This has had a significant impact on the role in Canadian politics. ... One could argue this makes it extremely difficult to govern Canada as a whole. ... Canada's economic regions have played a vital role in the classification of regions. ... Another economic policy set in place was that of the Canada-US free trade agreement. ... Looking at the region of Alberta alone, 38 percent of their population has confidence in the federal government as of 2004 [CRI04]. ...

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The history of baseball in Canada dates back to the beginning of baseball in the United States. ... When things were good the population was also good but when the championships weren't rolling in the attendance was also way down thus causing the team to move away to the United States. ... Along with the CFL, the Canadian Football League, which is also another popular sport in the Canada because a lot of former players in the NFL go to this league and it is also very entertaining. ... The media coverage has also declined regarding the population decreasing in baseball. Media coverage of...

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Each year, Canada imports almost 250,000 immigrants each year that essentially come from economic and family class (Citizenship and Immigration Canada, 2009). Immigrants that come to Canada are from a mixed variety of cultures. ... In 1885, Chinese immigrants were brought to Canada to build a national railway and after its completion; the Canadian government prohibited the families of these workers from immigrating to Canada by passing the Chinese Immigration Act (Abu-Laban & Gabriel, 2003, p.294). ... Here in Canada, 60% of our population is made up of economic immigrants. ... This approac...

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In 2011, the immigrant population comprised 20.6% of Canada's population, so one in five people were immigrants. ... In fact earlier in Canada immigration did not drive the growth of the Canadian population. In the past, due to low fertility and aging in Canada, Canadian immigration was designed to fill up spaces and also somehow shore up population growth. ... When it comes to efficiency, there is a favorable or preferred population for Canada: too small of a population would make Canada unable to exploit efficiency gains associated with its size, and too large a population may reduce Ca...

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The policy of multiculturalism in Canada began in 1988 after the Canadian Multiculturalism Act was passed. This was new law was in keeping with the Canadian constitution that recognizes and provides for the right of every Canadian to be protected. ... The policy allowed Canadians from different ethnic communities, races, origins etc. to take part in shaping the future of Canada. ... Today, new Canadians are being integrated in the mainstream of Canada. ... Traditionally, the focus of the policies has been on the groups of new Canadians and the distinct cultural features that distinguish them f...

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There exist some predominant evaluations that hold considerable weight among the Canadian population and enhance our understanding of Canadian politics. ... These decisions are considered patriarchal in nature since those in authority believe that what appears to be a general deference to authority is indicative of an entirely ignorant population. While it is true that Canadians are generally ill-informed on issues pertaining to the Canadian government, the fact still remains that in an era where one can easily find a plethora of literature on any single topic and issues are open for public...

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After the US troops completed their mission of taking down Saddam Hussein who was the dictator in 2003, Iraq was soon soaked in chaotic civil wars between the Sunni and Shia branch of Islam, which are the minority and majority of the Iraq population, respectively. ... Although Harper did not state Canada's specific roles in fighting ISIS along with United States; he strongly denies the saying that Canada has "responded to America reluctantly " (Hume) Thus Harper believes that Canada will "do its part " in the fight of ISIS (Hume). ... The opposing voice does not only come from Canada. .....

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Pay equity is a basic human right, it is found on section 11 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. ... With this it should be understand than in Canada there is a big difference between the meanings of pay equity and employment equity. ... A higher level of education would normally be associated with a higher payment, but the population should also consider the field of study. ... Almost 70% of the female working population concentrates in education, health care, sales and service jobs. ... The workforce remains segregating the population between male and female jobs. ...

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However much of the natural geography of Canada still remains which makes Canada an ideal location for tourists who admire nature. The geography of Canada varies from coast to coast, and Canadian culture is influenced across the country based on the surrounding geography. ... Not to mention Nova Scotia has some of the best fishing in all of Canada. ... Once you get towards northern Ontario is where one will start to see a big decline in population as almost all of the cities located in the far north are rural and almost completely covered in forests but with many bodies of water ranging from ...

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According to Jeff Green, a reporter from Canada's largest daily newspaper; Toronto Star News, the Canadian population surpassed 35 million this year. Canada has a population of over 35 million, which at least 14 million live in Ontario alone with Toronto being the largest provincial city. ... The increase in the population is due to the immigration rate, which is one of the highest in industrialized countries. Laurent Martel, of the demography division of Statistics Canada has stated in the Toronto Star News article that she believes the population of Canada "will break the 40 millio...

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With a multi-cultural population extensively present in Canada, it is expected that the courts, institutions and laws are sufficient in providing a fair and equal opportunity for all members of the public. ... Canadian courts and the CCP come across several different types of disputes and cases involving a variety of persons. ... This paper has four parts; it first introduces and explains the Canadian Court Challenges Program while the second part analyzes "acceptable" litigation and group activity in terms of the Government of Canada. ... The Canadian Court Challenges Program (CCP) was firs...

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They do the job of receiving phone calls from various French speaking customers not just from Canada but from any other place around the globe which has business affiliates with those Canadian companies. ... This is one of the ways in which not just Canadian, but many corporations all around the globe are taking advantage of the regional language speaking population to capture market and create a stable customer link in the region to sell its services and products. ... This is when it hurts the local population the worst, as they then have no other clear way to go to and the money and time th...

