Contents -- Note to Readers -- Acknowledgements -- A -- Aboriginal rights. See Land claims and settlements (Native -- Aboriginal) -- and Native (First Nations) self-government -- agreements -- Access to Information Act (Canada). See Freedom of information -- Accountability -- Act (statute) -- Activists (party) -- Administration (public) -- Administrative (executive) federalism -- Administrative law -- Administrator (of Canada) -- Aeronautics Case (1932). See Treaty power -- Affirmative (Positive) action -- Agence de la francophonie (Agency for the French-Speaking Community). See Community (the Francophone -- La Francophonie) -- Agenda (of meeting -- public/private) -- Ambassador -- Amending formulae (constitutional). See Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended -- and General amending formula (Constitution Act, 1982) -- Amendment (legislative -- constitutional) -- Anti-Terrorism Act, 2001 -- Appointment power -- Aspect Doctrine (constitution) -- Associate / Assistant deputy minister -- Asymmetrical federalism -- Auditor General of Canada -- B -- Backbencher -- Balance of power (legislative) -- Ballot -- Bandwagon effect -- Bank of Canada (central bank) -- Bar (of the House) -- Bellwether riding -- Bicameral -- Bicultural cleavage -- Big M Drug Mart Case (1985) -- Bilingualism and biculturalism -- Bill. See Act (statute) -- Bill 63 -- 22 -- 101 -- 178 -- 86 (Quebec) -- Bill of Rights (Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Act, Canada, 1960) -- Bloc Québécois -- Block payments (grants) -- Borrowing power -- British connection -- British North America Act. See Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended -- Brokerage politics -- Budget and budgetary process -- Bureaucracy -- By-election -- C -- CPAC (Cable Public Affairs Channel) -- Cabinet -- Cabinet organization -- Cadre parties.

Calgary Declaration (Framework -- 1997) -- Campaign (election) -- Canada Act, 1982 (U.K.) -- Canada Assistance Plan (CAP, 1966-1995) -- Canada Clause (Preamble, Charlottetown Accord, 1992) -- Canada Council -- Canada Gazette -- Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) -- Canada Labour Code -- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) -- Canada (Quebec) Pension Plan (CPP, QPP, 1966) -- Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (1989) -- Canadian Alliance party -- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Radio-Canada -- CBC) -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982) -- Canadian Human Rights Commission (Act -- Chief Commissioner) -- Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) -- Canadian Judicial Council -- Canadian Parliamentary Guide -- Canadian Press / Broadcast News -- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) -- Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) -- Candidate -- Canvass -- Capital crime and punishment -- Career public (civil) service -- Carter v. Saskatchewan (A.-G.) (1991) -- Caucus -- Censure -- Census -- Central agency -- Central bank. See Bank of Canada (central bank) -- Centralization (decentralization) -- Centrist -- Charlottetown Accord (1992) -- Charter groups -- interests -- Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada, 1982). See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982) -- Charter of the French Language (Quebec) -- Chief Electoral Officer (Elections Canada) -- Chief Justice -- Chief of staff (principal secretary) -- Chief of the Defence Staff (Vice-Chief -- Deputy Chief) -- Citizen -- Civil law (Civil Code -- Code civil) -- Civil liberties -- Civil service -- Clarity Act (on secession from Confederation) -- Class cleavage -- Clawback -- Clerk of the House of Commons (of the Senate) -- Clerk of the Privy Council -- Closure -- Coalition government.

Collective (cabinet/ministerial) responsibility -- Collectivism -- Combines (anti-combines legislation -- competition policy) -- Commission (board, agency, tribunal) -- Commission for Environmental Co-operation (of North America) (NAEC -- NAFTA) -- Commissions of inquiry (judicial) -- Commissioner of Official Languages (language ombudsman) -- Committee of the Whole (Supply -- Ways and Means) -- Common Law -- Commonwealth of Nations -- Communications Security Establishment (CSE) -- Community (the Francophone -- La Francophonie) -- Compact theory of Confederation -- Competition policy. See Combines (anti-combines legislation -- competition policy) -- Comptroller General of Canada -- Concurrent majority. See Double majority -- Concurrent powers -- Conditional grants (special-purpose transfer payments) -- Confederation -- Conference of First Ministers -- Conference of Ministers (of Education, Finance, etc.) -- Conference of Provincial First Ministers -- Confidence (of the House -- Chamber of…) -- Conflict of interest -- Conscription -- Consensus -- Conservatism -- Conservative Party (2003-) -- Consociational democracy -- Consolidated Revenue Fund -- Constituency (riding) -- Constituency (riding) association -- Constituent assembly -- Constitution -- Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended -- Constitutional Act, 1791 (U.K.) -- Constitutional amendments. See Amendment (legislative -- constitutional) -- and Constitution Act, 1867, and subsequently amended -- "Consultative mechanisms" (forums and reports on constitutional reform) -- Consumer Price Index (CPI) -- Continentalism -- Contracting (opting) out -- Controverted election -- Convention (constitutional). See Custom, convention, and usage -- Convention (party) -- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) -- Co-operative federalism -- Council of Atlantic Premiers.

