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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To measure this variable, we will look at the number of public representatives who are elected by the population. ... At the Provincial Level, according to the Government of Ontario , the population elects Members of the Provincial Government (Legislative Assembly) (In Ontario, 103 members are elected), and a Premier. ... 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). ... When we count the number of representatives who are elected by the population, it seems that the American...

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Canada is a place full of cultural wealth. ... "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. ... 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. ...

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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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The United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations rejects both doctrines. Canadian law has never used either "discovery" or "terra nullius." ... Yet for decades the Government of Canada referred to the Syliboy decision as defining the status of treaties in Canadian law. ... If Canadian law had given Indians rights, Indians had rights. ... In 1982 section 35 was added to the Constitution of Canada: (1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed. (2) In this Act, "aboriginal peoples of Canada" includes ...

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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" . ... From the study conducted by Sproule and Kennett the rate of violent crimes was five times greater in the U.S than Canada, and "almost double the rate of firearm use in American than Canadian homicides" (32-33). ... Accordi...

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Child Abuse What is Child Abuse? It is any mistreatment or neglect of a child that results in non-accidental harm or injury and consists of four types: physical, emotional, sexual and neglect. Physical abuse accounts for about one in four substantiated cases of child abuse. It is the most visible ...

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Women form the majority of the poor in Canada. ... To illustrate the prevalence of poverty among women in Canada, Morris provides a variety of reflexive Canadian statistics. ... The population of migrant women is increasing in Canada. ... Often times these women leave their own children and families behind to come to Canada. Many are educated women with degrees and specialized education; however, Canada does not accept their education as equivalent to the "Canadian standard....

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This particular Act made Canada a fully sovereign state. ... Political debates have occurred between Canada and the provinces for hundreds of years. ... 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). ... 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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The Missionaries were the first to attempt to change Aboriginal population with an emphasis on Christianity. ... The Davin report, in which Nicholas Flood Davin performed a report on industrial schools in the United States to establish the same type of the school systems in Canada, started the ball rolling, in many senses, for establishing Canada's Residential School System. ... Mary's Mission in BC ) and was largely influenced by Canada's missionary experience with various religious organizations. ... A when time when European settlers were being urged to come to Canada to set...

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INTRODUCTION The Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration describes its purposes as fourfold:  It seeks to admit immigrants, foreign students, visitors and temporary workers who enhance Canada's social and economic growth;  It resettles, protects and provides a safe haven for refugees;  It helps newcomers adapt to Canadian society and become Canadian citizens; and  manages access to Canada to protect the security and health of Canadians and the integrity of Canadian laws. ... FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES Canada's ...

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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. ... The fascination with the game of hockey and its fast pace enticed many of the population but was an exclusive sport to play. ... 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 Winnipeg General Strike has been one of the most intensively studied episodes in Canadian History. ... The Conscription Crisis, the Wartime Elections Act and the Dominion Election of 1917 significantly demonstrated the differences between the Anglo-Canadian and foreign elements in Canadian society. ... Growing industrial unrest particularly in western Canada provided an additional reason for the Anglo-Canadians to demand greater control of the alien community. ... Security officials were also concerned about the possibility of unrest and disorder in cities with large foreign-born popula...

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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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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). ... This is not Canada... Part I- Canada's "Brain Drain" Expatriates speak out!... So how did Canadians find their jobs in the U.S.? ... The question now is, is Canada still experiencing brain drain? ...

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They also invited the habitants, of which the major population in Quebec was composed, to stage a rebellion with them. 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 s...

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