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- 5. If a referendum were to occur, it must be approved by the House of Commons and have a clear majority. These rules are outlined by the ______ ___.
- 7. If you're caught committing a minor crime, you may receive months of _________ instead of jail, where you must follow certain rules.
- 8. If a 15 year old commited a crime, they’d receive fair judgement separate from the adult system, this is because of the _____ ________ _______ ___.
- 11. Even if the government and law makers broke the law, this rule ensures that they will be treated and punished by it as equally as everyone else in Canada.
- 12. Programs are set up all around Canada to help the belief that inmates be brought back as useful citizens, this ideology is also known as ______________.
- 13. If a legislation was proposed, it would be called this before it is approved to be a law.
- 16. If two individuals or groups ran into a dispute over property, it would be dealt with by this legal system.
- 17. Once a bill is passed by the House of Commons, it must be approved by the ______.
- 18. A code that outlines criminal offences and procedures in Canada.
- 20. The process in which Mary May Simon, the Governor General of Canada, must approve a bill before it becomes law.
- 21. The court is allowed to look back on previous cases to make decisions because of this law system.
- 23. The Criminal Law Amendment Act in 1968 contained various different changes on several diverse and individual topics, because of this, the bill was referred to as an ______ ____.
- 24. The Court of BC, The Court of Alberta, The Court of Saskatchewan. These are all examples of _______ _____.
- 25. This bill of rights in our constitution ensures our basic rights and freedoms.
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- 1. In British Columbia, if you disagree with the provincial court decision, you can appeal to this court.
- 2. If you go to court and disagree with the decision, you can appeal it to a higher court, this is the final/highest court you would be able to appeal to in Canada.
- 3. A prisoner released with 16 months remaining on their sentence may be asked to remain on _____ for 2 years.
- 4. If an offender wanted to make up for criminal actions against a victim, they may be organized to help them with taks, meet with them, clean for them, etc. This approach to justice is known as ________ _______.
- 6. This clause was used by Quebec to pass Bill 101 and make French their official language.
- 9. this is the highest court you could appeal to at the provincial level.
- 10. If an MP in the House of Commons that didn’t represent the executive branch of government wanted to propose law, the bill would be called this.
- 14. It’s the judges job to uphold, interpret, and apply the ___.
- 15. This branch of government acts independently to prevent any form of bias.
- 19. A town sets their own local rules around construction and parking, the regulations they set are called ______.
- 22. Canada is a Constitutional Monarchy, meaning even the Monarch must abide by the country’s ____________.