Government of Canada

Canada has become a nation of a few different cultures, thanks to different events that have occurred throughout history that has helped from British and French nations. Canada was first discovered in 1534 by a French mariner who whom was Jacques Cartier (Quartier). Born on the 31st of December 1491 till the 1st of September 1557. After the Duchy of Brittany was formally united Cartier was introduced to King Francis 1 by Jean Le Veneur. He set sail for a mission by the commission to hopefully…

Over the course of time Canada has had multiple Prime Ministers, both of good and bad qualities. On April 22, 1963 Lester Pearson was elected as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada until he retired April 20, 1968. Pearson did an extravagant job as the Prime MInister. He made many contributions during his time in office, all for the good of our country. A few of many improvements he made were the introduction of medicare, the Royal Commission on the Status of Woman and the Bilingualism and…

Canada has obtained some pretty desirable stereotypes over its short lifetime. Canada has earned a great reputation through its many desirable actions. In both wars Canada proved herself a tough and worthy opponent, as well as supplying a great deal for the Second World War effort, but also made some ethically questionable decisions that cost the lives of thousands. Canada is also known as a country that is accepting of all cultures and groups, but this was not always so. Does Canada deserve its…

the federal cabinet, thus allowing Canada to eliminate corruption, alike with the First World War. The War Measures Act gave powers to the Government and suspended operation of the Canadian Bill of Rights, entailing that all Canadians no longer possessed individual freedoms. As concluded by former Canadian Government worker William Tetley, the regulations proclaimed under the act were prepared and did not exceed provisions found within the criminal code of Canada. The Act…

the men who had served, wanted to accept the defeat (Rice Jr. 45). This accompanying the iron-handed terms that the Treaty of Versailles placed upon Germany sparked absolute outrage in the country. This anger became directed at the leader of the government, the Kaiser, who was said to mishandle the war with broken pledges, [and] treaties torn, [his] first page of war adorn; [soldiers] on fouler things must look, who read further in the book where [he] did in time of war, all that [he]…

European settlers claimed native land in Canada since the beginning of the eighteenth-century. However, in the mid-seventeenth century, the King George's Royal Proclamation of 1763 formed the Native land rights in Canada. The land non-granted to the Hudson's Bay Company or unoccupied by settlers became reserved for the indigenous people, according to the King's Proclamation. This unilateral declaration meant that settlers ask the king's permission to acquire native land. The goal was to protect…

ways and has been documented as well as interpreted by countless individuals. Canadian Studies 4611: Reading in Canada has highlighted pivotal works the have influenced the critical conversation within the country: how Canada is – or was – and why it is that way. This essay will explore the work of Margaret Atwood, Northrup Frye and Charles Taylor in order to illustrate the status of Canada within their work and highlight if and how their writing have impacted the country. According to Margaret…

As men fought on the battle field, Canadians did their best to support them from the home front. Although there are many ways Canada helped the Allied cause, there are some major contributions. Canada’s mass production of food and war equipment, Camp X, and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan supported the Allied cause from the home front. Canada’s determination to making war equipment and saving food was a major contribution to the Allied cause. Since men were away fighting, women took…

The fact that the government is increasingly supporting foreign location shooting as it generates more money is alarming. By looking at the negative effects of foreign location shooting, Canada’s film and television production industry has a real romance versus realism issue: should the industry support a higher generation of income for the government or work to support and develop Canada’s media identity? As the industry has proven…

with an Arctic border, such as Canada, Denmark, Russia, Norway, and the United States. Every one of these countries are beginning to establish a presence in the Arctic (Smith, 2010, p. 651-652) due to the U.S. Geological Survey estimating that it could contain 240 billion barrels of oil and oil equivalent gas (USGS, 2008). According to the Law of the Sea, each country owns 370 kilometers out from its shoreline, and an additional 278 kilometers out from any area…