Deck 4: Regionalism and Canadian Politics

Question 1

Which Canadian prime minister said that "Canada has too much geography"?

A) Brian Mulroney
B) Stephen Harper
C) Pierre Trudeau
D) John A. Macdonald
E) Mackenzie King

Answer 1

E

Question 2

What was Prince Edward Island's average unemployment rate for 2013-2017?

A) 10.6 per cent
B) 7.2 per cent
C) 9.5 per cent
D) 8.7 per cent
E) 6.8 per cent

Answer 2

A

Question 3

While the Liberal Party did much better than the Conservatives in Quebec for most of the twentieth century, where did the Conservative Party tend to be stronger than the Liberal Party?

A) The North
B) The West
C) The Maritimes
D) Ontario
E) Cities

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What was Nova Scotia's average unemployment rate for 2013-2017?

A) 8.7 per cent
B) 6.8 per cent
C) 9.5 per cent
D) 10.6 per cent
E) 7.2 per cent

Question 5

When Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces in 1905, they did so without control over which of the following?

A) Direct taxation
B) Education
C) Natural resources
D) Immigration
E) Municipal government

Question 6

For which province does the National Energy Program (1980) remain a vivid memory?

A) Quebec
B) Nova Scotia
C) British Columbia
D) Ontario
E) Alberta

Question 7

Which of the following were cornerstones of economic policy for most of Canada's history?

A) Sales taxes
B) Free trade agreements
C) Income taxes
D) Tariffs
E) User fees

Question 8

According to Patrick Boyer's study of referendums, where have they been used most often?

A) The Maritimes
B) Ontario
C) Quebec
D) The Territories
E) The West

Question 9

"The West wants in" was the founding slogan of which party?

A) The Canadian Alliance Party
B) The Reform Party
C) The Western Canada Concept
D) The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
E) The Progressive movement

Question 10

What was New Brunswick's average unemployment rate for 2013-2017?

A) 7.2 per cent
B) 6.8 per cent
C) 8.7 per cent
D) 10.6 per cent
E) 9.5 per cent

Question 11

In what year did the Bloc Québécois elect more MPs in Quebec than any other party?

A) 1997
B) 2004
C) 1993
D) 2006
E) All of the above

Question 12

Where did the Conservative Party find a resurgence in the 2006 and 2008 federal elections?

A) Saskatchewan
B) Ontario
C) Newfoundland
D) Alberta
E) British Columbia

Question 13

Provincial elections in British Columbia are mostly competitive between which two parties?

A) The Social Credit Party and BC National Party
B) The Green Party and the Progressive Conservative Party
C) The British Columbia Party and Party BC
D) The Liberal Party and the NDP
E) Wildrose and the Coastal Party

Question 14

Provincial elections in Saskatchewan are mostly competitive between which two parties?

A) The NDP and the Saskatchewan Party
B) The Progressive Conservative Party and the Alliance Party
C) The Social Credit and the Liberal Party
D) The Green Party and the Prairie Party
E) Wildrose and the Central Party

Question 15

Which term helps describe the Western grievances against Ottawa and the Ontario-Quebec axis that has dominated the national political scene?

A) Eastern focus
B) Western alienation
C) Capital domination
D) Central domination
E) Western deficit

Question 16

What was Quebec's average unemployment rate for 2013-2017?

A) 9.5 per cent
B) 10.6 per cent
C) 8.7 per cent
D) 6.8 per cent
E) 7.2 per cent

Question 17

What was Ontario's average unemployment rate for 2013-2017?

A) 6.8 per cent
B) 9.5 per cent
C) 8.7 per cent
D) 10.6 per cent
E) 7.2 per cent

Question 18

What was Manitoba's average unemployment rate for 2013-2017?

A) 5.6 per cent
B) 5.1 per cent
C) 6.2 per cent
D) 14.6 per cent
E) 6.0 per cent

Question 19

What was Saskatchewan's average unemployment rate for 2013-2017?

A) 5.6 per cent
B) 6.0 per cent
C) 6.2 per cent
D) 14.6 per cent
E) 5.1 per cent

Question 20

What was Alberta's average unemployment rate for 2013-2017?

A) 6.2 per cent
B) 6.0 per cent
C) 14.6 per cent
D) 5.6 per cent
E) 5.1 per cent

Question 21

What was British Columbia's average unemployment rate for 2013-2017?

