POLI 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Canada Pension Plan, Bicameralism, Parliamentary System
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Institutions in daily life: governments/institutions affect everyone, example. Federal government takes a quarter of earned money in the form of income tax. Also 4- 5% for canada pension plan. + the province claims 10 to 15% of pays. + municipality claims some at the end of the year. = canadians pay ~ 46. 7% of their income to one level of government or another. Students: public funded colleges; university, apply for student loans, public transportation, textbooks, fast food purchases, tuition fees, sale taxes are applied to almost everything. Government chooses which television station u watch. Which cell phone companies sell phone services. Type of health care availability: every decision that leads to a tax, a regulation, or legal availability of a service = federal. & provincial politicians w/in institutions of parliament & the provincial legislature: government institutions filled with: Rules & norms of behavior established by the particular institutions w/in which they work.