Pols 403 Self-test Quiz: Midterm Exam General Questions (Part 2/2)

1. Classical liberals:

Feel that it’s tough luck if you can’t look after yourself

Believe that we should all help to look after each other and in so doing, everyone is looked after

Tend to live in New Hampshire, the “Live Free or Die State”

Maintain that governments are long-lasting and need not be changed

2. Which of the following is not said to be a welfare state precursor or impetus?

The Poor Laws

The Great Depression

The Beveridge Report

Classical liberalism

Reform liberalism

3. The 1935 BC Health Insurance Act is an example of:

Legislation that is passed, but not proclaimed into law

Legislation that is passed, but quickly repealed

Legislation that was deemed outside of the constitutional jurisdiction of the province

Legislation that was debated but never passed by the legislators

Legislation that was overturned after a change in government following an election

4. Why would the federal government want to participate in shared cost funding of social programs with the provinces?

To make an end run around the constitutional division of powers and have influence in provincial jurisdiction

To make sure that Canada has programs, from coast-to-coast, that fulfill national objectives

As recognition of federal dominance in revenue raising capability

All of the above

The second and third responses only

5. As experienced with the 1966 Medical Care Act, a problem was that:

The reform liberal attitude of the time desired more than just simply medical care for hospital-related costs

With shared cost programs, there may be little incentive for the recipients of the funding to manage their costs effectively

Executive federalism was in its infancy

6. Early government involvement in British Columbia in the area of health care:

Focused on illness prevention and the spread of contagious viral diseases

Focused on hospital insurance

Took its cues from developments in Saskatchewan

Included maternity benefits

Were slow to develop because the province at this time was so beset by numerous political scandals

7. The 1966 Medical Care Act was:

A shared-cost program

Never passed into law but implemented section-by-section over a few years, following negotiations with the provinces

An early attempt at equalization

Simply hospital insurance, and nothing more, at the time

All of the above