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| include all government programs designed to give assistance to citizens outside of what the market provides. The Canadian social safety net |
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| Consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; the basis of all our decisions and the decisions of our governments |
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| Health care, or healthcare, is the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the medical, dental, complementary and alternative medicine, pharmaceutical, clinical sciences (in vitro diagnostics), nursing |
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| health care provided by individuals or businesses |
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| refers to businesses that work in the social services that still seek to earn a profit |
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| health care provided by government; often thought of as universal health care that everyone receives no matter what their economic status |
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| general agreement; agreement by all |
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| a tax on everything that is bought and sold; In Canada this is set at 5% of the sales price of something |
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| an amount required to be paid to government on money you earn, either in the form of wages for individuals, the profits from your business if you're self-employed or from government benefits such as a state pension. |
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| a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer; Alberta does not charge one |
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| the method by which a government charges taxes |
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| underground economy (tax evasion; black market) |
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| the part of a country's economic activity that is unrecorded and untaxed by its government |
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| An elderly person, esp. one who is retired and living on a pension |
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| the federal government providing temporary earnings for unemployed workers. This assistance is provided through EI regular benefits. The EI program also provides maternity, parental, adoption, sickness, compassionate care, work-sharing and fishing benefits. |
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| the ideas and promises of a political party used to get into office; what a party promises to do if they gain office; their values |
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| one of the two major political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP, ... valuing a conservative stance, limited central government, and a strong national defense |
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| One of two major political parties of the United States. The party's social liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left ; in 2004 - ?. Barack Obama is the President of the United States. |
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| when taxes are charged based on how much you earn; those who are poorer pay a lower percentage of their earnings- those who are richer pay a higher percentage |
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| those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare |
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| those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged |
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