Immediately following the vote, Prime Minister Pierra Trudeau announced that, either with or without provincial support, he intended to make the Canadian Parliament solely responsible for Canada's constitution (Cairns 1991). 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). ... Prime Minister Trudeau was determined to give control over the constitution to the Canadian Parliament, but Que...

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Starting on the far left, there is the New Democratic Party of Canada. ... Meanwhile, in Eastern Canada, a group of scholars formed the League for Social Reconstruction (LSR), and gave the Canadian left a version of socialism that was related in some respects to the current social and economic situation in Canada. ... Moving further towards the center of the political scale, the current federal governing party in Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada is found. ... A chief result of this Liberal protectionism was to give British goods a preference in Canada." ... The Liberal Party of ...

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Throughout my essay I will be discussing the roles of three extraordinary women in Canada's history and how they struggled to overcome the barriers to achieve the significant experiences that they accomplished: Emily Murphy, the first woman judge in the British Empire, and the important position she had in the Persons Case, Agnes Macphail and the struggles she had as Canada's first female to be elected into Parliament and the career of Kim Campbell, Canada's first female Prime Minister of Canada. Their actions have helped women in Canada take steps towards becoming equals. T...

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In 1977, legislation was passed by the Canadian Parliament regulating long guns for the first time, restructuring the availability of firearms, and increasing a variety of penalties . ... 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. ... From the study conducted by Sproule and Kennett the rate of violent crimes was five times greater in the U.S than Canada, and "al...

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Canada has repeatedly been named the best, or among the best places to live on earth by the United Nations. ... There are those that still believe that Canada needs a strong and efficient government to deal with the divisive nature of relations between Quebec and the rest of Canada. ... However, things were much different during the years of Canada's early confederation. ... It seems Canada's opposition parties haven't learned from history that the Liberals can only be ousted from power by coalitions promising the moderation and compromise that Canadians have always preferre...

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Canada is a place full of cultural wealth. ... After the British took over New France, they split it into two territories in 1791, Upper Canada and Lower Canada. 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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An all-out independent war spreading over the entire North American Continent seemed predictable because the habitants, early French settlers in Canada, were from Britain's archenemy France; nevertheless, the Province of Quebec did not rise up against Britain. ... Both the First and Second Continental Congresses addressed several "letters to the inhabitants of Canada" which urged the habitants to go against the British regime by organizing local assemblies and sending delegates to the Continental Congresses. ... "Delenda est Canada", which meant "Canada must be de...

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United, most of the time, in their beliefs, they helped Canada reach some of their most significant milestones in the 1970's and 1980's. Together, they changed Canada in ways people thought could never happen. ... The Charter stipulated the fundamental freedoms and rights that all Canadian citizens have (Internet 13). ... The Constitutional Act had been widely accepted in much of English-speaking Canada, but that was not the case in Québec. ... A survey released October 30, 2003 by Opinion Canada (a CRIC division) reveals that Canadians want the Constitution left alone f...

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The significance of the Stanley cup in Canadian culture is paramount when looking at cultural icons that transcend through all aspects of Canadian society. ... The best hockey teams in Canada competed it for. ... Many of the first team came from such prestigious clubs as the Toronto Granite club, Osgood hall and members of parliament. ... Since the first time that Lord Stanley's Cup landed on Canadian soil it has held the ideals of Canadian culture within its vassal. ... The Cup represents the game and the game represents Canada. ...

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