(Very) Short Answer Questions

In Canada, what does it mean when we say that either the federal government or the provincial government has "jurisdiction" over a given matter?

Where do the provincial and federal levelsof government get their jurisdiction from?

When the federal and provincial governments share the power to make laws in a certain area, how will it be determined which law prevails if there is a conflict between the laws made by each of the federal and provincial government? Name the constitutional principle involved.

What piece of Canadian legislation protects the people of Canada from discrimination by the government?

What is the standard of proof in a civil lawsuit?

Name the least expensive form of the three types of alternative dispute resolution.

If an agreement is determined to have legal effect, but one of the parties has the option to end it, what kind of contract is it?