Quebec law

In 2012, Donald Savoie argued that “although we may have grown tired of a Quebec focused national unity debate, seeing different regions heading off in different directions is not without significant consequence.” Savoie’s statement reflects the varying dynamics of Canadian nationhood and the regional divisions that exist within the country. Despite the focus often placed on Quebec and its desire to be a distinct society, other such regions like the North and the West who have been grappling…

The year of 1944 led the nation of Canada into despair over the issue of the WW2. The current situation at that times steered people to believe that Conscription was the only solution to the problem. Conscription was the compulsory enrollment in armed forces which had once tore apart the nation of Canada back in 1917. The after math of was that the conscription crisis of 1944 in Canada, which was an unnecessary action that created bitter disputes between the French & English citizens, which…

necessary to keep the people safe and support their country in a time of need. In the words of Maximilien Robespierre, “In order to lay the foundations of democracy among us and to consolidate it, in order to arrive at the peaceful reign of constitutional law, we must finish the war of liberty against tyranny and safely cross through the storms of the…

The Changing Seventies in Canada During the 1970’s many things happening that didn’t happen in the before this decade. The Seventies are also known as the “pivot of change”. During this decade numerous things socially, politically and economically changed in Canada and around the world. It helped build rights for women and give them a chance to be seen as almost equal to mean. Also, there were many different issues formed in Canada during the 1970’s and new innovations to do things more…

a dramatic effect on the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec. Whereas, prior to 1965, the Catholic Church was a dominant cultural and political force Quebec, after 1965 the Catholic Church experienced a dramatic decline in its authority and its role in Quebec society. The people then abandoned the Catholic Church rapidly, and then transferred their allegiance from the Catholic Church to the Quebec state. This created a political vacuum within Quebec, due to the fact that, in contrast to the…

letter he defends the sentiments of the rebellion and the drive of the common people to have a say in their government. He writes, “the safety of the people, her supreme law, is her consolation” (Wordsworth, “Prose” 52). The “her” in this line is referring to “true Liberty” and he insinuated that the people need a say in “her supreme law.” Wordsworth states in his letter, “you would rather have regretted that the blind fondness of his people had placed a human being in that monstrous…

The Canadian health care system and related issues are hotly debated topics in Canada. The polarity of the debate is well represented in the somewhat divergent perspectives presented in the books: Health Care by Pat and Hugh Armstrong and The Canadian Regime by Patrick Malcolmson et al. Two aspects of the Canadian health care system are debated with vigor and vehemence, and will be the basis of the comparison between the two books, they are: federalism, and privatization. In Canada currently,…

The French and American revolutions were two revolutions that had the mind to change the government and to set up a democracy so that everyone could have equal rights. These two revolutions had many similarities and differences. One similarity being that both wanted to escape the rule of their king. Second, is that both revolutions momentum behind their uprising’s was unfair taxation. Even though these two revolutions started out similarly they also had many differences, Some of the main…

1. I want to explore the amount of independence freedom that Pakistani culture and Canadian culture people have in their lives. This is the biggest difference that I have witnessed since I came to Canada. There are numerous cultural differences between Canadians and Pakistanis. I migrated form Pakistan to Canada and the biggest difference that I have noticed myself was the amount independence that Canadians have compared to the Pakistanis. To begin with, the idea of independence in the true…

Louis Riel - Hero vs Criminal We believe Louis Riel was a hero because he stood up for the Métis community and he was one of the first Métis advocates, he wanted the Métis people to be heard and he wouldn't let the Canadian Government steal the land they have settled on. Riel and his patrols prevented the Governor at the time William McDougall from proceeding into the Metis territory not long after the Governor sent surveyors out to plot the land. Then, McDougall declared that Hudson’s Bay…