Law of Canada

During the Second World War, Canada made an important contribution to the victory of its allies. Having a population of million people, Canada managed to mobilize 785 thousand people, or nearly 15% of the total population of its armed forces. The Second World War had a significant positive effect on Canada, creating better ways of living through social, political and economic effects. It was the reason for the rapid development of the Canadian economy, making Canada one of the top ten countries…

In Canada today, “The fur trade is part of Canada’s resource-based economy and one of …[the most] significant industries,… Canada’s fur trade contributes more than $800 million annually to the Canadian economy,… In 2006, fur exports contributed $226 million to Canada’s balance of [international] trade” (“About Canada’s Fur Trade Facts and Figures”). But, a major problem in Canada is the fact that illegal poaching is increasing which hurts Canada’s wildlife. Every single country deals with…

Nationalism. The Union Nationale was created by Maurice Duplessis in hope of uniting all French Canadians as a nation, and not just a province. This gave birth to the idea of a unified country of only French Canadians without the interference of English Canada. However, when Maurice Duplessis became Premier of Quebec with the Union Nationale, his leadership style and actions were very corrupt, The French Canadians were used to this sort of treatment due to the similarity of treatment between…

been raped are often considered to have “asked for it”, either by their choice of dress or nonverbal actions. In addition, a study done in Canada reported that out of 460,000 women who reported being raped only 1,519 of the perpetrators were convicted (“Stop the Victim-Blaming”). Furthermore, in Canada, prior to 1929, women weren’t considered “persons” under the law (historyandwomen.com). Similarly, in our own society advertising and other forms of media often depict women as sex objects or…

In the article titled “Modern Racism”, Phil Fontaine challenges a nationalistic view most Canadians have of considering Canada an accommodating and tolerant society. These common myths he challenges include racism not existing in Canada and only bad people being racist. He identifies three types of racism that continue to affect Indigenous peoples and other minority groups in our contemporary society. These types include direct and blatant acts of racism, which is the type that would most likely…

Should Canada change their economy to better reflect the United States’ economy? No Canada should not change their economy from a mixed economy to a more market economy to better reflect the United States. With Canada currently having a mixed economy, which is a particular mix between a public and a private economy. For Canada to change their economy to reflect a market economy, like the United States. Because changing from a mixed to a market economy would promote quick economic development,…

with an Arctic border, such as Canada, Denmark, Russia, Norway, and the United States. Every one of these countries are beginning to establish a presence in the Arctic (Smith, 2010, p. 651-652) due to the U.S. Geological Survey estimating that it could contain 240 billion barrels of oil and oil equivalent gas (USGS, 2008). According to the Law of the Sea, each country owns 370 kilometers out from its shoreline, and an additional 278 kilometers out from any area…

Progressive Conservative MP Jim Hawkens. By 1991 he had completed a masters degree in economics. Harper is the first prime minister since Joe Clark in 1979 without a law degree. In 1986 he left Hawkes’s side, and the year after he was involved in the founding of a new political party, called the socially conservative Reform Party of Canada. He continued focus on politics and public policy analysis, and in 1993 he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Reform Party candidate. In 2002…

The US-Canadian magazine dispute seemingly originated in order to protect Canadian culture, however, it seems that later on it ended up being more than that. It is true that America has a huge impact on a lot of the world and Canada being next door has allowed for US influence to reach them easily. Canadians did have a sense of urgency to preserve their culture, but it is also important to note that the American magazines were taking away from Canadian magazines' business. I believe this was…

transport, so Western governments were afraid that this would be a blow to Britain’s economy. The Soviet Union gave nuclear bombs to the Cuba because the Soviet Union was planning an attack on the U.S and wanted to increase the threat from the Caribbean. Canada joined the G6, thus creating the G7. One of the requirements to become a country in the G7 is to have a high HDI. Pakistan and India used the CANDU nuclear reactors to make nuclear weapons. Operation Smiling Buddha was India’s first…