Tag: policy
Ways to Improve the CBC Vote Compass (Conclusion)
See my preamble for this exercise and analysis of each of the policy questions here: 2019 CBC Vote Compass Analysis. First things first, let’s tally up the questions based on whether they simply ask for a policy position (good/OK), whether they could use more information for context (bad), or whether they’re based on an extremely…
Propositions 31 & 32 (QOTD): Religious Symbols Ban
I hate this new law so much. It’s so clear from the way it was put in place and the way it’s been defended that it’s just about racism against Middle Eastern people, mostly women specifically. The two ‘Questions of the Day’ when I took the Vote Compass were all about this law, and though…
Proposition 30: Religious Minorities
This is a weird question for me, and because there’s no context, I’m also going to call it a bad question. How much are we saying is currently done to ‘accommodate’ religious minorities, because from my perspective it doesn’t seem like much outside of the bare minimum (for a secular state which for Christianity has…