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The Ontario election is next week and you will have the opportunity to vote in the student election on June 11th here at school. If you are 18 you will be able to vote for real so it is important to be informed.
Read and think:
1) Look up the party platforms. What party is the most inline with my beliefs?
2) Who will you vote for? Why? Is it different than your parents?
3) Who do you think Mr, Lahaie is going to vote for? Why?
4) How do you feel this election is going to change Ontario?
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ReplyDeleteAfter completing the survey on the CBC website, the outcome showed me that i am not really any of the party platforms but i was relatively close to the Conservative Party beliefs. I think this is partly because I don't really have many issues with how our country is run and as i get older i think my political views will also change. On top of all that, my parents also vote conservative so thats also probably a big reason for the beliefs I have.
Even though I am able to vote this year, I don't think i will based solely on the reason that I am not informed enough and my vote could not reflect my actual beliefs.
As for Mr. Lahaie, I have a feeling he will vote liberal. not could I know anything, but i feel that they are a little more concerned about the earth that the others, whilst still caring about public and social issues.
I don't think much will change after this election. politics is a slow process and to be honest, i never really see much happen.
Here is the cite where you can do a survey to see what political party best reflects your views:
http://www.cbc.ca/elections/ontariovotes2014/votecompass
From how much I know you, I definitely see you voting conservative. You are usually very economically and law conscious which I find the conservatives focus on. I actually think though that Mr. Lahaie would vote Green just because he seems to have a real passion for the environment.Good post.
DeleteThat site you linked acts as a very helpful source for anyone who's confused on how to apply/match their beliefs with the running parties! I got very similar percentages for each party which really goes to show how each party has their fair share of downsides and upsides. Great post!
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ReplyDeleteThe survey adrian posted was really cool but ended up confusing me more than before. I was 58% conservative, 58% NDP 56% green party and 52% liberal.Obviously i agree and disagree strongly with all of the parties which is why even if i was of age this year i would not vote.Over the years i think my parents have both mostly voted for the liberal party over the years. I think Mr lahaie will also vote liberal as he has mentioned it before and their platform seems to revolve around helping the enviorment. This election could either keep ontario the same if the conservatives stay in power or change things drastically if some other party is voted. the article below is a list of representatives that have been in power in ontario since the late 1800's.
http://www.electionalmanac.com/ea/ontario-political-party-leaders/#
Great post nick and helpful site!
DeleteI was talking to my dad about what the conservative party is trying to do and it doesn't seem all that bad. Pretty much they are weening out public sector jobs like government officials, social workers and all that who are paid by the government because there are just not as many people using them and its costing them billions of dollars for no reason. It seems like a good idea to me, but i think that if you choose any party to vote for there will automatically be controversy and problems with each.
Nice post Nick. I found it interesting that you said you wouldn't vote this year. Honestly, I was debating not voting this year too. (but I did). It's terrible because I felt like I was not voting for the person I liked but the person I disliked the least.
DeleteI have to disagree with Adrian's comment, although I agree that doesn't sound that bad I can't see a upside to it. The Conservative's are saying that by doing so they will be able to create more jobs by lowering taxes on companies. Yet there is no proof behind their claims, its just a hunch. If anyone has found proof please share because I have yet to find any and really can't understand why they would make this claim.
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ReplyDeleteAll of the platforms have positives and negatives and it is hard to choose one that most fits in line with your or anyone's beliefs. After taking the survey I found out that I am around the 50% for all of the parties which does not make it easy to choose who to vote for. I will also not vote because I am not educated enough about all of the parties platforms, however my parents vote for the Conservative party. I believe Mr.Lahaie will vote for the liberal party because from what I understand they like to benefit members of unions and he is a teacher which is part of a union. They also talk about helping the environment which he seems big on. From what I understand the reason Tim Hudak is cutting such a huge amount of union worker's jobs is because there are way too many of them when we don't need that many workers and the rest of people who aren't in unions are paying extra tax dollars for no reason which is why I believe the conservative party are making smart decisions. I also agree that I have not seen many changes regarding polotics in our city although I do not follow the issues anyway and I also believe that no matter which party gets elected there will be issues.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-votes-2014/ontario-pc-platform-sees-larger-class-sizes-cancels-teacher-pay-hikes-1.2642657 This further explains Tim Hudak's platform
I agree Julia. We haven't seen many changes in politics in the past few years. It seems that the parties are so divided in votes that most of the time the leading party doesn't make a huge difference since they don't have lots of seats. We need a government thats made up with people that share the same beliefs to see a real change.
