POL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Justin Trudeau, Proportional Representation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 102
• Professor: Arthur Ross

Document Summary

Democratic rights: every citizen of canada has the right to vote in an election of members of the house of commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership therein. *canadians have a right to choose who governs canada, a province, a municipality or a school board. *freedom to vote but also the freedom to define political choices: freedom of thought, belief and opinion as well as the freedom to form and support a political party. The right to vote is defined by law (reasonable limits): age and residency. The right to participate in defining political choices is also defined by law: parties and candidates must be registered to participate in elections and political parties can impose membership rules. In the 2015 federal election 1,792 candidates in 338 constituencies competed for the votes of 26 million eligible canadian voters. A total of 17. 7 million canadians voted (68%) and the liberal.