Key Term:

Meaning:

Executive Branch: The branch of federal and state government that is broadly
responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing the laws made by the
legislative branch and interpreted by the judicial branch.
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Public or Civil Service: A civil servant or public servant is a person in the public
sector employed for a government department or agency. The extent of civil
servants of a state as part of the "civil service" varies from country to country.
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Legislative Branch: The legislative branch is the part of the United States
government that creates laws. Whenever you read about congresspeople in the
Senate or House debating a law, you're reading about the legislative branch: the
branch of the government that writes, debates, and passes laws. Making laws can
be called legislating.
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Leader of the Opposition: The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held
by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of
parliamentary government.
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Bill: a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.

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Judicial Branch: The judicial branch is the part of the U.S. government that
interprets the law and administers justice. You know how judging is making a
decision? The judicial branch of the U.S. government makes decisions
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Riding: In Canadian politics, a riding association (French: association de comt),

also known as a constituency association and officially called an electoral district
association (French: association de circonscription) is the basic unit of a
politicalparty
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Political Party: A political party is defined as an organised group of people with at

least roughly similar political aims and opinions, that seeks to influence public
policy by getting its candidates elected to public office.
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Caucus: a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular
political party, to select candidates or decide policy.

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Cabinet Solidarity: Cabinet solidarity means that all members of cabinet must
support cabinet decisions. Cabinet ministers cannot dissociate themselves from
or repudiate the decisions of their cabinet colleagues unless they resign from the
cabinet.
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Responsible Government: Responsible government refers to a government that

is responsible to the people. In Canada responsible government is more
commonly described as an executive or Cabinet that is dependent on the support
of an elected assembly, rather than on the monarch.
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Party Platform: A political party platform or platform is a formal set of principal

goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order to
appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general
public's support and votes about complicated topics or issues.
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Representation By Population: Representation by Population (Rep. by Pop.) is a

method by which seats are allocated in the House of Commons in such a way as
to vary with population
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Riding or Constituency: An electoral district in Canada, also known as a

"constituency" or a "riding", is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's

representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a

circonscription, but frequently called a comt
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By-Election: an election to fill a vacancy arising during a term of office.

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Prime Minister: the head of an elected government; the principal minister of a sovereign
or state.

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Cabinet: a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive
departments of the government.

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