The language of Canadian politics : a guide to important terms and concepts

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• • The Language of Canadian Politics: A Guide to Important Terms and Concepts, 4th Edition by John McMenemey
  • A
  • Aboriginal rights. See Land claims and settlements (Native; Aboriginal); Native (First Nations) self-government
  • Access to Information Act (Canada). See Freedom of information
  • Accountability
  • Act (statute)
  • Activists (party)
  • Administration (public)
  • Administrative (executive) federalism
  • Administrative law
  • Administrator (of Canada)
  • Aeronautics Case (1932). See Treaty power
  • Affirmative (Positive) action
  • Agence de la francophonie (Agency for the French-Speaking Community) See Community (the Francophone; La Francophonie)
  • Agenda (of meeting; public/private)
  • Ambassador
  • Amending formulae (constitutional). See Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended; General amending formula (Constitution Act, 1982)
  • Amendment (legislative; constitutional)
  • Anti-Terrorism Act, 2001
  • Appointment power
  • Aspect Doctrine (constitution)
  • Associate / Assistant deputy minister
  • Asymmetrical federalism
  • Auditor General
  • B
  • Backbencher
  • Balance of power (legislative)
  • Ballot
  • Bandwagon effect
  • Bank of Canada (central bank)
  • Bar (of the House)
  • Bellwether riding
  • Bicameral
  • Bicultural cleavage
  • Big M Drug Mart Case (1985)
  • Bilingualism and biculturalism
  • Bill. See Act (statute)
  • Bill 63; 22; 101; 178; 86 (Quebec)
  • Bill of Rights (Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Act, Canada, 1960)
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Block payments (grants)
  • Borrowing power
  • British connection
  • British North America Act. See Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended
  • Brokerage politics
  • Budget and budgetary process
  • Bureaucracy
  • By-election
  • C
  • CPAC (Cable Public Affairs Channel)
  • Cabinet
  • Cabinet organization
  • Cadre parties
  • Calgary Declaration (Framework; 1997)
  • Campaign (election)
  • Canada Act, 1982 (U.K.)
  • Canada Assistance Plan (CAP, 1966)
  • Canada Clause (Preamble, Charlottetown Accord, 1992)
  • Canada Council
  • Canada Gazette
  • Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST)
  • Canada Labour Code
  • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
  • Canada (Quebec) Pension Plan (CPP, QPP, 1966)
  • Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (1989)
  • Canadian Alliance party
  • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Radio-Canada; CBC)
  • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982)
  • Canadian Human Rights Commission (Act; Chief 35 Commissioner)
  • Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
  • Canadian Judicial Council
  • Canadian Parliamentary Guide
  • Canadian Press / Broadcast News
  • Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
  • Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
  • Candidate
  • Canvass
  • Capital crime and punishment
  • Career public (civil) service
  • Carter v. Saskatchewan (A.-G.) (1991)
  • Caucus
  • Censure
  • Census
  • Central agency
  • Central bank. See Bank of Canada (central bank)
  • Centralization (decentralization)
  • Centrist
  • Charlottetown Accord (1992)
  • Charter groups; interests
  • Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada, 1982). See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982)
  • Charter of the French Language (Quebec)
  • Chief Electoral Officer (Elections Canada)
  • Chief Justice
  • Chief of staff (principal secretary)Chief of the Defence Staff (Vice-Chief; Deputy Chief)
  • Citizen
  • Civil law (Civil Code; Code Civil)
  • Civil liberties
  • Civil service
  • Clarity bill (on secession from Confederation)
  • Class cleavage
  • Clawback
  • Clerk of the House of Commons (of the Senate)
  • Clerk of the Privy Council
  • Closure
  • Coalition government
  • Collective (cabinet/ministerial) responsibility
  • Collectivism
  • Combines (anti-combines legislation; competition policy)
  • Commission (board, agency, tribunal)
  • Commission for Environmental Co-operation (NAEC; NAFTA)
  • Commission of inquiry (judicial)
  • Commissioner of Official Languages (language ombudsman)
  • Committee of the Whole (Supply; Ways and Means)
  • Common Law
  • Commonwealth (The British...of Nations)
  • Communications Security Establishment (CSE)
  • Community (the Francophone; La Francophonie)
  • Compact theory of Confederation
  • Competition policy. See Combines (anti-combines legislation; competition policy)
  • Comptroller General of Canada
  • Concurrent majority. See Double majority
  • Concurrent powers
  • Conditional grants (special-purpose transfer payments)
  • Confederation
  • Confederation of Regions party (COR)
  • Conference of First Ministers
  • Conference of Ministers (of Education, Finance, etc.)
