government
state sanctioned killing of someone who did crime(s).
What is capital punishment?
What is the voting age?
18 years old in Canada.
An office job that usually requires higher level education.
What does “White collar job” mean?
Not believing in any religion or spirituality.
What is athiesm?
What are the two sides in BP called?
Government and opposition.
What constitutes a human right? List an example
Rights that every human is entitled to. Ie: Innocent until proven guilty
What is performative activism, and provide an example.
When an individual or an organization that is pretending to care about a political movement due to ulterior motives.
Define minimum wage
A minimum wage is the lowest amount of money that employers can legally pay their employees
What does THO stand for?
This house opposes
What does THR stand for
This house regrets
Define public vs private Healthcare
Public: government owned and funded.
Private: owned by private company, patient usually pays.
What is the state of marijuana/cannabis rights in Canada currently?
cannabis is
What is a “white collar job” and provide an example?
Jobs that are often skilled trades or manual labour, lacks higher education.
What is the PAEL structure?
Point, argument, evidence, link.
This speech in BP debate is delivered by the opening Government team member and provides an introduction to the motion and an explanation of the Government's position.
Answer: What is the "Prime Minister's" speech?
Define authoritarian?
a government with a concentrated and intense leadership that has strong control on their citizens. Some examples are censorship and state mandated quarantines.
Name 4 Canadian political parties and explain as much as you can about them.
Popular Canadian parties that are represented in house of commons: Liberal, conservative, new democrats, green, bloc quebecois.
A social welfare proposal where all citizens are given the base amount of money in order to live by the government.
What is universal income?
This 1963 speech by a prominent American civil rights leader is frequently referenced in BP debates concerning race, justice, and equality.
What is "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.?
In BP, a team might use this strategy to weaken the other side's case by showing contradictions, weaknesses, or logical fallacies in their arguments.
What is "clashing"
We live in a democratic republic, what does that mean?
Democratic: Citizens vote for their leaders
Republic: Decisions are made by a group of representatives.
Who is Karl Marx and what did he invent?
He invented Marxism which later inspired Comunism
What is communism?
a system where where individuals/corporations can not own private property, and the wealth is shared between all citizens.
Cats have fur, I have fur, therefore I am a Cat. What is the error here?
This is a logical fallacy.
Name 3 specific roles in British Parliamentary style debates.
Prime minister, deputy prime minister, member of government, government whip.
Leader of opposition, deputy leader of opposition, member of opposition, opposition whip.