A) 6.2 per cent
B) 5.1 per cent
C) 14.6 per cent
D) 5.6 per cent
E) 6.0 per cent

Question 22

What industry accounts for one-quarter of Alberta's GDP?

A) Petrochemical
B) Textiles
C) Lumber and wood
D) Information technology
E) Automobile

Question 23

On what industry is Ontario far more dependent than any other province?

A) Lumber and wood
B) Petrochemical
C) Automobile
D) Textiles
E) Information technology

Question 24

What year did Manitoba enter Confederation?

A) 1949
B) 1867
C) 1873
D) 1870
E) 1905

Question 25

Based on 2011 figures, what province had the highest median family income?

A) Newfoundland and Labrador
B) Alberta
C) Saskatchewan
D) Ontario
E) Quebec

Question 26

Based on averages from 2013 to 2017, what province had the highest unemployment rate?

A) Ontario
B) Prince Edward Island
C) Nova Scotia
D) New Brunswick
E) Newfoundland and Labrador

Question 27

How many Supreme Court justices are expected from Atlantic Canada?

A) Two
B) Five
C) Zero
D) Three
E) One

Question 28

What was a major disagreement between Alberta and British Columbia in 2013?

A) The Senate
B) The Temporary Foreign Workers program
C) Tariffs
D) Speed limits
E) The Northern Gateway oil pipeline

Question 29

According to a 2012 survey, what province appears to be the least traditionally religious province?

A) Alberta
B) Ontario
C) British Columbia
D) Newfoundland
E) Quebec

Question 30

In what year did the Parti Québécois begin to be one of the two dominant parties in Quebec provincial elections?

A) 1970
B) 1980
C) 2000
D) 1990
E) 1960

Question 31

When have the Conservatives been dominant in Western Canada since?

A) 1950s
B) 1990s
C) 1970s
D) 1960s
E) 1980s

Question 32

According to Debora VanNijnatten and her colleagues, which of the following refers to a distinct grouping of neighbouring and nearby provinces and states with economic, cultural, and institutional linkages that create commonalities between the members of this binational (Canada-US) grouping and set it apart from other regions?

A) Territorial groups
B) Sectional regions
C) Cross-border regions
D) Inter-border regions
E) Binational regions

Question 33

What jurisdiction is part of the so-called Great Lakes-Heartland cross-border region?

A) Indiana
B) Ohio
C) Michigan
D) Ontario
E) All of the above

Question 34

Who argued that the central Canadian perspective "fails to take account of regional experience and history and makes coherent Canadian history seem an 'imperialist creed'"?

A) Joe Clark
B) Preston Manning
C) W.L. Morton
D) Tommy Douglas
E) Barry Cooper

Question 35

Who followed Ralph Klein as premier in Alberta?

A) Ed Stelmach
B) Gordon Campbell
C) Preston Manning
D) John Diefenbaker
E) Stephen Harper

Question 36

How many Indigenous communities inhabit the coastlines of the Great Lakes?

A) 65
B) 35
C) 55
D) 75
E) 45

Question 37

What was the focus of British Columbia's 2002 referendum question?

A) The electoral system
B) Land claims and treaty negotiations
C) Taxes
D) Secession
E) Alcohol licencing

Question 38

What was the focus of British Columbia's 2005 referendum question?

A) Alcohol licencing
B) Secession
C) Taxes
D) The electoral system
E) Land claims and treaty negotiations

Question 39

What was the focus of British Columbia's 2011 referendum question?

A) Alcohol licencing
B) Sales tax
C) Secession
D) Land claims and treaty negotiations
E) The electoral system

Question 40

When did the concept of "Western alienation" enter into discussions of Canadian politics?

A) 1990s
B) 1980s
C) 1950s
D) 1960s
E) 1970s

Question 41

What is Westerners' common opinion of Quebec?

A) A golden child
B) A spoiled child
C) A distinct society
D) A problem child
E) A sovereign nation

Question 42

What did data from the 2011 Canadian Election Survey confirm?

A) Atlantic Canadians were less alienated than ever
B) Westerners were much less alienated than prior to the Conservative victory of 2006
C) Canadians supported the Iraq War
D) Support for Quebec sovereignty was at an all-time high
E) Residents of Ontario were feeling unsure

Question 43

What pipeline was supported by both the federal Liberal government and the government of Alberta?

A) Pacific North
B) Big Mountain
C) Energy West
D) Trans Canada
E) Trans Mountain

Question 44

Where would the Northern Gateway transport oil to?

