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What is Federalism? |
A system of government in which powers and responsibilities are divided into national and regional levels to address national and regional needs |
System of gov't divided |
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Why Federalism? |
The Father's of Confederation decided upon a federal system of gov't in order to meet the needs of all the different parts of a country |
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How many levels of government does Canada have and where do they meet |
3. Federal - House of Commons, Parliament Provincial - Capital of province (ex. Toronto, Ontario) Municipal - Town Hall |
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How many branches of gov't does Canada have |
3.
Legislative Executive Judicial Executive Judicial |
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What are the objectives of the legislative Branch |
Create or change laws |
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What are the objectives of the executive branch |
Carries out plans of gov't (laws etc) |
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What is the objective of the Judicial branch |
Part of the gov't that deals with the law (Court) had the power to interpret laws and punish law breakers |
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Who belongs to the legislative Branch |
Justin Trudeau Parliament - senate, house of Commons House of Commons (338 elected MP's) |
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Who belongs to the executive branch |
The Prime minister, cabinet and public service |
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Who belongs to the Judicial branch |
Courts and judges |
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How does the municipal government differ from provincial or federal gov'ts |
No political parties Vote for 2 people Divided into wards Councillors instead of MP's Vote directly for a mayor |
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What are the 5 major parties that have historically sat in the HOC |
NDP CONSERVATIVES LIBERALS BLOQ QUÉBÉCOIS GREEN PARTY |
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What is the 'first past the post' style of elections |
Candidate with the most votes wins the election May have more people voting against them but still have enough votes to win The party that wins the most ridings has the most seats in parliament and forms the gov't Party forming gov't doesn't represent the majority of people |
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What is the suggested alternative to the first past the post style of elections and how does it work |
Proportional representation system: voters vote for a party Party wins percentage of seats based on percentage won Endures seats won reflects votes Problem is no local government, hard to win majority gov't |
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What is Rep by pop |
Rep by pop or representation by population The larger the number of people living in a province the more MP's the province has in the hoc |
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What is a constituent |
A riding or electoral district |
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Opposition |
People opposed to the gov't |
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Riding |
Electoral district same as constituents |
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Governor General |
Represents the queen Chosen by the pm Signs bills into Royal assent Summons parliament to meet and calls elections |
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Lieutenant Governor |
Queen's representative in Ontario Signs bills after MPPs vote Introduces new governments Visits places and people of Ontario |
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What is an MP |
Member of Parliament Represents voters in parliament |
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What is the opposition party |
The party opposed to the government, have 2nd most votes |
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What us the cabinet |
Members of Parliament chosen by the PM to be responsible for one area of public policy (ex. Ministers of education) |
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What is a senator |
Reviews laws passed by House of Commons. Vote for laws to pass to Royal assent |
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What is a by law |
Laws that are only in place in a specific municipality |
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What is a vote of no confidence |
If opposition parties may call a vote on whether the government is capable of doing a good job. If the government loses the vote they must resign and another election is called |
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What is the house of Commons |
338 mps that are responsible for making laws, asking the other members including the pm questions and debating issues of public policy |
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What is the senate |
Contains 105 senators the review laws passed by the hoc |
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What is a party platform |
A partys formal statement of its major principles objectives and positions of major issues |
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Who is the current prime minister |
Justin Trudeau |
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Who is the current Governor General |
Julie Payette |
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Who is the leader of the opposition party |
Andrew Scheer |
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Who is the current premier of Ontario |
Kathleen Wynne |
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