Table of Contents for The Language of Canadian Politics: A Guide to Important Terms and Concepts, 4th Edition by John McMenemey
A
Aboriginal rights. See Land claims and settlements (Native; Aboriginal); Native (First Nations) self-government
Access to Information Act (Canada). See Freedom of information
Accountability
Act (statute)
Activists (party)
Administration (public)
Administrative (executive) federalism
Administrative law
Administrator (of Canada)
Aeronautics Case (1932). See Treaty power
Affirmative (Positive) action
Agence de la francophonie (Agency for the French-Speaking Community) See Community (the Francophone; La Francophonie)
Agenda (of meeting; public/private)
Ambassador
Amending formulae (constitutional). See Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended; General amending formula (Constitution Act, 1982)
Amendment (legislative; constitutional)
Anti-Terrorism Act, 2001
Appointment power
Aspect Doctrine (constitution)
Associate / Assistant deputy minister
Asymmetrical federalism
Auditor General
B
Backbencher
Balance of power (legislative)
Ballot
Bandwagon effect
Bank of Canada (central bank)
Bar (of the House)
Bellwether riding
Bicameral
Bicultural cleavage
Big M Drug Mart Case (1985)
Bilingualism and biculturalism
Bill. See Act (statute)
Bill 63; 22; 101; 178; 86 (Quebec)
Bill of Rights (Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Act, Canada, 1960)
Bloc Québécois
Block payments (grants)
Borrowing power
British connection
British North America Act. See Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended
Brokerage politics
Budget and budgetary process
Bureaucracy
By-election
C
CPAC (Cable Public Affairs Channel)
Cabinet
Cabinet organization
Cadre parties
Calgary Declaration (Framework; 1997)
Campaign (election)
Canada Act, 1982 (U.K.)
Canada Assistance Plan (CAP, 1966)
Canada Clause (Preamble, Charlottetown Accord, 1992)
Canada Council
Canada Gazette
Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST)
Canada Labour Code
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Canada (Quebec) Pension Plan (CPP, QPP, 1966)
Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (1989)
Canadian Alliance party
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Radio-Canada; CBC)
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982)
Canadian Human Rights Commission (Act; Chief 35 Commissioner)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Canadian Judicial Council
Canadian Parliamentary Guide
Canadian Press / Broadcast News
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Candidate
Canvass
Capital crime and punishment
Career public (civil) service
Carter v. Saskatchewan (A.-G.) (1991)
Caucus
Censure
Census
Central agency
Central bank. See Bank of Canada (central bank)
Centralization (decentralization)
Centrist
Charlottetown Accord (1992)
Charter groups; interests
Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada, 1982). See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982)
Charter of the French Language (Quebec)
Chief Electoral Officer (Elections Canada)
Chief Justice
Chief of staff (principal secretary)Chief of the Defence Staff (Vice-Chief; Deputy Chief)
Citizen
Civil law (Civil Code; Code Civil)
Civil liberties
Civil service
Clarity bill (on secession from Confederation)
Class cleavage
Clawback
Clerk of the House of Commons (of the Senate)
Clerk of the Privy Council
Closure
Coalition government
Collective (cabinet/ministerial) responsibility
Collectivism
Combines (anti-combines legislation; competition policy)
Commission (board, agency, tribunal)
Commission for Environmental Co-operation (NAEC; NAFTA)
Commission of inquiry (judicial)
Commissioner of Official Languages (language ombudsman)
Committee of the Whole (Supply; Ways and Means)
Common Law
Commonwealth (The British...of Nations)
Communications Security Establishment (CSE)
Community (the Francophone; La Francophonie)
Compact theory of Confederation
Competition policy. See Combines (anti-combines legislation; competition policy)
Comptroller General of Canada
Concurrent majority. See Double majority
Concurrent powers
Conditional grants (special-purpose transfer payments)
Confederation
Confederation of Regions party (COR)
Conference of First Ministers
Conference of Ministers (of Education, Finance, etc.)
Conference of Provincial First Ministers
Confidence (of the House; Chamber of...)
