Question 1

English-speaking Fathers of Confederation favoured a unitary system of government rather than a federal one.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Which body found in 1970 that the "Peace, Order, and Good Government" clause could be used to justify federal laws during peacetime?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Federal Cabinet 
B)  The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 
C)  The Department of Justice 
D)  The Supreme Court of Canada 
E)  The Federal Court of Appeal 
A)  The Federal Cabinet 
B)  The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 
C)  The Department of Justice 
D)  The Supreme Court of Canada 
E)  The Federal Court of Appeal D

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a conditional or an unconditional grant?

Accepted Answer

A)  Provisions in the Canada Health Act 
B)  Equalization payments 
C)  Provincial social assistance programs with need- and residency-based requirements 
D)  The Canada Health and Social Transfers 
E)  All of the above 
A)  Provisions in the Canada Health Act 
B)  Equalization payments 
C)  Provincial social assistance programs with need- and residency-based requirements 
D)  The Canada Health and Social Transfers 
E)  All of the above E

Question 4

What section of the Constitution Act, 1867 provided the provincial government with the field of "Direct Taxation"?

Accepted Answer

A)  91 
B)  92 
C)  41 
D)  35 
E)  15 
A)  91 
B)  92 
C)  41 
D)  35 
E)  15

Question 5

Which province rejected the Victoria Charter?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alberta 
B)  Quebec 
C)  New Brunswick 
D)  Ontario 
E)  British Columbia 
A)  Alberta 
B)  Quebec 
C)  New Brunswick 
D)  Ontario 
E)  British Columbia

Question 6

What percentage of Quebec's population claims French as their mother tongue?

Accepted Answer

A)  60 per cent 
B)  40 per cent 
C)  80 per cent 
D)  100 per cent 
E)  20 per cent 
A)  60 per cent 
B)  40 per cent 
C)  80 per cent 
D)  100 per cent 
E)  20 per cent

Question 7

Which group of the fathers of Confederation favoured a unitary system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Americans 
B)  Anglophones 
C)  Catholics 
D)  Francophones 
E)  Acadians 
A)  Americans 
B)  Anglophones 
C)  Catholics 
D)  Francophones 
E)  Acadians

Question 8

Whatever the intentions of the founders when they drafted the Constitution Act, 1867, it has long been clear that both levels of government exercise wide-ranging legislative and taxation powers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

When the proposal to create an independent Canada was discussed at Charlottetown (1864) and Quebec (1867), the main subject of debate was the fur trade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Section 91 and Section 92 of the Constitution Act, 1867 deal with the federal division of powers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

When the proposal to create an independent Canada was discussed, what was the main subject of debate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The relationship between the residents of what would be Upper and Lower Canada 
B)  The relationship between the new national and regional governments 
C)  The relationship between the newly created Dominion of Canada and Great Britain 
D)  Whether the British North America Acts or the Canada Act would be the supreme law of the land 
E)  The influence of the monarch in government affairs 
A)  The relationship between the residents of what would be Upper and Lower Canada 
B)  The relationship between the new national and regional governments 
C)  The relationship between the newly created Dominion of Canada and Great Britain 
D)  Whether the British North America Acts or the Canada Act would be the supreme law of the land 
E)  The influence of the monarch in government affairs

Question 12

Which body ruled in 1896 that the "Peace, Order, and Good Government" clause could not be used by Ottawa to override the enumerated powers of the provinces?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Ontario Superior Court 
B)  Canadian Parliament 
C)  The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 
D)  The Supreme Court of Canada 
E)  The Federal Court of Appeal 
A)  The Ontario Superior Court 
B)  Canadian Parliament 
C)  The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 
D)  The Supreme Court of Canada 
E)  The Federal Court of Appeal

Question 13

Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau once wrote that while it was the fashion to be critical of the federalism rulings of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, if the JCPC had not interpreted the constitution as it did, Quebec separatism might have been an accomplished fact and not simply a possibility. Discuss some of the early court rulings on the federal division of powers and explain why you think Trudeau was mainly right or wrong.

Accepted Answer

Some examples might be court rulings on

Question 14

What does "POGG" stand for?

Accepted Answer

A)  Power, Organization, and Great Governance 
B)  Peace, Order, and Good Government 
C)  Power, Order, and Good Government 
D)  Politics, Order, and Good Government 
E)  Public, Organization, and Good Governance 
A)  Power, Organization, and Great Governance 
B)  Peace, Order, and Good Government 
C)  Power, Order, and Good Government 
D)  Politics, Order, and Good Government 
E)  Public, Organization, and Good Governance

Question 15

Describe the fiscal gap.

Accepted Answer

These financial arrangements have never

Question 16

Who argued for constitutional protection for their French cultural community?

