Poli 110 - Into to Canadian Politics - Ch. 1 - 2

1. An organization designed to get its candidates elected to Parliament.

2. Political parties are the primary connection between voters and Parliament.

The lower chamber of Parliament where there are 308 members who are elected by the people.

The legislative branch of government in Canada consisting of the House of Commons, the Senate and the Crown.

The upper chamber of Parliament where there are 105 members who are appointed until age 75 by the Crown on the advice of the Prime Minister.

The Queen's representative in Canada, and formally the head of the executive branch of government.

1. The leader of the government in Parliament.

2. By convention, the prime minister is an elected member of the House of Commons.

1. The ability of the government to command majority support in Parliament.

2. It is the first rule of responsible government.

When one political party wins more than half the seats in the House of Commons.

When a political party forms the government with fewer than half the seats in the House of Commons.

1. The principle that government must not only make the law but follow the law as well.

2. It is one of the hallmarks of a free society.

The laws made by Parliament

1. Unwritten rules of the Canadian political system.

2. Many conventions were inherited from Great Britain's system of responsible government in 1867, while other conventions have emerged in Canada over time through political practice.

1. Non-binding informal unwritten rules.

2. Some rules of thumb may emerge as conventions or become enshrined in law over time.

One type of approach used in the study of politics that analyzes

1. the rules of the game and

2. their effects on the political system.

Governments that maintain total control over the societies they govern. They are typically led by a single dictator.

The Canadian system of government (inherited from Great Britain) in which ministers are responsible to Parliament and the Crown.

1. A system of government with 2 constitutionally entrenched orders of government.

2. One government is responsible for matters pertaining to the entire country and the other order of government provides a range of services at a more local level.

3. In Canada the 2 orders of government are the 10 provinces and the Federal government in Ottawa. (The territories are separate entities under the authority of the Federal government)

A legislature that has 2 chambers. The Parliament of Canada is a bicameral legislature. The House of Commons is the elected lower chamber and the Senate is the appointed upper chamber.

Literally means "supreme power"

The interaction between the different governments in a federation, especially between the Federal government and the provinces but also between provinces and municipalities, Aboriginal peoples and governments of all levels and even relationships across the border with state governments.

1. Federal legislation that defines the legal status of Indian peoples in Canada and

2. regulates the management of Indian lands and reserves.

The first rule of responsible government is that the government must maintain the confidence of Parliament.

1. Specific bundles of ideas about politics and the good life, such as liberalism, conservatism and socialism.

2. Ideologies help people explain political phenomena,

3. they allow people to evaluate good and bad,

4. and they equip people with a program or agenda for political action.

1. The sum total of political beliefs in a country.

2. It includes the atitudes, beliefs and values that underpin the political system.

Modern adherents of classical liberalism.

The main political divisions in a country. Political scientists have long been concerned with a handful of ensuring schisms in the Canadian political landscape, such as language, region and class among others.

1. A political orientation that is driven by one's identification with one's language, religion, gender, nation, sexual orientation or some other aspect of the group one identifies with.

2. Identity politics is often associated with groups seeking to free themselves from discrimination by dominant groups in Canadian society.

A clevage within a cleavage and an alliance across clevages. The historical clevage in Canada has been language, but the English speaking community is further divided between Protestants and Catholics and on some issues, English speaking Catholics may have more in common with French Catholics than English speaking protestants.

The transformation of Quebec from a deeply Conservative society to a progressive Liberal society in the 1960' s.

A church fostered policy known as la revanche des berceaux. The church encouraged women to have lots of babies to prevent the assimilation of the French by the English.

The passion some individuals display for their nation. It properly refers to an identifiable group of people rather than a country. Love of country is properly known as patriotism. In Canada, many people in Quebec believe that Quebec is a separate nation.

Quebecers who want Quebec to become a sovereign state independent of Canada.

Quebecers who are not in favor of separation. They are committed to Canada, although many of them want to see changes to the way federation is governed.

1. A theory that extends democracy beyond the election of the government.

2. It is the belief that many political decisions should be made by the people.

3. Populism can be left wing it right wing, and is particularly prevalent in Western Canada.

1. The disconnection many Canadians in Western provinces feel to the rest of Canada,

2. and the belief that the government of Canada tends to make policies for the benefit of the majority in Central Canada to the detriment of the West.

The different support political parties recieve from women and men.