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News in Review Resource Guide April 2012 Credits Resource Guide Writers: Sean Dolan, Kim Earle, Peter Flaherty, Jim L’Abbé Copy Editor and Desktop Publisher: Susan Rosenthal Production Assistant: Carolyn McCarthy Resource Guide Editor: Peter Flaherty and Jill Colyer Supervising Manager: Laraine Bone Host: Michael Serapio Senior Producer: Nigel Gibson Producer: Lou Kovacs Video Writer: Nigel Gibson Director: Douglas Syrota Graphic Artist: Mark W. Harvey Editor: Stanley Iwanski Visit us at our Web site at our Web site at http://newsinreview.cbclearning.ca, where you will find News in Review indexes and an electronic version of this resource guide. 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 www.cbc.ca/news/. Close-captioning News in Review programs are close-captioned. Subscribers may wish to obtain decoders and “open” these captions 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, P.O. Box 500, Station A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5W 1E6 Tel: (416) 205-6384 • Fax: (416) 205-2376 • E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cbclearning.ca Copyright © 2012 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News in Review, April 2012 1. Election 2011 and the Robocall Scandal (Length: 13:51) 2. Bill C-30 and Internet Privacy (Length: 13:33) 3. Generation One: Living in Two Worlds (Length: 13:55) 4. The Drug War in Mexico (Length: 16:43) Contents In This Issue . ......................................................................................... 4 ELECTION 2011 AND THE ROBOCALL SCANDAL .................... 6 Introduction ..............................................................................................................6 Video Review ...........................................................................................................7 Anatomy of a Scandal ..............................................................................................9 Finding Voters ........................................................................................................13 Four Corners Activity: You Be the Judge ..............................................................16 BILL C-30 AND INTERNET PRIVACY ....................................... 17 Introduction ............................................................................................................17 Video Review .........................................................................................................18 What is Bill C-30? .................................................................................................20 Fixing Bill C-30 .....................................................................................................22 The Vikileaks Affair ...............................................................................................25 Activity: A Parliamentary Committee Hearing .....................................................27 GENERATION ONE: LIVING IN TWO WORLDS ...................... 29 Introduction ............................................................................................................29 Video Review .........................................................................................................30 Generational and Cultural Conflicts .......................................................................32 Generation One Profiles .........................................................................................36 Nahlah Ayed: The Face of Generation One ...........................................................39 Activity: The Challenges Facing Gen One ............................................................41 THE DRUG WAR IN MEXICO ................................................. 42 Introduction ............................................................................................................42 Video Review .........................................................................................................43 Mexico in Crisis: Drug Cartels ..............................................................................45 Mexico in Crisis: The Response of Two Presidents...............................................47 Canada and the World Respond ............................................................................49 The Canadian Connection ......................................................................................51 Activity: How to Deal with Drugs .........................................................................53 News in Review Index ............................................................................ 54 CBC News in Review • April 2012 • Page 3 In This Issue . ELECTION 2011 AND THE ROBOCALL SCANDAL (Length: 13:51) NiR Study A large-scale investigation is underway into allegations of illegal behaviour during Modules Using print and video the last federal election. Thousands of Canadians have complained that they received material from archival phone calls aimed at discouraging them from voting. In this News in Review story we issues of News in look at the political reaction and at the search for those responsible. Review, teachers and students can create NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos thematic modules The Life and Death of Jack Layton The Making of a Political Animal for independent October 2011 The Trouble with Experts assignments, and small Canadians Vote in a Spring Election group study. May 2011 Parliament and the Election Question March 2011 Related CBC Videos Other videos available Canadians to Vote in Federal Election from CBC Learning; October 2008 see the back cover for contact details. BILL C-30 AND INTERNET PRIVACY (Length: 13:33) The federal government has tabled a bill that many believe could threaten the civil rights of Canadians and the freedom of the Internet. Bill C-30 would require Internet service providers to gather information on their clients and allow police to access that information without a warrant. In this News in Review story we examine the bill and why so many Canadians want it changed or scrapped. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos Canada’s Controversial Crime Bill Are We Digital Dummies? December 2011 Can You Hack It? The Attack on Your How Facebook Changed the World Personal Info April 2011 Facebook Factor: Social Networking for Wikileaks and the Information War Profit February 2011 Facebook Follies The Fate of the Long-Gun Registry Google World October 2010 Hackers and Cyber Terrorists The Controversy over the Census Security Threat: The New World Order September 2010 Web Warriors CBC News in Review • April 2012 • Page 4 GENERATION ONE: LIVING IN TWO WORLDS (Length: 13:55) Canada is a country of immigrants—who help change the country and who are in turn changed by it. In this News in Review story we look at the so-called Generation One, children of immigrants who were born in Canada but are still heavily influenced by the cultures and traditions of the countries where their parents once lived. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos The Horror and Fear of Honour Killing Landed: Six New Lives in Canada February 2012 Little Mosque on the Prairie A New Campaign to Fight Bullying Promised Land (audio) December 2010 Murder Unveiled How Tolerant Are Canadians? May 2010 Queuing Up for Canada Changing Canada’s Immigration Rules Who Do We Think We Are? May 2008 THE DRUG WAR IN MEXICO (Length: 16:43) It’s one of the most violent wars in the world, and it’s happening in Mexico, a country about a million Canadians visit every year. For years, the Mexican government has been fighting that country’s powerful drug cartel, and tens of thousands of people have been killed. In this News in Review story we look at that brutal war and why defeating the cartels is proving so difficult. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos Vacation Nightmare in Mexico, March 2011 Broken Border A Community Fights Gangs and Guns Cannabiz November 2008 Dealing With Drugs: New Options Harsh Reality: Mexico’s NAFTA Problem June 2006 Sections marked with this symbol contain content suitable for younger viewers. Exercises marked with this symbol indicate that a worksheet to aid in the exploration of the topic is available online. CBC News in Review • April 2012 • Page ELECTION 2011 AND THE ROBOCALL SCANDAL Introduction In late February 2012, a potentially candidates over their Liberal or NDP Focus damaging scandal broke around Prime opponents. To those who alleged that the This CBC News in Review story focuses Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative scandal was a Conservative-instigated on the robocall government. It focused on allegations attempt at voter suppression, they asked scandal that has raised that someone in the party may have been that the results of the election in at least disturbing questions involved in giving voters misleading those ridings had to be viewed as invalid about whether voters information about the location of polling and by-elections called immediately. were given misleading places during the federal election on For its part, the Harper government information that May 2, 2011. The affair quickly became strongly denied it had been responsible could have affected the result of the last known as the