SS-10| List of Terms

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Across
  1. 1. The Human Rights of children.
  2. 3. When political parties cooperate to form a government.
  3. 4. A bill of rights entrenched in the constitution of Canada.
  4. 7. A system in which parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them.
  5. 9. An organization that exists to find the root of all inequality, injustice, and discrimination in BC.
  6. 10. The political process that led to full Canadian sovereignty.
  7. 11. A provincial law practiced in British Columbia regarding human rights.
  8. 13. 2 parties that hold either a minority or majority of seats.
  9. 14. Gives the right to vote for all adult citizens.
  10. 15. The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
  11. 16. Canada’s final achievement of independence from Britain.
  12. 18. A lack of interest among voters in the elections.
  13. 19. The clause allows federal, provincial or territorial governments to temporarily override, or bypass, certain Charter rights.
Down
  1. 2. A group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest or concern.
  2. 5. A system in which the winning candidate only needs one more vote than his or leading opponent to win their seat.
  3. 6. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration.
  4. 8. The act that marked the birth of Canada.
  5. 12. This Act united three of the five British North American colonies. (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Province of Canada)
  6. 17. A political system based on the division of a country into administrative regions having partial autonomy.