highschool/Grade 9/Civics/CHV205/Unit_2_Governments.md

Unit: 2

Levels Of Government

Level Of Government	Description	Responsibilities
Municipal		- Libraries - Snow Removal - Transit - Building Permits - Property Taxes - Water - Waste Management
Provincial		- Schools - Education - Health Care Delivery - Social Assistance - Natural Resources - Licences
Federal		- National Security - Defence - Military - International Relations - Citizenship & Immigration - Money - Banking - Postal Service

Branches Of Government

• Prime Minster: The leader of the nation, head of the federal government, and the leader of the party with the greatest number of seats in parliament
• Premier: Head and leader of provinical government and provinical party in power

Executive Branch

• Carries out the plans & policies of the government
• Branch of governement that has the power to carry out the palns & policies of the government

Outline Of The Branch At The Federal Level

• Queen (represented by the Governor General) \(`\rightarrow`\) Prime Minister \(`\rightarrow`\) Cabinet \(`\rightarrow`\) Public Service

Outline Of The Branch At The Provincial Level

• Queen (represented by the Lieutenant General) \(`\rightarrow`\) Premier \(`\rightarrow`\) Cabinet \(`\rightarrow`\) Public Service

Legislative Branch

• Branch of governement that has the power to make, change and repeal (remove) laws.

Outline Of The Branch At The Federal Level

• Governor General \(`\rightarrow`\) Senate (upper house) \(`\rightarrow`\) House of Commons (lower house)

Outline Of The Branch At The Provincial Level

• Lieutenant Governor \(`\rightarrow`\) Legislative Assembly

Judicial Branch

• Branch of governement with power to interpret the law, decide who has broken the law, and what penalties should apply.

Right V.s Left Wing

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
- more liberal		- more conservative
- support change in order to improve welfare of all citizens	- tradition is important but change is supported if most people want it	- tradition is important and change should be treated with caution
- government should play a larger role in people’s lives (social services, benefits	- government should play a role only in that it improves the lives of citizens	- government should play a small role - private business should ensure needs of citizens are met
- law and order are important to protect right of all citizens fairly and equally	- law and order are important to encourage and protect right of invididuals	- emphasis of law and order to protect soceity and its traditions
- more freedom to individuals and less power to police		- less freedom to individuals and more power to police

Majority And Minority

• Vote/motion of non-confidence (can only occur in a minority government when less than half 50% of the MPs support the govt. on a bill. Govt. loses the confidence of the house and the governor general will dissolve parliament and call an election.
• This why minority governments do not always make it for a full term.