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. Which of the following is NOT one of the functions of political parties?

a) Organization of a government correct incorrect

b) Organizing public opinion correct incorrect

c) Structuring the vote correct incorrect

d) Promoting interests by attempting to influence government correct incorrect

e) Integrating citizens into a political system correct incorrect

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. What does the term "brokerage politics" refer to?

a) Flexible centrist style of politics correct incorrect

b) Right-wing politics correct incorrect

c) Left-wing politics correct incorrect

d) Ideological politics correct incorrect

e) Dysfunctional politics correct incorrect

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. What is the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)?

a) The predecessor of the Liberal Party correct incorrect

b) The predecessor of the Conservative Party correct incorrect

c) The predecessor of the Progressive Conservative Party correct incorrect

d) The predecessor of the Green Party correct incorrect

e) The predecessor of the New Democratic Party correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was NOT one of the elements of the National Policy of 1878-1879?

a) Encouragement of western settlement correct incorrect

b) Implementation of a protective tariff correct incorrect

c) Decentralization of the federation correct incorrect

d) Creation of a transcontinental railroad correct incorrect

e) Protection from American encroachment correct incorrect

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. Which two groups formed the coalition that was the predecessor to the Liberal Party?

a) Rouges and Progressives correct incorrect

b) Blancs and Democrats correct incorrect

c) Clear Grits and Blancs correct incorrect

d) Clear Grits and Rouges correct incorrect

e) Progressives and Clear Grits correct incorrect

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. What does the term "patronage" refer to?

a) A major policy announcement correct incorrect

b) The control of government largesse correct incorrect

c) Deliberately acting to interfere with the internal functioning of an opposition party correct incorrect

d) Fundraising in other countries correct incorrect

e) Federal support for the provinces correct incorrect

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. French political sociologist Andre Siegfried observed that political life in Canada was preoccupied with which of the following two issues?

a) Regional interest and rights correct incorrect

b) Public works and rights correct incorrect

c) Material interest and public works correct incorrect

d) Regional interest and material interest correct incorrect

e) Industry and expansion correct incorrect

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. The origins and development of the Reform party in Western Canada in the late-1980s and 1990s were in response to what?

a) The gun control law correct incorrect

b) MPs pensions correct incorrect

c) CF-18 contract correct incorrect

d) Both A and B correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was NOT part of the Reform Party's platform in the 1980s and 1990s?

a) Protectionist tariffs correct incorrect

b) MP recall correct incorrect

c) Greater use of referendums correct incorrect

d) Relax party discipline correct incorrect

e) Choice to opt out of MPs pensions correct incorrect

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. What is the role of "minor" parties such as the Reform/Alliance or CCF in Canada's brokerage party system?

a) To absorb defeated candidates correct incorrect

b) To provide enough competition for an election to be legally held correct incorrect

c) To recruit correct incorrect

d) To create new policies correct incorrect

e) To control Parliamentary decision-making correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was NOT an element of the realignment argument made in the aftermath of the 1993 federal election?

a) The PC Party seen as a much weaker entity without Mulroney as its leader correct incorrect

b) Voters' dissatisfaction with brokerage-style politics correct incorrect

c) Weakness of party loyalty among voters correct incorrect

d) The erosion of the NDP's support across the country correct incorrect

e) All of the above are elements of the realignment argument. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was the only party to succeed in practising old brokerage style politics in the 1993, 1997, and 2000 elections?

a) New Democratic Party correct incorrect

b) Canadian Alliance correct incorrect

c) Bloc Quebecois correct incorrect

d) Progressive Conservative Party correct incorrect

e) Liberal Party correct incorrect

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. Which two parties merged in 2003 to create the present-day Conservative Party?

a) Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties correct incorrect

b) Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties correct incorrect

c) Green and Progressive Conservative parties correct incorrect

d) Canadian Alliance and Liberal parties correct incorrect

e) Canadian Alliance and Green parties correct incorrect

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. The Sponsorship Scandal occurred because advertising firms that supported which political party were paid for work that they did not do?

a) New Democratic Party correct incorrect

b) Bloc Quebecois correct incorrect

c) Conservative Party correct incorrect

d) Liberal Party correct incorrect

e) Green Party correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was NOT one of the components of the "hidden agenda" that the Liberals accused the Conservatives of having during the 2004 election?

a) Scrapping the Kyoto Accord correct incorrect

b) Privatizing health care correct incorrect

c) Joining US-led military adventures correct incorrect

d) Rolling back abortion rights correct incorrect

e) Centralizing the federation correct incorrect

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. What does the "one-member, one-vote" model for choosing a party's leader involve?

a) Only the party's MPs correct incorrect

b) All rank-and-file members of the party correct incorrect

c) Only those members chosen to be delegates correct incorrect

d) Both A and C correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Why is Canada a "60/40" country, electorally?