  • Conference of Provincial First Ministers
  • Confidence (of the House; Chamber of...)
  • Conflict of interest
  • Consensus
  • Conscription
  • Conservatism
  • Conservative Party of Canada
  • Consociational democracy
  • Consolidated Revenue Fund
  • Constituency (riding)
  • Constituency (riding) association
  • Constituent assembly
  • Constitution
  • Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended
  • Constitutional Act, 1791 (U.K.)
  • Constitutional amendments. See Amendment (legislative; constitutional); Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended ""Consultative mechanisms"" (forums and reports on constitutional reform)
  • Consumer Price Index (CPI)
  • Continentalism
  • Contracting (opting) out
  • Controverted election
  • Convention (constitutional). See Custom, convention and usage
  • Convention (party)
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)
  • Co-operative federalism
  • Council of Atlantic Premiers
  • Council of Maritime Premiers. See Council of Atlantic Premiers
  • Council of the Federation
  • Count (election), official and unofficial
  • Courts. See Judicial system (judiciary)
  • Criminal Code of Canada
  • Crossing the floor
  • Crown
  • Crown corporation
  • Crown prerogatives
  • Cultural duality
  • Custom, convention and usage
  • D
  • Declaratory power
  • Delegate theory of representation
  • Delegated power
  • Department (of government)
  • Deputy minister
  • Deregulation
  • Direct (indirect) taxation
  • Disallowance
  • Discretionary power
  • Dispute settlement mechanism
  • Dissolution of Parliament (the legislature)
  • Distinct society clause
  • Division of the House
  • Division (distribution) of powers
  • Dominion (of Canada; government; status; Day)
  • Dominion-provincial conferences
  • Double majority
  • Duff Doctrine (constitution)
  • E
  • Economic nationalism
  • Economic union of Canada
  • Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (redistribution of legislative seats)
  • Electoral law (controls, subsidies)
  • Electoral system
  • Elites
  • Emergencies Act (Canada, 1988; emergency powers)
  • Emergency power
  • Employment equity. See Equity legislation
  • Employment Insurance (EI)
  • Entrenchment, constitutional
  • Enumeration (of powers)
  • Enumeration (of voters)
  • Environmentalism
  • Equality rights. See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982); Equity legislation
  • Equalization grants (unconditional transfer payments)Equity legislation
  • Established Programs Financing (EPF)
  • Estimates
  • Ethics Commissioner (Senate Ethics Officer)
  • Executive, the
  • Executive (administrative) federalism
  • Executive assistant, ministerial (chief of staff; exempt staff)
  • Executive Council
  • Extraterritoriality
  • F
  • Federal Court
  • Federal-provincial conferences
  • Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Established Programs Financing Act. See Federal-provincial tax-sharing agreements (fiscal federalism)
  • Federal-provincial tax-sharing agreements (fiscal federalism)
  • Federalism
  • Filibuster
  • Finance, Department (minister) of
  • Financial Administration Act (Canada)
  • First Ministers Conference. See Conference of First Ministers
  • First-past-the-post electoral system
  • Fiscal federalism
  • Fiscal policy
  • FLQ Crisis. See October (FLQ) Crisis (1970)
  • Fragment (splinter) parties
  • Franchise (La) Francophonie
