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‘Vive les Boers’: French-Canadian Opposition to the Pro-Anglo Involvement in the Boer War Jessica Afonso HIS311Y Professor Bothwell 7 November 2014 Canada was no longer a colony of the British Empire when the Boer War broke out, but most English-Canadians believed it still had strong economic and social ties with the British Empire. English-Canadians felt proud to support Britain in the Boer war. This essay discourses on French-Canadian involvement in the South Africa “Boer” War and…

Election night, 1984, brought to an end the era of Liberal domination in the House of Commons, “nearly sixteen consecutive years” (Stevie Cameron 2005, pg. 15). Brian Mulroney, leader of the progressive conservatives, since 1983, (Cameron, pg. 16) swept through the nation obtaining “50 percent of the popular vote” (Professor Lewis). This historic victory was the culmination of a nation’s exhaustion and discontentment with the then current Liberal government (Cameron, pg. 14). The Mulroney…

over forty thousand Canadian Armed Forces members served in Afghanistan and an operation in September 2006 involved more than one thousand Canadian Armed Force members which was Canada’s largest combat operation in over 50 years(Veterans Affairs Canada n.p). The estimated cost of the Canadian military was estimated to be over fourteen billion dollars. The day after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York, President George W. Bush was asked to pledge for Canada’s support to capture…

1.0 The Context 1.1 The Federal Environment Inclusion of Athletic Therapy services in the Federal Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP) is part of the current contact negotiations between the Federal Government, led by the Treasury Board of Canada, and the federal unions, whose strongest voice is the…

Now Canada has embraced the fact that no one group rule over the other, however the United State still has, even though they say they do not, a two tier social system. This social revolves around wealth and that is one of the reason Donald Trump is doing so…

King He was originally a journalist and politician. He was the first mayor of Toronto and led the Upper Canada Rebellion. William Was Canada’s prime minister three times. William was the prime minister from 1921 to 1926 and 1926 to 1930 and 1935 to1948. He wanted to fix the relationship between government and the farmers. William did not acknowledge what the great depression would do to Canada. He was very good at being the leader of the opposition. During the Second World War paid more…

accord recognized Québec as a distinct society within Canada. In order to become a law, the accord had to be ratified and Québec was one of the first to pass the resolution of approval. Saskatchewan and Alberta also ratified the Accord. Manitoba and New Brunswick…

They petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question “Does the word ‘Persons’ in section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include females?”. They wanted women to be legally considered persons so that they could be appointed to the Canadian Senate. They filed their petition on August 27, 1927 and the Supreme Court…

The political parties in the United States and China are exceptionally different. In a way that each country's political party system varies but at the end each country's main objective is for their country is to succeed and to protect the interest of their people. These two countries have different forms of government, in which political parties plays different roles. In China they have a communist form of government and in the United states we have a Democratic and Republican parties.…

Further evidence as to why Canada did not need conscription during World War Two is the very small amount of men who were used in battle compared to the number on men conscripted. Due to all of this, Canada’s use on conscription in World War Two was unjustified. During World War Two, Canada was a divided nation. Conscription intensified this divide and created more domestic tension. Many French-Canadians opposed the war as they felt “a war in Europe was no threat to Canada” (Colyer, Cecillon,…