PA7.2

Indicator:

a. Survey the principles of democracy as defined by family, school, and community members, and synthesize into a definition of democracy.

Catholic Faith Permeation Resources:

• Survey the principles of democracy as defined by family, school, and community members, and synthesize into a definition of democracy and relate this definition to subsidiarity.
  

Indicator:

b. Compare the responsibilities of municipal, provincial or territorial, and federal and First Nations governments in Canada.

First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Integration Resources:

RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNMENT

• First Nations/Métis governance power point from FNMI Education Unit
• http://www.fsin.com/
• http://www.afn.ca/
• http://www.mn-s.ca/
• http://www.metisnation.ca/

ROLES OF ELECTED INDIVIDUALS

• First Nations Governance - Power point available from FNMI Education Unit
• http://www.fsin.com/
• http://www.afn.ca/
• Métis Governance - Power point available from FNMI Education Unit
• http://www.mn-s.ca/
• http://www.metisnation.ca/

Catholic Faith Permeation Resources:

• Discuss how the Canadian federal system represents a model of subsidiarity. Discuss how the First Nations representatives and the Indian Act are not models of subsidiarity and how this aspect of Catholic teaching could help aboriginal community problems.
  

Indicator:

c. Describe the roles of the elected representatives in the local (reeve, mayor, councillor), provincial or territorial (member of the legislative assembly), federal (member of parliament), First Nations (councillor, chief) system of government and Métis governance structures.

Catholic Faith Permeation Resources:

Indicator:

d. Election processes in Canada. Investigate the federal, provincial or territorial, or local d. election processes in Canada.

Indicator:

e. Chart the structures of Canadian government at the local, provincial, and national levels.