Provincial Election Websites

Social Studies

MEDIA SOURCES:

Check out the election coverage produced by major media outlets:

• The Maclean’s ‘platform guide’ breaks down where the three main parties stand on major issues: https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ontario-election-2018-party-platforms/
• CBC’s ‘Poll Tracker’ projects seat and vote totals based on the latest data: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/onvotes/poll-tracker/
• The Globe and Mail’s ‘election guide’ is updated daily with the latest news from the campaign trail, including links for further reading: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-election-guide/
• Global News’ coverage includes a ‘promise tracker’ for each of the four main parties: https://globalnews.ca/news/4196074/ontario-election-promise-tracker/
• The Toronto Star has a rundown of the four major party leaders and their platforms: https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/05/07/here-are-the-four-candidates-wanting-to-be-ontarios-next-premier-and-what-theyre-promising.html
• The CTV News ‘Election 2018’ portal includes sections with news ‘From the Campaign Trail’ and features ‘Paths to Victory’ for each party and an ‘Ontario Voters’ Guide’: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ontario-election-2018

VOTE COMPASS:

Vote Compass is a great political spectrum tool to help people examine their political views and discover how they fit in the current provincial political landscape: https://votecompass.cbc.ca/ontario

ANIMATED VIDEOS:

Are you looking for a quick and engaging way to review key concepts? Check out our five animated videos (Government and Democracy, The Right to Vote, Levels of Government, Parliamentary Democracy and Elections in Ontario): http://civix.ca/resources/multi-media-tools/