer General |
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Who is the queens representative provincialy |
Lieutenant Governer |
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Who is the LG of BC |
Judith Guichon |
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Who is the GG |
David Johnston |
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What is a consitituonal Monarchy |
Must folow constitution and the queens representatives. |
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Direct Democracy? |
Whoever votes has a chance to say who the leader or representative is. |
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Representative Democracy? |
Someone represents us in gonverment |
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Name the branches of government |
Executive, Legeslative and Judicial. |
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What does the executive branch consist of |
GG, PM, Cabinet |
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What does the legeslative branch consist of |
PM, House of commons, Senate, GG |
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what does the Judicail branch do and consist of |
Court System, and interpret laws. |
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Elected members make descisions behalf of voters |
Representative democracy |
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Rewards for supporting party |
Patronage |
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GG appoints on advice of PM |
The Senate
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Applies rules of parliament to all members |
Speaker Of The House |
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Elected party member chosen my PM for responibility |
Cabinet Minster |
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Bill not proposed by cabinit |
Private Members Bill |
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Senior Permanent officer of the house responsible for giving advice on parliamentary procedure |
Clerk Of The House |
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MLA who isnt a member of the cabinet |
Back Bencher |
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What does the senate do? |
Make sure bills are passed that are at full potential, bills cant be passed without senate apporval. |
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What procedure do proposed bills go through? |
First Reading, Second Reading, Committee of the whole house, Third Reading, Royal Assent. |
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First Reading? |
MLA's propose wether or not they should debate on it in a later meeting. |
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Second Reading? |
They debate on the bills general goals after, decide wether they should let it be studied by the committee of the whole house. |
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Committee of the whole house ? |
All MLA'S are part of the committee. They ask detailed questions of the bill, meaning and purpose. May decide to amend the bill. Can take few days or several weeks. |
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Third Reading? |
MLA's may choose to debate the bill before taking final vote. If passed, the speaker declares is as an act. |
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Royal Assent? |
LG goes to legislative chamber to give royal assent to the new act. Which becomes a law of BC. |