Conflict of interest
Consensus
Conscription
Conservatism
Conservative Party of Canada
Consociational democracy
Consolidated Revenue Fund
Constituency (riding)
Constituency (riding) association
Constituent assembly
Constitution
Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended
Constitutional Act, 1791 (U.K.)
Constitutional amendments. See Amendment (legislative; constitutional); Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended “Consultative mechanisms” (forums and reports on constitutional reform)
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Continentalism
Contracting (opting) out
Controverted election
Convention (constitutional). See Custom, convention and usage
Convention (party)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)
Co-operative federalism
Council of Atlantic Premiers
Council of Maritime Premiers. See Council of Atlantic Premiers
Council of the Federation
Count (election), official and unofficial
Courts. See Judicial system (judiciary)
Criminal Code of Canada
Crossing the floor
Crown
Crown corporation
Crown prerogatives
Cultural duality
Custom, convention and usage
D
Declaratory power
Delegate theory of representation
Delegated power
Department (of government)
Deputy minister
Deregulation
Direct (indirect) taxation
Disallowance
Discretionary power
Dispute settlement mechanism
Dissolution of Parliament (the legislature)
Distinct society clause
Division of the House
Division (distribution) of powers
Dominion (of Canada; government; status; Day)
Dominion-provincial conferences
Double majority
Duff Doctrine (constitution)
E
Economic nationalism
Economic union of Canada
Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (redistribution of legislative seats)
Electoral law (controls, subsidies)
Electoral system
Elites
Emergencies Act (Canada, 1988; emergency powers)
Emergency power
Employment equity. See Equity legislation
Employment Insurance (EI)
Entrenchment, constitutional
Enumeration (of powers)
Enumeration (of voters)
Environmentalism
Equality rights. See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982); Equity legislation
Equalization grants (unconditional transfer payments)Equity legislation
Established Programs Financing (EPF)
Estimates
Ethics Commissioner (Senate Ethics Officer)
Executive, the
Executive (administrative) federalism
Executive assistant, ministerial (chief of staff; exempt staff)
Executive Council
Extraterritoriality
F
Federal Court
Federal-provincial conferences
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Established Programs Financing Act. See Federal-provincial tax-sharing agreements (fiscal federalism)
Federal-provincial tax-sharing agreements (fiscal federalism)
Federalism
Filibuster
Finance, Department (minister) of
Financial Administration Act (Canada)
First Ministers Conference. See Conference of First Ministers
First-past-the-post electoral system
Fiscal federalism
Fiscal policy
FLQ Crisis. See October (FLQ) Crisis (1970)
Fragment (splinter) parties
Franchise (La) Francophonie
Free trade
Free vote
Freedom of information
Fulton-Favreau Formula (1964)
G
G-8 countries, meeting of
Gay and lesbian rights
Gender politics (gap)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (the GATT)
General amending formula (Constitution Act, 1982)
Geographic cleavage
Gerrymander
Globalization (globalism)
Goods and Services (ad valorem, value-added) Tax (GST)
Government (public) bills
Governor General
Governor Generals warrants
Governor-in-council
Green (coloured) paper
Grit (Clear Grit)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
H
Hansard
Have (have-not) provinces
Head of state
High Commissioner (Commission)
Horizontal agencies
House leaders
House of Assembly
House of Commons
House of Commons committees
Hunter v. Southam (1984)
I
Immigration and Refugee Board Imperial conferences
Income tax
Indexing (de-indexing)
Indian Act
Indirect tax
Information Commissioner
Initiative (legislative)
Inner cabinet
Inter- (intra-)state federalism
Interdelegation Reference (Nova Scotia, 1951);...of legislative power
Interdepartmental committees
Interest groups
Intergovernmental committees
Interim supply, vote of
International Joint Commission (IJC)
Intra (ultra) vires
J
Judicial commission of inquiry. See Commissions of inquiry (judicial)
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)
Judicial review (interpretive; non-interpretive)
Judicial system (judiciary)
Jurisdiction, constitutional
K
