Canadian Bill of Rights

Charles Taylor also writes about unifying Canada – not through the exploration of Canadian literature, like Atwood and Frye – by looking at the big picture things: individualism, reason/efficiency, and what he sees’ as the consequence as extreme individualism (Seminar Notes Nov. 12) in Reconciling the Solitudes and The Malaise of Modernity. Taylor is an interesting mix between someone who works in academic philosophy and in the political sphere. According to Taylor, Canada represents a united…

Queen Elizabeth during Canadian citizenship ceremonies. The appellants, Michael McAteer, Simone Topey and Dror Bar-Natan, each had unique reasons for uniting in opposition of the section of the Canadian citizenship ceremony where an individual must verbally state: “I swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth…

Mill’s’ essay also argues that freedom of speech and diversifying opinions act as a fuel that drives social progress. Mill states, “... the only unfailing and permanent source of improvement is liberty, since by it there are as many possible independent centres of improvement as there are individuals” (Mill 65). One can gather that Mill believes that liberty is necessary for improvement and the more liberty present in individual members of society the more persons influencing change. This is an…

and culture and make it their own through the rights of the multiculturalism policy in Canada. Diversity within communities provides opportunity to engage with multiple ethnic groups which can lead to stronger communication between countries which can increase economic growth. By creating connections with multiple cultures, it can open opportunity to new alliances and trade agreements. Furthermore, by providing immigrants opportunity to become Canadian citizens, it will motivate incoming…

presented when a group of Muslim petitioners commenced protesting the Canadian magazine giant, Maclean’s, as well as a particular column written by famous author, Mark Steyn, due to the Islamophobic rhetoric within (The Agenda with Steve Paikin). Furthermore, both parties by coincidence were being interviewed by Steve Paiken on TVO’s,…

1.To a very large extent I believe that the Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture based on the fact that the government have on several occasions taken actions that have proven this claim. In the 1920s, the Canadian government imposed protective tariffs on foreign magazines, and this action to me has everything to do with the protection of Canadian culture. A similar action was taken by the government in 1965 when the government prohibited the…

society. Canada provides a variety of social programs such as, free health care, public education, welfare and employment insurance, which therefore helps secure the well-fare of citizens collectively. In support of these beneficial programs, all Canadian citizens are obliged to pay for them through taxation despite not everyone using them. The inclination to provide without self-interest, demonstrates Canada’s prioritization of the well-being of the collective. However, due to these programs,…

In a 1962 book entitled The Least Dangerous Branch American legal scholar Alexander Bickel coined the term “counter-majoritarian difficulty” to refer to the inherent issues between judicial review and democracy (16). When a judiciary strikes down a piece of legislation and declares it unconstitutional it is going against the will of democratically elected representatives (Bickel, 1962, 16-17). Although Bickel was not the first scholar to point out the issues in reconciling judicial review and…

Canada is split into ten provinces and three territories. Yet, the boundaries that we have recently learnt in class prove that new regions can be formed, especially when creativity and logic is involved. The boundaries that we have focused on, are as follows: 1. The Climate Region Boundary 2. The Landform Region Boundary 3. The Soils Region Boundary 4. The Vegetation Region Boundary 5. The Discontinuous Ecumene Boundary 6. The Continuous Ecumene Boundary 7. The International Boundary Each of…

past in welcoming others. In essence, the main idea that he depicts in the article is that Canada is lacking a distinct Canadian identity, but what makes us Canadian is that we are made up of a wide variety cultures that came from other countries, and we pride ourselves in that concept. While some could argue that Canada has several inspirations that are especially Canadian, such as hockey and maple syrup, this alone is not enough to establish an identity that it can call it’s own.…