government
Government
Assignments & Selected Handouts:
Introduction & Ideologies:
Political Ideology Diagram - Circle
Political Ideologies as a Line
Parties & Elections:
Electoral Systems Handout & Assignment
Young Voters from Elections Canada
Registering to Vote in a BC Eelction
Electoral Experimentation in BC (from the Citizens' Assembly}
Animation Explaining BC-STV voting system, recommended by the Citizens' Assembly
CBC News In Depth; Attack Ads - Examples of successful negative political advertising.
Political Parties & their Policies Internet Assignment
CBC News In Depth Crossing the Floor About elected officials who change parties while in office.
Campaigning For Canada.. Sound & Video Files From the CBC Archives
Legislative, Executive & Judicial Branches:
Questions for the Our National Parliament video
A really simple, easy to read and clear explanation of Canadian Government can be found at Filibuster Cartoons.com's site - Canada's Government
Guide to the House of Commons, From the Parliament of Canada Website. Also Available as a PDF File easilly printed for study purposes.
Wikipedia's House of Commons entry for an excellent description and outstanding links.
On the Job With a Member of Parliament, From the Parliament of Canada Website.
On the Job With a Member of Parliament - An older and slightly different, but still useful version of the above.
A Week in the House of Commons, From the Parliament of Canada Website.
Maple Leaf Web's Excellent Senate Material
CBC's News in Depth; Reforming the Senate.
Try Nelson's Canadian Politics on the Web site. Excellent links.
Canada's System of Justice - Federal Department of Justice
BC Law Courts Education Society
J.P. Boyd's Family Law Resource
Questions for the video: Human Rights Are Your Rights
Questions for the video: Human Rights in Canada
The Youth Criminal Justice Act
BC Civil Liberties Association
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Student Rights in British Columbia
Constitution:
Constitutional Reform Since Patriation
Questions forConstitution video
Questions for the Evolution of the Canadian Constitution filmstrip #1
Questions for the Evolution of the Canadian Constitution filmstrip #2
Questions for the Evolution of the Canadian Constitution filmstrip #3
Canada's Constitutional Debate: What Makes a Nation? Sound & Video Files From the CBC Archives
Charting the Future: Canada's New Constitution. Sound & Video Files From the CBC Archives
Constitutional Discord: Meech Lake. Sound & Video Files From the CBC Archives
BC & Municipal Governments:
The Legislature of British Columbia
Questions for the Local & Provincial Government video
Government PowerPoint:
Useful Government Links:
CBC - Video of Today on Politics a summary of what is happening in national affairs.
The Legislature of British Columbia
How Canadians Govern Themselves
Canadian PoliticalParties: