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| A social and economic theory that property, production, and distribution of goods and services should be owned by the public, and the labour force organized for the benefit of all members of society |
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| The banning of the sale and consumption of alcohol |
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| Group of Canadian lanscape painters in the 19520's |
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| A court case in which the Famous Five successfully fought to have women declared "perons" under Canadian law in 1929 |
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| Five Alberta women who describes the political status of women |
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| The document that describes the powers and responsibilities of the government and its parts, and the rights of citizens |
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| Claims by Aboriginal peoples to lands that their ancestors inhabited |
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| Lands taken from reserves without consent of the Aboriginal peoples |
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| Giving up one's status as an Indian |
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| The freedom for a group to form its own government |
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| A political system that divides power between federal and provincial legislatures |
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| A concern for the affairs of one's own region over those of one's country |
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| Trade between countries without tariffs, export subsides, or other government intervention |
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| Move from private to government ownership |
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| A government im which the ruling party has less than half the totaly number of seats in the legislature |
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| An Act passed in 1927 to provide social assistance to people over 70 |
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| The Canadian government's refusal in 1922, lead by King, to support British troops in defending the Turkish port of Chanak; the first time the Canadian government did not support the British military |
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| A 1923 treaty between Canada and the U.S. to protect halibut along the Pacific Coast; the first treaty negotiated and signed independently by the Canadian government |
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| The person who represents the British Crown in Canada |
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| A situation that occurred in 1926 when governor General Byng refused Prime Minister King's request to dissolve Parliment and call an election |
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| A formal alliance of political parties |
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| In politics, it means support |
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| To postpone or suspend, as in Parliment |
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| A meeting of the leaders of the countries in the British Empire |
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| The conclusions of the 1926 Imperial Conference that acknowledged that Canada was an autonomous community within the British Empire |
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| The law that changed the British Empire into the British Commonwealth; all commonwealth countries to be considered equal in status with Britain and able to make their own laws |
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| An association of nations that were formerly colonies of the British Empire |
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| The process by which changes can legally be made to the Canadian Constitution |
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| A severe economic downturn in the global economy in the 1930's |
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