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    Canada and Ireland A description and comparison of both countries Canada and Ireland are very diverse countries located many miles apart with two different cultures; however these two countries are compared throughout this research with their economic systems and demographics of their state including some interesting factual statements of both countries. Diving into the general statistics of both economies including primary sectors of their GDP gives an idea of what country has better economic…

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    Minority Groups In Canada

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    Despite today’s Canada is composed of many people with different cultural backgrounds, and is well-known of its multiculturalism, diversity and equal rights, however, the situation was not the same during the World War I. Back to the early 19th century, the minority groups in Canada including the Black Canadians and Aboriginal people, encountered discrimination and exclusion from the recruiting stations of Canadian army. Although many of their rights were deprived and were restricted from…

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    are in high demand ("Shark Truth." Shark Fin Trade –.). The number of Shark fisheries has exploded, and there are signs that some Shark populations have declined dramatically. According to one estimate, by researchers at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, 100 million Sharks are now killed annually, on average, (Baum, Julia K., Ransom A. Myers, Daniel G. Kehler, Boris Worm, Shelton J. Harley, and Penny A. Doherty. Collapse and Conservation of Shark Populations in the Northwest Atlantic. ) Many…

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    Billions of people around the world speak English. This language found at large over all the American continent is now spoken across our planet. Non-native speakers have adopted English as the lingua franca to be able to communicate better with each other to facilitate commercial, cultural, or administrative exchanges just to name a few. Many of the countries today that speak the English language are former British colonies, Canada not being an exception to this. Even though it has two official…

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    Halifax Explosion

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    The Halifax Explosion Halifax Harbour and World War I Halifax was devastated on 6 December 1917 when two ships collided in the city's harbour, one of them a munitions ship loaded with explosives bound for the battlefields of the First World War. The result was the largest human-made explosion prior to the detonation of the first atomic bombs in 1945. The north end of Halifax was wiped out by the blast and subsequent tsunami. Nearly 2,000 people died, another 9,000 were maimed or…

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    Canada has long contested policy choices in regards to equalization payments. Equalization is the central government of Canada making equalizing payments to Canadian provinces that are less wealthy than others in order to equalize all the provinces’ fiscal capacity. Provinces that receive equalization payments have traditionally been referred to as “have not provinces” as opposed to “have provinces”. The program of equalization was created with equality between provinces as its aim however with…

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    Online Voting Issues

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    Only 4…..3% of all U.S. citizens 18 years or older voted in the 2014 midterm elections (File). Since voting is one of a citizen’s sole civic responsibilities for a representative democracy, it is striking that less than half of the voting aged populace engaged in the elector process? When trying to explain a citizen’s level of political activity and civic engagement, one must comprehend the factors involved at the individual level. Context matters. As a country containing a diverse populace with…

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    they wanted hugs because then French would become part of the English culture. They also wanted the colonists to be able to govern themselves in domestic matters, but later in the 1800s Candace believe they need a central government. By 1867 two Nova Scotia and New Brunswick would join Canada's Province to form the dominion, by this Canada was a self-governing in domestic affairs but it still remained part of the British empire. John MacDonald was a very familiar name at this time he was…

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    The Baby Boom is a demographic phenomenon that occurred after the Second World War from 1946 to 1965. In fact, about eight million Canadian people were born in this period, causing economic, social, cultural, and political changes in each stage of their growing process. (Statistics Canada, 2013) Currently, Baby Boomers have started to approach the last stages of their lifespan, reaching formal retirement from work and therefore an increase in leisure time. (Cavanagh and Wendy, 2012) As a…

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    Naturopathy Research Paper

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    Naturopathy is a general umbrella term for a variety of different medical practices. These practices include herbal medicine, clinical nutrition, homeopathic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, and exercise therapy. (“Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors”, 2015, Natural Therapies). Herbal medicine is the treatment of illness using plants and is one of the many treatments used by naturopathic doctors. Herbal medicine focuses on the prevention of illness…

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