Government of Canada

Canada has always thrived on being a country that people can trust to be welcoming and compassionate. Since the first world war, Canada’s participation and success on the battlefields did the most to create a sense of distinct nationhood; resulting in a flood of cultural nationalism across the country. However, in recent years, Canada’s familiar reputation for being a peacekeeping nation quickly changed as a certain political party took over the country. Spending billions of dollars to send…

The cartoon depicts a baby that is meant to be Canada standing on its own with an older woman commonly known as ‘Mother Britannia’, who is meant to represent the British Empire. There is also an older gentlemen that is commonly known as ‘Uncle Sam’, which is a common national personification of the American government or the United States in general. The text underneath the cartoon has the women saying “See, the dear child can stand alone!”, while ‘Uncle Sam’ says “Of course he can! Let go of…

thing as a model or an ideal Canadian,” (Pierre Trudeau). Although Canada, as a nation, states that they have certain values that are followed by everyone, it is difficult to live perfectly by them due to human nature and differences. Canada does have core values though, of peace, health care and equality. Peace is a preeminent Canadian value and it is written all over the country’s history. From the beginning of the formation of Canada, people who deem themselves Canadian’s have always shown…

Canada as a first world country is a highly sought after final destination for immigrants seeking a better life. It is no surprise then that the government of Canada has strict guidelines in place to allow in only those who are deemed to be beneficial in improving the nation as a whole. However this would exclude a vast majority of migrants who do not have the right skills, education, or capital to be let into the country to immigrate or work. The solution, the Temporary Foreign Workers Program…

between the USA and Canada over tariffs placed on foreign magazines sold in Canada. The Canadian government started placing tariffs on foreign magazines in the 1920s in an effort to preserve their domestic magazine industry. Eighty-nine percent of the magazines purchased in Canada are foreign. Only eleven percent of the magazines purchased in Canada are produced domestically. Even though, such a small number of the magazines purchased are produced domestically the Canadian government…

Preserving Monuments of our Nation Currently historical monuments are under controversial conflict. Across Canada, there is dispute about renaming, removing, or preserving the monuments. Historical monuments should be preserved, they are expensive to remove and replace, these monuments celebrate and remember important historical figures, and inspire us everyday. Historical figures display an opportunity for Canadians to learn more about our history. They display characteristics of charisma,…

The Rising Cost of Living in Canada The cost of living is rising steadily in Canada. The cost of living is defined as the price of keeping a certain standard of living. To calculate it, you need to know the average cost of the needed goods and services to maintain the aforementioned standard of living. The rising cost is caused by many factors, such as: the housing market, gas prices, the weak Canadian Dollar, clothing prices, public transportation costs, and the fact that wages are not…

Canada, like most countries obviously have a motive to protect their heritage and to make sure that the culture is not dominated by outside sources so with that in mind, one can claim that the arguments from the Canadian side are genuine indeed. On the other hand this kind of cultural global trade is usually encouraged and beneficial to both sides. In this particular case it is stated that 89% of the magazines in Canada are imported from the united states, which can show on a somewhat…

a member of said Nation? When discussing whether or not Canada is actually a nation or a state with multiple nations within (as discussed later), the question I pose is: Why is this even a question? Why is there such disbelief or bewilderment when discussing whether or not Canada is a Nation; why does no one have the same reaction when the United States is the one in question? Simply put, the reason why this confusion exists is because Canada has a weak self-national identity. Canada’s weak…

safeguarded with the efforts of the Canadian governments. In addition, the public interests could be protected since the consistent perfecting railways system and facilities due to enough finance support. The Canadian officials play an essential role in protecting the national fundamental interests as well as adjusting different parties’ interests. With the mature of the Canadian railway system, the officials began to loosen the control to the railway companies and reduced the policies…