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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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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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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• Grade Level: High School