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Course Introduction
Introduction to Political Science provides students with a foundational understanding of the structures, processes, and concepts central to the study of politics. The course explores key themes such as power, authority, governance, political ideologies, institutions, citizenship, and policy-making at both national and international levels. Students will examine how governments are formed, how public decisions are made, and the impact of political systems and actors on societies. Through analysis of various political structures and the comparison of different governmental models, the course develops critical thinking skills and introduces students to the methods and approaches used in political science research.
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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) What is an example of elite accommodation?
A)the Harper government's decision to remove the tax advantages of corporate income trusts
B)the $1 billion fine levied against tobacco companies for smuggling cigarettes
C)the reality that corporate executives and politicians often come from the same ranks
D)the anti-Kyoto stance taken by several Western politicians
Answer: C
Q2) Describe how power resolves political issues.
Answer: Power resolves political issues by influencing decision-making and shaping the outcomes of conflicts or disputes. In politics, power can be exercised through various means such as coercion, persuasion, negotiation, and manipulation. Those in positions of authority or with access to resources can use their power to enforce their will, suppress opposition, or incentivize cooperation. Power dynamics also play a significant role in shaping the agendas of political actors and determining the distribution of resources and benefits within society. Ultimately, the use and distribution of power can determine the resolution of political issues by determining who has the ability to shape policies, make decisions, and enforce their preferences.
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Chapter 2: Institutional foundations and the evolution of the state
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Q1) Which of the following is one of the fundamental principles of the Canadian constitution?
A)separation of powers
B)colonialism
C)multiculturalism
D)judicial review
Answer: D
Q2) Newfoundland and Labrador was the last province to be added to Canada.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The Act of Union united Ontario and Quebec.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Despite the implementation of the Constitution Act of 1867, the British still controlled Canadian foreign and trade policies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Regionalism
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Q1) 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
Q2) 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
Q3) Which province has profited from offshore petroleum revenues?
A)Nova Scotia
B)Newfoundland and Labrador
C)Prince Edward Island
D)New Brunswick
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Aboriginal peoples
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Q1) Non-status Indians are divided between on-and off-reserve
A)True
B)False
Q2) The armed standoff at Oka related to a dispute over land to be used for a golf course.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Aboriginal title means a claim to land based on treaty.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to the terms of the Indian Act, what term refers to those Aboriginal Canadians registered with the federal government?
A)status Indians
B)non-status Indians
C)enfranchised Indians
D)North American Indians
Q5) Indians living on reserves gained the right to vote in federal elections in 1960.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: french canada and the quebec question
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Q1) According to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which province is officially bilingual?
A)Ontario
B)Newfoundland and Labrador
C)New Brunswick
D)Manitoba
Q2) The Supreme Court of Canada imposed official bilingualism in British Columbia.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Outline French-English relations within two of the following provinces: New Brunswick, Ontario, and Manitoba.
Q4) 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
Q5) In terms of mother tongue, francophones constitute about 35 percent of the Canadian population.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Ethnocultural minorities
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Q1) 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
Q2) Britain was the leading source of immigrants between 1900 and 1965.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which clause in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does NOT address the concerns of ethnocultural minorities?
A)the non-discrimination clause: 15 (1)
B)the affirmative action clause: 15 (2)
C)the multiculturalism clause: 27
D)the Minority Language Education Clause: 23
Q4) The term "allophone" refers to those whose mother tongue is either English of French. A)True
B)False
Q5) Why was there a backlash toward immigrants and visible minorities in the 1990s?
Q6) What were the basic objectives of Trudeau's multiculturalism policy?
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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) Canada has a comprehensive national day care program.
A)True
B)False
Q3) As a result of a 2003 Court of Appeal decision in Ontario, same-sex partners were allowed to marry.
A)True
B)False
Q4) 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
Q5) How has representation of women in politics and government progressed in the last century?
Q6) What is meant by the term "feminization of poverty"?
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Chapter 8: Class
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Q1) The new middle class includes salaried professionals.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which category best describes the "working class"?
A)petit bourgeoisie
B)proletariat
C)new middle class
D)economic elite
Q3) What program is NOT part of the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST)?
