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used these. In the first hearing the judge chose to dismiss the liability factor as they believed the school could not do anymore to prevent a one off incident such as this. One of the precedent cases used was; Romel El-Sheik v. Australian Capital Territory Schools Authority, Raymond Liverpool and Tony Exposito [1999] ACTSC90, “it would require an army of supervisors…but it seems to me that is all it can do.” This argument in the case helps to persuade the judge to make their decision based off…

Forests cover a third of all land on Earth, providing vital organic infrastructure for some of the planet's densest, most diverse collections of life. They support countless species as well as 1.6 billion human livelihoods, yet humans are also responsible for 32 million acres of deforestation every year. Why are forests so important?? 1. They help us breathe Forests pump out the oxygen we need to live and absorb the carbon dioxide we exhale (or emit). Just one adult leafy tree can produce as…

Human Migration has long been recognized as an important means of redistributing labor to promote regional growth \citep{krieg1997occupational}. Each year a small fraction of the labor force moves between different provinces in Canada. Numerous studies focus on provincial mobility in Canada. However most of the studies are based on census data and estimation of provincial net migration rate to determine overall gain and loss of a province \citep{bernard2008interprovincial, chen2009inter,…

Policy Stream: As mentioned previously, each province is in charge of fracking regulation policies and enforcements. One may wonder if these regulatory systems will ever be addressed by the federal government. Mostly likely not, at least not any time soon. There are existing regulation policies for fracking, however, each industry is in charge of addressing them in the way it's beneficial for them and the province, without having any federal enforcement behind their shoulders.…

The Co-Curricular I attended was a presentation given by Professor Daniel Kurtzer on the possibility of Israeli Palestinian peace. Despite a lifetime working to bring peace to the middle east with no definitive solution passing, Professor Kurtzer still remains optimistic about the chances of peace between Palestine and Israel. That’s not to say he did not acknowledge the difficulties that exist in solving the middle east crisis. Destabilization has existed within the middle east for decades, and…

Humanitarian relief organizations were established to help countries in crises. India has over a hundred not for profit organizations working toward bettering their country. The National AIDS Control Organization and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act are two government programs dedicated towards improving the lives of its citizens. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) is an Indian social security development act created in 2005 to ensure people…

The National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995 was enacted by the Parliament to grant for strict liability for damages arising from any accident happening while managing any hazardous substance and for the establishment of a Tribunal for the successful and prompt disposal of cases arising from such accidents, with a view to give aid and compensation for damages caused to person, his or her property and the environment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Liability under Sec. 3…

Introduction Following colonisation and later independence from the British in 1947 India has continued to struggle with extreme poverty. According to Nelson (2013), “India now has a greater share of the world’s poorest than it did thirty years ago.” Statistics from this research have shown that the proportion of the world’s poorest in India has increased from one fifth to one third, approximately 400 million people. This negatively declining trend, however, has not been characterised by every…

Mireille Paquet’s article “The Federalization of Immigration and Integration in Canada” published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science issue. 47, September 2014. Speaks about the institutional changes between 1990 - 2010 in the Canadian governments immigration and integration of policies between the federal and provincial government. Paquet is a professor in the social science department at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and has written many articles regarding immigration. Her…

\section{Provincial Unemployment Rate, Employment Rate and Mobility} In our research we focus on two economic indicators that may trigger the provincial mobility among individuals. One is provincial unemployment rate and another one is weighted employment growth, which is known as Bartik instrument \citep{bartik1991boon}. From 1993 to 2011, Canadian provinces have experienced large and persistent differences in unemployment and employment rates. To estimate the cross provincial differences we…