Economy of Canada

suited to life in Canada”. Scott states that the climate and other conditions were not suitable for blacks. Thus the government was acting in “the interest of the colored people” by preventing them from settling in a place they could not prosper. These beliefs however were not seen as a sufficient justification by Caribbean political groups such as the West Indian League, many of whom accuse Scott of deliberately excluding Afro-Caribbean laborers despite their desire to work in Canada.…

presumably will be detrimental to Canada in terms as a whole, but further…

What fosters Canadian nationalism or at the very least- makes Canadians want to remain Canadian? Is it our unanimous love for hockey, our patronage of French and English or our role in the world? Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, writes in his book Federalism, Nationalism and Reason that ‘will’ rather than the aforementioned factors of geography, common language, common culture is the most critical to the ‘foundation of the nation’. He furthers his point by comparing…

Global warming is an issue that affects us all, and it will not be going anywhere anytime soon, so why not look at it as though the glass is half full. Global climate change will have a positive net impact on Canada because the melting of the ice caps is unfolding a vast collection of natural resources that without the warming of the climate, otherwise would not have become available to mining companies. Since the amount of ice in the Arctic has been decreasing annually, new shipping routes have…

Oil is a very important part in our live. But some people don't even acknowledge this. People want more and more oil. Canadians uses twice as much oil then ever. In 1980 people use nearly 1.8 million gallons but now they use nearly 3 million gallons. This is big. Canadians can be affected by this. People are demanding more oil some people are making pipe line this is a huge problem. This can spring a leak and the oil will go into your drinking water and can give you cancer. This is why I am on…

(1946-1965) it affected everything from the economy to new social trends and norms. Approximately 8.2 million babies were born with an average of 412,000 per year. This essay will put into perspective what life was like during this time and how changes occurred in Canadian societies using major theories taught throughout the course. The baby boom occurred after the great depression which caused a huge decline in birthrates and immigration rates, since the economy crashed and there was no…

In Canada today, “The fur trade is part of Canada’s resource-based economy and one of …[the most] significant industries,… Canada’s fur trade contributes more than $800 million annually to the Canadian economy,… In 2006, fur exports contributed $226 million to Canada’s balance of [international] trade” (“About Canada’s Fur Trade Facts and Figures”). But, a major problem in Canada is the fact that illegal poaching is increasing which hurts Canada’s wildlife. Every single country deals with…

as education (residential school), health care, economy, social justice (missing and murdered indigenous woman) and most of all the water crisis. The United Nations have declared access to clean drinking water a basic human right. Did you know Two-thirds of all First Nation communities in Canada have been under at least one drinking water advisory at some time in the last decade, that’s 400 of the 618 first nation community’s we have here in Canada. Conditions of first nations water systems are…

In the post war years, Montreal was the core center of Canadian Jews. Its Jewish population exceeded Toronto’s, and the educational and communal structures built by the Jewish community outdid the smaller centers in Canada. Jews in Canada frequently live in cities or suburbs. Although not as residentially segregated as the Vietnamese, often neighborhoods could be considered “Jewish neighborhoods” because of the amount of Jewish synagogues, schools and Jewish population living there. In Louis…

The transformation and union of the colonies of British North America into the Dominion of Canada is referred to as the Confederation of Canada. The establishment was created in 1867 by the British North American Act. Before the creation of the confederation only the United States was an independent nation in the Americas. Canada, as seen in the map “Confederation in the Beginning: 1867-1873” consisted of privatized land owners, Rupert’s Land and the Northwestern Territories while British North…