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    Becoming A Canadian

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    Why it is great to become a Canadian? Feb 5th, 2016 Cecilia Zhu When the word Canada is present, some of the things show up in people’s mind are the magnificent natural scenery, the famous hockey playing and the cold climate in winter. However, not only these three terms make Canada distinct from the other counties and is considered as one of the greatest countries in the world. Canada has the second largest territory in the world with a long history. The history of Canada covers the period…

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    1.Canadian negotiators went to Washington Friday to try to negotiate a settlement in the trade dispute. Trade Minister Sergio Marchi thought it was unlikely a settlement could be reached in time to stop the Commons from passing Bill C-55 on Monday. But now there's talk, the bill won't be proclaimed as law if it looks like an alternative agreement can be found. 2.The Canadian government uses a combination of financial ... address the cultural policies designed to promote and protect that…

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    Charter Of Freedoms

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    Former Canadian Minister of Trade, Richard John Cartwright, once said: “every real friend of liberty, will agree with me in saying that if we must erect safeguards, they should be rather for the security of the individual than of the mass”. It was in this spirit that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms were established over a century later, entrenched in Canadian law. However, in our modern society, there still persists a struggle between two major groups: those who wish to enforce…

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    A recent study suggests that the meaning of Canadian multiculturalism has changed from being a national identity for all Canadians to being a minority affair (Winter 2015). This argument relies on the concept of socioethnic leveraging whereby two minority groups are constructed against each other by a third dominant one (Winter 2015). In essence, it is a “dynamic set of triangular relations” where the “multicultural we” is constructed as the other against the dominant “us” (Winter 2015). The…

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    to combat the rising gas prices and renewed oil crisis, the Liberal government created the National Energy Program or NEP in 1980. This program was aimed towards protecting Canadians against the rising oil prices, making Canada able to produce its own oil and reducing Canada’s consumption of oil. Funding was provided to Canadian petroleum companies in order for them to be able to drill for oil in sites that looked promising. These sites included off the coast of Newfoundland and the Arctic.…

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    The Canadian Charter of Freedoms and Rights of 1982 clearly outlines rights of all Canadians. Part three states that every citizen of Canada has “the right to vote”. Consequently, it was evident that this was not always the case. Certain actions toward Canadian women that have labeled and at times, outwardly stated they were undeserving of certain rights were a reality. The fact that this demeaning behavior existed and was aimed at Canadian women can certainly be considered deplorable and…

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    Despite both having been derived from the United Kingdom common law system, and both having developed constitutions from a postcolonial perspective, Canada’s procedure is significantly distinct from Australia. While still containing restrictions, the Canadian amendment process has been regarded as more adaptive to social and political change, giving greater trust and responsibility to the federal and provincial governments. However, it is uncertain as to whether this a more effective procedure…

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    The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, enacted in 1982, as well as, beforehand, federal and provincial human rights codes that were introduced in the 1960s and the 1970s has paved Canadian disability rights legislation to evolve through the lens of a human rights advocacy approach. The Canadian Human Rights Act and provincial human rights codes prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities. Conversely, the Equality Rights Section (section 15) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and…

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    Gosselin Case Study

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    In this case (Gosselin vs Quebec) we witness one of the first poverty cases under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to reach the Supreme Court of Canada. Gosselin not only representing herself in this case, but also representing a class of social assistance recipients. Those social assistance recipients below the age of 30 are heavily misunderstood and the majority, stipulates a negative stigma toward those within that class. It is through this evident stereotype we see unpersuasive…

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    Privilege Assignment Ralph H. Boyce Jr. JUST 2503 – CANADIAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Gord Sereda, Instructor Friday, December 1, 2017 Privilege Assignment Answer One: Solicitor – Client Privilege While a lawyer will always have an ethical duty of confidentiality to their client, and all information (and by extension, physical evidence) provided by their client (The Canadian Bar Association, 2017, (s) 1, para. 2), solicitor – client privilege would not protect the lawyer’s actions with…

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