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66 Cards in this Set
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Identify some of the changes in society since the1980s. |
Youth culture? |
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What were "yuppies"? |
young urban professionals |
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How has the existence of wealthy and aging "babyboomers" affected the economy in the early part of the 21st century? |
as boomers retire in large numbers, there will not be enough workers entering the workforce to replace them |
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What effects might the retirement of the baby boomershave on Canada's economy? |
pension costs, health services and old-age benefits required by aging boomers will put huge pressure on the Canadian economy |
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Who were the "Gen Xers"? |
children of single working parents or those who lived in households in which both parents worked |
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What problems faced it? |
they came of age during times of economic difficulty when all good jobs had been taken |
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Who were the "Generation Y"? |
made up of people born between the mid-1970's and the end of the 1990's |
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What impact has it had on society? |
the buying power of Generation Y forced manufactures to keep up with its demands for better and faster computing and networking products |
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List new devices that came into existence in the1980s. |
-home computers -cellphones -laptop computers -video cassette recorders -CD's |
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Where have most of Canada's new immigrants settled sincethe 1980s? |
Canada's cities |
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What was the purpose of the 1988 Multiculturalism Act? |
enacted by Parliament to provide a legal framework for existing multiculturalism policies across Canada |
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Identify several Canadian groups that achieved moreequal treatment in the 1980s and 1990s. |
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Who was Terry Fox? |
A 21-year-old who lost a leg to cancer and ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research |
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What was the significance of Oka? |
Oka served as a wake-up call to the government and people of Canada. Canada's Aboriginal peoples had demonstrated again that they were prepared to fight for their rights |
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What did Phil Fontaine do in 1990? |
He spoke out about the physical and sexual abuse he suffered at a residential school. this led to others coming forward and telling their horrifying stories |
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Why was the Assembly of First Nations formed in 1982? |
to represent Aboriginal peoples in their dealings with the federal government |
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What is "self-government"? |
government of a country by its own people |
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What are "specific claims"? |
First Nations' claims to land based on the belief that the government did not fulfill its obligations under a treaty or other agreement related to money, land or other assets |
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Give an example. |
the agreed-upon size of a reserve may have decreased as land as taken away to build highways or other projects |
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What are "comprehensive claims"? |
the assertion of the right of Aboriginal nations to large tracts of land because their ancestors were the original inhabitants |
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Which type of land claim is most common in BC? Why? |
comprehensive claims because Aboriginal nations never officially gave up their claims to most of what is now BC. |
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BC 's Aboriginal land claims account for 110% of BC'sland. The government is willing totransfer only 5% of BC's land to First Nations. Why? |
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What did the Nisga'a settlement include? |
-entitles them to a very small percentage of their original claimed land -ownership of the forests -partial profits from salmon fisheries and hydro development |
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What is the significance of the Supreme Court's rulingin the Delgamuukw case? |
it rules that Aboriginal groups could claim ownership of land if they can prove they occupied the land before the Canadian government claimed sovereignty. |
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Why was Nunavut created in 1999? |
because it gave the Inuit of this northern area political control over 2 million square km of the eastern Arctic |
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Who is Tomson Highway? |
A cree from Manitoba. -playwright, novelist, and children author |
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Who is Daphne Odjig? |
Canadian First Nations artist of Odawa-Potawatomi-English heritage |
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Who is Joseph Boyden? |
Canadian novelist and short story writer of Irish, Scottish, and Ojibwa descent |
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Who is Douglas Cardinal? |
a distinguished architect from Calgary, Alberta |
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Who was Bill Reid? |
Canadian artist whose works include jewelry , sculpture, screen-printing, and paintings |
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Who is John Kim Bell? |
Conductor, pianist |
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Who is Susan Aglukark? |
recording artist and motivational speaker |
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What did the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoplesconclude after five years of study? |
sweeping changes were needed to help mend the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the government. |
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Summarize the 2006 Assembly of First Nations reportcard for the government's progress in meeting the Royal Commission'srecommendations. |
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What does the term "patriate" mean? |
to take control of power over a document from a former colonial government |
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Why did PM Trudeau want to patriate Canada'sConstitution? |
to make Quebecois feel more comfortable about their position |
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What is "sovereignty-association"?