  • Free trade
  • Free vote
  • Freedom of information
  • Fulton-Favreau Formula (1964)
  • G
  • G-8 countries, meeting of
  • Gay and lesbian rights
  • Gender politics (gap)
  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (the GATT)
  • General amending formula (Constitution Act, 1982)
  • Geographic cleavage
  • Gerrymander
  • Globalization (globalism)
  • Goods and Services (ad valorem, value-added) Tax (GST)
  • Government (public) bills
  • Governor General
  • Governor Generals warrants
  • Governor-in-council
  • Green (coloured) paper
  • Grit (Clear Grit)
  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  • H
  • Hansard
  • Have (have-not) provinces
  • Head of state
  • High Commissioner (Commission)
  • Horizontal agencies
  • House leaders
  • House of Assembly
  • House of Commons
  • House of Commons committees
  • Hunter v. Southam (1984)
  • I
  • Immigration and Refugee Board Imperial conferences
  • Income tax
  • Indexing (de-indexing)
  • Indian Act
  • Indirect tax
  • Information Commissioner
  • Initiative (legislative)
  • Inner cabinet
  • Inter- (intra-)state federalism
  • Interdelegation Reference (Nova Scotia, 1951);...of legislative power
  • Interdepartmental committees
  • Interest groups
  • Intergovernmental committees
  • Interim supply, vote of
  • International Joint Commission (IJC)
  • Intra (ultra) vires
  • J
  • Judicial commission of inquiry. See Commissions of inquiry (judicial)
  • Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)
  • Judicial review (interpretive; non-interpretive)
  • Judicial system (judiciary)
  • Jurisdiction, constitutional
  • K
  • King-Byng Dispute
  • Kitchen cabinet
  • L
  • Labour Conventions Reference (Attorney-General for Canada v. Attorney-General for Ontario, 1937)
  • Land claims and settlements (Native; Aboriginal)
  • Language ombudsman
  • Language rights
  • Law Commission of Canada
  • Leaders debates (election campaign)
  • Leadership conventions (selection)
  • Leadership review. See Leadership conventions (selection)
  • League for Social Reconstruction (LSR)
  • Left, political. See Class cleavage
  • Legislation (type; stages of)
  • Legislative Assembly
  • Legislative override. See Notwithstanding (non obstante) clause (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s.33)
  • Legislative process
  • Legislature
  • Letters Patent (1947)
  • Liberal party
  • Liberalism
  • Lieutenant-governor
  • Lieutenant-governor-in-council
  • Living tree Doctrine (constitution)
  • Lobby (-ist; -ing)
  • Lord Durhams Report
  • Lower Canada
  • Lower House
  • M
  • MHA/MLA/MNA/MPP
  • MP
  • Matres Chez Nous
  • Majority government
  • Malapportionment
  • Mandarin(ate)
  • Mandate
  • Manitoba Schools Question (and French language rights, 1890)
  • Maritime unionMarketing boards
  • Mass media of communication
  • Means test
  • Medicare
  • Meech Lake Accord (1987)
  • Members of parliament (MPs)
  • Merit system (in the public service)
  • Ministerial responsibility
  • Ministers (of the Crown)
  • Ministry
  • Ministry (minister) of state
  • Minority government
  • Monarchy (constitutional)
  • Monetary policy Money bills
  • Morgentaler, Smoling and Scott v. The Queen (1988)
  • Movement parties
  • Multiculturalism
  • N
  • National Assembly (Quebec)
  • National energy (oil) program (NEP)
  • National Housing Act (NHA)
  • National Policy (NP)
  • National Security Certificate (NSC)
