History of Canada

9/11 in 2001, the prime minister at the time, Jean Chretien, declared that Canada would join this mission in order to support the United States of America and to aid the innocent civilians in Afghanistan. Canada’s goal in Afghanistan was to focus on women's’ rights and education and were given the responsibility to aid the forces in Kandahar Province fight the terrorist group called the “Taliban”. The mission caused Canada a great deal of financial costs and many soldiers’ lives.…

prevent Canada from being annexed, as it would create a border between the United States and Canada that would protect them Source #4: Creighton, Donald Grant. The Road to Confederation: The Emergence of Canada, 1863-1867. Toronto: Macmillan, 1964. Print. - creating a transcontinental railway would allow for increased settlement across the continent - increased settlement to those areas would allow Canada to stake claim of the land, west of Canada West - settlement to the west would provide…

punishment system compares to the Canadian system. The history of punishment in Canada differs greatly from the current systems that exist in society. Three main differences can be seen when comparing Canadas punishment system to that of the United States and Mexico, these differences consist of incarceration rate, crime rate on the streets and the methods of punishment. These countries approach the punishment system differently than Canada. Canadas punishment system has changed overtime and…

In Canada's history there have been 22 Prime Ministers, Paul Martin was Canada's 21st Prime Minister who was succeeded by the current Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Paul Martin was in office as the leader of Canada as the Liberal Party from Dec 12th 2003 to February 6, 2006, Martin also served as Canada's 34th Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2002 and was born on August 28, 1938 as Paul Edgar Philippe Martin in Windsor, Ontario. Growing up Paul Martin had first hand knowledge of Canada's…

liberal revolutions. Lipset observes that there was a conscious attempt to establish a conservative and monarchical society in Canada that vastly contrasted with the aims and attempts of their southern neighbors. So why does it appear that the loyalties held by Canada run significantly deeper than their geographical neighbor? He credits this phenomenon to the fact that Canada was not yet viable as a stand-alone nation and was heavily dependent on their mother country, Britain. Contrastingly,…

The World War Two(WW2) period in Canada was not a pleasant time to live in Canada or any part of the world for that matter because most people would not like to live in or through a war. This was a period of sadness and loss in Canada because of the many deaths and injuries Canadians had to face, not only that but having food rations and their families split apart. Overall, the WW2 period in Canada led to a more weaker and more divided country. This can be seen through the following three…

Canada’s history has shown both conflict and unity over the past centuries. Let’s first start with conflict. Most Canadian conflict is over land, and cultural identity. In 1754, the French and Indian War started. It was about competition with the fur trade, Indian allies, and land disputes because it wasn’t just the French that lived there, but also the British lived there too. After the French and Indian war, the British took over Canada. Even though the British did a good job of unifying the…

This is the great sport of hockey there are a few things that I will be talking about hockey. One is the history of hockey so being like all of the players all of the teams all of the stanley cup finals (the championships of hockey). Also great hockey players so players that were really good and made a difference in hockey. The last one being great hockey records so like different records from back then that havent been broken yet even until this day. When you get to know a lot about hockey…

Influences: The first inhabitants of Canada were aboriginal peoples who arrived from Asia thousands of years ago by the road linking Siberia and Alaska. The French and British explorers John Cabot-including King Henry VII, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson arrived in Canada in 1497, until the early 1600 's, the residents who France and Britain began to settle permanently in Canada. However, in 1935, the French explorer Jacques Cartier comes to Canada and call this is New…

During WW1 prohibition affected Canada and its history, even though prohibition only lasted from 1918 to 1920 it had a very impactful role in shaping Canada to what we know in today's world. Prohibition was a way for the government to preserve wheat and grain during the war for the soldiers, all provinces except for Quebec banned the sale of alcohol, many were outraged and did not agree with this policy for it did not allow them to buy liquor. In January of 1919 the United States Government put…