Cultural Advice: This document includes the names of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people who have died. Pearl Gibbs Aunty Pearl Mary (Gambanyi) Gibbs (1901-1983) was a leader and activist for Aboriginal rights and the rights of women. Throughout her life she contributed to several impactful social justice campaigns including the 1967 referendum, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, and the Aboriginal Day of Mourning. She is remembered as a trailblazer for her life in the political sphere and…
The Presidential Candidates How do people view strong presidential candidates? What does a person of power look like? What makes up this perception of a strong presidential candidates? These are all questions that have changed over the years that media has effected both negatively and positively. The primary way media has effected these perceptions relates to the theories of a good presidential candidate in America. In this essay I will be talking about two candidates of 2016…
extracted or the implications and environmental or health impacts that follows in its wake. While fracking is currently banned in New York State and much of the New England area, those states still play a part in getting the fuel to export markets such as Canada or overseas.…
Four functions of the economic system The four functions of an economic system are what to produce, how much to produce, how to produce and for whom to distribute to. An economy can either be free market or planned, both of which seek to satisfy maximum wants with minimum resources. Market Planned What to produce Consumer Sovereignty Government How much to produce Consumer Demand Government How to produce Firms Government For whom to distribute Dedicate more resources to higher income…
With approximately 25 Americans murdered each day due to gun violence, handing out more guns just does not seem like the right thing to do (“Progressive”). According to statistics the people of the United States already have guns and concealed carries. Guns do not kill people, people kill people, so it does not make sense that people should be given more guns. 80-90% of Americans agree that better…
cyber-crime in order to combat crimes in cyber world. In the Convention, parties are required to take legislative and other measures, in their substantive criminal laws, necessary to establish criminal liability for offences like Illegal Access, Misuse of Devices, fraud and forgery related to computer, and Offences Related to Child Pornography, Infringements of Copyright and Related Rights and Attempt and Aiding or Abetting of offences. Parties to it can adopt necessary measures for…
that the demand for alcohol had not disappeared, but legal methods of obtaining it had. Therefore a vast number of the population, normally law-abiding citizens, used whatever criminal means necessary to procure a drink. Alcohol was smuggled from Canada, the Bahamas and other nearby countries by ‘rum-running’ organisations. Ships, such as those belonging to Captain William McCoy, carried vast quantities of alcohol to just beyond the US territorial waters. Speedboats then carried the precious…
The National Review states that the phenomenon of suicide contagion, supported by reports conducted in teens in Canada, can also be applied to a contagion of physician assisted suicide. The piece mentions, “If suicide is ‘contagious’ than so too assisted suicide... When a state or country legalizes assisted suicide/euthanasia, the culture is explicitly stating that…
This is after the Progressive Conservative government proposed similar cuts which was followed by the people of Alberta protesting which lead the premier, Jim Prentice, to announce a call for an early election. According to an article written by Olave Rokne on Alberta Federation…
Economic development is the progress of a country based on its social, political, and economic growth. It focuses more on improving the standards of living of the society by developing the health, education, employment, and economic policies of the country. The Philippines is still improving its economic development. A survey done by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) shows that during the last quarter of 2014 the Philippines unemployment rate reached 27% which is equivalent to 12.4 million…