Politics and Party
Political parties are guided by ideology.
Like all modern nations, Canada is governed by one or more political parties.
Political parties are a relatively recent invention and none are more than a
few hundred years old. Most are organized around political and social
principles—an ideology, which guides it in everything it does. Most of Canada’s
political parties believe in a balance between the powers of the state and the
rights of the individual. They support some form of capitalism and the kind of
parliamentary democracy we currently enjoy.
Activity:: Find out what kind of political views you have and how they compare with world figures and political parties
Instructions:
Go to
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Read the instructions and complete the quiz
Read through your results page to learn about your views
Next go to the Canada Elections Quiz
https://canada.isidewith.com/political-quiz and find out what party you are aligned with.
summarize what you learned from the quiz by commenting in response to this posting on the course blog --
http://www.soc11eh.blogspot.com
Tips:
left vs right: left-wing usually means more government control over
industry and economy; right-ring usually means less government
regulation and intervention (laissez-faire)
authoritarian vs libertarian: authoritarian means powerful government
which controls rights and freedoms, sometimes it can be a dictatorship;
libertarian means less government control of rights, sometimes less
government in general
Once you have completed your comment go to How Canadians Govern Themselves by clicking
here and completing the
Inside View and
Touchpoints activities.
