Canada Political Vocabulary
(Chapters from The Canadian
Regime, 6th ed., in
which each term is thoroughly discussed are in parentheses.)
1. patriation (or
“repatriation”) (2)
2. constitutional laws
(2)
3. organic statutes
(2)
4. constitutional
conventions (2)
5. collective
responsibility (3)
6. cabinet or
ministerial government (3)
7. confidence (3)
8. minority government (3)
9. equalization payments
(4)
10. Section 91 and Section
92 (of the CA 1867) (4)
11. the Charter of Rights v.
the Bill of Rights (5)
12. the notwithstanding
clause (5)
13. Governor General’s
reserve powers (6)
14. collective responsibility v.
ministerial responsibility (6)
15. prorogation (6)
16. Throne Speech (7)
17. reform proposals for
H.C. and Senate (7)
18. judicial reference
procedure (8)
19. single member
plurality (SMP) system v. proportional representation (PR) (pp. 183-189,
190-193 of ch. 9)
20. the (current) four
major parties of Canada (10)
Mega-terms
Liberal
democracy/limited government/constitutional government (Lectures and ch. 2)
Responsible government (v.
separation of powers) (3)
Five conventions of
responsible government (3)
Four conventions of
government formation (3)
Canadian
Federalism—federal-provincial relations (History text and ch. 4)
1867 Constitution Act (CA
1867) and 1982 Constitution Act (CA 1982) (Throughout text)
Canadian History: politically significant names,
dates, events, etc. from Bothwell and other history texts
New France
Seven Years War
Royal Proclamation of 1763
Quebec Act of 1774
Upper and Lower Canada (CA
of 1791)
Revolts of 1837
Act of Union of 1840
Confederation Conference(s)
of 1864
John A. Macdonald
Quebec’s Quiet Revolution
Quebec “nationalism” and
the separatist referenda
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau’s Repatriation Act
Interpretation Act of 1985
Brian Mulroney
Meech Lake
Accord and Charlottetown Accord
Preston Manning, the Prairie
Province discontent, and the Reform Party
Jean Chretien and the
Sponsorship Scandal
Stephen Harper and the
Prorogation Controversy
NAFTA, USMCA