Council of Maritime Premiers. See Council of Atlantic Premiers -- Council of the Federation -- Count (election), official and unofficial -- Courts. See Judicial system (judiciary) -- Criminal Code of Canada -- Crossing the floor -- Crown -- Crown corporation -- Crown prerogatives -- Cultural duality -- Custom, convention, and usage -- D -- Declaratory power -- Delegate theory of representation -- Delegated power -- Department (of government) -- Deputy minister -- Deregulation -- Direct (indirect) taxation -- Disallowance -- Discretionary power -- Dispute settlement mechanism -- Dissolution of Parliament (the Legislature) -- Distinct society clause -- Division of the House -- Division (distribution) of powers -- Dominion (of Canada -- government -- status -- Day) -- Dominion-provincial conferences -- Double majority -- Duff Doctrine (constitution) -- E -- Economic nationalism -- Economic union of Canada -- Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (redistribution of legislative seats) -- Electoral law (controls, subsidies) -- Electoral system -- Elites -- Emergencies Act (Canada, 1988 -- emergency powers) -- Emergency power -- Employment equity. See Equity legislation -- Employment Insurance (EI) -- Entrenchment, constitutional -- Enumeration (of powers) -- Enumeration (of voters) -- Environmentalism -- Equality rights. See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982) -- and Equity legislation -- Equalization grants (unconditional transfer payments) -- Equity legislation -- Established Programs Financing (EPF) -- Estimates -- Ethics Commissioner (Senate Ethics Officer) -- Executive, the -- Executive (administrative) federalism -- Executive assistant, ministerial (chief of staff -- exempt staff) -- Executive Council -- Extraterritoriality -- F -- FLQ Crisis. See October (FLQ) Crisis (1970) -- Federal Court (Federal Court of Appeal).

Federal-provincial conferences -- Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Established Programs Financing Act. See Federal-provincial tax-sharing agreements (fiscal federalism) -- Federal-provincial tax-sharing agreements (fiscal federalism) -- Federalism -- Filibuster -- Finance, Department (minister) of -- Financial Administration Act (Canada) -- First Ministers' Conference. See Conference of First Ministers -- First-past-the-post electoral system -- Fiscal federalism -- Fiscal policy -- Fragment (splinter) parties -- Franchise -- (La) Francophonie -- Free trade -- Free vote -- Freedom of information -- Fulton-Favreau Formula (1964) -- G -- G-8 countries, meeting of -- Gay and lesbian rights -- Gender politics (gap) -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (the GATT) -- General amending formula (Constitution Act, 1982) -- Geographic cleavage -- Gerrymander -- Globalization (globalism) -- Goods and Services (ad valorem, value-added) Tax (GST) -- Government (public) bills -- Governor general -- Governor general's warrants -- Governor-in-council -- Green Party of Canada -- Green (coloured) paper -- Grit (Clear Grit) -- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) -- H -- Hansard -- Have (have-not) provinces -- Head of state -- High Commissioner (Commission) -- Horizontal agencies -- House leaders -- House of Assembly -- House of Commons -- House of Commons committees -- Hunter v. Southam (1984) -- I -- Immigration and Refugee Board -- Imperial conferences -- Income tax -- Indexing (de-indexing) -- Indian Act -- Indirect tax -- Information Commissioner -- Initiative (legislative) -- Inner cabinet -- Inter- (intra-)state federalism -- Interdelegation Reference (Nova Scotia, 1951) -- …of legislative power -- Interdepartmental committees -- Interest groups -- Intergovernmental committees -- Interim supply, vote of -- International Joint Commission (IJC).

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