Chapter 8 Practice Quiz

Federalism
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. A confederation is a form of government in which ________.

. All federal states are based upon ________.

. The likelihood that regional grievances may threaten the stability of federalism is greatest when those grievances are linked to ________.

. The following is not one of the three major tensions that have been at the root of intergovernmental conflict in Canada: _______.

. Quebec's unique role in Canadian federalism is derived from _______.

. Parti Québécois was created in 1968 under the leadership of _______.

. The strategy adopted by the Bourassa Liberal government of Quebec for changing federalism was to ________.

. The reason for increases in support for the separatists halfway through the 1995 Quebec referendum was ______.

. In recent decades the list of grievances from "peripheral" provinces against Ottawa has included ________.

. The statement that intergovernmental conflict is influenced by "institutional self-interest" suggests that the conflict is driven by ________.

. Historically, province-building has been associated mainly with ________.

. The term "executive federalism" is sometimes used to describe the relations between________.

. Equalization accounts for about ________ of all federal transfers to the provinces.

. Brooks says that grievances are most likely to threaten federalism when expressed in _________ terms.

. Which of the following ideas is highly visible in the Québec government's 2017 'blueprint' Québecers: Our Way of Being Canadian?

. Which of the following is true about the idea of Peace, Order, and Good Government?

. Section 121 of the Constitution Act, 1867 is ____________.

. What legal case dealt with the transportation of alcoholic beverages across provincial borders?

. More than a third of the 193 member states of the United Nations have a federal system of government.

. Belgium and Germany are examples of the unitary form of government.

. Regional inequality is the most likely factor behind the escalation of regional divisions into independence movements.

. George-Étienne Cartier was one of the Fathers of Confederation who favoured a centralized government.

. Commercial interests, particularly railroad promoters, supported a unification of the British North American colonies because their ability to raise investment capital was linked to Canada's creditworthiness.

. The compact interpretation of Canadian federalism no longer carries any political weight.

. Both the federal government and the provinces have the capacity to act in most of the major policy fields.

. The courts have viewed Canada's POGG clause as a power to be used only in times of national emergency.

. On the whole, judicial decisions have limited the authority of the federal government over trade and commerce.

. When the 11 governments of Canada entered constitutional negotiations in Victoria in 1971, Quebec's demands were consistent with the other provinces'.

. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, elected in 1984, shared Pierre Trudeau's view that the provinces were already too powerful for the good of the national economy and political unity.

. The Liberal model of federalism includes "asymmetrical federalism."

. In 1992, the Charlottetown proposals for constitutional reform were successfully approved in a national referendum.

. The trio of reforms introduced by the federal Liberal government after the 1995 Quebec referendum changed the written Constitution.

. Following the Quebec referendum of 1995, the federal government passed a motion identifying Quebec as a distinct society.

. The name given to the regional units of a federal state can vary from country to country.

. Determining whether a state has a federal system is not a precise science and can sometimes be ambiguous to establish.

. Québec politicians and opinion-makers often argue that Canadian federalism should be seen as a compact between the regions of Canada.

. The federal government can, and does, spend on programs that fall under the jurisdiction of the provinces.

. Several international rankings say that states with federal constitutions are more likely to be amongst the most democratic countries in the world than those with unitary constitutions.

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