Exam 5: The Constitution

When was the first permanent white settlement established in what would become Canadian territory?

What year was SNC-Lavalin charged with fraud and corruption?

The Constitution Act of 1982 created the country of Canada.

The Constitution Act, 1982 commits Ottawa and the provinces to the reduction of economic disparities between regions of the country.

Equality rights are entrenched in the Constitution through section 15 of the Charter.

What is the term used to describe a practice that enables governments to use the provincial and Canadian supreme courts to receive advisory opinions before acting or to thrust a politically volatile issue into the hands of judges?

What year was the Canadian Bill of Rights passed?

In an important sense the events stretching from the passage of the Constitution Act, 1982, through the Meech Lake and Charlottetown accords, to the 1995 Quebec Referendum, and the 1998 Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of Quebec secession represent one continuous narrative. Discuss these events, explaining their significance.

Which politician argued that a distinct society clause in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms would promote the concentration of French in Quebec with harmful consequences for the status of the French-speaking minorities in the other provinces and for the English-speaking minority?

The written constitution is a sort of road map that can be, in some important ways, misleading about how Canadian government operates and where power lies. Discuss some of the differences between the written constitution and the unwritten constitution, and the importance of each for understanding Canadian politics.

How did Supreme Court of Canada describe the values and principles found in Canada's Constitution?

In a 2018 poll, how many respondents remembered being taught about the constitution in school?

What is seen as the judiciary's main function?

What was a central nation-building exercise that the Constitution Act, 1867 required of the government?

The Executive Branch of government includes which of the following?

Which constitutional document includes considerable detail on the rights of the "several Nations or Tribes of Indians . . . who live under our protection"?

Who granted Joe Clark's request for an election in 1979?

In a 2012 survey, how many Canadians could identify when the Constitution Act came into force?

What two sets of relations does a constitution deal with?

How many provinces are required to amend the constitution as it relates to the governor general?