Provincial and territorial

Government

Fredericton The Legislative assembly is in New Brunswick’s capital – Fredericton. IN NL and NS it is called house of assembly and in Quebec it is called National Assembly. Here proposed bills and laws are debated. The MLAs are elected form around the province and sent to meet. Who is Oromocto and Area ‘s MLA ?

Those are the 3 parts of provincial government

» The premier is the head of the province .

» Who is our Premier currently ?

» He has a cabinet made up of members of his party.

» The judiciary committee is made up of courts and judges and chief justice.

» http://www.gnb.ca/cour/04cqb/index-e.asp

What do they do for you ?

» What are the responsibilities of the provincial governments ?

» http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/government/provincial.html

Who represents the Queen in our province ?

http://www.gnb.ca/lg/index-e.asp

Complete and file

» See hand out on provincial/territorial gov’t

After lunch

» Hand outs on politics in Canada, we’ll mark them together.

» (page. 230)

» Also study pages 129 and 130 in social studies text book.