Canadian Political Thought Test
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Canadian Political Thought examines the evolution of political ideas, ideologies, and debates within Canada from the colonial period to the present day. The course explores foundational texts, influential thinkers, and the development of distinctive Canadian concepts such as federalism, multiculturalism, Indigenous sovereignty, and bilingualism. Students critically analyze how various political movements and philosophies liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and others have shaped Canadian identity, government, and society, while considering the impact of regionalism, colonialism, and current social and political issues within a diverse and changing national context.
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Canadian Politics Critical Approaches 7th Edition by Rand Dyck
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Chapter 1: The study of politics
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Q1) The notion that the operations of the state are so extensive that they are connected to virtually every aspect of society is called the state-centred approach.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The class approach postulates that the political system is characterized by openness and that power is widely dispersed among many interests.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to the institutional approach, what are the two main elements of politics and government that are considered to be the main essence of political analysis?
A)institutions and the constitution
B)bureaucracy and law
C)constitution and law
D)bureaucracy and courts
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Institutional foundations and the evolution of the state
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Q1) A form of government including an elected assembly is called a direct democracy.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q2) In terms of initiating a bill, individual members of the House or Representative and the Senate have much less power than the members of the British parliamentary system.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The word "confederation" used by the Fathers of Confederation is actually the opposite of its intended meaning.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Unlike the United States, the Canadian constitutional setup serves to inhibit government activity.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Regionalism
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Q1) Crown corporations are created for the purpose of public-private partnerships.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Why are crown corporations created?
A)for a public policy purpose
B)as a regulatory agency
C)with the intention of maximizing their profits
D)with the hope of becoming privatized as quickly as possible
Answer: A
Q3) John A.Macdonald's 1879 National Policy saw free trade with the United States as a means of promoting and protecting the industrial heartland of Ontario.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q4) The James Bay hydroelectric project is in Quebec.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Aboriginal peoples
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Q1) Who is represented by the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples advocacy group?
A)status Indians
B)non-status Indias
C)Métis
D)Inuit
Q2) Which statement best represents the recommendations of the White Paper?
A)It reasserted the importance of the Indian Act.
B)It recognized the importance of group consciousness.
C)It recommended the government further develop the treaty relationship between Aboriginal peoples and other Canadians.
D)It recommended a complete integration of Aboriginal peoples into Canadian society.
Q3) The first provincial comprehensive land claim settlement was the Nisga'a treaty.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Before 1985, Aboriginal women lost their Indian status if they married a white man.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is meant by the term "Aboriginal self-government"?
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Chapter 5: french canada and the quebec question
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Q1) The limit on Bill 178 was 5 years.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The largest francophone minority, expressed as a percentage of provincial population, is found in New Brunswick.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The sponsorship scandal of the federal Liberal party led to an increase in support for sovereignty within Quebec.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What did the federal Official Languages Act do?
A)It allowed the public to deal with government offices in Ottawa in either English or French.
B)It allowed the public to deal with federal government offices anywhere in Canada in English or French.
C)It required all new federal employees to be bilingual.
D)It required all federal employees to receive language training in either French or English.
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Chapter 6: Ethnocultural minorities
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Q1) What are some of the key changes in immigration policy since the early 1900s? Is the current immigration policy assisting or hindering the wellbeing of current and future immigrants into Canada?
Q2) What were the basic objectives of Trudeau's multiculturalism policy?
Q3) The Conservative party recently found itself with the largest representation of visible minority MPs in its caucus.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The term "allophone" refers to those whose mother tongue is either English of French. A)True
B)False
Q5) Which urban area has the largest composition of non-Caucasians?
A)Toronto
B)Vancouver
C)Montreal
D)Calgary
Q6) Britain was the leading source of immigrants between 1900 and 1965. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Gender
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Q1) What is the significance of Section 28 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
A)It provides equality for all people, regardless of age, race, or religion.
B)It protects women's rights from use of the notwithstanding clause.
C)It allows provincial governments to infringe on equality rights of minorities.
D)It protects the French language and culture outside Quebec.
Q2) How was sexual orientation added to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
A)through the Parliament of Canada
B)through the Supreme Court of Canada
C)through the constitutional amending formula
D)sexual orientation was not added to the Charter
Q3) What is meant by the term "feminization of poverty"?
Q4) In which political venue were women unable to sit until 1929?
A)the Senate
B)the House of Commons
C)the Alberta legislature
D)the British Columbia legislature
Q5) The National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) was the foremost women's pressure group in the 1970s and 1980s, but has now virtually collapsed.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Class
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Q1) Explain the term "corporate welfare."
Q2) List five suggestions for how governments could improve the lot of the poor.
Q3) Even though the House of Commons passed a resolution in 1989 to eliminate child poverty in Canada by 2000, the number of children living in poverty increased by 50 percent during the 1990s.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is NOT usually a demand of the corporate elite?
A)tax cuts for individuals
B)cutting transfer payments to provinces
C)deregulation
D)removing the tax advantages of income trusts
Q5) Since 2004, approximately what percentage of union members have been women?
