 Life
without Government
would be….
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___________________________: “Rule by the
people”
 Requires:
 ___________________– the right to vote
 A _____________– fundamental rules
_________________________: follows a
constitution and British ___________(Model)
 The _______is at the head of our government
______________: divided into 3 levels – _______,
__________, ____________
___________: Political system in which individuals
who share a ______________organize themselves into
parties to ________________for the right to __________
 Ex. Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Green, Bloc
Quebecois
________
2) __________
3) _________
1)

FEDERAL Responsibilities:
__________policy
 ______________
 _________and __________
 _________laws
 _______________
 National _________
 ______________insurance
 ____________peoples
 _______system

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PROVINCIAL Responsibilities:


___________
____________
 **federal government pays a portion of the cost of health
care and higher education

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___________taxation
Provincial ________
Management of _________________
______and _________
_______________________programs
___________

MUNICIPAL Responsibilities:
Libraries
 Local schools
 Police & fire departments
 Public transportation & local roads
 Parks & recreation
 Water & sewage
 Garbage & recycling collection
 Zoning bylaws, building codes/permits/licenses

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Structure:
Elected municipal members: mayors and councillors
work to pass by-laws (laws only for that municipality)
 Individual citizens most directly participate here


Federal
Provincial
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
•Monarch
•Governor General
•Prime Minister
•Cabinet
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
•House of Commons
(Member of Parliament MP)
•Senate
JUDICIAL BRANCH
•Supreme Court of Canada
•Federal Court of Appeal
•Federal Court
•Tax Court
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
•Monarch
•Lieutenant Governor
•Premier
•Cabinet
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
•Provincial Legislature
(Member of the Legislative
Assembly – MLA)
•n/a
JUDICIAL BRANCH
•Supreme Court of Canada
•Provincial Court of Appeal
•Provincial/Territorial
Superior Court

STEP 1: ______________
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STEP 2: _______________________
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________create and run for _______on a __________
All Canadians _____________may vote
The country/province is divided into _________(aka: _______,
____________, ________districts) (an area with approx. _______
people) that elect one person
The party that won the ____________forms the government
The leader of this party becomes the ____________of the
country/province
The party with the _____________________becomes the _______
____________(leader of the official opposition)
STEP 3: ________________________

The new government begins to run the country following a
__________– putting a ______________________

________________________(ultimate goal of a political party)

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
A party has ______________________________in the country/province
This allows the government to ___________________the support of another
_______
_______________________
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When a government _____________________to Parliament than any other
party, _____________than all the other ______________________
To _____________, the government must have the ________of the ________
parties
________________because may be _________by a ____________________by
__________members
Example
Liberal
NDP
Conservative
Green Party
Bloc Quebecois
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45
21
34
1
3
_______________________

formal arrangement by which political parties work together for a period
of time or to meet a specific objective