Governor General of Canada

three internal divisions, as is the case in Belgium or Bosnia and Herzegovina. In general, two extremes of federalism can be distinguished: at one extreme, the strong federal state is almost completely unitary, with few powers reserved for local governments; while at the other extreme, the national government may be a federal state in name only, being a confederation in actuality. In 1999, the Government of Canada established the Forum of Federations as an international network for exchange of…

Victoria Island, where three years ago, Theresa Spence started her hunger strike to show the public that Indigenous people matter. That Indigenous rights matter. She sat here every day until she caught the attention of our Prime Minster, and the Governor General to respect the Indigenous people and give them the rights that they deserve. After three years, 1095 days, we are still asking to be heard. My people have fought against oppression, withstood colonization and watched our land be taken…

gay marriage would entice otherwise heterosexual youth to homosexuality. Gay marriage would undermine the stability of heterosexual marriage. Children of gay marriage would be exposed to sexual abuse. Gay marriage will expose the general population to deadly diseases…

Col. Russell Williams, 23 year career in the military, Base Commander in the largest air force base in all of Canada and has transported some of the highest dignitaries to our country as a pilot. But how could someone so accomplished and highly regarded end up incarcerated for life? Let me start by giving you a look at his life before, during and after his career in the military. Born in Bromsgrove, England, his family moved to Chalk River, Ontario and met another family, the Sovka’s. The 2…

derived from the Greek terms “demos” meaning “people” and “kratos” meaning “rule”, so democracy means the rule of the people (Ashe 2015). This means that in a democratic government the power to choose their leaders is vested in the general population and the general public opinion is taken into account. Sir Winston Churchill words declaring democracy as the “worst form of government imaginable, except for all the others.” (Jeanette 2015) hinted that though all forms of government that have been…

powers: England and France, had many allies like Prussia, Hanover and the Iroquois Confederacy on the side of Britain and then Austria and many other Indian tribes on the side of the French, (“Seven Year’s War”). “During the land disputed the Royal Governor of Virginia dispatched a messenger to warn the French of their trespasses on Virginia land,” (Cohen 135). Washington, after warning the French and gathering information on the location, returns to Virginia. The French built Fort Duquesne to…

Why Three Sister Nations Need to Stay Independent Every few years, a provocative proposal emerges that challenges the identities of three sister nations: the merging of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Although flashing with various benefits for each country, the proposition is simply outlined by award-winning economist Simon Mainwaring as, “Change is almost impossible without industry-wide collaboration, cooperation, and consensus” (Mainwaring qutd. by BrainyQuote). This quote…

hyprocrite to the causes it was fighting for. In Robert F. Williams’ book, Negroes with Guns, he addresses the international concerns that influenced the strategies pursued by Williams and other civil rights activists. After the Cold War, the UN General Assembly created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 by a committee chaired by Elanor Roosevelt. The document identified a series of rights that should be guranteed to everyone including “freedom of speech, religious toleration,…

In the year 1837, a radical movement in the British colony of Lower Canada took part in an armed rebellion to attain by force what they had failed in attempt to secure by lawful political action. The primary goal to which the rebellion was focused had been given several names by historians such as democracy, political freedom and representative government. The uprising took arms in attempted efforts to discontinue the appointed minority 's control of the colony 's governing institutions and to…

men, married and single; religious and irreligious. Here a grave matron chanting selections from the last edition to the last new hymn book; there a brawny ploughboy ‘pouring for the sweet melody of Robin Adair.’ These settlers were poor, but in general they were fine looking people, and such as I was glad to see come to America . . . It is my opinion that few among them will forget being cooped up below deck for four weeks in a moveable bed-room, with 250 such fellow-lodges as I have…