POLSCI 3J03 Lecture 1: POLSCI 3J03 LECTURE 1

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 3J03
• Professor: Henry J Jacek

Document Summary

Honours issues in canadian politics and canadian public policy. This course will examine canadian political parties and their role in forming canadian public. Of special interest is the june, 2018 general election in ontario. Probably the key question about this election is why the liberal majority government was so badly defeated, not only reduced to the third party position but beaten so badly it lost official party status in the. Each student will examine one of the 124 constituencies in two parts. First, the student will describe the economic, political, and social history of the geographical area now included in the modern constituency as well as party candidates up until the day the formal election began. Second the final paper will include a revised and abridged restatement of the first report plus an analysis of the election campaign based on understanding the chosen strategy of each major political party.