Governor General of Canada

Thesis Statement While Senators are appointed, it does a notable disservice rejecting our Canadian public. In spite of the historical appointment process selection, the future of Canada should pursue changes toward a democratic electoral system because it enhances democracy, by improving and developing the regional representation system, and by impacting the individual’s participation and accountability. Explain the problem in your own words (2-3 sentences) Because Senators are appointed,…

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…

that changed after the French explorers were introduced. In the mid 1600’s (when the french officially declared Canada as a provenance called “New France”) is when this land was first introduced to the ideas and systems of banking, gold standards, and eventually paper banknotes to represent a stable currency. The First Official Currency: The first widely accepted banknotes used in Canada came out in 1687. The first…

In the last couple of years many people have been expressing their feeling that marijuana should no longer be illegal in Canada. It has been one of the most highly debated topics in Canada and recently seems like there are more people for legalization than against. Just last year in the Canadian election Justin Trudeau was elected in by the Canadian population. One of Trudeau’s goals was to legalize the use of marijuana once he became Prime Minister of the country. So have majority of…

Levi Mutter Chapter 8 – America Secedes from the Empire Key Names, Events, and Terms Minutemen – Militiamen who were patriots and willing to fight for freedom in America, but were not well trained. Second Continental Congress – Another Continental Congress in which most important decision was probably to make George Washington the leader of the army besieging Boston. Ethan Allen – One of the leaders who captured British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point in 1775. Benedict Arnold – The…

the course of the gruesome eight-year war, the colonial forces won very few battles but consistently held their own against the British. In October 1781, with the aid of the French, the Continental forces were able to capture British troops under General Charles Cornwallis in Yorktown, Virginia. Washington played a key role in ending the American Revolution. In the Continental Army George Washington…

duties just like the rest of us do. So when one considers all of these factors and the small numbers of refugees that are coming into our country we realize that there is no economic harm. Especially when Canada is taking in more refugees than us and they have a population of about 35 million("Canada."), which is less than California 's 39 million(Bureau, US Census.). So one can safely make the argument that we should be taking in more…

As Tom Mulcair, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada said in a speech to representatives of the Enoch Cree Nation and the Assembly of First Nations: “There is a Canada where clean drinking water is simply taken for granted, it's a fact of life, and families live in the comfort of quality, affordable housing. And there's another Canada, where the basic right to clean drinking water remains out of reach and families live in homes that are overcrowded and unsafe.” (CBC News, 2015)…

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…

Traditionally, the birthplace of hockey is considered to be Montreal (Canada) (although more recent studies indicate the primacy of Kingston, Ontario or Windsor, Nova Scotia). However, some Dutch paintings of the 16th century depict a lot of people playing on a frozen canal in a game similar to hockey. But, despite this, Canada is still the birthplace of modern hockey. When in 1763 the Great Britain won the victory over Canada from Canada, the soldiers brought hockey on the ground to this land.…