Gender Issues Discussion/Speech Topics

● Men should open doors for women.

● Men and women can never really be equal.
● Women are better at teaching children than men are.
● Men are smarter than women.
● Companies should have quotas on their executive boards to make them 50%
female.
● At a bar, men should initiate conversation with women (and not the other way
around).

Health Discussion/Speech Topics

● People who get plastic surgery usually look worse later in life.
● Nowadays, people are too dependent on medicine.
● This country's healthcare system needs a lot of improvement.
● If you feel unwell, you should go to the doctor.
● Western medicine is more effective than Eastern medicine.
● People who use acupuncture are crazy.
● People should be more concerned about their health.
● Beauty products, vitamins, and mineral supplements generally provide the benefits
they promise.
● Home remedies can be just as useful as medicine from a pharmacy.
● Obesity is a disease.
● Humans shouldn't drink the milk of other animals such as cows.
● There should be an extra tax on unhealthy food.
● Worrying about cancer can give you cancer.

Politics Discussion/Speech Topics

● Life would be better without government or rules.

● People should be able to criticize the government.
● The government has the right to monitor phone calls and e-mails.
● The government should increase environmental regulations on businesses.
● Women should be allowed to wear a niqab (or face veil) to civic ceremonies.
● We should tax the rich to help the poor.
● New Canadians who become terrorists should lose their citizenship and be sent back
to where they came from.
● The government should be stricter on immigration.
● Canada should not participate in the war against ISIS.
● Voting for a political party that is unlikely to win the election is wasting your vote.