1. Canadian Government
Webquest
For this task, you will be answering a series of questions from several different websites. Make sure you have clicked on the appropriate link for the question you are working on. Read carefully through the information as all the answers are there.

2. What type of government does Canada currently have?
What role does the monarch have in Canada?
3. Describe the power of the constitution in Canada.
4. Name the three levels of government in Canada.
5. Give at least one example of a responsibility for each level of government.

3. 6. What type of system does Canada’s government have and how does it affect the powers and responsibilities and the government?
7. What are the three parts of Parliament?
8. Are Senators who sit in the senate elected by Canadian citizens or appointed by the Governor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister?
9. What is the major role or responsibility of the House of Commons, Governor General, and Prime Minister?

4. 10. What is the voting age in Canada, and is voting considered a right or privilege?
Timeline:
11. What year was the British North American Act passed?
12. What year could the British Parliament no longer make laws?
13. What year could the British Parliament no longer amend the constitution?