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Government in Canada
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Governance in Canada
● Canadian citizens are governed by 3 levels of government in Canada.
● Municipal
● Provincial
● Federal
● Each level of government has different responsibilities, yet cooperation between levels of government is critical in areas such as health care and immigration.
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Parliament Buildings● The Parliament Buildings
are in Ottawa, Ontario.
● In the Parliament Buildings, Members of Parliament and Senators debate issues significant to Canadians and pass our nation’s laws.
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•Trade and Commerce •Taxation •Postal Service •National Defense •Penitentiaries •Sea Coasts •Inland Fisheries •Criminal Law •Banking
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Responsibilities of the Federal Government
●Weights and Measures
●Patents and Copyright
●First Nations/Aboriginal Affairs
●Currency
●International Affairs
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Provinical Responsibilities● All Provincial Agencies
● Property and Civil Rights
● Direct Taxation •Sales of Public Land
● Natural Resources •Municipal Affairs
● Administration of Justice •Prison System
● Hospitals •Licenses
● Local Works
● All matters of Local and Private Nature
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Member of Parliament
● The MP (Member of Parliament) for South Shore—St. Margaret's is Gerald Keddy .
● First chair on the standing committee of the department of fisheries
● He is a member of the conservative party.
● http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=9159&s=Mx
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The House of Commons● The House of Commons
There are 301 elected members in the House of Commons.
● 11 members are from Nova Scotia
● The House of Commons is in Ottawa, Ontario
● The Liberal Party has the majority of members in the Federal Government.
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
● She is the Queen of Great Britain and Canada
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The Government of Canada
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Conservative Party
● Conservative PartyMade up of the progressive conservative party of Canada and the Alliance party (Tory)
● Hard time winning support in Quebec (conscription 1917)
● Major party in Nova Scotia
● Our premier is John Hamm
● The Conservative Party