1. Canada’s Electoral System
Review
Ways to influence Government
Representative Democracy
First Past the Post and Proportional Representation
Responsible Government
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2. I. Ways to Influence Gov’t (Review)
i. Voting: Most common way for people to influence their gov’t
ii. Petition: find friends and sign a paper.
iii. Lobby Group: organization interested in having gov’t take certain actions. Can exert constant pressure on Representatives (MPs or MLAs).
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3. iv. Write a letter or call: Alberta 310-4455
v. Protest : peacefully of course.
vi. Civil disobedience- breaking the law to get attention. Usually peaceful
vii. Terrorism- tends to not work in democracies as there are many ways to achieve goals peacefully- makes it pointless

4. V. Responsible Government
i. No one is above the law
ii. The concept of Responsible Government is unique to the Canadian system of government and parliamentary Democracy
iii. Responsible government has to do with the relationship b/w the executive branch and the legislative branch
iv. In Canada, the executive branch is part of the legislative branch
a. PM and Cabinet sit in the HOC
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5. Responsible Government
v. How Responsible Government Works:
a. Executive introduces a bill (idea) to the legislative branch.
b. MPs vote on this bill. In Canada there are three readings before they vote.
c. As many MPs in the HOC are the same political party as the PM and the Cabinet, most bills pass.
d. A majority government in Canada must have seats of 308.
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6. Responsible Government
e. If the bill loses a vote in the HOC, the government must resign and an election be called.
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7. Responsible Government
f. THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS RESPONSIBLE TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
g. REMOVAL ONLY HAPPENS IN A MINORITY GOVERNMENT
vi. Minority Government: has less than half the seats in HOC
a. Very unstable because they could be removed right away.
b. To avoid this they join with another party and form a coalition government
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8. Responsible Government
vii. How removal takes place:
a. Take a vote on a bill
b. Bill fails to be passed
c. A motion of non-confidence is passed
d. Government is removed from power: new election
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9. Election Results and Political Parties
Conservatives: 143 seats
Liberal: 77 seats
Bloc Quebecois: 49 seats
NDP:37 seats
Independent: 2 seats
Other Political Parties

10. http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File:Canada_Fed_election_2011_Ridings

11. How about the results? NDP! SS 30 Canadian Democracy January 17, 2019
NDP!
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