Deomocracy

Athens and the birth of democracy

Using the link for guidance, be prepared answer the following questions.

1.Who were the people that were able to vote in Ancient Greece. How does this compare with Canada of 2014? Canada of 1917? (4th paragraph down)

2. What decisions did the voters of ancient Greece make? Or Make a Pun about something to do with Democracy. 

3.What is the problem of people having to gather to vote on every decision? What solution did the ancient Greeks come up with? What solution do we use for this problem in Canada?

4. Their are concerns with how Canadians choose their representatives. Some of the concerns are: Majority Governments have great power, but seldom get elected with a majority of the votes. Many votes don't lead to representation, such as the Green Party getting a million votes but a single seat. More people are becoming disillusioned with our system of democracy and not bothering to vote now, especially younger people. The Federal government has proposed a transfer vote system, which at one time used to be used here in Manitoba. Give a suggestion to improve our system of government or comment on the proposed change.