Canada�s Federal and Provincial Governments

							            Canada’s Federal and Provincial Governments
Text: p.113-115                                      Name: __________________________

Complete the following questions in the space provided for homework.

Legislative Branch

1a)     What is the legislative branch of government?




b)      Outline the Legislative Branch at the Federal Level:

_________________          __________________            ____________________

                           also called____________       also called___________________

c)      Outline the Legislative Branch at the Provincial Level:

__________________________              ______________________________

                                        ______________________________

2.      What is the most powerful part of the legislative branch at the federal
        level?

3.      How many “seats” or places for members are there in the House of
        Commons as of the year 2000? ________ How is the number
        determined?

4a)     What are MP’s?




b)      Who is the Speaker of the House?
5a)   What is Parliament’s main function?


b)    What is a bill?


c)    What is an act?


6.    In the House of Commons, the party that holds the greatest number of
      ______ is know as the ________________. The leader of the party is
      the ____________ ________________. All the MP’s from the other
      parties are known as “____________________________________.”
      Usually, the leader of the second largest party becomes the
      _______________________.

      After Markville’s Election, the party that hold the greatest number of
      seats is (party name) ___________________. The leader of that party
      is (name) ___________________ and that makes him/her Prime
      Minister. All the MPs from the two other political parties, (name)
      __________________ and ______________ are known as “Her
      Majesty’s Loyal Opposition.” The leader of the second largest party
      in the Markville Election, ____________________________ is the
      Leader of the Opposition.

7a)   What is the role/duty of the Opposition?




b)    What occurs during Question Period?



8.    Examine the diagram on page 114. Do you think this is an effective
      method in passing a bill into law? Give 2 reasons supporting why or
      why not.