A) Kitimat
B) Hamilton
C) Halifax
D) Quebec City
E) Saint John

Question 45

What years was Joey Smallwood premier of Newfoundland?

A) 1979-1989
B) 2003-2010
C) 1949-1972
D) 1997-2001
E) 1991-1996

Question 46

What party won the most seats in the 2015 Alberta provincial election?

A) New Democratic Party
B) Wildrose Party
C) Liberal Party
D) Alberta Party
E) Progressive Conservative Party

Question 47

What year did Alberta and Saskatchewan achieve provincial status?

A) 1905
B) 1874
C) 1867
D) 1949
E) 1930

Question 48

In what part of the country have protest parties had a difficulty winning seats?

A) Maritime provinces
B) Quebec
C) Saskatchewan
D) British Columbia
E) Alberta

Question 49

When did the NDP first win a federal seat in the Maritimes?

A) 1974
B) 1918
C) 1867
D) 1949
E) 2011

Question 50

What was Alberta's average unemployment rate for 2013-2017?

A) 6.2 per cent
B) 5.1 per cent
C) 14.6 per cent
D) 6.0 per cent
E) 5.6 per cent

Question 51

What section of Constitution Act, 1982 commits to equalization payments?

A) 91
B) 36
C) 15
D) 35
E) 92

Question 52

What year was the Broadcasting Act passed?

A) 1867
B) 1949
C) 1991
D) 2001
E) 1982

Question 53

What year was the Department of Regional Economic Expansion created?

A) 1867
B) 1991
C) 2001
D) 1949
E) 1968

Question 54

What per cent of Ontario's provincial GDP is accounted for by automotive vehicles and parts?

A) 30 per cent
B) 20 per cent
C) 95 per cent
D) 40 per cent
E) 50 per cent

Question 55

What per cent of Ontario's provincial GDP is accounted for by provincial exports?

A) 95 per cent
B) 20 per cent
C) 50 per cent
D) 30 per cent
E) 40 per cent

Question 56

What per cent of Ontario's provincial exports go to the United States?

A) 20 per cent
B) 40 per cent
C) 50 per cent
D) 30 per cent
E) 95 per cent

Question 57

In a 2019 survey what percent of Alberta respondents agreed that their province is treated fairly by Ottawa?

A) 56 per cent
B) 44 per cent
C) 95 per cent
D) 23 per cent
E) 17 per cent

Question 58

In a 2019 survey what percent of respondents agreed that their province is treated fairly by Ottawa?

A) 95 per cent
B) 56 per cent
C) 17 per cent
D) 23 per cent
E) 44 per cent

Question 59

In a 2019 survey what percent of Ontario respondents agreed that their province is treated fairly by Ottawa?

A) 95 per cent
B) 17 per cent
C) 56 per cent
D) 44 per cent
E) 23 per cent

Question 60

What year was the Reform Party formed?

A) 1993
B) 1867
C) 1987
D) 1968
E) 1949

Question 61

Canadians have usually felt that regionalism is a myth.

Question 62

For most of the twentieth century, the Conservative party has done extremely well in Quebec.

Question 63

The Reform Party won the majority of its seats in Eastern Canada.

Question 64

The term "Western alienation" became part of the Canadian political lexicon in the 1970s.

Question 65

Alberta and Quebec are the two best examples of province-building.

Question 66

There is no mention in the Constitution Act, 1867 of equalization payments to provincial governments.

Question 67

Alberta felt that the National Energy Program was hostile to its interests.

Question 68

Not one province differs significantly from the national mean for the measure of efficacy.

Question 69

The Social Credit and Reform parties are examples of protest parties.

Question 70

The majority of residents of Quebec say they have an extremely strong personal sense of belonging to Canada.

Question 71

For most of Canada's history a cornerstone of economic policy was low tariffs on manufactured imports.

Question 72

In recent years unemployment is lower in eastern Canadian provinces than western Canadian provinces.

Question 73

Brian Mulroney created the National Energy Program.

Question 74

Alberta and Saskatchewan entered Canadian Confederation in 1867.

Question 75

Public opinion polls in British Columbia showed that a majority of the province's citizens support the Northern Gateway pipeline.

Question 76

Mackenzie King said "Canada has too much history".

Question 77

Alberta entered Confederation in 1905.

Question 78

Saskatchewan entered Confederation in 1905.

Question 79

Justin Trudeau has received support from all of the provincial premiers on his carbon pricing plan.

Question 80

The British Columbia NDP provincial government was supportive of the Trans Mountain proposal.