  • Nationalistes, the
  • Nationalization
  • Native (First Nations) self-government
  • Natural resources
  • New Deal (R. B. Bennetts)
  • New Democratic party (NDP)
  • Nomination
  • Non-confidence motion. See Vote of no confidence (want-of-confidence motion)
  • Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
  • North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)
  • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (1992)
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • Northwest (Riel) Rebellions
  • Notwithstanding (non obstante) clause (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s.33
  • Nunavut (Our land)
  • O
  • Oakes test (R. v. Oakes, [1986])
  • Occupational (functional) representation
  • October (FLQ) Crisis (1970)
  • Official agent (party; candidate)
  • Official Languages Act (Canada, 1969; 1988)
  • Official opposition
  • Official-party (recognized party) status
  • Official Secrets Act. See Security of Information Act (Canada)
  • Ombudsman
  • One-party (single-party) dominance
  • Opening of Parliament (of the legislature)
  • Operation Dismantle v. The Queen (1985)
  • Opposition Days
  • Opposition parties
  • Opting-out formula. See Contracting (opting) out
  • Order of Canada
  • Order (Notice) paper
  • Order-in-council
  • Organic law
  • Organization of American States (OAS)
  • P
  • Pairing
  • Parachuting (candidates)
  • Parliament of Canada
  • Parliamentary indemnity (salaries, allowances, and budgetary allocations)
  • Parliamentary privilege (immunities)
  • Parliamentary secretaries
  • Parliamentary-cabinet system
  • Parti Québécois (PQ)
  • Party discipline
  • Party system
  • Passage of legislation
  • Patriation of the constitution
  • Patronage
  • Peace, Order, and good Government
  • Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada). See Privacy Act (Canada); Privacy Commissioner
  • Persons Case (Edwards v. A.-G. for Canada [1930])
  • Petition
  • Platform
  • Plebiscite. See Referendum
  • Plurality
  • Policy (-making; analysis; communities; instruments; public)
  • Political culture
  • Polling (election day)
  • Polling (public opinion)
  • Popular vote. See Electoral system
  • Populism
  • Pork barrel
  • Portfolio
  • Positive (negative) entitlement
  • Postmaterialism
  • Premier
  • Prerogative power
  • President of the Queens Privy Council for Canada
  • President of the Treasury Board
  • Press, the. See Mass media of communication; Press gallery
  • Press gallery
  • Pressure groups. See Interest groups
  • Prime minister
  • Prime Ministers Office (PMO)
  • Principal secretary. See Chief of staff (principal secretary)
  • Priorities and Planning Committee (P and P). See Inner cabinet
  • Privacy legislation (Canada); Privacy Commissioner
  • Private bills
  • Private member
  • Private members legislation (bills)
  • Privatization
  • Privy Council for Canada (the Queens)
  • Privy Council Office (PCO)
  • Progressive Conservative party
  • Progressive movement (party)
  • Property and Civil Rights in the Province
  • Proportional representation
  • Prorogation of Parliament
  • Provincial autonomy (rights)
  • Provincial (territorial) governments (legislatures)
  • Public Accounts Committee
  • Public bills
  • Public opinion
  • Public Safety Act, 2004
  • Public service (administration).
  • Public Service Commission
  • Q
  • Quasi-judicial decisions (power)Quebec Act, 1774 (U.K.)
