Politics of Canada

(1969) and the Constitution Act (1982), there have been near endless attempts to either combat, or appease Sovereigntist elements in Québec. One of the major responses, Asymmetrical Federalism, works in Canada largely to give Québec greater political and legal space to exist as a nation within Canada, primarily as a result of historical trends of separatism or strong nationalist sentiment. Political responses - both in policy as well as in campaign messaging - to this ever-present nationalism…

Government Inaction – Case 3 In the mid-1990s drugs manufactured in Canada were being imported into the United States. The driver behind these imports was the lower cost of drugs in Canada (Richert 2013). In 2004, Canada’s price review board estimated that on average Americans pay 67 percent more than Canadians for patented drugs (Richert 2013). One example, the antiretroviral drug ritonavir (Norvir) costs $700 per year in Canada and costs $7,800 per year in the United States (Richert 2013).…

Canada receives about 250,000 immigrants and refugees per year. According to statistic Canada, the annual number of landed immigrants in Canada has fluctuated considerably over the last 150 years (statistic Canada 2017). Canada has been shaped greatly by immigration in the society and culture mostly because the country has a small population of citizens which cannot meet its labor requirement and immigration serves as a solution. There are three categories of immigrants; the…

Western Alienation is a term used to describe the isolation and alienation sensed by the western provinces from the Central Canada and the Federal government. Based on the claims by the Western Alienation ideology, the four western provinces- British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba- have been politically underrepresented, and economically less favoured, more significantly compared to the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. There are three major factors which have contributed to the…

advancement of modern technology resulted in the demand for more skilled workers. Some jobs that were in demand for workers were in the construction industry. Coincidentally, the Chinese people were one of the main groups that had the opportunity to move to Canada to explore these new jobs. In 1997, Hong Kong people were experiencing hardships as Hong Kong sovereignty was going to be transferred to Chinese communist rule. This was a hard time for Hong Kong people because of the massive changes…

to “a high security zone marked by fortified crossing points, thermal body detectors, swiveling surveillance cameras, and the occasional low-skimming Blackhawk helicopter” (“Overzealous U.S-Canada”, 2015). Considerations for this reconfiguration occurred long before the events of September 11 2001, and Canada did not want to implement policies that did not assess refugee claims on a “case by case basis”, but the events of 9/11 provided the required justification for the implementation of…

Canada’s history has been molded as a result of very strong-minded women that used the change that happened during the war to open the door for women to promote and uphold gender equality in Canada. In the pre-war years it was assumed that women would orientate to a predominantly domestic role; women were to dedicate their lives to bearing and raising children. Women were dependent on men for money and support; they faced discrimination at work and in education as many opportunities were barred…

the fact that there is a growing gap between the rich and middle class in Canada. McQuaig also indicates Canadian politics seem to be doing nothing to mitigate this growing economic problem. 2. Do you find McQuaig's argument convincing? Why or why not? As a middle class citizen in Canada, I do have a bias towards this article. With that being said, I do find McQuaig’s argument convincing. Not only is this a fact known in Canada, but it seems to be a growing trend all across the world. Wealthy…

up on his political career, he spent a lot of energy to accomplish what others didn’t, and William Lyon Mackenzie King was a good prime minister because he had to show initiative throughout the 22 years that he was in office in order to lead canada through part of the great depression and World War 2. This example shows that he was a good prime minister because…

The conservative party of Canada holds traditional views that align with the conservative ideology and on the topic of abortion, the ideology and political party has a strong stance against it. The deeply rooted religious support that the political party currently has and the traditions that have been established along with religion, create a view on controversial topics, such as abortion, that typically support traditional views and go against ones that do not. The conservative theory and the…