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Canadian Politics provides an in-depth exploration of the structures, processes, and issues that define political life in Canada. The course examines the historical evolution and current functioning of Canadas parliamentary system, the roles and responsibilities of federal, provincial, and territorial governments, and the impact of the Constitution, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Key topics include political parties, elections, Indigenous governance, federalism, public policy formation, and Canadas role on the international stage. Students will develop a nuanced understanding of Canadian political culture and the challenges facing contemporary Canadian society.
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Chapter 1: The study of politics
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Q1) What political decision is best described by the class analysis approach?
A)increasing airport and border security
B)adopting the North American Free Trade Agreement
C)increasing funding to universities
D)adopting a clean-air policy
Answer: B
Q2) According to political science, what are the three different types of power?
A)coercion, authority, legitimacy
B)authority, influence, coercion
C)influence, legitimacy, respect
D)authority, coercion, influence
Answer: D
Q3) Government authority is based on accountability.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The Marxist approach is synonymous with the class approach.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Institutional foundations and the evolution of the state
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Q1) Despite the implementation of the Constitution Act of 1867, the British still controlled Canadian foreign and trade policies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following is associated with a judge's appointment process?
A)Cabinet
B)Auditor General
C)Chief of Staff
D)Governor General
Answer: A
Q3) The role of government in Canada most extensive in the early 1980s.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Newfoundland and Labrador was the last province to be added to Canada.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Regionalism
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Q1) Which province has profited from offshore petroleum revenues?
A)Nova Scotia
B)Newfoundland and Labrador
C)Prince Edward Island
D)New Brunswick
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following statements best reflects the main goal of the Trans-Canada Pipeline?
A)It delivers Hibernia oil and Nova Scotia gas to central Canada.
B)It delivers Western natural gas to Eastern Canada.
C)It delivers Western oil to central Canada.
D)It delivers services that are similar to a Crown corporation.
Answer: B
Q3) What does the Crow rate refer to?
A)the unequal economic relationship between inner and outer Canada
B)a subsidized freight rate that disadvantaged the West
C)a subsidized freight rate that advantaged the West
D)a means of encouraging the Prairies to export their wheat via British Columbia
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Aboriginal peoples
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Which treaty gave the Crown the power to set aside reserves in exchange for the termination of Indian land, but at the same time providing hunting and fishing benefits on unoccupied Crown Land?
A)Calder Treaty
B)Douglas Treaties
C)Nisga'a Treaty
D)The Treaty of Nunavut
Q3) Europeans were originally attracted to Canada by its military significance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Aboriginal title means a claim to land based on treaty.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: french canada and the quebec question
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Q1) The largest francophone minority, expressed as a percentage of provincial population, is found in New Brunswick.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is la francophonie?
A)an organization of French-speaking states
B)a Canadian pressure group representing all francophones
C)an association representing the interests of francophones outside Quebec
D)the satellite carrying French-language communications
Q3) The sponsorship scandal of the federal Liberal party led to an increase in support for sovereignty within Quebec.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Outline French-English relations within two of the following provinces: New Brunswick, Ontario, and Manitoba.
Q5) How can one apply the pluralist and state-based approaches to the discussion of French-English relations in Canada?
Q6) What are some of the characteristics that make Quebec distinct?
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Chapter 6: Ethnocultural minorities
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Q1) What political party was most critical of immigration and publicly funded multiculturalism policies in the 1990s?
A)Reform/Alliance
B)NDP
C)Progressive Conservative
D)Liberal
Q2) Some critics argue that multiculturalism emphasizes our differences rather than our similarities as Canadians.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Trace the history of immigration patterns in Canada from the 1860s to the present.
Q4) What approach best describes Canadian ethnoculture during the pre-1970s period?
A)state-based
B)pluralist
C)class analysis
D)public choice
Q5) In recent years, the bulk of immigrants to Canada have come from the Caribbean. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Gender
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Q1) Pay equity represents "equal pay for work of equal value".
A)True
B)False
Q2) 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
Q3) 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
Q4) Which statement best describes employment equity programs in Canada?
A)These programs were designed to give preference to groups discriminated against in the past.
B)These programs have made women predominant in the public sector.
C)These programs have made women predominant in the private sector.
D)These programs have made women predominant in both the public and private sectors.
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Chapter 8: Class
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Q1) Which statement best describes the position of state-centred theorists with regard to class-consciousness in Canada?
A)The corporate elite is the most powerful force in the political system.
B)Market forces should determine the distribution of income.
C)Due to a low level of class consciousness, politicians can ignore the demands of the working class.
