Levels of Government Exercise

Instructions: For each scenario/situation, write the correct level of government responsibility in
the blank space on the right.
Federal
1
2

8
9
1
0
1
1
1
2

1
3
1
4
1
5

Provincial

Libraries expand and put in

new computers:
The GST gets reduced from
&% to 5% on all relevant
purchases:
A CFNY DJ gets charged
with swearing on the air at
3:00 in the morning:
A young woman becomes a
member of the Brampton
Fire Department:
New TV ads promote the
Toronto nightlife, Muskoka
and Ottawa:
A happy young couple gets
married:

municipal
Federal

provincial

Municipal
1
6
1
7
1
8

municipal

1
9

provincial

2
0

municipal

2
1

A man commits health fraud

with 38 social insurance
cards:
The Labour law says you
are entitled to lunch:
Canada signs a new trade
deal with Mexico:
The army buys 20 new
helicopters, each costing 10
million:
Garbage removal people go
on strike for better contract:

provincial

2
2

federal

2
3
2
4
2
5

Municipal

2
6

A parent complains about

the distance her child has to
travel to get to the closest
school:
Road crews clog highways
in October resurfacing
major routes:
An important bank merger
is approved:
The public water system is
being very carefully
scrutinized:

municipal

2
7

municipal

2
8

provincial

2
9
3
0

federal
federal

municipal

Postage stamps go up 10
cents:
Residents complain that
they need a new
playground for their kids:
New old style street lights
are put in a new Brampton
subdivision
An OPP officer stops
someone speeding on
HWY 401 east of Toronto:
Passports of new
immigrants are inspected at
Pearson Airport:
You get a parking ticket
and you have ten days to
pay:
Doctors tell the public they
are tired of being under
funded:
Canada takes a firm stand
on poverty in Africa:
A secret investigation is
being done by the RCMP:

municipal

Police pick up the

perpetrator of an assault at
high school:
A city recreation centre has
great weight room and
aerobics classes:

provicial

The plows did not salt the

streets after last nights ice
storm:
The Brampton bus
schedule is inefficient:
A man is concerned about
the fading Canadian
Pension Plan:

municipal

municipal

municipal

Provincial

federal

municipal

provincial

federal
federal

municipal

municipal
provincial