Assignment- Research Report

This important assignment will act as a bridge between the first and second halves of the course. The first half of the course involved looking at issues in the current media and learning how to identify the parts of an argument. In the second half of the course you will be refining your analytical skills and working towards creating an argument paper. This assignment requires you to consolidate your research and thinking on a current issue in Canada.

Task

1. Choose an issue (it will be easiest to use the one you selected for Journal 1,(anthony please use issue of the legalization of marijuana as it it is what we wrote about in journal 1) but it can be a different one if you like). It must be stated as a single, grammatically correct question. It must be an issue that can be argued about objectively. For example, if you have an issue such as "will the climate get better?" you will significantly reduce you chance of getting a good mark since this cannot be argued objectively as "better" will mean something different to different people and makes the issue too imprecise to be used.

2. List at least 3 individuals who have had a notable influence on this issue. Their first and last names must be listed with no other information, and they must be individuals that are commonly related to the issue in a web search. You have to conduct independent research to accomplish this task.

3. Outline, using a sequentially numbered list, the main stages in the historical evolution of this issue. The events must be commonly related to the issue in a web search.

4. Create the framework of an argument supporting your own conclusion on this issue. There must be at least three clear, objectively justifiable and logically supportive reasons that prove the conclusion, each expressed in a single, grammatically correct sentence.

5. List at least 2 references from reputable sources (journals, newspapers, etc.) in APA format
Example (note that the example shown here is primarily to illustrate the required format; the content is not meant as a serious example)

1. Should Canada dissolve as a federation and the provinces become new States in the USA?
2. Individuals of note: Super Dave Osborne, Frank Zappa, Ronald Reagan.
3. Historical Outline:

a. Reagan introduces the idea in 1982 as a cost saver for both countries.

b. Super Dave Osborne jumps over Sarnia cross-border customs area in monster truck.

c. Frank Zappa issues posthumous album entitled "Give it up to USA, eh," sparking national support.

4. Argument framework:

a. Conclusion: Canada should not dissolve its federation and become part of the USA b. Premise 1: insert one-sentence reason here

c. Premise 2: insert one-sentence reason here

d. Premise 3: insert one-sentence reason here

5. Bibliography.