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Chapter 3: Elections and Voting

Summary of Chapter

Basic Intro video (coming soon)

Content: What is Voting

Content: How Voting Works

Content: Current Election Map (Accurate as of 2019) -will be updated

Canada is a constitutional monarchy, which means the Monarch of Britain is the head of state, but our Prime Minister is the head of government.

There are three branches of Canadian Government, The Legislative Branch, The Executive Branch, and the Judicial Branch.

The Legislative Branch makes, edits, changes, and removes the laws, or legislation. The Legislative Branch is split into two houses which are the Senate, and the House of Commons.

The House of Commons is elected by voters

The Senate is appointed by the Prime Minister, and there are 100 Senators in the Senate. Senators are usually people who've contributed a lot to Canada, eg. former mayors, presidents of large companies, judges, professors, etc. Senators get to stay in their jobs until their retirement at the age of 75.

Content: Tiers of Canadian Government and their Responsibilities

There are three tiers of Canadian government, responsible for different areas of Canada.

At the top is the Federal Government, which is responsible for the whole country

In the middle is the Provincial/Territorial Government which is responsible for matters in their province

At the lowest tier is the Municipal Government, responsible for matters within the city/town/township/other municipality

Activity on Canadian Tiers of Government

Play this Game/Quiz: Level Rule to see how well you know about which tiers of government are responsible for which things

https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/Education/OurCountryOurParliament/game2-a-e.aspx

Further Reading on Canadian Tiers of Government

https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/Education/OurCountryOurParliament/section2-e.aspx

Content: Political Parties of Canada

These five parties, the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the New Democratic Party, the Green Party and the Bloc Quebecois are Canada's main political parties and the ones which get the vast majority of seats.