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Voter Malaise In This Issue Voter Malaise: Is Politics Broken? (Duration 16:30) Despite a higher than expected turnout for the recent federal election, many Canadians are not engaging in the political process. This is particularly true of the younger generation. CBC's chief political correspondent Keith Boag tries to find out if politics is broken – and if it is, who's at fault? The politicians or the voters? News in Review Study Modules Related CBC Programs Trudeau's Surprising Majority, November 2015 Democracy Hacks: Coalition Governments Rep by Pop: Making Votes Really Count, (CBC Radio) September 2004 Democracy Hacks: Proportional Representation Election Polls: Taking the Pulse, October 1993 (CBC Radio) Elizabeth May Interview God Save Justin Trudeau Credits News in Review is produced by CBC News Resource Guide Writer/Editor: Sean Dolan Host: Michael Serapio Packaging Producer: Marie-Hélène Savard Associate Producer: Agathe Carrier Supervising Manager: Laraine Bone Visit us at our website at curio.ca/newsinreview, where you will find an electronic version of this resource guide and an archive of all previous News in Review seasons. As a companion resource, we recommend that students and teachers access CBC News Online, a multimedia current news source that is found on the CBC’s home page at cbc.ca/news/. Closed Captioning News in Review programs are closed captioned for the hearing impaired, for English as a Second Language students, or for situations in which the additional on-screen print component will enhance learning. CBC Learning authorizes the reproduction of material contained in this resource guide for educational purposes. Please identify the source. News in Review is distributed by: CBC Learning | Curio.ca, P.O. Box 500, Stn A, Toronto, ON, Canada M5W 1E6 | www.curio.ca Copyright © 2015 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News in Review – December 2015 – Teacher Resource Guide VOTER MALAISE: Is Politics Broken? VIDEO REVIEW Before Viewing 1. Answer the question posed in the title of this story: Is politics broken? Here’s a definition to help you formulate your answer: Politics – the activities, actions, and policies that are used to gain and hold power in a government or to influence a government.* 2. The title mentions the idea of voter malaise. Do you think this title is trying to influence the way you think about this issue? If so, how? Here’s another definition that might help you answer this question: Malaise – a general feeling of weakness or discomfort, often signalling the beginning of an illness.* *Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary Change doesn't happen when the politicians move within the goalposts. Change happens when “people shift the goalposts and create space for politicians to move more to the left, more to the right, more up, more down, more whatever. Public opinion controls politics. We still, as a society, control politics. It is a democracy. ” – Dave Meslin, community organizer and activist Does this give you more of a sense of optimism when it comes to the political process or doing you think Meslin is being naïve? Viewing 1. What percentage of voters turned out to cast their ballot in the 2015 federal election? Why is this considered a positive result? 2. Why was a long election campaign good for Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party? News in Review ∙ CBC Learning ∙ curio.ca/newsinreview 1 DECEMBER 2015 – VOTER MALAISE: IS POLITICS BROKEN? 3. What metaphor (involving Toronto’s city hall) does Dave Meslin use to describe Canada’s political system? 4. a) Why does Meslin believe that government-issued public notices actually discourage citizen participation in the political process? b) From Meslin’s perspective, what is the solution to this problem? 5. According to the video, what does real engagement look like? 6. Identify two of Meslin’s quick fixes for our ailing democracy? 7. Why do recent election results in Alberta give observers a sense of optimism that politics can be resurrected from the dead? 8. How did political strategist Stephen Carter manage to get two underdogs, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Alberta Premier Alison Redford, elected to office? 9. What does Stephen Carter think of the average voter? News in Review ∙ CBC Learning ∙ curio.ca/newsinreview 2 DECEMBER 2015 – VOTER MALAISE: IS POLITICS BROKEN? 10. While the NDP views their victory in Alberta as a validation of their policies, what does Stephen Carter think really happened? What motivated most voters to vote for the NDP? 11. Why is Stephen Carter so cynical about the electoral process? Focus on the rise of his candidate, Naheed Nenshi, in your answer. 12. What is carding? Why did many people disagree with this police tactic? 13. How did Desmond Cole’s Toronto Life story influence public opinion and inspire politicians to take a stand against carding? 