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a proposal by Quebec nationalists that Quebec have political independence yet retain close economic ties or association with canada |
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What would it include? |
-free trade between Canada and Quebec -a common currency for the two nations -common tariffs against imported goods |
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What is meant by the term "distinctsociety"? |
a phrase that refers to the recognition of the unique nature of Quebec within Canada |
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What was the outcome of the 1980 Quebec referendum onsovereignty-association? |
only 40% of Quebecois voted "yes" to sovereignty-association. |
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What was the British North America Act? |
Canada's Constitution since 1867 -set out the powers of the federal and provincial governments and guaranteed the language and education rights of Quebec's Francophone majority |
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What is an "amending formula"? |
a process by which changes can be made to the Canadian Constitution |
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What did the provinces premiers fear if theConstitution was patriated? |
felt that the Charter would make the courts more powerful than provincial legislatures. |
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What was the "Kitchen Accord"? |
meeting in the kitchen of the National Conference Centre between federal Justice Minister Jean Chretien and the justice ministers from Saskatchewan and Ontario -to discuss about the concerns that divided the provinces and the federal government |
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What is the "nonwithstanding clause"? |
a clause that enables parliament of the legislature of a province to allow an Act stand even if it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms |
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Under what conditions can Canada's Constitution bechanged? |
could only be made only with the agreement of "seven out of ten provinces representing 50 percent of Canada's population" |
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Why did Quebec's Premier Levesque refuse to sign thenew Constitution? |
felt that the federal government and the other provincial premiers had ganged up to deny Quebec recognition of its distinct status |
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When did the new Constitution come into effect? |
April 17, 1982 |
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What happened to the Liberal Party after PierreTrudeau resigned as leader on February 28, 1984? |
John Turner won the leadership of the Liberals. The election he called soon after had lost to Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives |
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Comment on Matthew Coon Come's speech at the HarvardCenter for International Affairs in 1996. |
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Why did Brian Mulroney raise the issue of CanadianUnity during the 1984 federal election? |
to build support from separatists in Quebec during the election campaign |
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What issues did PM Mulroney face when he re-openeddiscussions about the Constitution with the provinces? |
Western Alienation? |
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What was the "Meech Lake Accord"? |
a package of constitutional amendments that would define Quebec as a distinct society within Canada |
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What did it offer? |
giving more power to the other provinces |
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To what did its opponents object? |
-Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau felt that it would simply isolate the Francophones of Quebec and make them less, rather than more, a part of Confederation |
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Why did the Meech lake Accord fail to pass? |
Two provinces, Manitoba and Newfoundland, withheld their support from the Meech Lake Accord and it died in June 1990 |
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Who was Elijah Harper? |
a cree member of the Manitoba legislature who opposed the Meech Lake Accord because it did not recognize Canada's Aboriginal nations as a distinct society |
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What is the "Bloc Quebecois"? |
a federal party dedicated to Quebec separation from Canada |
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What was included in the Charlottetown Accord? |
-answered Quebec's concerns -advocated the principal of Aboriginal self-government |
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What happened in the 1992 referendum on theCharlottetown Accord? |
-54.3% of Canadian voters rejected it -68.3% British Columbians voted "no" |
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Why might have the Quebec government have held anotherreferendum on separation in 1995? |
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What happened? |
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How did PM Chretien try to oppose future sovereigntyreferendums in Quebec? |
prepared guidelines, stressing that the costs of sovereignty would be high for Quebecois |
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What is the "Clarity Act"? |
legislation passed by the Chretein government requiring separatist referendums to pass with a "clear majority" rather than 50% plus 1, before Quebec could negotiate separatism |
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Who replaced Jean Chretien as leader of the federalLiberal Party and Prime Minister in 2002? |
Paul Martin |
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Why was Paul Martin's government eventually defeatedin 2006? |
a scandal involving misappropriation of government funds by the Chretien government threatened the stability of the Martin government |
