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CITIZENSHIP

CITIZENSHIP. WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP?. What makes a good citizen?. DEFINITIONS:. “The state of being a member of a particular country and having rights because of it.” “The state of living in a particular area or town and behaving in a way that other people who live there expect of you”.

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CITIZENSHIP

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  1. CITIZENSHIP

  2. WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP? • What makes a good citizen?

  3. DEFINITIONS: • “The state of being a member of a particular country and having rights because of it.” • “The state of living in a particular area or town and behaving in a way that other people who live there expect of you”

  4. Definitions continued: • “A citizen is a participatory member of a political community. Citizenship is gained by meeting the legal requirements of a nation, state, or local government. A nation grants certain rights and privileges to its citizens. In return, citizens are expected to obey their country’s laws and defend it against its enemies.

  5. Becoming a Canadian Citizen • Canadian Citizenship Act of 1947: • Children who had a Canadian mother and father but were born in a foreign country are Canadian citizens. • Children who had a Canadian mother and a non-Canadian father were not Canadian citizens. • Immigrants who wanted to become citizens had to meet certain conditions.

  6. Canadian Citizen Act of 1977 • Be 18 years of age or older • Be a permanent resident of Canada • Have lived in Canada for three of the four years before applying for citizenship • Speak either English or French • Know Canada’s history and geography • Understand Canada’s system of government • People who apply must pass a test

  7. NATURALIZATION: The process of becoming the citizen of a country other than the one in which one was born.

  8. ANSWERS TO CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP TEST: • French men/Native Women • Shipbuilding, Agriculture, Fishing • Fur Trade • BNA Act • Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Britain no longer had to give permission for decisions concerning Canada) • New Brunswick • Peace Tower • Atlantic, Central, Praries, West, Territories • Yukon • Quebec

  9. Atlantic, Central, Praries, West, Territories • Yukon • Quebec • Parliamentary Government • 300 years • 1867 • Chosen by the Prime Minister to be in charge of a certain department • Michigan, Erie, Huron, Ontario, Superior

  10. In the height of the summer, the sun can shine for 24 hours • Beaver • Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific • Late 1700’s • The party with the 2nd highest number of representatives in the House of Commons

  11. RIGHTS • After the Holocaust and the Second World War, Canada and other countries resolved to improve conditions in the world by creating legislation to guarantee human rights. It was Saskatchewan who passed the first Bill of Rights in 1947. The Canadian Bill of Rights was passed in 1960.

  12. UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS • This document was written by Canadian John Humphrey. It was adopted by the United Nations in 1948. It was the first of its kind. John Humphrey was born in 1905 in Hampton, New Brunswick.

  13. 1. What was the BNA act? Who controlled this act? • The British North America Act. It was Canada’s first constitution. It was an act of the British Parliament, only the British could change it.

  14. 2. Explain the significance of the Constitution Act of 1982. • The Canadian government could now create or change laws without having to seek the approval of the British Parliament.

  15. CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

  16. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. • Find the Charter on-line. Then… • Explain which two rights and freedoms you think are the most important and why.

  17. The Not Withstanding Clause • What is clause 33 and why is it significant? • This is the NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE. • It allows provincial and federal governments to make exceptions in certain cases.

  18. DEMOCRACY: • 1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. • 3. a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges. • 4. political or social equality; democratic spirit.

  19. NB Provincial Government • There are 55 ridings in New Brunswick. • Each riding votes on a candidate to Represent them in the “legislative assembly”. Those people become an “MLA” or “Member of the Legislative Assembly”. The legislative assembly is the body of people elected in each province and territory to make and pass laws. The Premier is the leader of the party that holds the most seats in the legislature.

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