Pols 1500 Midterm 1 Exam Questions With
Answers 100% Correct
Big Three Theories+ One - ANSWER Liberal Internationalism, Canada as Dependent
Power, Canada as Principal Power, Declinist
Secondary Theories - ANSWER Federalism, Parliamentary Influence, Policy Process
Perspective
Sources of PM Power - ANSWER Public Profile, Power of Appointment, Power to
Structure Govt, Plenipotentiary Power
Plenipotentiary Power - ANSWER PM has power to negotiate and sign any treaty on
behalf of country
Limits on PM power - ANSWER Time, Democracy, Domestic and Intl Context, Recalcitrant
Bureaucracies
Recalcitrant Bureaucracies - ANSWER Bureaucracies that are slow to move on certain
items, drag their feet
Papa Trudeau Era - ANSWER "Canada as Dependent" "Canada first" "Third Option
policies"
, "Third Option" Policies - ANSWER A solution to Canada's dependency upon US, increase
intl trade
Mulroney Era - ANSWER Friends with Reagan, helped solve contentious Canada US
issues Arctic Sovereignty, acid rain, and Apartheid
Chretien Era - ANSWER Canada in debt, lots of cuts, came to power during second
Quebec Referendum
Harper Era - ANSWER Softwood lumber tensions with US, active on intl stage
Trudeau Jr Era - ANSWER Increase foreign aid and peacekeeping, put Canada back on
map, earn position on UN security council
IBRD (World Bank) - ANSWER International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(1944) middle country develop
IDA - ANSWER poor countries
IFC - ANSWER investors
MIGA - ANSWER Investor Insurance
Answers 100% Correct
Big Three Theories+ One - ANSWER Liberal Internationalism, Canada as Dependent
Power, Canada as Principal Power, Declinist
Secondary Theories - ANSWER Federalism, Parliamentary Influence, Policy Process
Perspective
Sources of PM Power - ANSWER Public Profile, Power of Appointment, Power to
Structure Govt, Plenipotentiary Power
Plenipotentiary Power - ANSWER PM has power to negotiate and sign any treaty on
behalf of country
Limits on PM power - ANSWER Time, Democracy, Domestic and Intl Context, Recalcitrant
Bureaucracies
Recalcitrant Bureaucracies - ANSWER Bureaucracies that are slow to move on certain
items, drag their feet
Papa Trudeau Era - ANSWER "Canada as Dependent" "Canada first" "Third Option
policies"
, "Third Option" Policies - ANSWER A solution to Canada's dependency upon US, increase
intl trade
Mulroney Era - ANSWER Friends with Reagan, helped solve contentious Canada US
issues Arctic Sovereignty, acid rain, and Apartheid
Chretien Era - ANSWER Canada in debt, lots of cuts, came to power during second
Quebec Referendum
Harper Era - ANSWER Softwood lumber tensions with US, active on intl stage
Trudeau Jr Era - ANSWER Increase foreign aid and peacekeeping, put Canada back on
map, earn position on UN security council
IBRD (World Bank) - ANSWER International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(1944) middle country develop
IDA - ANSWER poor countries
IFC - ANSWER investors
MIGA - ANSWER Investor Insurance
