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Voice of the First Nations, Metis and Inuit People

What is the Role of Lobbyists?

The role of lobbyists are to influence the decisions of the MP's, and represent the people who are paying them on their behalf. Lobbyists understand what the people who are paying them are trying to convince the government, and then the lobbyists become professionals on the subject. Then the lobbyists go to the MP or the Senator and then discuss the issue that the paying customers have. They are hired by the public, but before they even become a lobbyist, they have to sign up with the commissioner of lobbyists, so everyone in Canada knows who they are and what they represent.

The voice of the First Nation, Metis, and Inuit were not heard when Canada was becoming a country in 1867. Even after then, when laws were being made, and things were being changed around the country, the government did not listen to their arguments against bills. They also did not get any of their current rights as aboriginal people. They had to go to residential schools and get assimilated by the nuns, and turn what used to be a true first nation, into a first nations that had forgotten everything about his life. The government treated them as the first nations were their responsibilities, along with thing such as postal service. They did not even mention the first nations and the Inuit. But now the have their own channel hat lets all the aboriginal people of Canada to understand what is going on in the parliament.

The Commissioner of Lobbying, Nancy Bélanger

The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

What is the House of Commons?

How Do Bills Become Laws?

The House of Commons is where most of the action in the government happens. This is where the government and the opposing party both meet to discuss, debate and vote on bills. The government is one that has the most seats in the House of Commons. The opposing party is the rest of the parties who have won seats in the House of Commons. The House of Commons includes The Governor-General, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet, the MP's, the official opposition leader, the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, and the shadow MP's.

Who are the Members of Parliament?

The House of Commons

MP's is an acronym for Members of Parliament. Each constituency has an MP. They are the people who have been voted for in their constituency and now belong in the government of Canada. They help the Prime Minister fight for what the constituents and the what the government thinks.

ills become laws by being voted on several times, before being released into Canada. The first step is for the government (Prime Minister and Cabinet) to vote on the bill. If the bill is voted for, then it is taken to the House of Commons to be voted by the MP's, and the opposing parties. If then, the bill is still voted for then it goes to the senate to be voted for the last time. The senate has the power to reject laws, but they rarely use it. The only thing they usually do, is either propose minor changes or just agree on the law. If they add some minor change then it goes into the House of Commons again to be voted on. After that, it goes to the Governor-General for the bill to be granted royal assent, which officially turns the bill into a law.

What is the Judicial Branch?

What is the Role of Media in our Government?

The Law Making Process

The Judicial Branch is made up of all the judges of law courts, hence the name Judicial. The judges use the laws of Canada and make sure that the law is being, followed in the country. The Judiciary Branch is independent of the Executive and Legislative Branches. They are here to apply and interpret the law of Canada.

The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi

The media are a group of people who work together to inform us about events that are happening around us. These people include the newspapers, news broadcasters, magazines, billboards, books, internet, Television, Radio, films. But the media that works for our parliament is the Parliament Press Gallery (PPG). The role of media in our government is to increase our awareness of the governments actions. They increase our understanding of the government and our opinions on the government. Politicians develop messages and then give then to the media, then the media communicates these messages to the public. These messages are usually memorable quotes such as slogans.

The Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery

The Supreme Court Of Canada

What is the Legislative Branch? What do they do?

What is the Supreme Court of Canada?

What is a Majority Government?

A majority government is a government that has more than half of the seats in the house of commons. This makes it easier for the government to pass laws, rather than always being rejected by the opposing party. The current government is a majority government. This is the reason why the government is passing many laws this year. This year the Liberals have 182 seats in the House of Commons, rather than the required 170 seats to become a majority government. The Official Opposition Leader is Andrew Scheer, the leader of the Conservatives.

The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest ranked court in Canada. Every issue that gets debated in the Supreme Court of Canada is going to be solved. You can not go any other place higher than the Supreme Court of Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada is part of the judicial branch. The judges are chosen by the Governor General with the help of the Prime Minister and his cabinet. They can only be elected if they have been a judge for a provincial level 10 years before that. They will be replaced when they reach 75 years of age, or if they had any type of misconduct before the 75 retirement age.

The Legislative Branch in Canada is mainly the Senate. People who are involved in the legislative branch include the Monarch, represented by the Governor General, Senators (appointed by the Governor General with the help of the Prime Minister's advice, and the House of Commons. The legislative branch role is to make sure that the bill does not have any problems with it. If it has any issues, then it will be dealt with accordingly.

The Supreme Court of Canada Logo

Senate

The Current House of Commons

Who is the Queen?

The queen of Britain today is her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, but even though she is a queen that is across an ocean from us, she has a role in Canada's Government, because Britain has some history with Canada's past. She does not actively participate in the government of Canada, because we have a monarch representative in Canada (Governor general).

Who is the Governor General?

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

The Governor-General is the representative of the British Monarch for Canada, the current one being her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette. She had the power to reject laws, but now that is not a possibility. She still has to sign the document to allow the law to be passed and made into a law, on behalf of the Queen.

What is the Senate?

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette

What is the Executive Branch? What do they do?

The Senate is a group of people who give a"sober second thought" to laws according to prime minister John A. Macdonald. So, this means that the bills that have been voted on by the House of Commons will be, voted on again in the Senate. The people in the Senate, are selected by the Governor General with the advice of the Prime Minister (Wikipedia). These people are called Senators. They, cannot be laid down, and can only be replaced if the senator turns 75, retires or dies.

From: http://www.gg.ca/en/governor-general/governor-general-julie-payette/coat-arms

The House Of Commons is part of the Executive branch. The Cabinet votes for the law, and then if it is voted for, the bill will be passed on to the House Of Commons to be voted on as well. If the law is voted for in the House of Commons, then it is passed on to the Senate. From there if it gets passed, then it gets royal assent and becomes a law.

The House Of Commons

What are the Political Parties?

The Senate Coat of Arms

Political parties are groups of people who believe the same ideas and want to run a governmental position to help make ideas become a possibility. The can be at provincial or federal levels. The current government is the liberal party. The next federal election will happen in 2019. There are a total of 14 parties, but only 6 of them are the main ones (according to https://en.Wikipedia.org), the Conservative Party of Canada, Liberal Party, NDP Party, and the Green Party.

What are Minority Governments?

What is the Constitution?

Who is the Prime Minister?

Minority governments are those governments that have less than half of the seats in the House of Commons, thus making it harder for the government to pass laws the way they would like them to be. This is because of the government, which has less than half the seats will be most likely to be overpowered by the opposition. For example if the government has 100 of the 338 seats in the House of Seats, the opposing government will have 238 seats, making it easier for the opposition to reject the bill.

The Liberal Party also our current federal party

Canada's constitution is the law that describes how the government works in Canada. It establishes the roles of everyone in Canada's government. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms also describes how laws are, passed, changed, or removed. It is the document that decides how the country should work. It is also called The Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Prime Minister is the leader of the government and Canada. Today's Prime Minister is Justin Trudeau. Their job is to make sure that Canada is running smoothly. The PM and his MP's vote on the law that they decided on. If it is voted for by the PM and his MP's, then goes to the House of Commons, and so on. the Prime Minister sits in the middle of his side of the House of Commons.

Canada's Constitution (The Charter of Rights and Freedoms)

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau

2004 Minority Government

Canada's Federal Political System

By: Muhammad B. 9-2

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