This has not been the case in Canada. ... In contrast, the system of proportional representation eliminates an inequity in parliament composition by ensuring representation from every party that received votes. ... Party preferences seem to be divided across Canada. ... Without the support of its citizens, Canada's parliament is unable to make affect decisions. ... Italy's elections, however, run under a PR system and the "Christian Democrats have dominated all of the 51 governing coalitions formed since the end of the Second World War" "(Library of Parliament, Electoral Syst...

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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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The creation of a judiciary has nevertheless reduced the degree of popular control held by parliament. ... Although Parliament cannot remove judges based on differences in ideology or reasoning, seats that become available due to voluntary termination or death can be filled by parliament's chosen candidates. ... Judicial supremacy in Canada will force all legislation to be in context with the provisions of the Constitution and will provide equal protection for all Canadians. In contrast, by allowing parliament to be supreme, the notwithstanding clause limits the vital guarantees of the...

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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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In Canada we are very fortunate to have extensive supplies of water, but we take this resource for granted. ... Water regulations are rules of conduct, which the minister is empowered to make and to facilitate the carrying out of an act of Parliament. ... The Canadian Environmental Protection Act will regulate substances that are harmful to the environment. ... A summary of agreements can be found in the Canada Water Act Annual Report. ... Water pricing, the fact that water in Canada is cheap has made us overuse and abuse our water. ...

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He set to go claim and take control of the North-West Territory for Canada. ... On May 12, 1870, the Manitoba Act, based on the Métis List of Rights, was passed by the Canadian Parliament. ... The February 13, 1874, general election saw Riel re-elected Member of Parliament for Provencher. On March 30th, he entered the parliament building, took the required oath of allegiance, signed the member's roll and hurriedly left the building again in the direction of Montreal. ... After an absence of fifteen years, he was returning to 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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The Canadian workforce is made up of individual laborers who deserve access to occupational freedom and the legal and strategic avenues toward attaining this goal. ... These provisions hold significant implications for the standards that labourers and humans are entitled to in Canada, as it is a signatory nation to this document. ... In order to uphold some of these stipulations, Canada must then support a capitalistic economy and free trade market. ... The 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms sets the foundation for labor rights in Canada. ... As Section 32 states, the Charter applies to bot...

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An example of this was when the elites in government decided it was deaf to the rule of law, when the elites in government imposed its will on parliament through non-electoral methods during WW2 when Japanese-Canadians were put into internment camps. ... President Roosevelt signed the "Executive Order No. 9102, establishing the War Relocation Authority-and " without a murmur of dissent," (Institute for Historical Review) Japanese-Canadians were shipped away to internment camps that resembled the Nazi-concentrations camps... " The 23 000 Japanese living on the West coast of Canada, three fou...

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In May 1874, the movement was introduced into Canada by Mrs. ... Letitia Youmans who was the first Canadian leader later established the second union in Picton, Ontario. ... They were wives of ministers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, editors, and members of a parliament. ... Youmans who was the first Canadian WCTU president. ...

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To them, establishing the ultimate power of Parliament was the only way to accomplish this. ... George III and Lord George Germain, the cabinet minister principally accountable for the conduct of the war, were so confident of victory that Britain's success was the centerpiece of the King's speech for the opening of Parliament. ... He voted in opposition to the Declaratory Act, which affirmed as absolute Parliament's authority over the colonies. ...

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According to the Prussian constitution, the parliament had neither the power to initiate legislation (unlike Canada's parliament which does have this power), nor reject legislation brought forth by the king or his ministers (the executive). ... (Pretty powerless parliament, eh alliteration face?) ... Withholding money was the only weapon the parliament had. ... Unwilling to surrender to parliament, Wilhelm handed the reigns of domestic policy making to Biz when Biz suggested that he would bring royal government to victory over the supremacy of parliament. ... His position was external...

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Law that created within the frame work of EU will be as much as a part of English law as that made by Westminster Parliament and the British Court. ... After the failure of the merger between BA and AA in September 1998, AA, BA, Canadian Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways and Kantar Airways announced anew the Oneworld global alliance. ...

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Nobles forced King John to sign this "Great Charter" that created the English "Parliament", or law-making body, and stated that the written laws held a higher power than the king, thereby limiting the power of the Royal family and giving some of that power to the people. Later, the Petition of Right (1628) set that the King could no longer tax without parliament's permission and the Bill of Rights (1689) provided freedom of speech and banned cruel or unusual punishment. These strengthened Parliament further and gave the people more right to express themselves. ...

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A battle in which not only Britons, but also Canadians, Poles, Czechs, Americans, South Africans, Australians, New Zealanders, and the French came together to defeat the greatest menaces the British isles would ever face. ... "Entering Parliament in 1901, he rose in the course of a very few years to a position in which every major event in England's affairs was part of his life story" (Coolidge 1). ...

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The textile and apparel trade are currently governed by imposition of selective quantitative restraints---volume quota, tariffs, duties etc---by majored importing countries like US, Canada, EU and Japan. ...

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Child Sexual Abuse It is frightening to realize how widespread sexual abuse is in our society and yet how strong the denial of it is.1 "Don't waste your time talking about what an aberration it is and how unlikely it is " just get to the place where you understand that one of the things humans do is have sexual contact with children,"" says [Gavin] de Becker, author of Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane).2 Sex with children is a crime. It has long been illegal for adults to have sex with children in the U.S. But [thanks to a 1994 federal law,...

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Terrorism and Globalization: Is Terrorism a Part of Globalization? In the world today, there is a growing trend in violence, both domestically and internationally, in the form of terrorism. It is present in our everyday lives and in every part of the world "some more than others. Terrorism takes on many forms and has had an impact on all our lives in one way or another. Whether it affected us directly with the loss of a loved one or an incident we were a part of, or indirectly by heightened security at the airports causing delays, sudden drop in a stock values we own, or emotion...

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Independence Day is the national holiday of the United States of America commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of the signing the US consisted of 13 colonies under the rule of England's ...

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