Accepted Answer

A)  George Brown 
B)  Joseph Howe 
C)  George-Étienne Cartier 
D)  Samuel Tilley 
E)  John A. Macdonald 
A)  George Brown 
B)  Joseph Howe 
C)  George-Étienne Cartier 
D)  Samuel Tilley 
E)  John A. Macdonald

Question 17

Who argued that conflict between the English Protestant and French Catholic communities had produced government instability and was one of the reasons behind the Confederation movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  John A. Macdonald 
B)  George-Étienne Cartier 
C)  Samuel Tilley 
D)  George Brown 
E)  Joseph Howe 
A)  John A. Macdonald 
B)  George-Étienne Cartier 
C)  Samuel Tilley 
D)  George Brown 
E)  Joseph Howe

Question 18

Who said that "Federalism has all along been a product of reason in politics . . . it is an attempt to find a rational compromise between the divergent interest groups which history has thrown together; but it is a compromise based on the will of the people"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Joe Clark 
B)  Brian Mulroney 
C)  Jean Chrétien 
D)  Stephen Harper 
E)  Pierre Trudeau 
A)  Joe Clark 
B)  Brian Mulroney 
C)  Jean Chrétien 
D)  Stephen Harper 
E)  Pierre Trudeau

Question 19

The Confederation agreement included several provisions that have been described as quasi-federal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What type of ruling was said to have been articulated in Re Board of Commerce Act and Combines and Fair Prices Act 1919?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emergency doctrine 
B)  Peace, order, and good government 
C)  Enumerated 
D)  Plain dealing 
E)  Just doctrine 
A)  Emergency doctrine 
B)  Peace, order, and good government 
C)  Enumerated 
D)  Plain dealing 
E)  Just doctrine

English-speaking Fathers of Confederation favoured a unitary system of government rather than a federal one.

Which body found in 1970 that the "Peace, Order, and Good Government" clause could be used to justify federal laws during peacetime?

Which of the following is an example of a conditional or an unconditional grant?

What section of the Constitution Act, 1867 provided the provincial government with the field of "Direct Taxation"?

Which province rejected the Victoria Charter?

What percentage of Quebec's population claims French as their mother tongue?

Which group of the fathers of Confederation favoured a unitary system?

Whatever the intentions of the founders when they drafted the Constitution Act, 1867, it has long been clear that both levels of government exercise wide-ranging legislative and taxation powers.

When the proposal to create an independent Canada was discussed at Charlottetown (1864) and Quebec (1867), the main subject of debate was the fur trade.

Section 91 and Section 92 of the Constitution Act, 1867 deal with the federal division of powers.

When the proposal to create an independent Canada was discussed, what was the main subject of debate?

Which body ruled in 1896 that the "Peace, Order, and Good Government" clause could not be used by Ottawa to override the enumerated powers of the provinces?

What does "POGG" stand for?

Describe the fiscal gap.

Who argued for constitutional protection for their French cultural community?

Who argued that conflict between the English Protestant and French Catholic communities had produced government instability and was one of the reasons behind the Confederation movement?

Who said that "Federalism has all along been a product of reason in politics . . . it is an attempt to find a rational compromise between the divergent interest groups which history has thrown together; but it is a compromise based on the will of the people"?

The Confederation agreement included several provisions that have been described as quasi-federal.

What type of ruling was said to have been articulated in Re Board of Commerce Act and Combines and Fair Prices Act 1919?

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Exam 7: Federalism

English-speaking Fathers of Confederation favoured a unitary system of government rather than a federal one.

Which body found in 1970 that the "Peace, Order, and Good Government" clause could be used to justify federal laws during peacetime?

Which of the following is an example of a conditional or an unconditional grant?

What section of the Constitution Act, 1867 provided the provincial government with the field of "Direct Taxation"?

Which province rejected the Victoria Charter?

What percentage of Quebec's population claims French as their mother tongue?

Which group of the fathers of Confederation favoured a unitary system?

Whatever the intentions of the founders when they drafted the Constitution Act, 1867, it has long been clear that both levels of government exercise wide-ranging legislative and taxation powers.

When the proposal to create an independent Canada was discussed at Charlottetown (1864) and Quebec (1867), the main subject of debate was the fur trade.

Section 91 and Section 92 of the Constitution Act, 1867 deal with the federal division of powers.

When the proposal to create an independent Canada was discussed, what was the main subject of debate?

Which body ruled in 1896 that the "Peace, Order, and Good Government" clause could not be used by Ottawa to override the enumerated powers of the provinces?

What does "POGG" stand for?

Describe the fiscal gap.

Who argued for constitutional protection for their French cultural community?

Who argued that conflict between the English Protestant and French Catholic communities had produced government instability and was one of the reasons behind the Confederation movement?

Who said that "Federalism has all along been a product of reason in politics . . . it is an attempt to find a rational compromise between the divergent interest groups which history has thrown together; but it is a compromise based on the will of the people"?

The Confederation agreement included several provisions that have been described as quasi-federal.

What type of ruling was said to have been articulated in Re Board of Commerce Act and Combines and Fair Prices Act 1919?

Political Culture

The Social and Economic Setting

Diversity and Multiculturalism

Regionalism and Canadian Politics

The Constitution

Rights and Freedoms

The Machinery of Government

The Administrative State

Parties and Elections

Interest Groups

The Media

Language Politics

Women and Politics

Indigenous Politics

Canada in the World

Filters