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37 Cards in this Set
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What are the three different leadership styles? Advantages and Disadvantages of each. |
Democratic, Authoritative, Consensus |
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What are the elements of democracy? (7 elements) |
Rule of law, equality vs. equity, freedom of speech/expression, common good, social responsibility, respect for the rights of others. |
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What are challenges to democracy? (4 challenges) |
Tyranny of majority/minority rights, ethnic differences and conflicts, large gap between rich and poor, low literacy rate. |
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When was the charter introduced? (what year and by whom) |
The charter was introduced on April 17th, 1982 by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. |
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What is section 1 of the charter? |
Reasonable Limits. |
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What is section 33? |
Notwithstanding Clause. Government can make laws that violate some rights and freedoms of the charter. |
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What is section 2? |
Fundamental Freedoms. Freedom of conscience and religion, freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression, freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of association. |
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What is section 3-5? |
Democratic Rights. The right for citizens to vote and run for the government office. No legislation body of House of Commons will be in power for more than 5 years. |
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What is section 6? |
Mobility Rights. The right to travel in any province or territory, work in any province or territory, enter, remain in, or leave Canada. |
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What is section 7-14? |
Legal Rights. (Rights that involve the court). |
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What is section 5? |
Equality Rights. Not to be discriminated by the government. |
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What are the three levels of governments? |
Federal Government, Provincial Government, Municipal Government. |
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What is a bill? What is an act? |
Bill: A Proposed Law Act: A bill that has been voted and is now a law (legislation). |
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How is a bill passed federally? (procedure) |
Check notes (long procedure) too much to type! :P |
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What are the three branches of governments? |
Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch. |
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What is the legislative branch? What is its role? |
Makes laws. The House of Commons is the federal legislative branch. Every law is voted by elected representatives. |
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What is the executive branch? What is its role? |
Carries out laws. Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister make the important decisions. |
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What is the judicial branch? What purpose does it serve? |
Interpret and enforce laws. The supreme court is the highest court in Canada and its decisions are final. |
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Why have branches? |
Power of elected officials need to be kept in check and balanced. |
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What is the provincial legislature called in Ontario, Quebec, and other provinces? |
Ontario: MPP Quebec: MNA Other Provinces: MLA |
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What is a constitutional monarchy? Is Canada a constitutional monarchy? |
Canada is a constitutional monarchy. The head of state is the queen. The queen is represented by a governor general. |
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What is a Majority Government? |
The ruling party has more than 50% of the seats (155+) |
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What is a minority government? |
The ruling party has less than 50% of the seats in the legislature. |
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What are the two systems of electing the government? |
First past the post (FPTP) and proportionate representation (PR) |
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What is first past the post? |
In each riding, candidates are elected based on the amount of votes they receive. |
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What is proportionate representation? |
Seats are distributed based on the percentage of votes a party receives. |
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Who is the traditional head of the Canadian Government? |
The Prime Minister. Stephen Harper. |
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Who is the Canadian Governor General? |
David Johnston. |
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What is the political spectrum? |
An imaginary line which organized political ideas. |
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Who is in the left wing? What does the Left wing believe in? |
Communist. (NDP) |
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Who is in the center? |
Liberals. |
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Who is in the right wing? What does the right wing believe in? |
Fascism. (Conservatives) |
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What is a referendum? |
A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision. |
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What does NGO stand for? |
Non-government organization |
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How many countries does the united nations have? Initially and currently. |
Initially 51, but currently 193. |
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What are the major bodies of the UN? |
General assembly, security council, secretariat, international court of justice. |
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Who are the five permanent members of the UN? |
USA, China, Russia, Britain, France. (With veto power). |