A)health
B)post-secondary education
C)rehabilitation
D)welfare
Q4) Which group does NOT belong under the petite bourgeoisie class?
A)small business people
B)affluent farmers
C)self-employed professionals
D)civil servants
Q5) List five suggestions for how governments could improve the lot of the poor.
Q6) Why are the corporate elite thought to wield so much political power in Canada?
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Chapter 9: Other cleavages and identities: urban/rural location,
religion, and age
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Q1) Which city is NOT one of the largest three cities in Canada?
A)Toronto
B)Vancouver
C)Calgary
D)Montreal
Q2) 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
Q3) After the Quebec Revolution, language superseded religion as the key to the identity of the great majority of Quebeckers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are the key characteristics of rural Canada today?
Q5) What is the future for Canada's population?
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Q6) Quebec has maintained a separate school system based on religious affiliation. A)True
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Chapter 10: CanadaS external environment: the united states and the world
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Q1) Name five of the principle characteristics of globalization.
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 principle government response to the Gray Report was the creation of The National Energy Board
A)True
B)False
Q4) How have international terrorism events, such as 9/11, affected Canadian domestic and foreign policy?
Q5) 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
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Chapter 11: The Canadian Political Culture
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Q1) 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.
Q2) What is NOT considered a fundamental freedom?
A)freedom to vote
B)freedom of religion
C)freedom of peaceful assembly
D)freedom of thought
Q3) According to Horowitz, which ideology dominates Canadian political culture?
A)conservatism
B)liberalism
C)socialism
D)communism
Q4) The most common form of political participation in Canada is writing letters to the government.
A)True
B)False
Q5) 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) The merging of different companies, cultures, and technologies is a mark of globalization often called convergence.
A)True
B)False
Q2) 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
Q3) Explain the class-analysis approach toward political socialization.
Q4) 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
Q5) What is believed to counter the bandwagon effect?
A)the ancillary effect
B)the rebound effect
C)the underdog effect
D)the anathema effect
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Chapter 13: Elections and the electoral system
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Q1) Strategic voting is most common in the first-past-the-post electoral system.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are some of the similarities and differences in the discrepancies between seats and votes at the national and provincial levels?
Q3) 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
Q4) How many times in Canadian history has the governor general refused to comply with the Prime Minister's request to dissolve Parliament?
A)never
B)one time
C)two times
D)three times
Q5) 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 a variant of liberalism?
A)pluralist
B)welfare
C)religious
D)communist
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) Where in the ideological spectrum is the Liberal Party located?
A)left
B)centre
C)right
D)centre left
Q4) Pre-Mulroney Conservatives used to exhibit a strong red Tory touch.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the term "the iron law of oligarchy" as it relates to political parties.
Q6) How does party ideology in Canada apply to the major Canadian political parties?
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Chapter 15: Parties, voting, and The election campaign
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Q1) The overall average national voter turnout rate between 1900 and 1988 was 72 percent.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How do core values and beliefs influence how Canadians vote?
Q3) Which party's 2011 platform was titled "Here for Canada"?
A)Liberals
B)Conservatives
C)NDP
D)Green
Q4) The Liberals would probably have won a majority in the 2004 election had it not been for the sponsorship scandal.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Regional factors have recently been the strongest sociodemographic influence in Canadian voting behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe how an individual candidate competes for office at the local level?
Q7) 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) How do interest groups try to influence the bureaucracy and the executive branch of the government?
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) Under the Federal Accountability Act, what reform was made to lobbying practices?
A)It allowed contingency fees.
B)It placed a prohibition on ministerial staffers, ministers, and senior public servants from registering as lobbyists for five years after leaving office.
C)It extended the period during which infractions could be investigated to five years.
D)It required lobbyists to record e-mails with senior public servants.
Q4) Discuss three explanations for why advocacy groups are sometimes successful and sometimes not.
Q5) What are the functions of advocacy groups?
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Chapter 17: The Canadian constitution and constitutional change
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Q1) The 1982 constitutional amending formula requires that Parliament and provincial voters approve amendments.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Explain the significance of the Clarity Act.
