Politics of Canada

States, in real terms, has power over our Arctic, this is mostly due to the fact that Canada can’t protect its arctic, so it asks the US who accepts, but is only protecting the Canadian Arctic for the safety of it’s own Nation. Under the regime of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada has begun to have more interest in Arctic militarization and development. Prime Minister Harper has clearly stated that he wants Canada to be protected by Canadians especially the Arctic. He has invested millions…

policy orientated politics of the 1970s, which beginning to take…

providing individual freedoms, and equality of opportunity, health, and education, and I conceive of politics as a series of decisions to create this society." - Pierre Elliot Trudeau Pierre Trudeau is known as one of the greatest political figures in Canadian history. He touched the lives of many Canadians, inspiring them to believe that they could accomplish many things. Trudeau's successes impacted Canada heavily and his efforts will be remembered in future generations. During his time,…

Lord Durham was a politician who was sent to Canada to investigate the Upper and Lower Canada rebellions. He was appointed the governor general, and this made it possible for him to be in the position to get findings and report on them and at the same time provide recommendations. Lord Durham activities have been able to be criticized by other historians, and so this has been able to raise questions on his work. The main question was, is Lord Durham a racist or a Democrat? This was brought up…

it holds can shape ideas of value. Canada is known since written history, and the history before that as a place with unbounded natural beauty, unique to itself. Canada, as a whole, in a physical sense, in an emotional and spiritual sense, draws its identity from this and does its people. Canada’s power is also sourced from its natural resources, from resources like tar sands, oil and water. Hydroelectric power is credited as one of the catalysts that put Canada in…

Political opinions are changing in Canada; many reasons can account for this, including regionalism. Regionalism can be used to explain regional differences and voter outcome, making it a powerful political tool in Canada. In this paper, regionalism will be described as an explanatory variable under the conditions of the “composition effect" and the “context effect,” building on the ideas of Cochrane and Perrella (2012). As well, the emergences of indifferent “regional political cultures” will…

that it should be a nation instead of a Canadian province. Soon Duplessis created a new flag just for Quebec that had the fleur-de-lys, which, was a French symbol. This pushed Canadians apart because soon people in Quebec wanted to be separate from Canada and Roman Catholic Church was defending Québec’s culture and right to be separate. In fact Priests encouraged people who lived in Quebec to turn their backs on the English speaking North American and…

He led a life that all of us once wished we had. He had all the riches without earning them. Why? Well, maybe because Justin Trudeau was the son of the PM (Prime Minister) of Canada, Pierre Trudeau. That’s right, Justin had it in his blood the entire time. Justin Pierre James Trudeau, the current Prime Minister of Canada. Let’s take a look at his past. Justin Trudeau was born on December 25, 1971 in Ottawa Civic Hospital. He is the son of Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Sinclair. Trudeau attended…

For most of its existence Canada has been viewed as a democratic government that is well suited for its people, but like any other political regime it has its weaknesses. Canada’s history, appreciation for human, legal and civil rights shows that this country has the possibility to uphold a legitimate democracy. However, the recent events are raising concern within the population, and the question begins to form is our political system slipping? While Canada has been ranked consistently in the…

cover-ups. What makes this even worse for Canada is that our foundations have become entrenched with laws and regulations that have been completely violated in turn undermining not only the government of the day, but future political parties and the government in general has become less favourable. Accountability and public trust and major tenants of Canadian democracy and while the pacific scandal did the same things, they were not completely in the frame of politics as they are today, which…