POL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Justin Trudeau, Proportional Representation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 101
• Professor: arthurross

Document Summary

Fundamental freedoms: everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: Freedom of though, belief, opinion, and expression including freedom of press and other media of communication. Democratic rights: every citizen of canada has the right to vote. Vote in an election of members of the house of commons or legislative assembly. Right to choose who governs canada, a province, a municipality, or school board. Freedom to vote and freedom to define political choice: freedom of though, belief, and opinion of political party, freedom to form and support a political party. Right to vote is defined by law (reasonable limits) : age and residency. 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. Electoral system candidate in each constituency with greatest number of votes wins. National political campaigns that focus on the party leader and 338 local contests in constituencies across canada.