King-Byng Dispute
Kitchen cabinet
L
Labour Conventions Reference (Attorney-General for Canada v. Attorney-General for Ontario, 1937)
Land claims and settlements (Native; Aboriginal)
Language ombudsman
Language rights
Law Commission of Canada
Leaders debates (election campaign)
Leadership conventions (selection)
Leadership review. See Leadership conventions (selection)
League for Social Reconstruction (LSR)
Left, political. See Class cleavage
Legislation (type; stages of)
Legislative Assembly
Legislative override. See Notwithstanding (non obstante) clause (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s.33)
Legislative process
Legislature
Letters Patent (1947)
Liberal party
Liberalism
Lieutenant-governor
Lieutenant-governor-in-council
Living tree Doctrine (constitution)
Lobby (-ist; -ing)
Lord Durhams Report
Lower Canada
Lower House
M
MHA/MLA/MNA/MPP
MP
Matres Chez Nous
Majority government
Malapportionment
Mandarin(ate)
Mandate
Manitoba Schools Question (and French language rights, 1890)
Maritime unionMarketing boards
Mass media of communication
Means test
Medicare
Meech Lake Accord (1987)
Members of parliament (MPs)
Merit system (in the public service)
Ministerial responsibility
Ministers (of the Crown)
Ministry
Ministry (minister) of state
Minority government
Monarchy (constitutional)
Monetary policy Money bills
Morgentaler, Smoling and Scott v. The Queen (1988)
Movement parties
Multiculturalism
N
National Assembly (Quebec)
National energy (oil) program (NEP)
National Housing Act (NHA)
National Policy (NP)
National Security Certificate (NSC)
Nationalistes, the
Nationalization
Native (First Nations) self-government
Natural resources
New Deal (R. B. Bennetts)
New Democratic party (NDP)
Nomination
Non-confidence motion. See Vote of no confidence (want-of-confidence motion)
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (1992)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Northwest (Riel) Rebellions
Notwithstanding (non obstante) clause (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s.33
Nunavut (Our land)
O
Oakes test (R. v. Oakes, [1986])
Occupational (functional) representation
October (FLQ) Crisis (1970)
Official agent (party; candidate)
Official Languages Act (Canada, 1969; 1988)
Official opposition
Official-party (recognized party) status
Official Secrets Act. See Security of Information Act (Canada)
Ombudsman
One-party (single-party) dominance
Opening of Parliament (of the legislature)
Operation Dismantle v. The Queen (1985)
Opposition Days
Opposition parties
Opting-out formula. See Contracting (opting) out
Order of Canada
Order (Notice) paper
Order-in-council
Organic law
Organization of American States (OAS)
P
Pairing
Parachuting (candidates)
Parliament of Canada
Parliamentary indemnity (salaries, allowances, and budgetary allocations)
Parliamentary privilege (immunities)
Parliamentary secretaries
Parliamentary-cabinet system
Parti Québécois (PQ)
Party discipline
Party system
Passage of legislation
Patriation of the constitution
Patronage
Peace, Order, and good Government
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada). See Privacy Act (Canada); Privacy Commissioner
Persons Case (Edwards v. A.-G. for Canada [1930])
Petition
Platform
Plebiscite. See Referendum
Plurality
Policy (-making; analysis; communities; instruments; public)
Political culture
Polling (election day)
Polling (public opinion)
Popular vote. See Electoral system
Populism
Pork barrel
Portfolio
Positive (negative) entitlement
Postmaterialism
Premier
Prerogative power
President of the Queens Privy Council for Canada
President of the Treasury Board
Press, the. See Mass media of communication; Press gallery
Press gallery
Pressure groups. See Interest groups
Prime minister
Prime Ministers Office (PMO)
Principal secretary. See Chief of staff (principal secretary)
Priorities and Planning Committee (P and P). See Inner cabinet
Privacy legislation (Canada); Privacy Commissioner
Private bills
Private member
Private members legislation (bills)
Privatization
Privy Council for Canada (the Queens)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Progressive Conservative party
Progressive movement (party)
Property and Civil Rights in the Province
Proportional representation
Prorogation of Parliament
Provincial autonomy (rights)
Provincial (territorial) governments (legislatures)
Public Accounts Committee
Public bills
Public opinion
Public Safety Act, 2004
Public service (administration).