A)10
B)50
C)60
D)70
Q6) What does it mean to be "class-conscious? How does this sentiment affect the working and poor classes in Canada?
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Q7) Why are the corporate elite thought to wield so much political power in Canada?
Chapter 9: Other cleavages and identities: urban/rural location,
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Q1) Which of the following groups is currently least likely to experience political conflict with each other?
A)Christians and non-Christians
B)Religious and non-religious groups
C)Christians and Muslims
D)Catholics and Protestants
Q2) What group usually supports mandatory retirement?
A)young people
B)seniors
C)trade unions
D)the political elite
Q3) Why was gun control legislation opposed by a majority of rural voters?
A)Many rural residents rely on hunting as a food source.
B)Hunting is a traditional part of rural culture.
C)It was felt registration would lead to confiscation.
D)Most rural residents reject state involvement in their daily lives.
Q4) How is party preference split between urban and rural areas?
Q5) Rural Canada is overrepresented in the House of Commons.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: CanadaS external environment: the united states and the world
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Q1) Which of the following is a criticism of foreign investment?
A)Less capital may leave the country than was initially invested.
B)Research and development occurs outside the parent plant.
C)It lowers the standard of living for Canadians.
D)It increases the number of jobs in sciences in Canada.
Q2) What percentage of acid rain falling north of the Canada-U.S.border is caused by U.S.sources?
A)10
B)25
C)50
D)90
Q3) The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is a Crown corporation
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are some of the benefits for Canada to establish a free trade agreement with the US?
Q5) Canadian Anglophones spend about 72 percent of their television viewing time watching local programs
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Canadian Political Culture
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Q1) Canadians are more egalitarian than Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following best describes political equality in a democracy?
A)regular elections
B)one person, one vote
C)equal rights for all members of society
D)representation by population
Q3) Canadian demonstration of respect toward the law, judges, and police is called political efficacy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Horowitz, which ideology dominates Canadian political culture?
A)conservatism
B)liberalism
C)socialism
D)communism
Q5) What are thought to be the distinguishing features between Canadian and U.S.values?
Q6) How can Canadians achieve a balance between Individualism and Collectivism?
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Chapter 12: Political socialization, the mass media, and Public
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Q1) Compare and contrast the different agents of political socialization.
Q2) How is public opinion in Canada measured?
Q3) What term is used to describe the sum total of opinions held by members of the public on any subject?
A)political culture
B)public interest
C)public opinion
D)public sector
Q4) Explain the class-analysis approach toward political socialization.
Q5) The classic case of a church influencing the political values, attitudes, and opinions of its members was the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The Harper government has been maintaining strict control over the flow of information and therefore, has been less accessible to reporters.
A)True
B)False
Q7) How is the media involved in political agenda-setting?
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Chapter 13: Elections and the electoral system
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Q1) What remedies to Canada's electoral system have been proposed to better reflect the distribution of the popular vote?
Q2) Jean Chrétien's new election finance reforms virtually eliminated corporate contributions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the typical time frame between elections in Canada?
A)3 years
B)4 years
C)5 years
D)10 years
Q4) Based on calculations, what is the projected total number of seats that will be available in the House of Commons after the 2015 elections?
A)308
B)318
C)328
D)338
Q5) What are some of the similarities and differences in the discrepancies between seats and votes at the national and provincial levels?
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Chapter 14: Political parties and the party system
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Q1) What is an organized group that makes nominations and contests elections in the hope of influencing the policies and personnel of government?
A)a pressure group
B)an interest group
C)a political party
D)public opinion polls
Q2) Explain the term "the iron law of oligarchy" as it relates to political parties.
Q3) The CCF party was less socialistic than the current NDP party.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What theory postulates that the Liberal and Conservative parties have no central ideology and merely promise to satisfy the most important interests felt by the voters at any given time?
A)the one-party dominant theory
B)the broker theory
C)the class-based theory
D)the pluralist theory
Q5) What were some of the issues and factors that moved Canada from a third to a fourth party system?
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Chapter 15: Parties, voting, and The election campaign
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Q1) Which party's 2011 platform was titled "Here for Canada"?
A)Liberals
B)Conservatives
C)NDP
D)Green
Q2) Which statements best reflects national media advertising campaign?
A)It is normally the most expensive part of the election campaign.
B)No party can spend any more than another.
C)All broadcasting time is paid for from the public purse.
D)No party is allowed to use foreign advisers.
Q3) Younger voters in Quebec prefer the Bloc Quebecois than any other party.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In most parties, how are candidates selected?
A)They are appointed by the party leader.
B)They are elected by the local constituency association.
C)They are chosen by party headquarters.
D)They are chosen by the local riding association president.
Q5) Explain the sociodemographic bases of political party support in Canada.
Q6) Why are leadership debates felt to be important in a national campaign?
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Chapter 16: Advocacy groups, social movements, and lobbying
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Q1) Canadian Aboriginal and women's groups use the United Nations to further their domestic causes.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Money, information, prestige, public support, and lack of opposition help to explain the significant influence of the Canadian Medical Association.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss three explanations for why advocacy groups are sometimes successful and sometimes not.
Q4) Which organization is an example of an issue-oriented pressure group?
