Identify the contentious issue in one of the following exchanges and address it by
using the intellectual resources provided by the course literature..
There is one central problem that each politician identifies in their respective
statements. Use the course readings to (1) explain and clarify that problem and (2)
critique or defend the solution(s) hinted at by the politician quoted in the statement of
your choice.
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Jagmeet Singh: “A report published Monday by the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives revealed that by 11 a.m. on Jan. 2, Canada’s top- paid CEOs have already
earned what the average Canadian earns in a year. In other words, the top-paid
Canadian CEOs earn more in a day and a half than millions of hard-working Canadians
will take home in a full year.
The wages of CEOs have increased by an incredible 8 per cent over the past year, while
the wage growth of most Canadians languished at half of 1 per cent. For the first time,
the average for Canada’s top-paid CEO’s is more than 200 times that of the average
Canadian.
The top 20 per cent of Canadians in 2016 owned 67 per cent of all wealth or net worth in
Canada, while the bottom 40 per cent collectively owned just 2.3 per cent of all net
worth. And the two richest people in Canada have more wealth than 11 million
Canadians, combined.
Increasingly, we’re seeing two worlds in Canada. The world for most Canadians is
increasingly unaffordable, involves more precarious work, and is a harder place in
which to get by. The second world is an exclusive club for the wealthy and wellconnected who get special access and are exempt from rules the rest of us play by.
This is both unfair and damaging to the country’s economy.
It will take strong political will to reverse the trend of rising inequality, which began
decades ago and has continued under both Conservative and Liberal governments.
Tax avoidance and evasion by the rich undermine democracy by starving social
programs and public services. They also send a message to ordinary citizens that the
rules of the economic game are rigged against them.”
2. Your essay should be based on a close reading of one or two texts from the syllabus.
The use of additional sources is neither required nor recommended.
3. The word limit is 1200 words, which does not include the references/bibliography.
4. Plagiarism is a serious offence! The plagiarism software is very sophisticated and
extremely successful at detecting plagiarism!
5. Avoid direct quotes as much as possible. You may quote directly from a text only
when paraphrasing the text could result in a loss of meaning. At all other times, you
should paraphrase, and reformulate arguments in your own words.
6. Remember, paraphrasing an argument does not make you the ‘rightful owner’ of
that argument – you must include a reference to the passage that is being paraphrased.
7. You should use the in-text (or parenthetical) style of author-date references from the
Chicago Manual of Style.
8. All in-text references should include exact page numbers for the passages being
discussed.
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