This assignment will constitute 5% of your final mark

Who is your member of Parliament?
Who is your provincial member of Parliament?
Who is Canada’s Finance Minister?
Who is the province of Ontario’s Finance Minister?
Find and print a political/editorial cartoon dealing with an economic topic

The Fraser Institute: www.fraserinstitute.ca

1. Use the tax calculator to calculate your personal tax freedom day assuming that the household head has a before tax income of $25000 and is a single male, 18 years old withour any dependent.

WTO and GATT: www.wto.org

1. For what is WTO an acronym?
2. What is the WTO?
3. How many counries are members of the WTO?
4. What was the lsat country to join te membership of the WTO?
5. When was the WTO established?
6. Select "the WTO" from the bar at the top of the main page and from the drop-down menus choose "membership" and the "GATT signatories".
a)How many countries had signed GATT by 1994?
b)When did GATT come into existence?

Conference Board of Canada: www.conferenceboard.ca

1. From the knowledge area on the left side select the education and learning link.
2. Select employability skills 2000+
3. Download: Employability skills 2000+ English
4. Print the two pages (read them)

The United Nations: www.un.org

1. List the 8 UN millennium Development goals
2. By which year has all UN member states pledged to meet these goals?
3. How many members does the UN currently represent?

Using the link: www.cyberschoolbus.un.org

1. From the curriculum menu choose cities of the world.
2. From the resources menu choose city profiles.
- Print the city profiles from two different cities.
2. What does the UN logo illustrate?
3. When was the UN officially formed?
4. How many countries were the original members?

The Federal Government: www.fin.gc.ca

Task One

Select "Economic & Fiscal Info"
Select "The economy in brief"
Select "2005"
Select "September 2005"

What was the higher consumer spending or disposable income?
What did the Bank of Canada do to its key policy rate on September 7?
By clicking on the highlighted terms "consumer expenditure" and "unemployment" there should be a link to glossary. Give the definitions give for these terms.

Select "Taxes and Tariffs"
Select "Where Your Tax Dollar Goes"

How much did the federal government collect in taxes and other revenues in 2003-04?
What was the largest single spending item of the federal government in 2003-04?
How much was the total budgetary surplus in 2003-04?

IMF: www.imf.org

1. For what is IMF an acronym?
2. How many member countries belong to the IMF?
3. In what year was the IMF created?
4. From the sites home page choose "for students" on the left drop menu. Stroll down to the section titled "For High Scool Students" and select "Money Mania".
- Play the game and print out the last page containing your results (score)

There's something about money: www.yourmoney.cba.ca

Select "Know The World Around You"
Select the "Rise and Fall of Interest Rates"
-What is Interest?
Select "Interest Rates and The Economy"
-What affects the interest Rates?
Select "What Borrowers Want to Know"
-What are the three factors which will affect the interest rate paid?
Go Back to the Rise and Fall of Interest Rates using the right menu
Take your Interest IQ and print your results

Jokes on Economics: www.politicalhumor.about.com/library/bleconomyjokes.htm

1. Provide 2 jokes you find funny from this site

The G8: www.g8.gc.ca

1. Where will the 2006 G8 Summit take place?
2. Who is the current chair of the G8?
3. How many countries participated in the first Summit?
4. How many Summits has Canada hosted?
5. In what year is Russia to hold its first Summit?

Nobel Museum: www.nobel.se

1. Who was the 2005 winner(s) of the Nobel prize in Economics?
2. In what year was the first Nobel prize in economics awarded?

The Economists Magazine: www.economist.com

1. Using the link for Cities Guide (left side) select Toronto
2. Select "facts" from the top menu
3. a) What proportion of Canada's GDP is Toronto's GDP?
b) What was Toronto's unemployment rate in July 2005?

Bank of Canada: www.bankofcanada.com

1. When is the next key interest rate announcement scheduled?
2. using the "monetary policy" link select inflation and then access the inflation calculator. What would a basket that costs $100 in 1914 cost in 2005?
3. Using the "exchange rate" link (under rates & statistics-right menu) access the currency converter and then the 10 year currency convertor. What did a 100 Canadian dollar equal in US dollars on Ocotber 28, 2005?
4. Select the "bank notes" link and then select "bank notes series 1935 to present". What was the last series of bank notes to issue a one dollar bill?

OECD: www.oecd.org

1. For what is OECD an acronym?
2. How many member countries are in OECD?

European Union: http://europa.eu.int

Select "Gateway to the European Union" link
Select the link "The EU at a glance"
Select "Panorama of the EU"; select "What does the EU do" and select "The EU symbols". What is the motto of the EU?
Select "Flag". Describe the flag of the European union and explain the significance of its design features.
Using the link of the history of the European Union (2005) determine which two countries have been given approval for entry into the European Union in 2007?

OPEC: www.opec.org

1. For what is OPEC an acronym?
2. How many countries are in OPEC?
3. How much do OPEC members collectively supply of the world's crude oil output? Of the world's natural gas output?
4. In what year was OPEC created?
5. In what country was OPEC formed?

Textbook:www.pearsoned.ca/economics

Do not select a book. Instead scroll down to the bottom of the page and Login using the following:

User ID: arthur1985
Password snowyangel

1. Go to "Your class prerequisites"
Go to "Graphing tutor"

Read the graphing primer then do the True or False quiz at the end.

Print your results

2. Go to "www.Your TextSupport"
Go to the link for the text Economics by Lipsey/Ragan
(You may need to re-enter the log-in and password)
Go to "student resources"
Complete the Multiple Choice test for chapter 3

Send (e-mail) your results to: rineuhs@yahoo.ca