democracy. 10 (c) How democratic is the UK? 25 (a) Apart from voting in elections and referendums‚ describe two ways of participating in politics. 5 (b) Explain the arguments in favour of lowering the voting age. 10 (c) To what extent would the wider use of referendums improve democracy in the UK? 25 (a) Outline the key features of a referendum. 5 (b) Apart from referendums‚ explain three ways in which democracy in the UK could
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action he needed parliament’s approval; this was basically impossible as his own party‚ the labour party was against it. Even though his party was not on his side‚ he was going to try anyway by getting the public’s approval through a national referendum; a referendum is the only way to change the constitution. On the 28th of October 1916‚ Australian voters responded to the question‚ “Are you in favour of the government in having in... compulsory powers over citizens in regard to requiring their military
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French‚ Quebec French and France French are among the leading examples. This paper is meant to highlight the differences between these two French dialects. The major difference between Quebec French and French in France lies in the vocabulary. First‚ there is a presence of words in each variety which do not exist in the other one. Indeed‚ while Quebec French incorporates unique colloquial words and idioms‚ French spoken in France uses many English words that do not even appear in Quebec French
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Have you ever felt that some provinces cause major problems to Canada. Well I can tell you that Quebec definitely is. First Quebec is taking a lot of money from the Canadian Government. Secondly people who live in Quebec think that their French culture is being assimilated. Quebec is causing problems that will take time to fix money to fix. Quebec is using far more than what they are earning and we need to deal with it. On the Department of Finance Canada page is says that in 2015-2016 all provinces
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Retrieved 5 July 2011. The Carter Center (3 January 2011). "Carter and Kofi Annan – Referendum on Self-Determination of Southern Sudan". Cartercenter.org. Retrieved 30 June 2011. Stockman‚ Farah (10 January 2011). "Kerry hails peaceful independence vote in southern Sudan – The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 June 2011. Arrival Statement of the African Union Observer Mission to the Southern Sudan Referendum. | African Union". Au.int. Retrieved 31 January 2011. Omar al-Saleh (9 January 2011)
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while the party has yet to establish its position‚ he is not convinced a referendum would be a good idea."Personally I think it would be a distraction‚ but I don’t fear it‚" he said. "In fact‚ I would relish the opportunity to make the pro-union case‚ but I think that there are many other problems that we need to address."In January‚ his party colleague Arlene Foster said the party may support Sinn Fein’s campaign for a referendum on Irish unity.Arlene Foster told BBC Radio Ulster’s Stephen Nolan Show
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Howard it is not foreseeable in Australia’s immediate future. However‚ the Senate inquiry conducted in 1993 appears to believe that it is a plausible scenario for Australia and has explained that the next proposal must not be rushed as was the 1999 referendum. Nevertheless‚ any future proposal remains unpredictable and as Australia advances towards the year 2007‚ perhaps it is something for consideration in the subsequent
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relationship to the EU since it was established‚ to Britain joined the EU and until today. Britain joined the EU or the European Community as it was called then in 1973. Two years after there was a referendum in Britain about whether they should stay in the union or not. 66% voted to stay‚ and this was the last referendum Britain have had about staying or leaving the EU. In 1991 the Maastrict Treaty was signed‚ this treaty said that the EU should make a single currency for all the membership countries. This
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Alfred Nobel University‚ Dnipropetrovsk‚ Ukraine Subject: “Economics” From: Tania Rodymenko IE-12-2a To: Kosyakina E.A. Development of Canadian Economic System Dnipropetrovsk 2013 Сontents: 1. Introduction 3 2. Atlantic fisheries 4 3. Mercantilism and Corporatism 4 4. Fur trade 4-5 5. Timber 5-7 6. Upper Canada 8 7. Capitalism and Finance 8 8. Canals 9 9. Railways 9-11 10. Confederation 11-12
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History Exam Review Unit One: World War One Term | Definition | Significance | The Treaty of Versailles | * The treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919. * Was signed by Britain‚ France‚ Italy and Germany. * The terms essentially blamed Germany for the war * Canada earned more independence | * Germany lost Resources‚ land‚ population‚ and income. * This led to the rise of Hitler‚ and led to world war two. | The Battle of Vimy Ridge | * This was a battle fought in 1917. The
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