Lobbyists

Media Bias - the Weather Channel

The Legislative Process

The Parliamentary System in Canada

The Senate

How Canada's government works

Three Branches of the Canadian Federal Government

The Canadian Federal Government has three branches that work together to form a strong parliamentary system.
The following chart demonstrates how each of these parts are connected.

Page 22 of your textbook gives a summary of the functions and roles of each of the parts connected to each branch.
The following video gives you another corny way to review the basic ideas behind each of the parts of the federal government.

The following slides also give you the same notes we discussed in class.

The Next Prime Minister

Goal – Your goal is to convince others that you could “make the federal government system work” for all Canadians.

Role – You are a student vying for one of a select few positions in a group of Canada’s “next prime ministers.”

Audience – The Speaker of the House of Commons is holding this contest.

Situation – The Speaker is holding this contest to put together a group of young people considered to be the “next prime ministers.”  You are to prepare a speech that answers the question “As Canada’s prime minister, how would you respond to what you believe is the most important issue about government today?” Your speech should reveal:

·         Knowledge of how the three branches of government work to respond to issues that affect Canadians

·         An understanding of how the political system involves citizens in decision making

·         Facts and reasons supporting your judgments

Purpose – Your purpose is to convince your listeners that the federal government system will work well in response to your issue.

Standards for Success – Your speech will be assessed according to the criteria described in the rubric below.

Your Assignment will have two key components

1. Speech: (You will hand in a written copy of this along with your portfolio.)

   -it should be not less than a minute and not more than a 1.5 minutes when spoken

   -your speech should identify what you believe to be the most important issue for government to deal with and how you as a prime minsiter intend to deal with it

   -your speech should also identify how you will use the various parts of government to accomplish your  plan.

2. Portfolio 

   -this is a visual representation of your bid for Canada's Next Prime Minister. It should incldue a picture of yourself and a some information about the idea/issue you want to address as PM. You can include slogans, photos graphics etc. You can use the following formats for this presentation (video, poster, brochure, powerpoint file.)