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This assignment will introduce you to the federal and Ontario political parties with seats in their respective legislatures. You will find out about the party leaders, the party platforms, and how to evaluate political web sites.

Use the sample chart below for guidance in creating your own summary chart.

For each of the political parties, use point form to identify the leader, give the leader's background for the job (education, career outside politics, political background), identify and explain what appear to be the party's top three political issues or concerns, and given your overall evaluation of the web site, with your reasons.

Canada

  1. Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
  2. The Liberal Party of Canada
  3. The New Democratic Party of Canada
  4. Bloc Québécois
  5. Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance

Ontario

  1. Ontario Liberal Party
  2. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party
  3. The Ontario New Democratic Party

Sample Chart:

- this is not to scale; you might need to use about three page sides to complete the chart properly
Party Leader & Background 3 issues web site evaluation

































































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