Governor-General

Canada, both now and in the past, has been able to have a significant impact on many aspects of Afghan life and on Afghanistan as a whole. This nation managed to do this by working hard in order to increase the number of participants enlisted in Afghanistan's armed forces. Canada also put forth endless hours and incorporated many different departments in helping with the mission in Afghanistan. On top of that, this country broke down the resistant barriers of the terrorist groups, Afghani…

Macdonald took an increasingly active part in Conservative politics and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Canada to represent Kingston. The next year his intelligence and ability became prominent as he defeated W.H. Draper in a general election to become receiver general. From 1848 to 1854, Macdonald aimed to promote the British America League designed to strengthen bonds with Great Britain and unify Canada. Perhaps this principle brought the idea of reform and a coalition government…

he expressed his opinion regarding the legalization of assisted suicide in California, that “since assisted suicide was legalized I haven’t been happy and it hasn’t been great for business. If I could get the law overturned, it would be better. In general figures, I’ve calculated that my business would double almost overnight.” Finally, he invited members of COMQWEST to subscribe his newsletter and websites, and to discuss with him under the screen name DignifiedDying. In this interview,…

governs best’ to every decision I make, every law I support, every regulation I enforce. However, there are some areas where we are beginning over-steer, and where I believe we will continue to over-steer if the presidency is handed to my opponent, Governor Birch. We cannot be lulled into believing…

their rents forcing the proprietors to be responsible for the full quitrent payment. In 1797 the Assembly adopted a series of detailed resolutions about quitrents, thought to have been prepared by Jack Stewart Speaker of the Assembly and Receiver-General of Quitrents. Lots were separated into categories, completely unsettled totaled 23 lots, partially unsettled totaling 12 lots, 6 lots were settled with 9 families each and 26 lots were completely settled. Depending on how settled the…

States but if he wants to legalize something or make new regulation, it is very difficult to do at a federal level, but may be easier to do at a state or local level. For example, if the president wanted to legalize marijuana, it is much easier for a Governor to do so for a single state than it is for the president to get the entire congress to agree upon…

I have a friend from Southern California, and she told me she did not even know we were in a drought. When she said that I was shocked, I thought how could she possibly not know? After reading the chapter China Town, in the book Cadillac Dessert by Marc Reisner, I finally got my answer. How could she have known there was a drought when almost all the water in California gets pumped down to the heavily populated desert area. The chapter begins with some background. The author states that…

Philosophy 2400 Zhiyuan Li Is the general will always right? In November 2014, China released a draft amendment to its Criminal Law, including exempting nine crimes from the death penalty. However, a considerable number of people almost immediately expressed their strong disagreement on lightening punishment for those crimes and asked for the most severe punishment instead. If we regard reducing death penalty crimes as the general will, or what is best for the whole society, the opponents might…

flexibility to be able to change his plans as new obstacles were presented. One example of this leadership style was how Lincoln managed the commanding generals of the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln replaced ineffective generals such as Mcclellan, Pope and Meede. Lincoln eventually settled on General Grant to lead the Army of the Potomac who defeated General Lee and ultimately ended the war. This is just one but important example of Lincoln’s flexible leadership…

time and dedication into his studies and his law firm as he did into his political career. Following his time as a lawyer, he eventually became governor of Massachusetts. He took this office so seriously that, when it came time for him to campaign for reelection, he relied on the people to reelect him without any formal campaign, saying that he “was Governor of Massachusetts, and [his] first duty was to that office.” Such was his desire not to be distracted from the good that he was doing that…