How to Change Public Policy Debate

1. You are the Lobbyist for the police department who is concerned for police and public safety and do not believe that officers should have to wear lapel cameras. Your organization wants to put pressure on the government to prevent lapel cameras being mandatory equipment for officers.

Define the following terms:

Lobbyist:

Bureaucrats:

Public Service:

What is the danger professional lobbyists pose to democracy?

Some points you would want to make:

1. Try to prove that lapel cameras would make police work more difficult. 2. How could lapel camera possibly lead to more crime?3. How could lapel cameras put police officers in danger?4. How could criminals take advantage of lapel cameras?5. How could you influence the government to pass only legislation that you approve of?

2. You are a Civil Rights leader in the mode of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandela. You are troubled by the police brutality in the recent years and are planning Civil Disobedience to get your point heard by the government.

Define Civil Disobedience:

What are the three principles of civil disobedience?

How did Clayoquot Sound show the possible effectiveness of civil disobedience in Canada?

Possible Points to make:

1. What change in the law do you want specifically and why?2. What types of civil disobedience are you threatening and why?3. What are your reasons for demanding his change and how far are you willing to go make the change happen?4. How could you use social to build support for your movement?5. Why should the government take your demands seriously?

3. You are the opposition political party that favours lapel cameras and wants to pass legislation that will mandate the use of them by on duty officers.

Where on the Political Spectrum (see page 299) do you think your party is? Why?

Left Wing Centre Right Wing

What steps are you going to take to pass legislation?

What arguments would you make to convince everyone of your position?

4. You are a Minority Government political party that opposes there use that requires the votes of police officers, the police lobbyists and the larger group of constituents that think the police have a hard enough job without the increased burden of lapel cameras.

Where on the Political Spectrum (see page 299) do you think your party is? Why?

Left Wing Centre Right Wing

What is the difference between a majority and minority government?

What steps are you going to take to pass legislation, if any?

What arguments would you make to convince everyone of your position?

Each group will have 5 minutes maximum to make their case for or against conscription. All the other groups should be taking notes to prepare a rebuttal. Rebuttals will be a maximum of 1 minute long. After the rebuttals the group has 2 minutes to counter the rebuttals.

Points:

For every accurate point presented in the Debate your group receives 1 point. Team with the most points wins.

Group TimeOpening Argument 5 min

(Teams have 5 minutes to prepare rebuttals)Rebuttal 1 1 min

Rebuttal 2 1 min

Rebuttal 3 1 min(Group has 5 minutes to prepare closing and counter arguments)

Closing Argument 2min