WHO STANDS WHERE?

ISSUE ANALYSIS WORKSHEET

1. In the announcements, you will find a list of issues to choose from for this assignmnent. On the chart on the next
page, write in the issues that you selected below as the column headings.
2. Next, visit the websites of Canada’s major political parties to find out where they stand on each of the issues. You
can return to the assignment page for the links if needed. In the space provided, summarize the position of each
political party on the four issues, using point form. You can expand this chart as needed.
3. One extra row has been added to allow you to add in the name of one additional political party of your own
choosing. This could be a smaller party that is running candidates in your area, or a party that you’ve heard of in
the media.
4. Now that you’ve looked at the party positions, it’s time for you to take a stand and select one issue of importance
to you. What do you think about this issue? Who’s right? Why? What would you do if you were the Prime
Minister? Write one paragraph (5-8 sentences) to express your thoughts. Be sure both to express your opinion
and to back up that opinion with at least two specific facts.
5. When you’ve completed the chart and the paragraph, proofread it carefully and then submit it for evaluation.
 Issue #1: Issue #2: Issue #3: Issue #4:
Response to covid- Healthcare Education Hourly wages
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Conservative Party The Conservatives They vote for lower

Leader’s Name: claimed they will raise wages and worst
Andrew Scheer tax support to RESPs benefits. The wage
by 20 percent to 30% is $5 higher on
per dollar spent which unionized workers
is up to $2,500 a than non-unionized
year. workers.
Green Party Everything Canadian They want to raise
Leader’s Name: students would be minimum wage to
Jo-Ann Roberts rendered free of $20/hour because
charge by the Green they wasn’t living
Party conditions for
administration.aIt will workers to be good
forgive the federal if they work fulltime
government 's portion and most of peoples
of existing student salary goes towards
debt, eliminate a two rent.
percent cap funding
increases for
indigenous students,
and ensure access to
post-secondary
education for every
indigenous young
people.
Liberal Party They're going to give A new holiday to
Leader’s Name: full and part time spend with family
Justin Trudeau students up to $1200 called federal family
or more per year, give day holiday, change
 students two years minimum wage to
after graduation to get $15/hour, better
started in their career support for mental
before they need to illness in the
begin paying off their workplace, insure
student loans, and that employees
they want to Adjust don’t over work,
the laws so that change employee
graduates don't have insurance sickness
to continue repaying benefits from 15
debt before they weeks to 26 for
reach $35,000 or so, workers that are ill
so their contributions with diagnosis’ such
can be stopped if the as cancer.
salary actually fell
below that amount.
New Democratic Party Some things they The new minimum
Leader’s Name: want to start doing wage of $15 / h
Jagmeet Singh are; end EQUO since automatically is
they're standardized mandated by the
tests that take time NDP. For a first
away from learning, four-year period, the
every student who minimum wage will
qualifies for OSAP then be increased
will get a non- per year to a living
repayable grant wage. A live income
instead of a loan, and is quantified for a
invest more money in family of 4 and two
special education adults working full-
based on what they time, focused on
personally need and real cost of life
not overall wants. (estimated at
$21,75 an hour in
 Toronto), in order to
provide for
essentials.
List the name of one The Quebecois party They want to
additional political party states that if it wins change minimum
here: the provincial election wage to $15/hour
Bloc Québécoi in this fall it will offer
Leader’s Name: free post-secondary
Yves-François Blanchet education. The
Party’s Website URL: platform also
http:// proposes a minimum
www.blocquebecois.org/ $15 wage and new
rules on secularism
that would prohibit
teachers and day
care workers from
displaying their faces
with religious
symbols.