Alberta 5, 12, 20, 21
British Columbia 4, 5, 21
budgets 23
cabinet 8, 9, 13, 14, 20, 23
Charter of Rights and
Freedoms
7
Constitution of Canada 5,
6–7, 10, 11, 24, 25
courts of law 15, 26–27
devolution 25
Dowdeswell, Eli
z
abeth 10
education 4, 9, 13, 22, 25
elected representatives 9,
16, 17, 20–21, 28
elections 17, 18–19, 29
executive branch 6, 7, 8–15
federal government 4–5, 6,
7, 11, 22, 24–25
first past the post (FPTP)
18, 29
governor general 10, 11
health care 4, 9, 13, 22, 25,
28
housing 25
human rights laws 5, 15
Indigenous Peoples 25, 27
judicial branch 6, 7, 26–27
Kusugak, Nellie 11
laws 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16–17, 20,
25, 26–27, 28
legislative assemblies 4, 8,
14, 16–17, 20–21, 23, 28
legislative branch 6, 7,
16–21
LGBTQ community 15
lieutenant governors 10–11,
16
Manitoba 5, 8, 16, 21
monarch 10–11
municipal government 4–5
New Brunswick 5, 21
Newfoundland and
Labrador 5, 21
Northwest Territories 5, 9,
14, 19, 21, 25, 27
Nova Scotia 5, 19, 21
Nunavut 5, 6, 9, 11, 14, 19, 21,
25, 27
Ontario 5, 10, 14, 15, 21
opposition parties 18
Panda, Prasad 20
political parties 9, 14, 18, 19
premiers 8–9, 10, 12–13, 14,
15, 18
Prince Edward Island 5, 14,
21
provincial parks 20
provincial powers 6, 13,
16–17, 20, 22–23, 24, 28
Québec 5, 9, 15, 21
restorative justice 27
ridings 18, 21
Saskatchewan 5, 21
Silver, Sandy 9
taxes 8, 13, 16, 22–23
territorial commissioners
11, 16
territorial powers 6–7, 13,
16–17, 20, 22–23, 24–25,
28
transportation 5, 28
Wynne, Kathleen
15
Yukon 5, 9, 14, 18,
19, 21, 25, 27
Heather C. Hudak has written hundreds of children’s books on everything from
ama
z
ing animals to Canadian history. When she’s not writing, Heather enjoys
travelling around the world and spending time with her husband and rescue pets.
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