Civics -- Canadian Federalism Canadian Government - Canada’s system of government is outline in The Constitution - The Constitution has two main parts 1. The British North America Act 2. Charter of Rights and Freedoms - __________ - __________ - Made Canada Totally Independent - Created Canada - Outlined Rights _________________ - Outlined the ___________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ - The Constitution Outlines the Social Trade-off in Canadian Society Do Citizen’s ________________? OR Do Citizen’s ______________? Ex. Arrest

Civics -- Canadian Federalism Canadian Constitution - BNA Act set up our Government as a Federal State -- ___________________ - Different ______________ of Government - Different ______________ at Each Level Federal Law-Making Powers Provincial Law-Making Powers _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ Textbook Handout

Civics -- Canadian Federalism Canadian Constitution - At the time of the BNA (1867) Canada was __________________ and ____________________ people. - The Constitution has to recognized that Canada has/will Change. 1. Change: Shared Powers - To make government more effective, sometimes governments will share their powers. Power Federal Provincial Municipal _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Policing Parks Taxes 2. Change: Municipal Governments - In smaller, local areas Municipal Governments to help deliver gov’t services Municipal Gov’t & Area Leaders & Laws Services _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ - Canada is becoming a more urbanized country - _________________ governments are becoming important. Toronto -- 6.4 millon people - Toronto is much larger than ________________. - Perhaps Toronto (and other Cities) need more power to help their citizens. Ex ________________ .

Civics -- Canadian Federalism Division of Governments Division of Powers Federal Government / Powers Provincial Government / Powers Place the Government Powers / Services Governor-General of Canada, Senate, Garbage Collection, Premier, House of Commons, Recycling, Prime Minister, Health Care, Criminal Law, Education, Capital-Ottawa, Recreation Centres-(Memorial Centre) Military/Defence, Currency, Local Roads, Immigration, Capital-Toronto, Municipal Government / Powers