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Instead, it limited the power of the people of Upper Canada. ... In Lower Canada, however, the causes were much different. ... The rebellion in Lower Canada began first. ... Perhaps most controversially Durham recommended in his voluminous report that cultural assimilation should be promoted in order to squelch any further uprising based on nationalist sentiment from the francophone population. ... While an overarching rhetoric of equality and the patriotism of the French-Canadians predominated the rebellions in Lower Canada, the established legislative assembly and lack of representational a...

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Introduction This research paper will be focusing on the controversial issue of mandatory minimum sentences in Canada. ... The last category of MMS in Canada deals with hybrid offenses. The majority of these mandatory minimum sentences were implemented in the Canadian legislation in 1995. ... Crutcher and Gabor (2012) argue that deterrence is the hope that any "short term increases in the prison population produced by MMS will be off-set by long-term reductions arising from declining crime rates". ... This accounts for the rise in cost for court security, longer hearings, jurors, in...

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Does Canada have an Independent Foreign Policy? Canada, a Nation Ahead of it's Time? The question regarding "Does Canada have an independent foreign policy?... Firstly, the nation of Canada' must be defined. ... The country is comprised of 10 provinces and 3 territories and has a population of approximately 31,499,560 (Statistics Canada). ...

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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the federal and provincial legislatures were implemented to assure the protection and freedom of the Canada's citizens. ... The never-ending debate for the legalization of assisted suicide is quite interesting in the sense that its morality is questionable according to certain groups of individuals of the population. Canada has, in my opinion, a relatively good justice system but it isn't perfect. ... I cannot believe that the Canadian population has any sort of power to decide whether someone lives through years of pain knowing there is n...

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But when the CPR was finished, large populations of new immigrants, mostly English speaking who had no fondness for the French language or the Catholic Church settled in the Prairie Provinces. ... When the Dutch declared war against Britain in South Africa, English and French Canadians were divided over Canada's role. Many English-speaking Canadians from Ontario were proud to be a part of the war, which the French speaking Canadian opposed of Canadian involvement in the war. English speaking Canadians were proud to be a part of the war and thought that it was Canada's duty to help...

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Since confederation, anti-oriental sentiment has been a part of white Canadian society. ... There was immense public support for the internment of all Japanese in Canada. ... In fact, there is significant evidence to suggest that the Japanese Canadians were loyal to Canada. ... In the article The Evolution of the Japanese Canadian, 1942: Realist Critique of the received Version, J.L. ... The authors first criticize Canada for its lack of reliable intelligence capabilities. ...

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Pearson launched the Royal Commission on the status of Women in Canada on February 3, 1967. ... As Canadians, this added an unbiased character trait to our Canadian Identity, especially when Prime Minister Lester B. ... Aware of the negative attention that this commission would receive, the Prime Minister did not respond because the press in Canada was very negative to the idea ("Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada", n.d.), although Pearson never abandoned the idea. All in all, due to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, the lives of many Canadian girl...

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Communication is a key element in Canada, a country with a scattered population over a large geographical distance. ... Thus, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was created to deliver Canadian programming and to ensure that Canada's sense of identity is not lost. ... At this time, it was estimated that the Canadian population was spending eighty percent of the time listening to American programs (Bélanger 163). ... An early coverage survey displayed the fact that the radio network provided effective coverage to only forty-nine percent of the population and this was mainly ...

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Homelessness has many faces: male and female, young and old, lifelong citizens of Canada and immigrants and refugees. ... Falling into this category is the homeless population of Canada. ... Now, despite the fact that Canada has universal health care coverage (under which most homeless people are also insured,) this population experiences many barriers to accessing health care services. ... The homeless population is one that is extremely vulnerable and marginalized; it is one that has seen considerable growth in Canada recently "with many people currently at risk of becoming homeless. W...

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Pierre Elliot Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party, the 15th prime minister of Canada, professor and one of the most well-known Canadian politicians ever. ... Dating high profile women and driving fancy cars making him half Canadian celebrity half Canadian politician. ... Trudeau inspired millions of Canadians, being of French-Scottish background he was able to touch the entire population. ... Trudeau also played a very major role in uniting Canada as a country. ... In 1967 Canada's prime minister, Lester Pearson retired. ...

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The "environment" in this case refers to the totality of our proximity of things, conditions, social and cultural factors that influence the life of an individual or the human population. ... This is primarily rooted in the fact that the mistreatment of the physical environment and the human population that live in that environment are connected. ... The basic and well accepted principle of fairness where the consequence of official policies should be the equal allocation of benefits among participants in an economy.3 It touches on the demographics of the human population and the soc...

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The accession to sovereignty expressed that Quebec would be permitted to declare their secession from Canada once negotiations with the Canadian government were completed. ... The Supreme Court of Canada ruled no on both questions. ... Clarity Act The Clarity Act (the Act) was the answer from the Canadian government as to what was suitable if secession from Canada was to be acceptable. ... Specifically, section 2.(1) of the Clarity Act reads, "Where the government of a province, following a referendum relating to the secession of a province from Canada, seeks to enter into negotiatio...

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The demographics of Ontario's population are one of the main causes of overcrowding in emergency departments. I say this because as the population demographics transform, emergency department congestion will continue to worsen (Eggertson, 2004). I learned that by 2031, Canada's population will be double the amount because Canada will have 25% of individuals that are the age of sixty-five and above (Collier, 2001, p.553). ... To discharge the problem towards ED's and the healthcare system altogether instigated by a population that is ageing, it is authoritative that admission to...

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