Q3) What were the major reforms proposed by the Charlottetown Accord, 1992?
Q4) What province refused to accept the Constitution Act, 1982?
A)Ontario
B)Prince Edward island
C)Quebec
D)Alberta
Q5) Opponents of the Meech Lake Accord included women's, labour, and left-wing groups.
A)True
B)False
Q6) 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
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Chapter 18: The provinces and the federal system
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Q1) Between 1867 and 1945, what type of federalism was classified as the first period of Canadian federalism?
A)quasi-federalism
B)classical federalism
C)emergency federalism
D)cooperative federalism
Q2) How has Canadian federalism evolved since 1867? Has the government become more or less centralized over time?
Q3) Explain the federal-provincial financial relationship since 1940.
Q4) During the period of executive federalism, political parties and the public were given large roles in the decision-making process.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The Macdonald era from 1867 to 1896 can be labelled one of classical federalism.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How do federal-provincial relations affect the environment and Aboriginals in Canada?
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Chapter 19: The charter of rights and freedoms
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Q1) Which case concerns pornography?
A)R v.Butler
B)R v.Rodriguez
C)R v.Lavigne
D)R v.Oakes
Q2) The Charter of Rights guarantees minority language education rights to any linguistic group where numbers warrant.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What are the arguments levied against an increased role of the courts in the political process?
Q4) What is the notwithstanding clause? Explain the controversy that surrounds this section of the charter.
Q5) Greg Hein shows that New Left advocates have been the single biggest interest in taking Charter cases to the courts.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How are language rights protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedom?
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Chapter 20: Governing: the policymaking process and
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Q1) What term describes the different techniques of government intervention in society?
A)policy communities
B)policy approaches
C)policy initiatives
D)policy instruments
Q2) What type of management best describes coordination among the many federal government departments?
A)vertical
B)administrative
C)policy coordination
D)horizontal
Q3) Since the mid-1980s, governments have increasingly been engaged in nationalization.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Air Canada used to be a crown corporation that has since been privatized.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are stakeholders and what is their role in determining public policy?
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Chapter 21: The executive: crown, prime minister, and cabinet
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Q1) The Treasury Board is a section of the Department of Finance.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Balancing ethnic representation in Parliament is a cabinet-making convention in Canada
A)True
B)False
Q3) Who are typically referred to as "ministers without portfolio"
A)Cabinet ministers
B)deputy Prime Ministers
C)shadow Cabinet ministers
D)junior ministers
Q4) Who is regarded as the highest-ranking public servant?
A)governor of the Bank of Canada
B)chief of Staff
C)clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the Cabinet
D)auditor general
Q5) Differentiate between the different central agencies.How significant are their functions and roles in Canadian politics?
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Chapter 22: The bureaucracy
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Q1) Which official provides an annual report of government funds that have been unlawfully or unwisely spent?
A)Auditor General
B)Information Commissioner
C)Environmental Commissioner
D)Comptroller of the Treasury
Q2) How are responsibility and accountability managed in departments?
Q3) Public servants in a department share four basic characteristics: they are expected to be expert, permanent, anonymous, and impartial.
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) The Department of Finance is an opponent of new department spending programs. A)True
B)False
Q6) What is the purpose of Crown corporations?
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Chapter 22: The bureaucracy
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Q1) Explain the concept of party discipline.
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) The Senate has a veto over all legislation except money bills.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How many hours a week are reserved for private member bills and motions?
A)2
B)5
C)10
D)15
Q5) The Speaker of the House of Commons is now appointed by the prime minister.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What are the stages of a bill becoming a law?
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) Explain the principle of judicial independence.How does this relate to the removal of judges?
Q2) Canadian and provincial legal systems, with the exception of Quebec, operate in the tradition of the English civil law.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In 2011, which type of law had the most appeals on the Supreme Court of Canada's docket?
A)civil
B)family
C)commercial
D)criminal
Q4) The federal cabinet appoints provincial superior court judges.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The principal legal basis of the Supreme Court of Canada is the Supreme Court Act.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What are some of the issues and challenges that come with appointing judges?
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