Public Service Commission
Q
Quasi-judicial decisions (power)Quebec Act, 1774 (U.K.)
Quebec Conference (Resolutions) (1864)
Quebec Protestant School Boards Case (A.-G. Quebec v. Quebec Association of Protestant School Boards [1984])
Quebec sign law
Queen, the. See Crown; Sovereign, the
Question period
Quiet Revolution
Quorum
R
Racism
Radio Reference Case (1932). See Treaty power
Radio-Canada
Ralliement des crditistes
Ratification
Readings
Recall
Reciprocity
Reconstruction party
Recorded (standing) vote
Red Tory (-ism)
Redistribution (electoral...of seats)
Redistributive policy
Reference case (constitutional)
Referendum
Reform party
Regina Manifesto
Regional disparities
Regional government
Regionalism
Regulation 17 (Ontario, 1913)
Regulatory agencies (regulations)
Remedial decree (litigation)
Remedial legislation
Renewed / Restructured federalism
Representation by population
Representative government
Representative (trustee) theory of representation
Reservation (of legislation)
Residual power
Resolution (of the House) (Motion)
Responsible government
Returning Officer (RO); Deputy Returning Officers (DROs)
Riding
Right, political. See Class cleavage
Rowell-Sirois Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations (1937–1940)
Royal assent
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Royal commission
Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963)
Royal Proclamation (1763)
Rule of law
Russell v. The Queen (1882)
S
Safe seat
Scandal (Pacific, Customs, Beauharnois, Sponsorship)
Scrum
Scrutineer
Secession Reference
Secrecy
Secretariat
Secretaries of state
Secretary to the Cabinet. See Clerk of the Privy Council
Sections 91 and 92 (Constitution Act, 1867)
Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC)
Security of Information Act (Canada)
Senate
Senior civil servants
Separate schools (parochial, dissentient)
Separation of powers
Separatism
Shadow cabinet
Shared-cost programs
Singh Case (Re Singh and Minister of Employment and Immigration) (1985)
Single-member plurality electoral system
Social Credit party
Social movement organizations
Social Union Framework Agreement (1999)
Socialism
Sovereign, the
Sovereignty-association
Speaker (of the legislature)
Special Operating Agencies (SOAs)
Special status
Speech from the Throne
Spending power
Standing (select, special, joint) committees (of the House and Senate)
Standing Orders
Stare decisis
State, the
Statistics Canada
Statute (Act). 323 Statute of Westminster (U.K., 1931)
Statutory instrument
Subordinate legislation
Sunset clause
Supplementary estimates
Supply bill
Supply period (allotted days; Opposition days)
Supremacy of parliament
Supreme Court of Canada
Surveillance (function of Parliament)
Suspensive veto
T
Tariff (non-tariff barriers)
Task force
Tax abatement and tax points
Tax expenditures
Tax rental agreements (payments)
Territorial governments
Third parties; Third-party advertising
Third parties (political)
Throne Speech (Debate on the...)
Tory
Trade and Commerce power
Transfer payment
Transferable vote (preferential ballot)
Treasury Board
Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS)
Treaty power
Triple-E Senate
Two nations (deux nations)
Two-party system
U
Ultra (intra) vires
Unconditional grants (general-purpose transfer payments)
Unicameral legislature
Union Act, 1840 (U.K.)
Union government
Unitary state (legislative union)
United Farmers of...(Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario) Upper Canada
Upper chamber (house)
Urgent business (emergency debate)
V
Veto
Victoria Charter (1971)
Vote of no confidence (want-of-confidence motion)
Voters list. See Enumeration (of voters)
W
War Measures Act (Canada; emergency powers)
War-crimes legislation (trials)
Wartime Elections Act and Military Voters Act (Canada, 1917)
Wartime Tax Agreements (1941)
Water-tight compartments Doctrine (constitution)
Westminster
Whig (interpretation of Canadian history)
Whip (party)
White paper
White paper on employment and income (1945)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Writs (election; referendum)