Federalism in Canada Test Questions
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This course explores the principles, evolution, and practical workings of federalism in Canada, examining the dynamic division of powers and responsibilities between the federal and provincial governments. Students will analyze constitutional foundations, key legal cases, and intergovernmental relations, as well as the impact of federalism on policy areas such as health, education, language rights, and Indigenous governance. The course also considers contemporary issues and debates surrounding regional diversity, Quebec nationalism, and the challenges of maintaining unity in a complex and diverse federation.
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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) 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
Q3) Which statement best describes the rational choice approach in politics?
A)People get involved in politics because they want to get something out of it for themselves or others.
B)Its primary focus is the source of human motivation.
C)Its theory stipulates that individuals will deductively reduce their logic in order to achieve their goals.
D)What is good for the individual is the same as what is good for the group.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Institutional foundations and the evolution of the state
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Q1) Compare and contrast the principles of representative government and responsible government.
Answer: Representative government describes a set of political institutions that include an elected legislative assembly.In early 19th-century Canada, the elected assembly represented and articulated the views of the people, but had no real power over the appointed councils.As a result, reformers campaigned for responsible government in which advisers to the governor would reflect the views of the elected assembly.That would mean that the members of the executive council came from the assembly and had its support.
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 Westminster model is a system of government that provides for a strong legislature.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Regionalism
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Q1) In what areas did the most serious regional economic conflicts in Canadian history occur?
A)importation, exportation, welfare, and industry
B)transportation, banking, welfare, and defence
C)defence, resources, representation, and debt
D)tariffs, transportation, banking, and resources
Answer: D
Q2) Class analysts emphasize that federal policies facilitate the accumulation of capital among central Canadian corporations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Reciprocal payments are unconditional grants to have-not provinces based on provincial need.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Aboriginal peoples
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Q1) Indians living on reserves gained the right to vote in federal elections in 1960.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Calder case gave off-reserve Indians the right to vote in band elections.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Who is represented by the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples advocacy group?
A)status Indians
B)non-status Indias
C)Métis
D)Inuit
Q4) Non-status Indians are divided between on-and off-reserve
A)True
B)False
Q5) The term "Indian" does not include the Métis and Inuit
A)True
B)False
Q6) Compare and contrast the 1995 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and the 1997 response of the Chrétien government.
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Chapter 5: french canada and the quebec question
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Q1) The Supreme Court of Canada imposed official bilingualism in British Columbia.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following were NOT provisions of the Meech Lake Accord?
A)recognition of Quebec as distinct society
B)provincial nominations of senators
C)Aboriginal self-government initiatives
D)constitutionalization of Quebec's rights in immigration
Q3) Known as the Charter of the French Language, what law made French predominant in the province of Quebec?
A)Bill 7
B)Bill 8
C)Bill 101
D)the Official Languages Act
Q4) Explain the evolution of linguistic conflicts in Canada.How did these conflicts progress?
Q5) The sponsorship scandal of the federal Liberal party led to an increase in support for sovereignty within Quebec.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Ethnocultural minorities
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Q1) From 1885 onward, immigrants from which country were required to pay a head tax to enter Canada?
A)India
B)Japan
C)Israel
D)China
Q2) What were the basic objectives of Trudeau's multiculturalism policy?
Q3) What amendment was made to the Immigration Act in the 1960s?
A)to give preference to Caucasian applicants
B)to give preference to Caribbean applicants
C)to remove previous discriminatory provisions
D)to give preference to extended families
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) 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
Q2) What were the main concerns of first-wave feminists?
Q3) 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.
Q4) 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.
Q5) How has representation of women in politics and government progressed in the last century?
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Chapter 8: Class
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Q1) There are currently almost 1 one million Canadians living in poverty.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Collective bargaining is protected by the freedom of association clause in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which group does NOT belong under the petite bourgeoisie class?
A)small business people
B)affluent farmers
C)self-employed professionals
D)civil servants
Q4) 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.
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Chapter 9: Other cleavages and identities: urban/rural location, religion, and age
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Q1) What are the key characteristics of rural Canada today?
Q2) The current fertility rate should continue to increase the population indefinitely.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What issue will be most pressing for seniors in the future?
