Canada's Federal Political System PDF

Canada’s Federal Political System Guiding Question What is the structure of Canada’s federal political system? What do we think? 2 3  Part 1: Political Parties of Canada 1 9.1.4 examine the structure of Canada’s federal political system by exploring and...

Canada’s Federal Political System Guiding Question What is the structure of Canada’s federal political system? What do we think? 2 3  Part 1: Political Parties of Canada 1 9.1.4 examine the structure of Canada’s federal political system by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues: What is the role of political parties within Canada’s federal political system? Federal Political Parties Note: the video is slightly outdated in terms of who the leaders of the party are... i.e. this video was made 9 years ago. 5 Groups or Clubs You Have Joined When people are interested in certain activities, they often join a group or club so they can be with people who share their interests. For example, sports teams or community service clubs. Think about any groups or clubs you have joined and why you joined them. What did you have in 6 Political Parties A political party is a group of people who have similar ideas and beliefs about politics. The common role of political parties is to: determine what the government’s priorities are. decide how the government should meet those priorities, including how to pay for them. 7  Animal Protection Party of Marijuana Party Canada Marxist-Leninist Party of Bloc Québécois Canada Canada’s Fourth Front National Citizens Alliance Christian Heritage Party of of Canada Canada New Democratic Party Communist Party of Canada Parti pour l'Indépendance Conservative Party of Canada du Québec Free Party Canada Parti Rhinocéros Party Green Party of Canada People’s Party of Canada Liberal Party of Canada Veterans Coalition Party There of Canada Libertarian are quite aParty of Canada few federal parties in Canada!  “ In Canada, there are many different federal political parties. Why is having a variety of federal political parties considered a good thing? 9 Political Parties Political parties can be placed on a political spectrum depending on how much involvement they believe the government should have. LEFT RIGHT More Less Government Government Involvement Involvement 10  Legend Liberal Political Parties Conservative PPC NDP Green Where would you put the political parties on a spectrum? Grab one piece of paper and one marker with a group. This should take you two minutes max! LEFT RIGHT More Less Government Government Involvement Involvement 11  Legend Liberal Political Parties Conservative PPC NDP Green Your spectrum should look something like this. Keep this paper safe, as we will add to it throughout the year. Green Lib NDP Conservative PPC LEFT RIGHT More Less Government Government Involvement Involvement 12 Party Platform The specific Political Can YOU think ideas political parties run in of any parties have elections to political for how convince platforms that things should people that you know of? be run is their ideas What issues called the and platforms might political party are the best parties be platform. and that they interested in should be addressing? 13 Federal Political Parties The party with the highest number of elected Members of Parliament (MP) becomes the political party in power. The leader of that political party becomes the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister chooses some of the elected members from the winning party to join together and form a special group called the cabinet. Each member of the cabinet is put in charge of at least one government department. 14  How many seats for a majority? There are 338 seats in the House of Commons. A party must have greater than or equal to 50% of the seats. What is the minimum number of seats required for a majority 15 government? Official Opposition The party with the second highest number of elected Members of Parliament (MP) becomes known as the Official Opposition. The Opposition party is responsible for keeping the government accountable for their actions by questioning their decisions and pointing out different perspectives on issues. 16 Official Opposition According to this seat map, which party is the official opposition? 17  Class Discussio What are Party Discipline! n Next Slide potential advantages of Party discipline is the expectation party discipline? that elected members of a political What are party vote according to the wishes potential of the party over their own wishes disadvantages of or those they represent. party discipline? Why might a Elected members of Parliament political party must balance the wishes of their want to constituents (the people in their encourage party home community that they discipline? represent) with the party wishes. How might party 18  Class Discussio What are Party Discipline! n potential advantages of Party discipline reinforces party party discipline? solidarity, the idea that elected What are members of a party traditionally potential act as members of a team and disadvantages of follow the wishes of the party party discipline? when voting on issues. Why might a political party want to encourage party discipline? How might party 19 Link to bi gger ma p. Complete the Political Parties Assignment Political Parties of Canada COMPLETE ON TEAMS. 1)Research THREE (3) political parties a)Identify the leader b)Provide a logo/image c) Write down the key platform ideas/policies for each. 2)What are some similarities and differences that you can identify between the three platforms chosen? 22 Political Parties of Canada 1. Categorize each of the parties you researched into left wing (more gov’t involvement) or right wing (less gov’t involvement). 2. Summarize what you think is the role of political parties within Canada’s federal political system. 23 Next Class, Political Party Posters This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC