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 Conservatives The Conservatives They vote for lower
Leader’s Name: proposed that the seek security in claimed they will raise wages and worst
Andrew Scheer House would only healthcare. They tax support to RESPs benefits. The wage
be allowed to plan to transform by 20 percent to 30% is $5 higher on
consult with 50 medical centres per dollar spent which unionized workers
parliamentarians. into private firms is up to $2,500 a than non-unionized
and auction them. year. workers.
Green Party The Green party The Green Party Everything Canadian They want to raise
Leader’s Name: wants to do this wants health students would be minimum wage to
Jo-Ann Roberts virtually such as coverage to be rendered free of $20/hour because
voting. expanded to charge by the Green they wasn’t living
provide medical Party conditions for
services of People administration.aIt will workers to be good
with poor wages forgive the federal if they work fulltime
and transgender government 's portion and most of peoples
patients. 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 It would benefit Liberals want to They're going to give A new holiday to
Leader’s Name: provincies and guarantee that full and part time spend with family
Justin Trudeau regions and have any Canadian has students up to $1200 called federal family
funding and a doctor and the or more per year, give day holiday, change
 improve our health waiting time is students two years minimum wage to
services and every. after graduation to get $15/hour, better
minimise the started in their career support for mental
transmission of the before they need to illness in the
epidemic. Justin begin paying off their workplace, insure
Trudeau also student loans, and that employees
announced a $1- they want to Adjust don’t over work,
million response the laws so that change employee
fund to COVID-19. 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 During this NDP is focused in Some things they The new minimum
Leader’s Name: pandemic, the NDP expanding want to start doing wage of $15 / h
Jagmeet Singh wants to send primary services, are; end EQUO since automatically is
$2000 for every dental treatment, they're standardized mandated by the
adult and $250 for vision and hearing tests that take time NDP. For a first
every child. safety. Mental away from learning, four-year period, the
wellbeing. 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 Upon reaching The Quebec bloc The Quebecois party They want to
additional political party Canada, the Bloc aims to legalise states that if it wins change minimum
here: Quebecois needs to cannabis so that the provincial election wage to $15/hour
Bloc Québécoi perform a safety people may allow in this fall it will offer
Leader’s Name: test, and demands use of cannabis free post-secondary
Yves-François Blanchet that such for health education. The
Party’s Website URL: passengers be purposes and give platform also
http:// separated for 14 them greater proposes a minimum
www.blocquebecois.org/ days. flexibility in their $15 wage and new
choices regarding rules on secularism
personal health that would prohibit
care. teachers and day
care workers from
displaying their faces
with religious
symbols.

The issue I have chosen is hourly wages. Since I'm about to reach the age a lot of teens start working, learning about wages is important. I think
the party who's doing the most/best is Liberal because they aren't only raising minimum wage to $15/hour, they’re also doing things to take care
of workers and apply better work conditions. First, they want to add a new holiday called, “Federal family day holiday” so workers can have an
extra day to spend with their families. Another thing the Liberal party wants to do is improve support for workers ' mental health, including
mental health as a particular components of occupational and safety, and require employers to take precautionary measures to address
workplace stress and injury. They want to change protocol that will preserve workers 'ability to work in extra time while giving them the right to
demand they are not working extra hours. New provisions to be developed with employers and workers' group that grant them the “right to
disconnect”. It would further proceed in the expansion of health care coverage from 15 to 26 weeks in order to support employees who are sick
who seek aid in paying expenses during rest who rehab, for instance those suffering from cancer therapies. These are just some of the things
they are planning to do which is much more than the other parties. If I was the prime minister, I would do all the same things as the Liberal party
or something along those lines because instead of just making minimum wage higher, they also want to make the work environment a better
place.