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If a federal election were held this week, what do you think would be the biggest civic issues being discussed and debated? Take a moment to brainstorm some issues that you feel would and should be part of the election campaign, keeping in mind the work involving the areas of responsibility of the Federal government.

Instructions:  Double click anywhere on the padlet.  On the first line type your full name and then on the second line type the issue you feel is important with a short rationale.   You can make more than one entry if you would like.

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I think illegal immigration is a good topic because since Justin Trudeau tweeted that everyone was allowed into Canada lead to thousands of illegal immigrants crossing the border. "Since last winter, Conservatives have been demanding the Liberals come up with a plan to stop these illegal crossings.
We want an asylum system that is compassionate and works for the people who need it most urgently.
Our focus must remain on those who are legally working their way through our refugee system. Justin Trudeau has broken Canada’s immigration system and we need to fix it."
"According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 1,565 people were intercepted by the RCMP in February. That brings the total number of illegal border crossers in 2018 to 3,082.
And still no plan from the Liberals!"

https://www.conservative.ca/cpc/illegal-border-crossers/

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I think that increasing our student grants for education is an issue because more and more Canadians are trying to go to college/university and if we raise student grants it would be easier for use to pay off our tuition and student loans so we don't have to stress about those issues.

Another good topic is refugees that were affected by ISIS and other terrorist attacks in their country because what is going on over in those countries is no place to live and when we take in refugees we place them in a better environment and give them a place where it is safe to live.

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I believe that immigration/refugees is a good topic because it is taking people that don't have any basic rights or their country is at war out of that situation and bringing them to a better environment.

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I think that upgrading or armed forces is going to be a big debate in the upcoming election, because when you look at all these small little countries with huge kick ass armies, then you look at Canada's armed forces and it looks like a joke, when a country here that Canada is going to war people laugh, so I think that we really need to invest/fix our armed forces.

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The liberals are trying to take away all restricted guns from Canada and buy doing that they want to give 100 million dollars to each  year to the provinces and territories to support guns and gangs police task forces to take illegal guns off our streets and reduce gang violence but what are the cops going to use they cant bend the rules for cops they should not get special treatment i would not feel safe with cops having a absurd amount of power when the people with the proper documents could own them but they are coming to take them all away and we have no say all that money wasted and taxis will go up to pay for the new schools for police

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We agree with the Liberal point of view that Justin Trudeau explains, to teach people about common-sense gun control. We believe that people are scared of guns people they aren't educated enough know how they don't know that they can be used dangerously in the wrong hand such as people who aren't educated enough in how to use them. Common gun safety could make the community safer and aware for our families and children.

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If a federal election were held this week I think that carbon tax would be one of the biggest issue discussed and debated. I believe that this will be a huge part of the election because all of the parties have a different mind set on the topic. Carbon tax has impacted many families so far and hasn't showed any positive effects. being as I live in a small town where there is no public transit, the idea that the tax is going towards that does not help me or other people in my community. If you have a job that you need to commute to everyday having to pay extra for gas is a struggle. the liberal party hasn't informed us how much carbon tax we are going to end up paying by the time is goes in full effect

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i think marijuana should be decriminalized as it has be proven as a medicine to help with seizures and many other health problems and i think that you should not go to jail for growing a plant that has been used  for years as a medicine. i also think that the industry that medical and recreational marijuana could bring to Canada would be a booming industry that could bring in a lot of money

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I think that protecting and conserving fresh water is a major issue because Canada is one of the top countries to waste water and is being exploited by oils and gas productions without much knowledge of the damage it is doing. As Canadians I feel we take many things for granted and water is one of them. This is a big issue because sooner rather than later we may not be taking water for granted anymore and some of the parties are starting to notice this problem along with climate change tied in with it.

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We agree with the Green Party thought about there health care and how everyone should have access to medication they need for there health .

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Were a federal election to be held this week the biggest issue would be the healthcare system. Canada has an ageing population and the health care system is going to need to be reformed soon to deal with them. Many seniors in Canada have enough money to pay for good health care, but many do not. Those who don't need to rely on their families which can be hard if the family lacks income. The parties should consider making long term care subsidized to help the elderly and their families.

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If there were a federal election that happened this week, I think the biggest issue to be discussed would be on Post Secondary. For many Canadian's the cost for post secondary is too much to afford and many can't beyond high school because of this issue. Justin Trudeau says " We will provide direct help to students from low- and middle-income families to help them pay for their education and ensure that debt loads are manageable. We will increase the maximum Canada Student Grant for low-income students to $3,000 per year for full-time students, and to $1,800 per year for part-time students."
The more people who are able to go to post secondary the less people who will need support from the government and have a better life overall.
The liberal party wants to help out and invest in more into the Post-Secondary Student Support Program, which supports Indigenous students attending post-secondary education.

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As much as I am all for allowing immigrants into Canada, the thing recently about letting anyone in without any system whatsoever is a bit odd, I know the Conservative party will attempt to pry Trudeau on this recent tweet and statement, even when Justin is trying to do good for our country and others.

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I think that carbon taxes are an issue because in Vancouver they have a high price for paying for gas and I feel like we should lower it due to the fact a lot of people use cars. Not to mention there are quite a lot of other things we pay for like rent that are more important to pay for than gas and gas shouldn't really be that expensive.