In the novel Obasan, written by Joy Kogawa, an important event occurred that changed the lives of many Japanese Canadians during World War II. ... The treatment of Japanese Canadians during the war was an unjustified act on the part of the Canadian government and due to the Charter of Rights and Freedom the act committed by the government would not be tolerated by anyone in today's modern society. ... The excuse Canada had for this action was that "Japanese people were not white and could be Japanese 'spies'".2 In the novel Obasan, one of the letters from Aunt Emily ...

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Mackenzie made many important allies during the war, and quite possibly prevented Canada from breaking out into a civil war. (2) "It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government." (3) William Lyon Mackenzie King was born on December 17, 1874 in Berlin Ontario and from the time Mackenzie was young he was concerned about the world around him. ... King was inspired by two people in his life, his mother, Isabel Mackenzie, and his grandfather, William Lyon Mackenzie. ... The conscription crises of World War One had left a huge division between English and French Cana...

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He opposed the absolute authority of the state and the church; he felt that individuals should rely on themselves to make important decisions rather than having decisions imposed on them. ... We in Canada believe that it is very important for the government to be accountable to the citizens and reflect the wills and beliefs of the citizens. ... During the course of the movement the black people campaigned for the release of non-white people detained without trial and many more to do with the unfair treatment of the black citizens. ... The Arab Spring was a revolutionary wave of demonstrations ...

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