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| Canadian Society and Political Culture | |
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| Is the Canadian political culture becoming Americanized? | |
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| YES: Paul Nesbitt-Larking, �Canadian Political Culture: The Problem of Americanization� | |
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| NO:Michael Adams, �Canada and the United States: Separated at Birth� | |
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| Can Native sovereignty coexist with Canadian sovereignty? | |
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| YES:Roger Townshend, �The Case for Native Sovereignty� | |
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| NO:Thomas Flanagan, �Native Sovereignty: Does Anyone Really Want an Aboriginal Archipelago?� | |
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| Will conservatism and the Conservative Party fail? | |
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| YES:Nelson Wiseman, �Going Nowhere: Conservatism and the Conservative Party� | |
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| NO:Faron Ellis, �Twenty-First Century Conservatives Can Succeed� | |
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| The Constitution and Federalism | |
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| Is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms antidemocratic? | |
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| YES:Robert Martin, �The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Is Antidemocratic and Un-Canadian� | |
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| NO:Philip L. Bryden, �The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Is Antidemocratic and Un-Canadian: An Opposing Point of View� | |
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| Should the federal government play a leading role in health care? | |
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| YES:Andrew Heard and Daniel Cohn, �The Federal Government Should Stay Involved: The Case for a Strong Federal Role in Health Care� | |
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| NO:Paul Barker, �The Case Against a Strong Federal Role in Health Care� | |
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| Is the Recognition of Quebec as a Distinct Nation a Positive Step for Canada? | |
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| YES:Michel Seymour, �Quebec and Canada at the Crossroads: A Nation with a Nation" | |
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| NO:Michael Chong, Title TBA | |
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| Political Institutions and Processes | |
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| Is the prime minister too powerful? | |
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| YES:Hugh Mellon, �Coming to Terms with Political Realities: Exploring the Breadth of Prime Ministerial Power" | |
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| NO:Paul Barker, �Limits on the Power of the Prime Minister� | |
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| Should Parliament review Supreme Court appointments? | |
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| YES:Peter W. Hogg, �Appointment of Justice Marshall Rothstein to the Supreme Court of Canada� | |
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| NO:H. Patrick Glenn, �Constitutional Law, Politics and Supreme Court of Canada Appointments� | |
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| Should party discipline be relaxed? | |
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| YES:David Kilgour, �Discipline versus Democracy: Party Discipline in Canadian Politics� | |
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| NO:Robert J. Jackson, �The Imperative of Party Discipline in the Canadian Political System� | |
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| Is a Mixed-Member Proportional electoral system in Canadas interest? | |
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| YES:John L. Hiemstra and Harold J. Jansen, �Getting What You Vote For� | |
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| NO:Nelson Wiseman, �Not Knowing What Youll Get� | |
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| Should women focus on small-p politics? | |
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| YES:Jacquetta Newman, �Small-p Politics: Women Working Outside Formal Political Structures� | |
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| NO:Jacquetta Newman, �Say it Five Times Fast: The Pitfalls of Small-p Politics and a Plea for Large-P Politics� | |
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| Political Issues | |
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| Are prohibitions on private health care inconsistent with the Charter of Rights? | |
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| YES:Justices McLachlin & Major, �Opinion in Chaoulli v. Quebec� | |
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| NO:Justices Binnie & LeBel, �Opinion in Chaoulli v. Quebec� | |
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| Should religious beliefs be excluded from consideration of public policy? | |
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| YES:Justice Mary Saunders, �Opinion in Chamberlain v. Surrey School District #36� | |
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| NO:John Von Heyking, �Against the Edwardians: Why Religion Has a Place in Public Debate� | |
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| Should Representation in Parliament Mirror Canadas Social Diversity? | |
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| YES:Tim Schouls, �Why Group Representation in Parliament Is Important� | |
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| NO:John H. Redekop, �Group Representation in Parliament Would Be Dysfunctional for Canada� | |
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| Should the Court Challenges Program be re-instated? | |
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| YES:A. Wayne MacKay, Daniel McGruder and Kenneth Jennings, �Why the Government was Wrong to Cancel the Court Challenges Program� | |
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| NO:Tasha Kheiriddin, �Why the Government was Right to Cancel the Court Challenges Program� | |