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MGS
C44 Debate 2014
A Class Debate for students taught by Prof Tim Richardson |
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MGS
C44 Debate 2014
A Class Debate for students taught by Prof Tim Richardson |
Listed is a selection of
topics to guide discussion; we may or may not stick to the list depending
on the backgrounds and interests of the students each particular year.
| The Global Political Environment |
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| Globalization
is good - besides, we can't go backwards in time anyway so might as
well be as competitive as possible and reap the rewards
read David Crane's 2006 Dec
31 article
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Globalization is bad,
it forces small and medium sized producers to compete on an unequal footing
with giant producers in parts of the world were the "means of production"
cost much less.
read David Crane's 2007 Jan
7th article
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| WTO is FAIR
We need some rules to trade by, otherwise we have anarchy suggested by Farrah Y June 2009 |
WTO is NOT FAIR
a website discussing "CONS"
found by Farrah
suggested by Farrah Y June 2009 |
| The Political Environment - our international relations |
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| Canada-U.S.
Canada should develop closer ties with the U.S. see www.florida11.com (link down in 2011) petition to make Florida the 11th province !! |
Canada-U.S.
Canada should move away from closer ties with the U.S. and develop stronger ties with other countries. The Asia Pacific Foundation
said in a 2000 report that Canada should develop closer ties with Japan
instead of exploring a common currency with the U.S.
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| Canada-China.
Canada should develop closer ties with China "There is about one million
Chinese in Canada"
China will soon be the largest
exporter to the U.S.
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Canada-China.
Canada should move away from closer ties with China and develop stronger ties with other countries such as South Korea and India (we already have close ties with Japan) China refuses to stop copying
software, music and movies
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| Canada-India
Canada should develop closer ties with India India and Canada share a common heritage in the British Commonwealth DFAIT on India
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Canada-India
India's retail distribution
system is very fragmented
environment problems in India |
| Global Conflict
Canada should completely stay out of the affairs of other countries - some suggest we should instead focus on the problems in Canada, eg . homeless people, native issues, pollution in Canada, natural resources
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Global Conflict
Canada should continue to be involved in peacekeeping and peacemaking, and diplomatic activities in conflict regions |
| Global Conflict effecting
international trade - negotiate YES
"we should open communication with enemies because there are new markets and conflict hurts international business, it’s better to be allies then enemies" suggested by Ritesh K June 2009 |
Global Conflict effecting
international trade - negotiate NO
Canada should not negotiate with "enemies" or terrorist regimes. "we shouldn't negotiate with our enemies because it may harm current relations with our international trading partners" suggested by Ritesh K June 2009 |
| The Geographic Environment |
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| Global Warming
- don't believe it
Earthlings will be able to use the technological progresses of the past few years to handle any extremes in the geographic/weather environment - besides, the world is not in such bad shape as some people believe. "environmental
organizations are fomenting false fears in order to promote agendas and
raise money"
"More Global Warming False
Alarms"
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extinct.wwf.org.uk/species/polarbear.htm |
| The Technological Environment |
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| future technologies will improve lifestyles and save the planet by using advanced energy resources and greatly facilitate our personal relationships | future technologies will consume all our renewal resources and energy and our lifestyle will be increasingly consumed with time wasting devices that reduce personal contact and leave no time for face2face personal relationships |
| The Social-Cultural Environment |
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| Multi-culturalism
and diversity are great strengths in the Canadian social-cultural environment
and should be celebrated.
the federal government website
Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev "If we speak about the failure of multiculturalism, then the destruction
of traditions could follow; this is a dangerous thing.."
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"the dogma of diversity
has only raised ghettos" said Tarek Fatah (co-founder of the Muslim
Canadian Congress). We need to celebrate what we have in common,
not emphasize our differences otherwise we can't be a unified country
trying to do things for the greater majority.
Feb 2011 President of France declared multiculturalism a failure Feb 2011 Prime Minister of
England "state multiculturalism has failed"
Oct 2010 German Chancellor
Angela Merkel "policy of multiculturalism is on the rocks"
WTGR's personal opinions
about diversity
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Melting Pot vs Diversity
re: comment by Raheel Raza Toronto Star 2008 Feb 01 "Endlessly divisible Canada" http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/299337 comments reply to Raza http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/300351 Raheel Raza is a Toronto-based Muslim feminist, author and public speaker. www.raheelraza.com |
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