A)Canadian Labour Congress
B)Stop Spadina
C)Canadian Council of Chief Executives
D)John Howard Society
Q5) What are some of the differences and similarities between business and non-business interest groups?
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Q6) What are the functions of advocacy groups?
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Chapter 17: The Canadian constitution and constitutional change
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Q1) Which of the following declared Canada to be totally independent of Britain?
A)Constitution Act 1907
B)The Parliament of Canada Act
C)The British Parliament Act
D)Statute of Westminster
Q2) Explain the significance of the Clarity Act.
Q3) The unwritten parts of the Canadian Constitution are referred to as oral interpretations.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Opponents of the Meech Lake Accord included women's, labour, and left-wing groups.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which Prime Minister had a vision of a centralized, symmetrical and bilingual federation?
A)Brian Mulroney
B)Paul Martin
C)Pierre Trudeau
D)Jean Chretien
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Chapter 18: The provinces and the federal system
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Q1) Province-building refers to the creation of provinces in the northern territories.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The federally appointed lieutenant governor has an alternative to giving royal assent to a provincial law.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is NOT a characteristic of cooperative federalism?
A)federal-provincial taxation agreements
B)federal-provincial grant programs
C)federal-provincial conferences
D)federal-provincial conflicts are referred to the courts
Q4) Which section of the Constitution Act, 1867 covers provincial powers?
A)Section 90
B)Section 91
C)Section 92
D)Section 95
Q5) What were the division of powers between the provinces and the federal government as outlined in the Constitution Act, 1867?
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Chapter 19: The charter of rights and freedoms
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Q1) How are language rights protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedom?
Q2) How are rights and freedoms classified? How have they historically been protected?
Q3) The reasonable limits clause is Section 1 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are the arguments levied against an increased role of the courts in the political process?
Q5) In which case did the Supreme Court find that the abortion law infringed with a woman's security of the person?
A)Drybones
B)Morgentaler
C)Daigle
D)Rivard
Q6) Who was responsible for enacting the Canadian Bill of Rights?
A)Pierre Trudeau
B)Lester B.Pearson
C)McKenzie King
D)John Diefebaker
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Chapter 20: Governing: the policymaking process and policy instruments
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Q1) Taxation has the effect of constraining behaviour in actually taking something tangible away from the individuals and corporations on whom it is imposed.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What best describes the policymaking process in Canada?
A)priority-setting, initiation, policy formation, legitimation, implementation, interpretation
B)initiation, priority-setting, policy formation, legitimation, implementation, interpretation
C)initiation, priority-setting, policy formation, implementation, legitimation, interpretation
D)priority-setting, initiation, policy formation, implementation, interpretation, legitimation
Q3) Air Canada used to be a crown corporation that has since been privatized.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe and explain the significance of policy instruments?
Q5) Explain the advantages and disadvantages for citizens of governments' use of tax expenditures.
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Q1) A Canadian constitutional convention requires that each province be represented in the Cabinet.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are some of the functions of the Crown in relation to the executive branch of Canadian government?
Q3) Compare and contrast the concepts of individual ministerial responsibility and collective ministerial responsibility.
Q4) An order in council is a formal decision taken by the Canada Council.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The Canadian head of state is the prime minister.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What is the Minister of State for Democratic Renewal also known as?
A)PCO Minister
B)PMO Minister
C)Treasury Board Minister
D)Finance Minister
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Chapter 22: The bureaucracy
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Q1) What reforms were made to the bureaucracy under the New Public Management?
Q2) Every province except Nova Scotia has supplemented other means of controlling the bureaucracy with the appointment of an ombudsman.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What government department employs the largest number of civil servants?
A)Human Resources and Skills Development
B)Treasury Board
C)Public Works and Government Services
D)National Defence
Q4) Which statement best describes special operating agencies?
A)They are autonomous administrative units within the bureaucracy.
B)They are Canada's equivalent of the CIA and MI5.
C)They contain 67 percent of the Canadian public service.
D)They are staffed by exempt personnel.
Q5) The principle of individual ministerial responsibility means that ministers must resign for mistakes made by their officials.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 22: The bureaucracy
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Q1) What type of government exists when the governing party has fewer MPs than the combined opposition?
A)minority government
B)majority government
C)deadlocked government
D)lame-duck government
Q2) The Senate has a veto over all legislation except money bills.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Party house leaders are responsible for ensuring that their members are present for important votes and that they vote the right way.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A parliamentary session always begins with the speech of throne prepared by the Prime Minister and read by the governor general.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the stages of a bill becoming a law?
Q6) Describe a typical week in the House of Commons.
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Chapter 24: The judiciary
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Q1) Ontario is the only province that requires legislation in order to remove a provincial court judge.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are the powers of the Supreme Court of Canada?
Q3) What are some of the main similarities and differences between civil and criminal law?
Q4) The federal cabinet appoints provincial superior court judges.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Out of the nine Supreme Court justices, how many must originate from Quebec?
A)0
B)1
C)3
D)6
Q6) The basic function of an appeal court is to correct errors in the interpretation of the law.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What is the function of the judiciary?
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