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Explain the six phases of the policymaking process.

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Question 2

Which political party imposed a carbon tax on heavily polluting companies, as part of their Green Shift initiation?

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A)  Conservatives
B)  NDP
C)  Green Party
D)  Liberals

Question 3

The state-centred approach assumes that whatever the formal phases of the policymaking process, the political system ultimately responds to the demands of the corporate elite.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The War Measures Act was invoked during a severe flooding in Manitoba.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What institution is most involved in the policy formulation phase?

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A)  bureaucracy
B)  House of Commons
C)  prime minister
D)  courts

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT considered a policy instrument?

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A)  tax expenditures
B)  referendum
C)  regulation
D)  state of emergency

Question 7

Taxation has the effect of constraining behaviour in actually taking something tangible away from the individuals and corporations on whom it is imposed.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 8

What best describes the policymaking process in Canada?

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A)  priority-setting, initiation, policy formation, legitimation, implementation, interpretation
B)  initiation, priority-setting, policy formation, legitimation, implementation, interpretation
C)  initiation, priority-setting, policy formation, implementation, legitimation, interpretation
D)  priority-setting, initiation, policy formation, implementation, interpretation, legitimation

Question 9

What term describes the different techniques of government intervention in society?

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A)  policy communities
B)  policy approaches
C)  policy initiatives
D)  policy instruments D

Question 10

What are stakeholders and what is their role in determining public policy?

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Question 11

What are minimum wage laws, highway speed limits, building codes, rent controls, and bilingual labelling examples of?

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A)  exhortation
B)  regulation
C)  neoconservatism
D)  public expenditures

Question 12

Explain the advantages and disadvantages for citizens of governments' use of tax expenditures.

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Tax expenditures consist of tax credits and tax deductions that individuals or companies can claim by spending money in certain ways: contributing to political parties, making certain kinds of investments, donating to charities, and so on.Tax expenditures do not actually involve taxing or spending by government; rather, they are tax-based incentives to use individual or corporate income in particular ways.Tax expenditures are widely used because they are basically invisible and do not attract much criticism; they neither seem to cost any money nor involve any sort of coercion.However, they do come at a cost.They result in reducing the amount of revenue that the government would otherwise receive and that it could use for redistributive purposes by billions of dollars a year.Those who are unaware of, or do not qualify for such tax credits, especially lower-income individuals, end up paying higher taxes to make up the difference.

Question 13

Air Canada used to be a crown corporation that has since been privatized.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Since the mid-1980s, governments have increasingly been engaged in nationalization.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In terms of government intervention, explain how the role of the state has evolved over the last 100 years.

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Over the last 100 years, the role of the...

Question 16

Which economic theory suggests that the government should intervene with increased spending, even to the extent of borrowing, in order to transfer to individuals?

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A)  Keynesian economics
B)  laissez-faire
C)  neo-conservatism
D)  neo-liberalism

Question 17

Deliberate inaction on the part of the government on an issue can be categorized as a symbolic response.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Describe and explain the significance of policy instruments?

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Policy instruments are the tools or meth...

Question 19

Which group is typically NOT involved in the initiation stage of the policymaking process?

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A)  election platform
B)  caucus
C)  the judiciary
D)  royal commission

Question 20

The principal players involved in any policy community are sometimes called stakeholders.

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A) True 
 B)False

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