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Ten questions of mixed difficulty, covering Consumerism and politics, Economies, Government, Immigration, Justice, the Charter. Print it, or work through it on screen — the answer key starts on its own page.

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  1. What does the Canada–Québec Accord (1991) allow Québec to do?

    1. a) Choose its own economic immigrants and help them settle
    2. b) Decide which immigrants living in Québec become citizens
    3. c) Set the rules for deciding refugee claims across Canada
    4. d) Refuse immigrants who were chosen by other provinces

  2. A small-business owner in Red Deer: "When the other hardware store in town closed, the big chain store raised its prices. Competition was the only thing keeping prices fair." Which government action would this speaker most likely support?

    1. a) Replacing private stores with Crown corporations
    2. b) Removing all government rules on how businesses act
    3. c) The government setting the price of every item
    4. d) Laws that protect competition between businesses

  3. From an invented party's platform: "Every family deserves affordable child care, and we will pay for it by raising taxes on the largest corporations." Which value most clearly underlies this promise?

    1. a) Families should rely on charities instead of government
    2. b) Families should pay for services privately, as they choose
    3. c) Corporations should be free of taxes and regulation
    4. d) Government should use taxes to provide shared services

  4. A summary: "In 1998, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Alberta's human rights law must protect people from discrimination based on sexual orientation, even though the legislature had left it out." What does this source show about the Charter's impact?

    1. a) Alberta used the notwithstanding clause to reverse the ruling
    2. b) Courts can require a law to change to meet the Charter
    3. c) The Charter applies to federal laws but not to provincial ones
    4. d) Human rights laws no longer apply in Alberta workplaces

  5. Which branch of Canada's federal government interprets laws and decides whether they fit the Constitution?

    1. a) The executive branch
    2. b) The judicial branch
    3. c) The Official Opposition
    4. d) The legislative branch

  6. An MP: "I disagree with part of this bill, but I'll vote for it. If I vote against my party, I could lose my committee role and the leader's support in the next election." The MP is describing

    1. a) responsible government
    2. b) a free vote
    3. c) party discipline
    4. d) lobbying

  7. A news alert reads: "Housing bill passes third reading in the House of Commons." What must still happen before the bill becomes law?

    1. a) A majority of the provinces must vote to accept it
    2. b) The Supreme Court must review and approve it first
    3. c) It must pass the Senate and then receive Royal Assent
    4. d) Nothing, because the elected House has approved it

  8. Which protection does a 15-year-old have under the YCJA that an adult being questioned by police does not have?

    1. a) Having a parent or other adult present
    2. b) Being presumed innocent until proven guilty
    3. c) Being able to contact a lawyer without delay
    4. d) Being told promptly why they were arrested

  9. A workplace notice: "We have installed a ramp and changed Dana's shift times so she can keep working here after her spinal injury." Which idea does this show?

    1. a) Affirmative action in hiring new employees
    2. b) Mobility rights for workers who move provinces
    3. c) The duty to accommodate a worker with a disability
    4. d) The right of workers to form and join a labour union

  10. A history note: "From 1885, most Chinese immigrants had to pay a head tax to enter Canada. It rose to $500 in 1903. No other group had to pay it." What does this source show about early immigration policy?

    1. a) It chose immigrants mainly for their job skills and education
    2. b) It was designed to attract more Chinese settlers
    3. c) It discriminated against people based on their origin
    4. d) It welcomed all newcomers on equal terms, whatever their origin

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  1. a) Choose its own economic immigrants and help them settle — Québec selects its own economic immigrants, giving weight to French, and runs its own settlement and French-language services with federal funding. Ottawa still grants citizenship and decides refugee claims made in Canada.
  2. d) Laws that protect competition between businesses — The speaker values competition, and competition laws exist to protect it, for example by reviewing mergers and banning price-fixing. Removing every rule sounds pro-market, but it would do nothing to restore competition once one seller dominates.
  3. d) Government should use taxes to provide shared services — Paying for a public service through taxes reflects the view that government should share costs across society, a position toward the left. Critics answer that higher corporate taxes can cost jobs and investment, which is the other side of the same debate.
  4. b) Courts can require a law to change to meet the Charter — In Vriend v. Alberta, the Court found that leaving sexual orientation out breached section 15 and read the protection into the law. The Charter applies to provincial laws as well as federal ones, and Alberta chose not to use section 33 in response.
  5. b) The judicial branch — Courts interpret laws and can strike down one that breaks the Constitution, including the Charter. Parliament, the legislative branch, makes laws and the executive carries them out; mixing up making a law with interpreting it is the usual slip.
  6. c) party discipline — Party discipline is the pressure on MPs to vote with their party, enforced by the party whip and the leader. A free vote is the opposite: the rare vote in which a party lets its MPs follow their own judgment.
  7. c) It must pass the Senate and then receive Royal Assent — A bill must pass both the House of Commons and the Senate in the same form, then receive Royal Assent from the Governor General. Courts do not approve bills in advance; they rule on a law only if someone challenges it later.
  8. a) Having a parent or other adult present — Everyone arrested has the section 10 rights to be told why and to call a lawyer, and everyone is presumed innocent. The YCJA adds a youth's right to consult a parent or another appropriate adult and have them there during questioning, because young people are more likely to misunderstand their rights.
  9. c) The duty to accommodate a worker with a disability — Human rights law requires employers to accommodate a disability up to the point of undue hardship, and disability is also a ground listed in the Charter's section 15. Affirmative action is about who gets hired, and Dana already has the job.
  10. c) It discriminated against people based on their origin — Charging only Chinese immigrants a fee that rose to $500 was meant to discourage them from coming, so the policy discriminated by origin. The federal government formally apologized for the head tax in 2006.