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how laws are made
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 3 branches of government | executive, legislative and judicial |
| executive branch? | implements government programs |
| judicial branch? | enforces laws (courts) |
| legislative branch? | makes laws |
| executive branch people? | governor general, prime minister, cabinet, civil service provincial: lieutenant governor, premier cabinet, civil service |
| legislative branch people? | governor general, senate, house of commons provincial: lieutenant governor, legislative assembly |
| 2 source of new laws? | politicians and lobbyists |
| bill? | a proposal for a new law |
| act? | a bill passed all parliamentary stages |
| steps for a new law? | idea, draft of bill, first reading, second reading, third reading, goes to senate, royal assent, bill becomes law |
| 4 levels of court | provincial court of BC, BC supreme court, BC appeals court, Supreme court of court |