The Life of Americans Versus that of Canadians Many Americans that live along the border with Canada traverse the short distance across the border every day, for many live in the US but work in Canada. The opposite is true for many Canadians that live along that great expanse we call the US Canadian border. ... (CIA) Although the poor in Canada make a little bit larger a percentage of the income than those in the US, these numbers show that in both countries there is still a large gap between the poor and the rich sectors of society, with most of the wealth in both nations being concentrat...

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Some of the disadvantages are: diminished population growth, loss of jobs, diminished sovereignty, and workers facing concessions on wages, working conditions, and living standards. ... Firstly, the population of Canada isn't increasing like it should; because of the FTA our workers are going to America to get jobs because America can offer more money to their workers because they have the money to do it, whereas Canadian businesses are lowering wages to make more money to try to keep up with the American production. ... Everyone leaves to America making our population not increase bec...

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Social Inequality in Canada Although Canada is one of the richest countries in the world, a number of its people sleep in the streets, dig through garbage cans to find food, and carry all that they own in this world on their backs or in shopping carts. ... While Canada does have its share of homeless people, its number of poor is quite staggering. According to the National Council of Welfare, about one of six Canadians are considered poor (Question 93). ... This is also seen with the highest-paying occupations in Canada. ... With almost a third of Newfoundland families making less than $25,...

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So what makes Canada so different? ... Alchol in america is legal to drink when you are 21, while in Canada it is 19. ... Vancouver is one of canadas largest cities but a ten minute ferry ride and you will find Seattle, a city with roughly the same population as Vancouver. ... Canadians are also taxed harder than Americans, on average 30% of a Canadians pay cheque is taken away to pay for government services eg. ... Yet gun crimes in Canada are less than a quarter of America's. ...

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With the decrease in the number of available jobs, the population of homeless people has literally boomed. ... With the economical wealth attributed to the name "Canada", one would have to wonder why there is a homeless situation at all. This problem is especially evident in Canada's wealthiest city, Toronto. ... What can the government do to decrease the homeless population? ... If the government were to cooperate with these universities and colleges and have them work in conjunction with the current research groups, then the answer to decrease the homeless population would be effectivel...

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JAMAICA I am going to write about the country of Jamaica. It is a small island in the Caribbean located south of Cuba and east of Haiti. It is about the same size as the state of Connecticut. Its population is approximately 2,700,000 and the largest city is Kingston with about 937,700 p...

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The outbreak of the SARS from March to June 2003 scared away visitors both from mainland China and overseas countries such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. ... The Mainland's huge population had made it the darling of international marketers. ...

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