With this misconceptions American fail to realize that Canada looks much like the States but or cultures are somewhat different. ... That means that the immigrants keep their culture and don't leave on the plane when they step into the country. ... In some retrospect Canada is the same as America. ... I am born Canadian, I have grown up in Toronto. Americans who have never been to Canada look at the television and think that Canada is a place that snows all year round. ...

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A nation's identity is formed and sustained by the culture of its people. In Canada, the most influential form of cultural exposure is through television. By establishing a strong public broadcasting system, Canada is able to differentiate itself from other countries. ... The less support we have for this public outlet, the deeper the holes in Canada's cultural fabric. ... The need for a strong public broadcasting system is clear; it ensures Canadian content and strengthens the Canadian identity, educational quality, and an independence from major business interests....

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Canada is like the house for all the Canadians to live together. ... Canada has its own unique system of government. ... The type of system of government we have in Canada is "Democracy". ... " Throughout Canada's history, most of the federal government's basic powers have remained unchanged, so federal government has the power to defend Canada. ... Canada division of power is similar to other countries that have diverse regions with citizens from different cultures, and languages groups, or religions. ...

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The coming together of nation, cultures, and economies is a global phenomenon known as globalization. ... Over the twelve years Canada's trade sector has grew steadily, now 40% of Canada's export is its Gross Domestic Product. ... In 2001, United States investments in Canada were a staggering 215 billion dollars Canadian; an increase of 150 percent and Canadian investment to the United States was 200 billion dollars. ... In general production in Canada increased, creating about 560, 000 jobs where merchandise exports in Canada increased about 95 percent. ... While production in Cana...

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Reason Over Passion: One of the Most Influential Canadians of All Time Canada contains a diverse group of people, coming from various backgrounds, cultures and rigins. ... Monsieur Trudeau defends our culture and advances our nation like no other. ... Today, millions of Canadians compose this country of many different cultures, races, and ethnicities from around the world; it is a nation of nations. ... His influence, thus implements the 1987 Canadian Multicultural Act to establish Canada as being a diverse nation of culture - which defines the fundamental characteristics of its society as an ...

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Canada is a place full of cultural wealth. Many different kinds of people, cultures, and races live in Canada and call it their home. ... Upper Canada is what we know today as Ontario and Lower Canada is Quebec. ... By the 1850's there were about 10,000 Blacks in Canada West or Upper Canada. ... There were Blacks all over Canada. ...

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"One of the most persistent and unusual aspects of human behaviour, observable in all cultures and through all of history, is man's dissatisfaction with his ordinary state of consciousness and the consequent development of innumerable methods for altering it. ... Canadians who smoke marijuana are not criminals. ... The government of Canada has allowed a handful of Canadians, albeit not very many, a medical exemption. ... According to Reefer Madness: The Sequel, 31,503 Canadians in 1999 were charged with marijuana related offences. If marijuana was legal how much revenue would it genera...

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In 1977, the Canadian government took the initiative to legislate stricter gun control. ... 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" . ... A factor to be considered, though, is our national heritage or culture which holds traditions of passiveness and peace unlike the American Frontier heritage. ... According to Sproule and Kennett, "Canada's favourable s...

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This created conflicts between the English speaking and the French speaking Canadians (mostly Métis) who feared for their culture and language, and finally a rebellion was led by Louis Riel to try to prove to the government that they were upset because the government did not do anything. ... Although the French culture and its people shaped a lot of the present Canada, they were not treated fairly by the government or the English-speaking Protestants because of their small minority. ... Many English-speaking Canadians from Ontario were proud to be a part of the war, which the French s...

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., a major Canadian polling firm, describes the book as a '"psychographic geography of Canada". ... Adams hopes to describe for us fellow Canadians the psychological landscape of our country in a way that will help us understand Canadians in general. ... Canadians as a whole, was very motivated by guilt and fear. ... And in spite of our growing intimacy with American commerce and culture, Canada remains a distinct society on the northern half of the North American continent." ... I would recommend this book to any Canadian, and even if you aren't Canadian but are interested in any f...

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According to Conflict Theory, capitalist societies reproduce themselves through the transmission and the perpetuation of a dominant culture. ... Therefore, education prepares students for the division of labour along traditional gender lines that are produced and reproduced through the operation of two distinct cultures: the masculine and the feminine. ... Chapter Two is a summary of the history of education in a Canadian context. ...

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