Deck 16: Advocacy Groups, Social Movements, and Lobbying

Question 1

Under the Federal Accountability Act, what reform was made to lobbying practices?

A)It allowed contingency fees.
B)It placed a prohibition on ministerial staffers, ministers, and senior public servants from registering as lobbyists for five years after leaving office.
C)It extended the period during which infractions could be investigated to five years.
D)It required lobbyists to record e-mails with senior public servants.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What group produces the annual Alternative Federal Budget document?

A)Canadian Chamber of Commerce
B)Canadian Labour Congress
C)Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
D)Canadian Bar Association

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Under whose administration did lobbyist efforts switch from the minister's office to the level of senior bureaucracy?

A)Mulroney
B)Chrétien
C)Martin
D)Harper

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which organization is an example of an issue-oriented pressure group?

A)Canadian Labour Congress
B)Stop Spadina
C)Canadian Council of Chief Executives
D)John Howard Society

Question 5

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is more of a radical group than the National Farmer's Union.

Question 6

The close relationship that sometimes develops between an advocacy group and the government department with which it regularly deals is called a clientele relationship.

Question 7

Advocacy groups begin at the margins of the political system, possessing an alternative vision of "the good life," and usually consist of small local groups.

Question 8

What lobbying technique are institutionalized advocacy groups most likely to use?

A)demonstrations and blockades
B)lobbying judges and court officials
C)lobbying the bureaucracy
D)lobbying members of Parliament

Question 9

Canadian Aboriginal and women's groups use the United Nations to further their domestic causes.

Question 10

Many advocacy groups, including teachers and nurses, are actually more strongly organized at the provincial level than at the federal level.

Question 11

What political party is linked to the Canadian Labour Congress?

A)NDP
B)Liberal
C)Conservative
D)Bloc Québécois

Question 12

Advocacy groups that are permanent, well-established, formal organizations, usually with a head office in Ottawa, are known as issue-oriented groups.

Question 13

Which term refers to any organized attempt to influence the authorities?

A)campaigning
B)political participation
C)lobbying
D)socializing

Question 14

The Gomery Report on the Quebec sponsorship scandal under Chrétien supported further revisions to the lobbying registration scheme.

Question 15

Who administers the Conflict of Interest Code for ministers?

A)Lobbying Registration Act
B)Ethics Commissioner
C)National Citizens Coalition
D)Employment and Social Development Canada

Question 16

Money, information, prestige, public support, and lack of opposition help to explain the significant influence of the Canadian Medical Association.

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT among the most powerful business pressure groups in Canada?

A)Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
B)Canadian Chamber of Commerce
C)Canadian Federation of Independent Business
D)Council of Canadians

Question 18

Many MPs have close corporate connections and function regularly as lobbyists for big business.

Question 19

Which statement does NOT describe pressure groups?

A)They assist a department in disseminating government information to a specialized audience.
B)They have delegated powers of self-regulation.
C)They are represented on advisory committees.
D)They are unaffected by elite accommodation.

Question 20

Advocacy groups tend to increase their public profile once an election has been called.

Question 21

What are the functions of advocacy groups?

Question 22

How does the federal structure of government affect the way in which pressure groups are organized?

Question 23

How do interest groups try to influence the bureaucracy and the executive branch of the government?

Question 24

What are some of the differences and similarities between business and non-business interest groups?

Question 25

Discuss three explanations for why advocacy groups are sometimes successful and sometimes not.