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Why is climate change a global issue |
Polluting generated in one country can be carried elsewhere and the effects of pollution are felt beyond borders |
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What was the Kyoto protocol? What was its purpose? |
Proposed in 1997 and it was a international attempt to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions to reduce Carbon emissions by 20 percent |
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How is the spread of disease a global issue? |
Because people can move around so quickly the spread of viruses is much faster |
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What does the world health organization do? |
Monitors and controls health threats |
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What is the avian flu influenza |
The avian flu also known as the bird flu is thought to be the next deadly pandemic |
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What is absolute poverty |
Condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs including food water sanitation facilities health shelter education |
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What's a NGO |
Non governmental organizations |
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What is odious debt |
If a despotic power incurs a debt not for the needs or in the best interest of the state but to strengthen its despotic regime |
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What is the universal declaration of human rights |
Rights that all citizens of the world are entitled to |
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What was the conflict in darfur |
Coflict between the west and the east for land the government supported in the systematic genocide of the people from the west (darfur) |
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What is the WTO |
Maintains that the world trade system promotes peace by helping to resolve disputes stimulate economic growth and reduce inequality |
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What is responsible government? |
A government that answers to the people |
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What is the national anti poverty organization |
They advocate for poor people |
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Why is the CBC NFB and CRTC |
They are all distinctly Canadian and broadcast things that Canadians can watch |
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What is the program called katimavik |
It's a program that's gives the opportunity to people 17-21 to travel Canada |
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What is national unity |
Identifying with others that belong to the same nation |
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What is western alienation |
Western Canada feels alienated because of the government allocated money never goes to Alberta |
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What does patriated mean |
Transferred from the control of the British government to that of the Canadian government |
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What is is equalization payment |
The federal government collects taxes from individuals and businesses across the country |
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What is an inherent right |
A right that exists because they occupied their land and governed themselves for thousands of years before the Europeans came |
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What's the Nisga's agreement |
The agreement that guarantees the nisgas nation the ability to keep their land and govern themselves |
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What are economic nationalists |
People who believe that a country's businesses and industry's should be protected |
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What is a cosmopolitan |
They borrow adopt and adapt values from many cultures |
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What is asymmetrical federalism |
All provinces and territories would not share power with the federal government in the same way |
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What is ultranationalism |
Extreme form of nationalism |