14. How did Toronto Mayor John Tory handle the carding issue? 15. What does Desmond Cole mean when he says the following? I think we should think about who politics might be serving and who it might be leaving behind, “rather than just saying it completely works or it’s completely broken.” 16. Near the end of the video, CBC journalist Keith Boag identifies three things that we may have learned in this brief examination of the question, “Is politics broken?” Note two of the things he identifies. News in Review ∙ CBC Learning ∙ curio.ca/newsinreview 3 DECEMBER 2015 – VOTER MALAISE: IS POLITICS BROKEN? After Viewing 1. During the video, writer and political activist Dave Meslin says: I’d like to reach a point where it’s just as normal for 40 000 people to fill a stadium for a political “event as we do every week for a baseball game. I’m trying to figure out how to take some of those elements and add them to politics, not to the point where you’re dumbing it down and making it just a show, but I think there’s things we could learn. It’s a mix and match. What would political parties and candidates have to do to inspire the ”kind of passion that is given to sports teams? How could they attract 40 000 people to one of their events? 2. During the video, CBC correspondent Keith Boag asks political strategist Stephen Carter if he believes we need a better electorate. Carter gives the following reply: Oh, absolutely. We could go and we could ask somebody about healthcare policy or what drives “healthcare policy, why we’re making the decisions that we're making. But all we have is perverse incentive, right? No one wants a healthcare system that keeps you well. They all want a healthcare system that keeps you from dying. I’m watching a guy eat a pogo over there, bacon on a stick, right? I mean, you know, dude, you’re not helping the healthcare system. But that’s it, you know, he doesn’t want us to stop him from eating a pogo. He loves pogos, right? Bacon on a stick is what he wants and then when he gets sick he wants the healthcare system to step in and help him. No, we should have stopped you from eating the pogo. They don’t care. And so if you don't care then you get exactly what you deserve. We are getting the governments that we deserve. What do you think of Stephen Carter’s assessment of politics in Canada?” Is he being too harsh on the average voter or are we really getting the kind of politics that we deserve? Explain. News in Review ∙ CBC Learning ∙ curio.ca/newsinreview 4 DECEMBER 2015 – VOTER MALAISE: IS POLITICS BROKEN? THE STORY Cynicism, disappointment, apathy It’s a tale of cynicism, disappointment and apathy. The consensus among most Canadians is that our political system is broken. Politicians are seen as the puppets of the wealthy. Community decision-making is so convoluted that common sense is lost in a morass of bureaucracy. Votes are deemed wasted unless ballots are cast for the winning candidate. In the end, politics has become a blood sport for the power hungry who are willing to battle it out to do the bidding of the elite. At least that is how many Canadians feel about the current state of political affairs. But is it really all that bad? The 2015 federal election was a fairly exciting affair. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals came from behind to not only beat the reigning Conservatives and revitalized NDP, but he also shocked the pundits by leading his party to a majority. It was political theatre at its best. However, the campaign still only attracted 68 per cent of eligible voters to the polls. Optimists claim that’s pretty good — an 11 per cent jump from the previous election and the highest voter turnout since 1993. The worst voter turnout in Canadian history happened in 2008 when 58.8 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballot. Oh, it sure is broke! participation in the political process. The average Community organizer, activist and author Dave voter is seen as more of a nuisance than a Meslin believes that politics in its current form is stakeholder, and this needs to change. The way to certainly broken. However, instead of harping on do this is to find ways to engage citizens in the the system’s failings, Meslin is trying to figure out political process through meaningful public why it is broken in an effort to provide appropriate meetings (not bureaucratic posturing), electoral remedies to get politics back into the hands of the reform that makes every vote count (not people. According to Meslin, the current system maintaining the current “winner takes all” system), has become a quagmire that obstructs true News in Review ∙ CBC Learning ∙ curio.ca/newsinreview 5 DECEMBER 2015 – VOTER MALAISE: IS POLITICS BROKEN? and creative collaboration between politicians and white citizens.
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