Constitution of Canada

Women had worked hard towards suffrage, a privilege that was only subjectable to white male landowners. Caucasian men had held the power in all of the aspects in Canada. In fact the British North America Act of 1867 had formally excluded women from voting, this led to a flashpoint for women's suffrage, a fight that would last for years. Peoples did not want to hear or care for what woman ad to say, particularly men…

through the use of the POGG clause by the federal government. Ultimately though, the Supreme Court through rulings has set precedents in both provincial and federal authority in legislating environmental policy. Between the interpretations of the constitutions and specifically the POGG clause, Canada’s division of power in regards to the environment is complicated and convoluted. Though ultimately the barriers…

liberal revolutions. Lipset observes that there was a conscious attempt to establish a conservative and monarchical society in Canada that vastly contrasted with the aims and attempts of their southern neighbors. So why does it appear that the loyalties held by Canada run significantly deeper than their geographical neighbor? He credits this phenomenon to the fact that Canada was not yet viable as a stand-alone nation and was heavily dependent on their mother country, Britain. Contrastingly,…

would describe themselves as part of a party that favors low taxes, a less intrusive government, a strong regime of law-and-order, and as having a strong respect for traditional values on matters involving sex, gender, family, and human life (The Canada Guide, 2017). Law-and-order helps structure the economy by providing predictability. It is harder to engage in trading or selling for profit if the product is subject to being stolen (Crashcourse, 2016). Conservatives believe that knowing there…

Thirty years since C.E.S. Franks published his authoritative 1987 work The Parliament of Canada, and despite the elevated media profile for would-be parliamentarian reformers and refuseniks after the Lefebvre and McGrath parliamentary reforms, the current Canadian House of Commons committee system remains comparatively understudied to similar Westminster-style democracies. Decades worth of government responses to committee recommendations are largely untouched, even by the Library of…

For many years the Indians have been challenging the government about how off-reserve Indians, “Métis”, were not granted the same rights as on-reserve Indians under The Constitution. The Federal Court made decision to grant off-reserve “Indians” the same rights under the constitution seeing as they had grown up and respect and live by this culture. The president of the Women of the Métis Nation states "we will no longer be a part of the political football that has us being tossed back and forth…

encouraged Canadian Parliament to pass tougher gun control legislation. In the early 1800s, Canada lacked a rational/permanent, gun policy. The gun restrictions that did exist were temporary executed during elections and rebellions. The federal government is mainly responsible for guns and gun control in Canada. Legislation covering guns and gun control in Canada consists mainly of Part II of the Criminal Code of Canada and related regulations, and the Firearms Act. The Canadian Firearms Program…

The War of 1812 was a military conflict between Great Britain and the United States that was fought from 1812 to 1815. Canada became involved due to the fact that they were a colony of Great Britain at the time and Canada had been invaded on multiple occasions by the United States. The war began because of conflict between Great Britain and the United States when Great Britain adopted economic sanctions that restricted American trade. Britain also infuriated the Americans when the HMS Geurriere…

The Legislative framework The management of an organisation in Canada is governed by the federal as well as the provincial laws. A consistent compliance to the terms and conditions is essential in order to hire and retain the workforce. Hence, the laws framed by the constitution are of immense importance for the organisations that strive for creating a progressive work environment.Some important laws governing the province are: a) The Employment Standards Act, 2000 Implies minimum rights and…

A common theme throughout the history of the world is conflict between two or more groups of cultures or ethnicities. Within Canada, much of the tension from past conflicts is arguably still present in today’s societies between Canadians of French and English descent. An example of this conflict lies around the concept of conscription being present in Canada during World War I. Conscription in World War I strengthened existing tensions from military volunteer rates and separated nationalistic…