Here are a couple of tools you can use to help develop your political awareness:
- Check out Vote Compass to see which party you might support.
Download the fill in assignment. (Choose 'save' when given an option; then check your downloads to find the document, and save it to your own file so that you fill in your findings on it):
Download - What-are-the-most-important-provincial-election-issues-2020
1. Issues analysis
Pick three (3) issues of interest to you from list below. Examine how these issues fit into the campaign. Examine party campaign materials, ads, and media coverage to determine how important the issues seemed in the campaign compared to other issues, and what the party position is on the issues.
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What are the most important election issues?
NUMBER THE ISSUES FROM LEAST (1) TO MOST (10) IMPORTANT TO YOU.
Choose one you consider to be the most pressing.
- homelessness
- environmental pollution
- earthquake readiness
- post secondary education financing
- job creation
- public transportation
- First Nations
- climate change
- drug addiction (opioid crisis)
- funding to schools
- crime
- child poverty
- medical system
- cost of housing
- Riverview park
- inner city problems
- Site C Dam
- bridge and road tolls
- COVID recovery
- Others?
ANALYZE YOUR NUMBER 1 ISSUE. JOT DOWN SOME NOTES ABOUT IT.
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Which stakeholders may disagree with you, and why? |
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2. RESEARCH THE THREE MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES IN BC:
Download RESEARCH THE THREE MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES IN BC FORM
- REVIEW YOUR TOP 3 IMPORTANT ISSUES.
- SCAN THE PARTY LINKS BELOW TO SEE WHERE THE LEADERS AND THEIR PARTIES STAND ON YOUR TOP THREE IMPORTANT ISSUES. FILL IN THE CHART WITH A FEW NOTES.
- WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE CHART, SCAN THE ROW ON EACH ISSUE, AND WRITE IN THE LAST COLUMN THE NAME OF THE PARTY WHOSE STANCE APPEALS TO YOU THE MOST.
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ONLINE RESOURCES
PARTY PLATFORMS
HOT TOPICS AND WHERE EACH PARTY STANDS
- Global News put together this list of what each party is promising.
WHO IS RUNNING IN YOUR RIDING, AND WHAT DO THEY PROMISE?
NEWS ABOUT THE ELECTIONS
- Check out the Vancouver Sun's coverage of the latest election news here.
- Vancouver Sun has compiled the party promises concerning the environment: https://vancouversun.com/news/b-c-election-2020-parties-take-different-approaches-to-environment
- Global’s ‘BC Election 2020’ site is a good source for provincial election news. Remember to check out the Promise Tracker.
- View CBC's coverage of the leaders' debate here.
- Check out who is running in your riding on this interactive map from CTV news.
- Check out the TriCity News articles on local candidates:
OTHER COVERAGE
- Students from across BC posed questions to the party leaders. Click here to see their answers on Youtube.
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WHICH PARTY DO YOU AGREE WITH ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ISSUE?
ISSUE ONE? _____________ ISSUE TWO?_____________ ISSUE THREE? ____________
BUT YOU ONLY GET ONE VOTE - WHICH PARTY GETS YOUR VOTE? PROVIDE REASONS BASED ON THE MATERIAL THAT YOU HAVE COLLECTED?
3. WRITING ASSIGNMENT:
Grade 10: Download Writing assignment
ASSESSMENT: You will be assessed on the following: - thoroughness of research - quality and degree of analysis − quality of presentation − degree of understanding of local campaigns − quality of writing