Canadian Confederation In all of their approaches to confederation the Maritime States, Canada East, and Canada West all had their own sectional viewpoints issues, and compromises sought in the final plan. Before becoming part of the country of Canada, the Maritime Provinces were politically distinct from Canada East and West. ... Canada East was one part of the mainland portion of Canada. ... The loyalists wanted to crush the French culture in Canada and sugar coat it by bringing in a Representation by population or "Rep by Pop." With the influx of new immigrants "New France" real...

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In some retrospect Canada is the same as America. ... NYC may have a larger population but we both have people coming to live in our cities from all over the world. ... For example the word color is spelled colour in Canada. ... I am born Canadian, I have grown up in Toronto. Americans who have never been to Canada look at the television and think that Canada is a place that snows all year round. ...

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Japanese-Canadian Internment World war II was a hard and trying time for many, but more so for the Japanese in Canada. ... The fall of Hong Kong was the second whom Canadian troops had a part in late December. The government took suck harsh measures as to relocate the entire Japanese-Canadian population because they believed that there might have been spies or that they might help Japanese invade Canada even though there was no evidence that the Japanese wanted to invade Canada. ... It was more than thirty years later that a formal apology was made by the Government of Canada to the Jap...

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Canada is an interesting Country. ... One thing about Canada is its population. 40% of Canada's population is unmixed British of Native born. 27% of the population is French origin. ... In 1999 the population of Canada was 31,006,347 people. ... Three quarters of Canada's population lives along the US Frontier. ... The Canadian Parliament consists of two houses, the Senate composed of 112 members appointed by the governor-general on the advice of the Prime Minister, and the House of Commons composed of 295 members apportioned according to provincial population. ...

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Third, it is equally important to discuss globalization and anti-globalization in Canada. ... Followed by the impacts globalization has on Canada and United States relations. ... In a proud democratic society such as Canada it is essential when we evaluate the impacts of globalization in Canada by examining if indeed globalization promotes democracy. ... According to Jeffery Sachs "in 1980 about one-quarter of the world's population and half of global production was linked by trade. Two decades later, almost 90 per cent of the world's population is so linked". ...

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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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After the US troops completed their mission of taking down Saddam Hussein who was the dictator in 2003, Iraq was soon soaked in chaotic civil wars between the Sunni and Shia branch of Islam, which are the minority and majority of the Iraq population, respectively. ... Although Harper did not state Canada's specific roles in fighting ISIS along with United States; he strongly denies the saying that Canada has "responded to America reluctantly " (Hume) Thus Harper believes that Canada will "do its part " in the fight of ISIS (Hume). ... The opposing voice does not only come from Canada. .....

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The American Influence on Canadian Media The United States of America has always had an impact on the lives of their neighbours to the North, Canada. ... Through such a dominant presence in Canadian lives, Canadian population seemed to not get enough of America and the popular culture, sports, politics and attractions that they offered. ... The overtaking of Canadian culture by Americans posed threats to Canada and as a result measures were taken to preserve all things Canadian. ... The American stations that were accessed by Canadians posed a threat on their Can...

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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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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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According to Jeff Green, a reporter from Canada's largest daily newspaper; Toronto Star News, the Canadian population surpassed 35 million this year. Canada has a population of over 35 million, which at least 14 million live in Ontario alone with Toronto being the largest provincial city. ... The increase in the population is due to the immigration rate, which is one of the highest in industrialized countries. Laurent Martel, of the demography division of Statistics Canada has stated in the Toronto Star News article that she believes the population of Canada "will break the 40 millio...

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It also had a great impact on the Chinese population who began immigrating to BC in large numbers. ... This quickly led to a loss of population and revenue to both governments of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. ... This led to push for confederation with Canada. ... In fact, it may not have even been a part of Canada. ... This might have resulted in a population of almost all Whites, which was a goal of many British. ...

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This brought about great change to North America not only now to a new country (The United States) but also to Canada. ... This brought about a dramatic increase in population to British North America. ... Soon the separation of British North America into Upper and Lower Canada was perceived in order to retain order amongst the settlers. Upper Canada was tapered into British fashion seeing how a majority of the inhabitants were English, and Lower Canada maintained its French laws. ... Between and including the events from the American Revolution and the War of 1812, British North America s...

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With a multi-cultural population extensively present in Canada, it is expected that the courts, institutions and laws are sufficient in providing a fair and equal opportunity for all members of the public. ... Canadian courts and the CCP come across several different types of disputes and cases involving a variety of persons. ... This paper has four parts; it first introduces and explains the Canadian Court Challenges Program while the second part analyzes "acceptable" litigation and group activity in terms of the Government of Canada. ... The Canadian Court Challenges Program (CCP) was firs...

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While slavery was not as propionate in Canada as it was in the United States, racism is a part of Canada's history. ... This of course justified the white peoples continued enslavement of the black population. This racial knowledge held by the white population of the time allowed these white individuals that profited economically to continue with their subjugation of the black population. ... In Canada the blacks were given less social status and rights. ... Various stereotypes were encouraged and the white population came to view the blacks in that light. ...

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Located right on the border with Quebec it is the capital of Canada. ... Ottawa and the community located just across the river in Quebec called the Outaouais region have a total population that number just over 1,000,000 people. ... Statistics Canada, employing over 5000 people is one of the most respected federal institutions that Canada has. ... Essentially that means that Statistics Canada compiles an inordinate amount of data about Canadians and their activities. These range from the obvious such as population, births and deaths to balance of payments and trade balances on the na...

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Argumentative Essay Question: Why did the four provinces of Canada unite together to form a country in 1867? The four provinces in Canada united into a country in 1867 to defend themselves against the United States. ... That meant that Canadian goods were limited to North America. ... The French North Americans feared survival of their culture because the English population was growing rapidly. ... Together, they decided to unite into a country of French and English speaking Canadians. ...

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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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Does Canada have an Independent Foreign Policy? Canada, a Nation Ahead of it's Time? The question regarding "Does Canada have an independent foreign policy?... Firstly, the nation of Canada' must be defined. ... The country is comprised of 10 provinces and 3 territories and has a population of approximately 31,499,560 (Statistics Canada). ...

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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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Those involved in the war were the Americans, British, Canadians, and Native Americans. ... Throughout the history of their existence the Native Indian population has been manipulated by almost every one of their allies. ... The Aboriginal people preserved their land and culture most successfully in Canada. ... The War Hawks clear goals was to capture as much of Canada and make it their own. ... All of these reasons kept America out of Canada. ...

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Because the Canadian government, through various agencies such as the PMPRB (Patented Medicine Prices Review Board), has strict price controls of prescription drugs, Canadians pay much less for their drugs than we do here in the United States. This in conjunction with the current exchange rates which allow 1 US dollar to purchase about 1.37 Canadian dollars leads people to believe that importing Canadian drugs is the answer to the problem of high drug costs in America. ... Quite simply, the Canadian government and its affiliates would now have the power to set and control prices for all prescr...

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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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Not only will our Canadian society be affected but the United States will also. According to the Bay Windows Online Newspaper, "Americans can in fact travel to Canada and get married", so we are now effecting the population growth for nations around us. ...

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The accession to sovereignty expressed that Quebec would be permitted to declare their secession from Canada once negotiations with the Canadian government were completed. ... The Supreme Court of Canada ruled no on both questions. ... Clarity Act The Clarity Act (the Act) was the answer from the Canadian government as to what was suitable if secession from Canada was to be acceptable. ... Specifically, section 2.(1) of the Clarity Act reads, "Where the government of a province, following a referendum relating to the secession of a province from Canada, seeks to enter into negotiatio...

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