Weekly Quiz: Populism, Masculinity, and the Carbon Tax

1 2 const title = "Populism, Masculinity, and the Carbon Tax"; const date = "September 14, 2024"; const data = [ { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/WAL_Web-Masculinity_Sep24-003-735x490.jpg", title: "Does Being Called “Timmy” Make Me Less Manly?", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/does-being-called-timmy-make-me-less-manly/", question: "Attempting to follow traditional masculine norms can have a serious impact on an individual’s health. According to research, what are some of the physical health outcomes associated with conforming to normative standards of masculinity?", options: [ "Improved sleep and lower stress levels", "Increased risk of cancer and poor-quality sleep", "Improved sexual health and better cardiovascular function", "Increased risk of mental health challenges and hair loss", ], answer: "Increased risk of cancer and poor-quality sleep", correct: "Studies suggest that adhering to traditional masculine norms can lead to increased risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease; mental health challenges, including depression and suicidal ideation; isolation and loneliness; poor sleep; poor-quality sex; and erectile dysfunction. Manosphere ideals are also linked to domestic violence and negative parenting behaviour.", incorrect: "Studies suggest that adhering to traditional masculine norms can lead to increased risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease; mental health challenges, including depression and suicidal ideation; isolation and loneliness; poor sleep; poor-quality sex; and erectile dysfunction. Manosphere ideals are also linked to domestic violence and negative parenting behaviour.", }, { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/Buchanan_Populism_1800-735x490.jpg", title: "Wait, Is Kamala Harris a Populist Now?", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/kamala-harris-wants-to-win-the-working-class/", question: "A core element of populism is advocating for the needs of the common person rather than the elite. According to political rhetoric expert Michael Cornfield, populism often opposes power concentrated in which two areas?", options: [ "Corporations and the judiciary", "The judiciary and the media", "Corporations and the government", "The government and the media", ], answer: "Corporations and the government", correct: "At its very basic level, populism is a political movement or style of communication that claims to champion the common person in opposition to a real or perceived elite. It’s often grassroots action “opposing concentrated power in corporations and in government,” according to Michael Cornfield, political rhetoric expert and former associate professor at the George Washington University.", incorrect: "At its very basic level, populism is a political movement or style of communication that claims to champion the common person in opposition to a real or perceived elite. It’s often grassroots action “opposing concentrated power in corporations and in government,” according to Michael Cornfield, political rhetoric expert and former associate professor at the George Washington University.", }, { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/shutterstock_1896380704_1800.jpg", title: "The Carbon Tax Is Good for Canadians. Why Axe It?", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/the-carbon-tax-is-good-for-canadians-why-axe-it/", question: "Canada’s federal carbon tax was specifically designed to be revenue neutral, with a significant portion of the taxes collected rebated directly to taxpayers or the home jurisdictions of industrial emitters. What percentage of fuel charge taxes collected in Canada currently goes back into the pockets of taxpayers?", options: [ "85 percent", "90 percent", "95 percent", "100 percent", ], answer: "90 percent", correct: "One of the central features of Canada’s federal carbon tax is the requirement that almost all tax revenues be returned to taxpayers or the home jurisdictions of industrial emitters. In the context of the federal fuel charge, tax revenues collected are reimbursed directly four times a year in eight provinces and two territories (BC, Quebec, and the Northwest Territories run their own—but federally aligned—schemes). At present in Canada, about 90 percent of the fuel charge taxes collected is rebated right back into the pockets of taxpayers.", incorrect: "One of the central features of Canada’s federal carbon tax is the requirement that almost all tax revenues be returned to taxpayers or the home jurisdictions of industrial emitters. In the context of the federal fuel charge, tax revenues collected are reimbursed directly four times a year in eight provinces and two territories (BC, Quebec, and the Northwest Territories run their own—but federally aligned—schemes). At present in Canada, about 90 percent of the fuel charge taxes collected is rebated right back into the pockets of taxpayers.", }, { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/WAL_Web-Immigration_Sep24-004-1.jpg", title: "Canada’s Immigration Model Is Spawning Imitations. Too Bad It’s a Moral Failure", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/canadas-immigration-model-is-spawning-imitations-its-a-moral-failure/", question: "In 2019, then US president Donald Trump cited Canada’s points-based immigration system as a potential immigration model to emulate in the United States. What countries have already followed in Canada’s footsteps?", options: [ "Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom", "New Zealand, Sweden, and Ireland", "Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom", "Australia, Ireland, and Spain", ], answer: "Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom", correct: "In the 1970s, Australia adopted its own ranking system for selecting immigrants, modelled on Canada’s; New Zealand followed in 1991; the UK in 2008. Most recently, Germany adopted a grading repertoire for potential newcomers, launching its own points system for skilled labour in June this year.", incorrect: "In the 1970s, Australia adopted its own ranking system for selecting immigrants, modelled on Canada’s; New Zealand followed in 1991; the UK in 2008. Most recently, Germany adopted a grading repertoire for potential newcomers, launching its own points system for skilled labour in June this year.", }, ]; The post Weekly Quiz: Populism, Masculinity, and the Carbon Tax first appeared on The Walrus.