  • Quebec Conference (Resolutions) (1864)
  • Quebec Protestant School Boards Case (A.-G. Quebec v. Quebec Association of Protestant School Boards [1984])
  • Quebec sign law
  • Queen, the. See Crown; Sovereign, the
  • Question period
  • Quiet Revolution
  • Quorum
  • R
  • Racism
  • Radio Reference Case (1932). See Treaty power
  • Radio-Canada
  • Ralliement des crditistes
  • Ratification
  • Readings
  • Recall
  • Reciprocity
  • Reconstruction party
  • Recorded (standing) vote
  • Red Tory (-ism)
  • Redistribution (electoral...of seats)
  • Redistributive policy
  • Reference case (constitutional)
  • Referendum
  • Reform party
  • Regina Manifesto
  • Regional disparities
  • Regional government
  • Regionalism
  • Regulation 17 (Ontario, 1913)
  • Regulatory agencies (regulations)
  • Remedial decree (litigation)
  • Remedial legislation
  • Renewed / Restructured federalism
  • Representation by population
  • Representative government
  • Representative (trustee) theory of representation
  • Reservation (of legislation)
  • Residual power
  • Resolution (of the House) (Motion)
  • Responsible government
  • Returning Officer (RO); Deputy Returning Officers (DROs)
  • Riding
  • Right, political. See Class cleavage
  • Rowell-Sirois Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations (1937–1940)
  • Royal assent
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
  • Royal commission
  • Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963)
  • Royal Proclamation (1763)
  • Rule of law
  • Russell v. The Queen (1882)
  • S
  • Safe seat
  • Scandal (Pacific, Customs, Beauharnois, Sponsorship)
  • Scrum
  • Scrutineer
  • Secession Reference
  • Secrecy
  • Secretariat
  • Secretaries of state
  • Secretary to the Cabinet. See Clerk of the Privy Council
  • Sections 91 and 92 (Constitution Act, 1867)
  • Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC)
  • Security of Information Act (Canada)
  • Senate
  • Senior civil servants
  • Separate schools (parochial, dissentient)
  • Separation of powers
  • Separatism
  • Shadow cabinet
  • Shared-cost programs
  • Singh Case (Re Singh and Minister of Employment and Immigration) (1985)
  • Single-member plurality electoral system
  • Social Credit party
  • Social movement organizations
  • Social Union Framework Agreement (1999)
  • Socialism
  • Sovereign, the
  • Sovereignty-association
  • Speaker (of the legislature)
  • Special Operating Agencies (SOAs)
  • Special status
  • Speech from the Throne
  • Spending power
  • Standing (select, special, joint) committees (of the House and Senate)
  • Standing Orders
  • Stare decisis
  • State, the
  • Statistics Canada
  • Statute (Act). 323 Statute of Westminster (U.K., 1931)
  • Statutory instrument
  • Subordinate legislation
  • Sunset clause
  • Supplementary estimates
  • Supply bill
  • Supply period (allotted days; Opposition days)
  • Supremacy of parliament
  • Supreme Court of Canada
  • Surveillance (function of Parliament)
  • Suspensive veto
  • T
  • Tariff (non-tariff barriers)
  • Task force
  • Tax abatement and tax points
  • Tax expenditures
  • Tax rental agreements (payments)
  • Territorial governments
  • Third parties; Third-party advertising
  • Third parties (political)
  • Throne Speech (Debate on the...)
  • Tory
  • Trade and Commerce power
  • Transfer payment
  • Transferable vote (preferential ballot)
  • Treasury Board
  • Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS)
  • Treaty power
  • Triple-E Senate
  • Two nations (deux nations)
  • Two-party system
  • U
  • Ultra (intra) vires
  • Unconditional grants (general-purpose transfer payments)
  • Unicameral legislature
  • Union Act, 1840 (U.K.)
  • Union government
  • Unitary state (legislative union)
  • United Farmers of...(Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario) Upper Canada
  • Upper chamber (house)
  • Urgent business (emergency debate)
  • V
  • Veto
  • Victoria Charter (1971)
  • Vote of no confidence (want-of-confidence motion)
  • Voters list. See Enumeration (of voters)
  • W
  • War Measures Act (Canada; emergency powers)
  • War-crimes legislation (trials)
  • Wartime Elections Act and Military Voters Act (Canada, 1917)
  • Wartime Tax Agreements (1941)
  • Water-tight compartments Doctrine (constitution)
  • Westminster
  • Whig (interpretation of Canadian history)
  • Whip (party)
  • White paper
  • White paper on employment and income (1945)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)
  • Writs (election; referendum)