DeleteThat article you posted about Tim Hudak is very interesting. It seems as if people either paint him as the hero or the bad guy - there's really been no in-between.
DeleteI agree with Anne, and when I was searching around the internet found this rant:
Deletehttp://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/The+Rick+Mercer+Report/ID/2439632942/
Admittedly, I was really torn when it came down to whom I would hypothetically vote for. I say hypothetically seeing as I won’t be eighteen till September meaning I unfortunately won’t be eligible to vote. I took the quiz that Adrian provided a few weeks back after Ms. Faye introduced it to us in English and from what I recall, I think most of my beliefs lined up with the Liberal Party. Even though I keep hounding them, my parents don’t usually vote and even if they did they’d probably do it out of obligation above anything else so I wouldn’t feel compelled to vote for a particular party just because they do. I’m actually rather frustrated that I’m just a few months shy of being a qualified voter. Granted, I’m not too into politics but I really think participating in an election is important especially considering that there are people around the world that would die for the chance for their voice to be heard. I get how feeling uninformed may discourage you from voting but I think that instead of taking that as a defeat, we should be doing our research so we can conduct a better stance on the matter. I know Mr. Lahaie mentioned that he usually casted his vote for NDP but I’m thinking that he may go Green or Liberal this year just because both parties seem to value either union jobs or taking care of the environment. I don’t think once the elections are over and decisions are made that things are going to drastically change. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a pretty gradual process but I do think that the things won’t stay entirely the same as they are now depending on the reigning party.
ReplyDeleteHere's an article I found explaining why students should vote:
http://www.ourwindsor.ca/news-story/4556296-why-students-should-vote/
yeah, people definitely need to educate themselves in order to make informed decisions
DeleteLike Julia said, all of the platforms have negatives and positives about them. My beliefs are usually reflected by the Liberals. However, I'm not sure who I would vote for because I don't agree with all of what any of them are proposing.
ReplyDeleteHere is a very interesting article I found that talks about voters not being satisfied with any of the candidates:
http://www.cp24.com/news/2014-ontario-provincial-election/none-of-the-above-an-option-for-ontario-voters-1.1858556
I want to say that Mr. Lahaie would vote for Liberal or Green party. Although I THINK that the Green party didn't actually focus a lot on policies surrounding the environment, I feel like Mr. Lahaie will want to give it a shot and stay true to his concern for the environment. You can never say for sure because it all depends on what he feels is more important for our province at this time. No matter who gets into power, I'm sure there are going to be changes. I just hope that whoever gets in is able to actually stick to their policy and promises.
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ReplyDeleteFor the most part, I agree with a lot of what the Liberal and the NDP party stands for, however, I am not keen on any of the candidates. I don't believe that any of them are very trustworthy but it is inevitable, politicians and corruption go hand in hand. If I were eligible to vote in the upcoming provincial election, I would most likely choose Liberal (potentially NDP). I am not sure who exactly my parents plan on voting for but whenever we talk about politics they seem to agree with many of the conservative policies. Personally, I prefer Liberal, NDP, and the Green Party over the Conservatives. The conservative policies are detrimental to education, and education is something that I strongly believe is important. Conservative policies certainly don't focus on the concerns of the younger demographic, however, when I discuss politics with my parents, I can see how conservative policies could be beneficial for people of their demographic. Essentially conservatives help corporations and "old money", neither which apply to me or benefit society, in my opinion. Based on the opinions that Mr. Lahaie expresses in class, I would guess that he supports the NDP.
Interesting article about the attack ads...
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ontario-election-2014-opp-officers-172322483.html
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ReplyDeleteI have also be somewhat split on who I am going to vote for, personally it is between the Liberal and NDP pary. I have never really been a PC supporter and during the race they have ensured that that they have lost my vote. This is thanks to their jobs creation theroy, that by firing public service workers they will eventually be able to create many more jobs. That seems a little odd to me, even if they were able to balance the buget by only firing public service works I don't think lowering taxes on big box companies are going to result in any job creations. I also don't like that this would mean that my mother and uncle's jobs would possibly be lost.
I also have not really been a fan of the current liberal parties past history, in short I think Rick Mercer had the best idea so far. A redo box on the ballet which would result in a new batch of hopefulls to be brought forwards to be voted on.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-votes-2014/ontario-election-wynne-claims-only-a-vote-for-her-can-stop-tories-1.2669118