D)The Canadian Labour Congress is an important working-class pressure group.
Q2) The Liberal government introduced the Unemployment Act in 1940.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Within the apparatus of government, what is often seen as a lobby for big business?
A)House of Commons
B)judiciary
C)bureaucracy
D)Senate
Q4) There are currently almost 1 one million Canadians living in poverty.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List five suggestions for how governments could improve the lot of the poor.
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Chapter 9: Other cleavages and identities: urban/rural location,
religion, and age
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Q1) Quebec has maintained a separate school system based on religious affiliation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What was the first main religious demand in Canada?
A)establishing the Roman Catholic religion as the main dominant religion in Canada
B)establishing separate school systems for Roman Catholics and Protestants
C)establishing the Protestant religion as the main dominant religion in Canada
D)establishing a Roman Catholic-based constitution
Q3) Rural Canada is overrepresented in the House of Commons.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The current fertility rate should continue to increase the population indefinitely.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How is party preference split between urban and rural areas?
Q6) Explain the historical basis for a separate school system in Canada.
Q7) What is the future for Canada's population?
Q8) What are the key characteristics of rural Canada today?
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Chapter 10: CanadaS external environment: the united states
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Q1) The Canadian Auto Workers union was originally part of the United Auto Workers Union.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Canadian Anglophones spend about 72 percent of their television viewing time watching local programs
A)True
B)False
Q3) Name five of the principle characteristics of globalization.
Q4) Which of the following International Organizations ordered Canada to discontinue a federal excise tax and postal subsidies following a complaint by the American government?
A)World Trade Organization
B)International Monetary Fund
C)G8
D)G20
Q5) The Canada-U.S.Free Trade Agreement was not supposed to affect existing cultural programs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Canadian Political Culture
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Q1) One of the elements incorporated into the "Tory Touch" is elitism.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Separatists centre on the "limited identities" and subcultures that characterize Canadian society.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain two of the five values that constitute the traditional Canadian political culture.
Q4) Canadian demonstration of respect toward the law, judges, and police is called political efficacy.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the concept of limited identities and their importance for Canadian political values.
Q6) 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
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Chapter 12: Political socialization, the mass media, and Public opinion polls
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Q1) The clearest discrepancy between public policy and public opinion is probably on the issue of capital punishment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following increases a person's degree of political participation?
A)newspaper consumption
B)television viewership
C)radio listenership
D)Internet consumption
Q3) Which Royal Commission on Newspapers was prompted by the simultaneous closing of the Winnipeg Tribune and Ottawa Journal?
A)the Berger Commission
B)the Kent Commission
C)the MacDonald Commission
D)the Smith Commission
Q4) How is the media involved in political agenda-setting?
Q5) What are some of the issues that can arise from the relationship between the media and politicians?
Q6) How is public opinion in Canada measured?
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Chapter 13: Elections and the electoral system
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Q1) 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
Q2) What is the typical time frame between elections in Canada?
A)3 years
B)4 years
C)5 years
D)10 years
Q3) What are some of the similarities and differences in the discrepancies between seats and votes at the national and provincial levels?
Q4) Strategic voting is most common in the first-past-the-post electoral system.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What remedies to Canada's electoral system have been proposed to better reflect the distribution of the popular vote?
Q6) What are the primary functions of an election in the Canadian political system?
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Chapter 14: Political parties and the party system
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Q1) What is considered a part of the "extra-parliamentary party"?
A)the bureaucracy
B)senators
C)local and national party executives
D)pollsters
Q2) The state-centred approach defends the broker system as necessary in a nation with many cleavages.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How does party ideology in Canada apply to the major Canadian political parties?
Q4) Where in the ideological spectrum is the Liberal Party located?
A)left
B)centre
C)right
D)centre left
Q5) Liberalism emphasizes government planning, regulation, ownership of some of the major industries, progressive taxation, and redistribution of income via social programs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Parties, voting, and The election campaign
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Q1) Imagine a voter voting for their second-favourite party because the second-favourite candidate is perceived to have a better chance than the voter's first choice in defeating a party that the voter dislikes the most.What is the term used to describe this type of voting?
A)wasted voting
B)reverse Voting
C)sequential Voting
D)strategic Voting
Q2) Which party's 2011 platform was titled "Here for Canada"?
A)Liberals
B)Conservatives
C)NDP
D)Green
Q3) Regional factors have recently been the strongest sociodemographic influence in Canadian voting behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe how an individual candidate competes for office at the local level?
Q5) How do core values and beliefs influence how Canadians vote?