A)health care
B)Old Age Security
C)housing
D)mandatory retirement
Q4) What are some of the historical concerns of seniors within the Canadian political system?
Q5) What percentage of the Canadian population lives in Ontario and Quebec?
A)52
B)55
C)62
D)72
Q6) How is party preference split between urban and rural areas?
Q7) What is the future for Canada's population?
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Q1) 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
Q2) An act or threat of violence perpetrated by an ideological group that is intended to produce fear or change is called terrorism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the dispute-settlement mechanism?
A)a provision of the Canada-U.S.Free Trade Agreement to settle trade disputes
B)a provision of the Parliament of Canada Act to settle disputes between the House of Commons and the Senate
C)a provision of the Canadian Constitution to settle federal-provincial disputes
D)a provision of the UN Charter to settle disputes among nation states
Q4) What are some of the benefits for Canada to establish a free trade agreement with the US?
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Chapter 11: The Canadian Political Culture
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Q1) What is NOT considered a fundamental freedom?
A)freedom to vote
B)freedom of religion
C)freedom of peaceful assembly
D)freedom of thought
Q2) One of the elements incorporated into the "Tory Touch" is elitism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most common form of political participation in Canada is writing letters to the government.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which statement does NOT describe political freedom?
A)It is guaranteed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
B)It is a component of the definition of democracy.
C)It includes freedom of speech, press, and assembly.
D)It is rarely infringed on by provincial governments.
Q5) Explain two of the five values that constitute the traditional Canadian political culture.
Q6) How can Canadians achieve a balance between Individualism and Collectivism?
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Chapter 12: Political socialization, the mass media, and Public opinion polls
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a technique of news management?
A)the free flow of information on government operations
B)news leaks and trial balloons
C)government secrecy
D)strategic timing and distribution of information
Q2) Compare and contrast the different agents of political socialization.
Q3) How do individual corporations try to influence political attitudes and opinion?
A)through product advertising
B)through advocacy advertising
C)through new public management
D)through redistributive egalitarianism
Q4) The merging of different companies, cultures, and technologies is a mark of globalization often called convergence.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Francophones watch more drama on television than anything else.
A)True
B)False
Q6) 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) The first-past-the-post system has been criticized for promoting the overrepresentation of white males.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Prime Minister Harper eliminated all contributions made by corporations and trade unions to elections, nominations, and leadership candidates.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Conservatives had virtually no members from Quebec before 1984.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are some of the similarities and differences in the discrepancies between seats and votes at the national and provincial levels?
Q5) Who is disqualified from the voting process?
A)prisoners
B)people with mental disabilities
C)judges
D)chief electoral officers
Q6) Describe how election financing has evolved since pre-1974?
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Chapter 14: Political parties and the party system
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Q1) What is NOT a factor contributing to the formation of minor parties in Canada?
A)regional cleavages
B)ethnic cleavages
C)class cleavages
D)religious cleavages
Q2) What party system categorized the decade between 1993 and 2003?
A)two-plus party system
B)two-plus-two party system
C)multiparty system
D)three party system
Q3) 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
Q4) Explain the term "the iron law of oligarchy" as it relates to political parties.
Q5) How does party ideology in Canada apply to the major Canadian political parties?
Q6) 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 of the following does NOT describe the absent mandate?
A)Parties don't emphasize policy in election campaigns.
B)Voters don't vote on the basis of party policies.
C)The winning party rarely gets a majority of the votes.
D)Losing parties rarely criticize government policies.
Q2) In 2000, there was little evidence of class-based voting, but the government's performance was a significant factor.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the pre-writ period, researching solutions for national problems is normally a priority of national parties.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Traditionally, which party have French Canadians (from both in and out of Quebec) voted for?
A)Conservatives
B)Bloc Quebecois
C)NDP
D)Liberals
Q5) Explain the sociodemographic bases of political party support in Canada.
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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) Under whose administration did lobbyist efforts switch from minister's office to the level of senior bureaucracy?
A)Mulroney
B)Chrétien
C)Martin
D)Harper
Q3) Advocacy groups that are permanent, well-established, formal organizations, usually with a head office in Ottawa, are known as issue-oriented groups.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What group produces the annual Alternative Federal Budget document?
