Politics of Canada

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…

In 2004, Canada and the United States implemented the Safe Third Country Agreement – a bilateral agreement modeled after the (then) Dublin Convention of the European Union (Macklin, 2005; Arbel, 2013). As a vital bilateral agreement between Canada and the United States, has the Safe Third Country Agreement caused more harmful implications surrounding refugee claimants than beneficial? Indeed, the Safe Third Country Agreement has caused adverse implications for refugee claimants, as a multitude…

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…

addressed is “Does immigration impact the quality of life of immigrants?”. In this research proposal, the dependent variable is ‘the Quality of Life’ while the independent variable is the ‘Immigration.’ Unlike many countries, immigration in Canada has collectively been considered as a catalyst towards the country’s future prosperity. From a prospective…

The Keystone XL pipeline is consisting of 1,179-mile-long pipeline to transport up to 800,000 roughly of barrels per day of oil crude from Alberta, Canada and the Bakken Shale on Montana. This pipeline would cross the U.S border near Morgan, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska, where it would be connected to existing pipeline facilities near Steel City, Nebraska for onward delivery to Cussing, Oklahoma and the Texas Gulf Coast region. The Canadian company TransCanada initially proposed the…

Canada is a nation of immigrants. As such, it is not surprising that there is considerable interest in how immigrants fare in the Canadian labour market, as well as in society at large. The incidence of poverty among immigrants (nearly half of whom are visible minorities), namely, recent immigrants - defined as those who arrived in Canada in the previous 5 years - has been growing (Statistics Canada as cited in Samuel and Basavarajappa, 2006). According to a 2012 Canadian Labour Market Report,…

Chantal Hébert’s article, “Canada’s diversity model should be defended, not denounced”, deals with cultural diversity in Canada’s politics. It lists many politicians, “federal, provincial and municipal leaders” (Hébert 2016), who share the viewpoint that the Canadian model of cultural diversity should be defended and exported. The article argue that rather than looking for inspiration in some other country’s policies, we should stand by our multicultural, inclusive model. According to leaders…

Quebec has been viewed as an unique state compared to the rest of Canada for quite some time and by many individuals. Quebec 's separatist movement can be seen throughout Canadian history, from Justin Trudeau; the leader of the liberal party, saying ' 'Quebecers are better than the rest of Canada, because, you know, we’re Quebecers or whatever. ' ' during an interview, to the Quiet Revolution, Quebec views its self as its own country. It originally started with the Royal Proclamation of 1763,…

French – English Relations in Canada RenéLévesque was quite fond of using analogies and metaphors to describe political issues. One such example was when he compared the Canadian French-English relations to an unhappy marriage. Honestly, there was no better way of describing the issues between the two and the stages that they went through. Suppose that English Canada was the husband and French Canada was the wife. There were several situations in which the wife was degraded, the husband was…

This essay discusses the aboriginal protest against tar sand projects in Canada based on two academic journals written by McCreary and Balfour respectively. In this paper, I will focus on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project in Canada, which is mentioned and analyzed in both journals. Enbridge is a energy transport company that has proposed the Northern Gateway Project, which is a pipeline that connect Alberta and Pacific coast of British Columbia in order to transport bitumen extracted from…