Fill in the blank. Your municipal (local) government is responsible for ______.
Answer: recycling and garbage collection
Municipal (local) governments handle local services such as recycling, garbage collection, snow removal and firefighting. Defence and trade are federal; health care is provincial.
All answer choices
- recycling and garbage collection (correct answer)
- international trade
- health care
- national defence
This practice question is based on Discover Canada, the official study guide for the Canadian citizenship test. Brush up on this topic in our Government & Elections study guide.
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