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) Discuss three explanations for why advocacy groups are sometimes successful and sometimes not.
Q2) What political party is linked to the Canadian Labour Congress?
A)NDP
B)Liberal
C)Conservative
D)Bloc Quebecois
Q3) The Gomery Report on the Quebec sponsorship scandal under Chrétien supported further revisions to the lobbying registration scheme.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Advocacy groups tend to increase their public profile once an election has been called.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Canadian Aboriginal and women's groups use the United Nations to further their domestic causes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The Canadian constitution and constitutional change
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Q1) What province refused to accept the Constitution Act, 1982?
A)Ontario
B)Prince Edward island
C)Quebec
D)Alberta
Q2) 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
Q3) Explain the significance of the Clarity Act.
Q4) How have the constitutional changes affected Aboriginal Canadians?
Q5) Which of the following requires unanimous federal and provincial consent in order to amend?
A)The use of English or French languages at the federal level
B)The principle of proportionate representation of the provinces in the House of Commons
C)The powers of the Senate
D)The method of selecting Senators.
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Chapter 18: The provinces and the federal system
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Q1) In the Constitution, the provincial taxation powers are restricted to sales taxes.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Canada Health Act allows the federal government to penalize provinces that do not cover all necessary health services provided by hospitals and medical practitioners.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A conditional grant is given by the provinces to Ottawa providing it meets certain conditions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a condition of the Canada Health Act, 1984?
A)comprehensive
B)universal
C)portable
D)independent
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) The reasonable limits clause is Section 1 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discrimination in the private sector is normally addressed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which characteristic is NOT explicitly listed in section 15 of the Charter?
A)age
B)sexual orientation
C)race
D)physical disability
Q4) Freedom of expression, security from search and seizure, and freedom of religion have all been extended by judicial interpretation to trade unions.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the notwithstanding clause? Explain the controversy that surrounds this section of the charter.
Q6) How are language rights protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedom?
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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) Describe and explain the significance of policy instruments?
Q3) What are stakeholders and what is their role in determining public policy?
Q4) The state-centred approach assumes that whatever the formal phases of the policymaking process, the political system ultimately responds to the demands of the corporate elite.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Air Canada used to be a crown corporation that has since been privatized. A)True B)False
Q6) The War Measures Act was invoked during a severe flooding in Manitoba. A)True
B)False
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Q7) In terms of government intervention, explain how the role of the state has evolved over the last 100 years.
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Chapter 21: The executive: crown, prime minister, and cabinet
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Q1) Individual ministerial responsibility means that all ministers must publicly defend all Cabinet policies or else resign.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Who are typically referred to as "ministers without portfolio"
A)Cabinet ministers
B)deputy Prime Ministers
C)shadow Cabinet ministers
D)junior ministers
Q3) A Canadian constitutional convention requires that each province be represented in the Cabinet.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Treasury Board is a section of the Department of Finance.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What were the recommendations of the Gomery Inquiry with regard to the prime minister and the public service?
Q6) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the monarchy?
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Chapter 22: The bureaucracy
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Q1) The Department of Finance is an opponent of new department spending programs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) 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.
Q3) Every province except Nova Scotia has supplemented other means of controlling the bureaucracy with the appointment of an ombudsman.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The principle of individual ministerial responsibility means that ministers must resign for mistakes made by their officials.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What reforms were made to the bureaucracy under the New Public Management?
Q6) How is the Canadian bureaucracy controlled?
Q7) How are responsibility and accountability managed in departments?
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Chapter 22: The bureaucracy
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Q1) There were 12 minority governments between 1867 and 2011.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Legislative committees usually have an investigative function, to examine an issue before the government has made up its mind on how to deal with it.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What term refers to MPs who are NOT Cabinet ministers or holders of other important positions in their parliamentary party?
A)members
B)backbenchers
C)drones
D)party whips
Q4) The Cabinet consists of all the elected members of each political party.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the concept of party discipline.
Q6) Explain the relevance and significance of the Canadian senate.
Q7) What are the functions and powers of the House of Commons?
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Chapter 24: The judiciary
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Q1) Canadian and provincial legal systems, with the exception of Quebec, operate in the tradition of the English civil law.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the function of the judiciary?
Q3) Federal court of Canada judges have a mandatory retirement age of 75 years.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The basic function of an appeal court is to correct errors in the interpretation of the law.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which of the following is NOT considered public law?
A)company law
B)constitutional law
C)administrative law
D)taxation law
Q6) What are the powers of the Supreme Court of Canada?
Q7) What are some of the issues and challenges that come with appointing judges?
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