A)Canadian Chamber of Commerce
B)Canadian Labour Congress
C)Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
D)Canadian Bar Association
Q5) How do interest groups try to influence the bureaucracy and the executive branch of the government?
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Chapter 17: The Canadian constitution and constitutional change
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Q1) The Supreme Court ruled that the rest of Canada would be obliged to negotiate with Quebec if 50 percent + 1 voted in favour of a clear question.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What province was NOT part of the new Dominion of Canada that was formed through the Constitution Act of 1867?
A)Nova Scotia
B)Prince Edward Island
C)New Brunswick
D)Ontario
Q3) How have the constitutional changes affected Aboriginal Canadians?
Q4) What were the major reforms proposed by the Charlottetown Accord, 1992?
Q5) The Supreme Court ruled that Quebec had a right to a unilateral declaration of independence based on both international law and the Canadian Constitution.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How does a written constitution differ from an unwritten one?
Q7) Explain the significance of the Clarity Act.
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Chapter 18: The provinces and the federal system
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Q1) The Macdonald era from 1867 to 1896 can be labelled one of classical federalism.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Social Union Framework Agreement was embraced by Quebec.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which term describes a division of powers between central and regional governments such that neither is subordinate to the other?
A)provincialism
B)federalism
C)a unitary government
D)constitutionalism
Q4) Since 1867, how many formal constitutional amendments have been adopted that directly affect the federal-provincial division of powers?
A)2
B)3
C)4
D)5
Q5) Explain the federal-provincial financial relationship since 1940.
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Chapter 19: The charter of rights and freedoms
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Q1) The Supreme Court overturned the 1978 Bill of Rights decision that allowed the Unemployment Insurance Commission to discriminate against pregnant women.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the notwithstanding clause? Explain the controversy that surrounds this section of the charter.
Q3) 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
Q4) What are the arguments levied against an increased role of the courts in the political process?
Q5) Property rights are not generally considered part of civil liberties in Canada.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What were some of the significant events or issues that led to the creation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Q7) 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) The War Measures Act was invoked during a severe flooding in Manitoba.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Air Canada used to be a crown corporation that has since been privatized.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The principal players involved in any policy community are sometimes called stakeholders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are stakeholders and what is their role in determining public policy?
Q5) Explain the advantages and disadvantages for citizens of governments' use of tax expenditures.
Q6) Explain the six phases of the policymaking process.
Q7) What term describes the different techniques of government intervention in society?
A)policy communities
B)policy approaches
C)policy initiatives
D)policy instruments
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Q1) 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
Q2) The Treasury Board is a section of the Department of Finance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Individual ministerial responsibility means that all ministers must publicly defend all Cabinet policies or else resign.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What were the recommendations of the Gomery Inquiry with regard to the prime minister and the public service?
Q5) A Canadian constitutional convention requires that each province be represented in the Cabinet.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the monarchy?
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Chapter 22: The bureaucracy
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Q1) What are the Estimates?
A)the spending proposals of each government department and agency
B)Statistics Canada projections of the population growth
C)Statistics Canada projections of the unemployment rate
D)Bank of Canada predictions of the growth of the national debt
Q2) The Department of Finance is an opponent of new department spending programs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The CRTC, the Canadian Transportation Authority, and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission are examples of royal commissions.
A)True
B)False
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) What reforms were made to the bureaucracy under the New Public Management?
Q6) How is the Canadian bureaucracy controlled?
Q7) What is the purpose of Crown corporations?
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Chapter 22: The bureaucracy
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Q1) How many hours a week are reserved for private member bills and motions?
A)2
B)5
C)10
D)15
Q2) If a nonconfidence motion passes, the government must do one of two things.One option is to resign.What is the second option?
A)Ask the governor general for another chance.
B)Ask the Opposition for another chance.
C)Hold a referendum.
D)Call an election.
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) Describe a typical week in the House of Commons.
Q5) Explain the relevance and significance of the Canadian senate.
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT considered public law?
A)company law
B)constitutional law
C)administrative law
D)taxation law
Q2) Private law is essential the same as civil law.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Until 1949, all decisions made by the Supreme Court of Canada could be appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The principal legal basis of the Supreme Court of Canada is the Supreme Court Act.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The basic function of an appeal court is to correct errors in the interpretation of the law.
A)True
B)False
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