MEASURING SOCIALISM IN NORTH AMERICA: A COMPARISON BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Which of the two countries is more socialist, Canada or the United States of America? ... To measure this variable, we will look at the number of public representatives who are elected by the population. ... In accordance with the Government of Canada , the Canadian population elects a Prime Minister and members of the House of Commons (In Canada, there are 301 members). Again, there is a stark contrast with the American political ! ... When we count the number of representatives w...

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The North America Continent was not the main battlefield of the Seven Years' War, yet the aftermath of the war had significantly altered the situation in the British colonies on the continent. When the war was finally brought to an end, the French Colonial Empire had ceded Quebec, the former New France, to Britain; so the British Empire finally established its hegemony in North America. ... Regardless of the close ties of people and culture with Britain, the colonists started the American Revolutionary War. They also invited the habitants, of which the major population in Quebec was compo...

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It was, as well, the only possibility for many countries to improve their economy: especially in Latin America, where Mexico just stopped refunding its debt because it couldn't pay anymore. ... In each country, even the population is divided in different economic and social layers. ... Twenty percent of the world's population living in the richest countries have 74 times the income of the poorest. ... In 1960, the average income of the richest 20 per cent of the world's population was 30 times higher than that of the poorest 20%. ... Two third of the African countries depend ...

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Is it our right to bear arms as North Americans? ... Moreover, Canadians are exposed to American television (both entertainment and news programming) and, Canadians and Americans read many of the same books and magazines. As a result of this, the Canadian public has adopted "much of the American culture" . ... He reviews the role of guns in American life-from the shoot-outs of the Old West to the street violence of today. ... Mauser mentions that Canadians are "more supportive of stricter controls on handguns than are Americans...Moreover, Canadians appear to be less...

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In the early 1600's, British, French, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish settlements dotted the east coast of North America. ... "By 1775, about 500 000 Blacks were enslaved in the Thirteen Colonies, making up approximately 20 percent of the total population." ... Among black loyalist communities, the largest was called Birch town, which had a population of over 1500 Blacks, it was located in the southern tip of Nova Scotia. ... In the year 1812, nearly 2000 blacks came to Nova Scotia after the war between the Americans and the British because once again the British promised freedom to all Amer...

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The United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations rejects both doctrines. ... This early recognition of the independence of the tribes was gradually undermined as European colonial powers gained greater and greater control in North America. ...

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Whereas the American and Australian Senates hold real power that the leaders must compromise and cooperate with, the Canadian Senate serves as little more than an appointed rubber stamp for government policy. ...

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The Stanley Cup The Stanley cup is not just the most identifiable trophy in North America but it is also the best know cultural artifact in Canadian society. ... The idea of Mass culture is generally associated with the low because it is a market generated culture surviving only because of profit margins in big business as we have seen with companies such as the American powerhouse companies Nike and Coke. ... The fascination with the game of hockey and its fast pace enticed many of the population but was an exclusive sport to play. ...

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Humanity has evolved in a male-centered, patriarchal society. Historically, men were always the main suppliers of food and money. Women were the ones who had a duty to look after the home and raise the children. Women were financially dependent on men and lost their financial support as a consequenc...

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Security officials were also concerned about the possibility of unrest and disorder in cities with large foreign-born populations; high on the list of such a city was Winnipeg (Bercuson, 1974). ... By portraying it as nothing less than a Russian Revolution transplanted to North American soil they did succeed in swaying public opinion to their side until the investigation of the strike. The most vigorous anti-union efforts in Canada were made by "the managers of American owned branch plants" (Thompson, & Seager, 1985, p. 140). ...

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The Missionaries were the first to attempt to change Aboriginal population with an emphasis on Christianity. ... The relationship had now also become a paternalistic one with legal justification in the British North American Act 1867, which took away "their independent status and made them wards of the Federal Government." ...

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Until this time, Canada's constitution, the British North America Act, had remained a legislative act of the British Parliament which had passed the necessary laws for Canada to be constituted as a country in 1867 (MLA accessed 13th September 2003). ... The general method required the consent of the Senate and House of Commons and of the legislatures of two-thirds of the provinces, provided those comprised fifty percent of the population of Canada (Cairns 1991). ...

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By patronizing the Constitution Act, it meant that the government of Canada would no longer have to go through the formality of asking Westminster to make changes in the British North America Act (BNA Act) for them (Internet 4). ...

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In a country as vast and as culturally diverse as Canada, many different political opinions may be found stretched across the country. From the affluent neighborhoods of West Vancouver to the small fishing towns located on the East Coast of Newfoundland, political opinions and affiliations range from the left wing to the right wing. To represent these varying political views, Canada has four official national political parties to choose from the Liberals (who are currently in power), the Progressive Conservatives, the New Democrats, and the Reform Party. What is particularly in...

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In addition, "compared with the general population these workers who have left Canada are more likely to be better educated, higher income earners, and individuals of primer working age"" (Hodgson 1). ... The American market was a birthplace of many new and highly successful high-tech companies, especially ones that were located in Silicon Valley, San Jose (U.S.), and many of them offered new employees highly attractive financial incentives to lure them to their organization. ...

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