a) The winning party typically gets 60 per cent of the popular vote. correct incorrect

b) The winning party typically gets 40 per cent of the vote and 60 per cent of the seats. correct incorrect

c) The winning party typically gets 60 per cent of its votes from central Canada. correct incorrect

d) Only 60 per cent of eligible voters typically vote in federal elections. correct incorrect

e) The only centre-right party in Canada gets 40 per cent of the vote and the centre-left get 60 per cent. correct incorrect

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. What type of electoral system is used in Canada?

a) The run-off system correct incorrect

b) The plurality system correct incorrect

c) The single-transferable vote system correct incorrect

d) The proportional representation system correct incorrect

e) The presidential system correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT one of the arguments made against the proportional electoral system?

a) It exaggerates the seat count for the strongest major party and for regionally concentrated minor parties. correct incorrect

b) It splinters the party system. correct incorrect

c) It produces unstable government. correct incorrect

d) It encourages ideological polarity. correct incorrect

e) All of the above are criticisms. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT one of the arguments against the single member, plurality electoral system?

a) It gives the impression that some parties have no or little support in certain regions. correct incorrect

b) Minor parties that appeal to interests distributed widely across the country will receive a smaller percentage of seats than votes. correct incorrect

c) It tends to produce unstable government composed of a coalition of parties. correct incorrect

d) It tends to give more seats than votes to minor parties whose support is regionally concentrated. correct incorrect

e) The parliamentary composition of a party will be less representative of the different regions of the country than is that party's electoral support. correct incorrect

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. Historically, which party stood to gain the most from a change to a proportional electoral system?

a) Conservative Party correct incorrect

b) Bloc Quebecois correct incorrect

c) Liberal Party correct incorrect

d) New Democratic Party correct incorrect

e) Green Party correct incorrect

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. What is the major element of the post-2004 model for party and campaign financing?

a) Donations by special interests, including corporations and trade unions, are banned. correct incorrect

b) Individuals may donate up to $1,100 per year to a registered political party or candidate. correct incorrect

c) Parties receive an annual public subsidy of $1.75 for every vote that they receive. correct incorrect

d) Both B and C correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. In the 2006 federal election, male voters were significantly more likely than female voters to vote for which of the following parties?

a) Conservative Party correct incorrect

b) Liberal Party correct incorrect

c) New Democratic Party correct incorrect

d) Green Party correct incorrect

e) Bloc Quebecois correct incorrect

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. Passage of the Election Expenses Act, 1974 signalled a watershed in Canadian party finance except for which of the following?

a) Setting spending limits for individual candidates and political parties during election campaigns correct incorrect

b) Providing a system of reimbursement for part of their expenses for candidates who receive 15 per cent of the political vote correct incorrect

c) Prohibiting donations by corporations and trade unions correct incorrect

d) Establishing tax credits up to a maximum of $650 for political contributions correct incorrect

e) Requiring candidates and parties to identify contributors who have donated large sums (now set at $200 or more in money or services in kind) correct incorrect

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. What are paid-access opportunities?

a) Special private meetings between party leaders and the party's highest-paying donors correct incorrect

b) Private dinners hosted by the Prime Minister at 24 Sussex Drive for the highest-paying party donors correct incorrect

c) Fundraising events where admission is very expensive and where donors receive the opportunity to meet party leaders correct incorrect

d) Private dinners hosted by the leader of the official opposition at Stornoway for the highest-paying party donors correct incorrect

e) Elections where voters can pay for additional votes correct incorrect

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. Elite recruitment is not a function of political parties.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. In order to be electorally successful, it is not necessary that a party bring all major groups or regions under its roof.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The Liberal-Conservatives were the predecessors of the governing Conservative Party.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Wilfrid Laurier caused deep division between the groups that eventually formed the Conservative Party.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. An open ballot referred to a free and democratic voting process in the 1860s and 1870s.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The emphasis on accommodating diverse interests is no longer a characteristic feature of federal and provincial politics in Canada.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The Liberals became identified with a strong centralist state during the Trudeau-Mulroney era.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. According to Robert Alford, a relative lack of national integration is the major reason for the lack of class voting in Canada.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Centre-left votes are now split among the Liberals, the NDP, the Bloc, and the Green Party.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Evidence shows that there is a huge advantage to being the frontrunner heading into a party leadership convention.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The single member, plurality electoral system used in Canadian federal and provincial elections is based on the idea that a party's percentage of the popular vote should be translated into a corresponding share of seats in the legislature.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Since the 1960s, NDP support has generally been stronger among voters who belong to unions than among most other segments of the electorate.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Both Liberal and Conservative parties have traditionally relied heavily on trade unions to finance their activities.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Considerable money is spent on fundraising, polling, consultants, and pre-campaign advertising before an election is called.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The communication activities of political parties via the Internet remain unregulated.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect