Reform Party of Canada

Republic of Korea claims to be a democratic nation. Identical to other nations well known for their democracy, North Korea uses elections to determine which political party forms the North Korean government until the next election in 5 years . However, there is only one option on the ballot, forcing the North Koreans to vote for a single party. While this is one strategy for the government to have the North Koreans to be unanimous of whom they want their government to be, democratic deficit…

Causes of the Depression Public confidence was generally high in Canada during the last years of the 1920s, and many Canadians were optimistic. However, the uncertain prosperity of the Roaring Twenties was coming to an end. A dramatic signal of the approaching end took place in October 1929. On October 24, thousands of speculators lost money in a sudden stock market tumble on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Five days later, the New York stock market crashed. Too many people had bought stocks…

(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…

When it comes to the War of 1812 there are many parties involved that you must take in to account. There are the British, the Indians, the French, Canada and the Americans. Among scholars there is much debate as to what the causes of the war had but to keep it simple you can look at a few different aspects and the results that this war had on all of the parties and the affects that they had. The War of 1812 may have only lasted a couple of years but we still include many of these aspect in our…

Thérèse Casgrain is not exactly a household name or one that is heard on a daily basis, but it belongs to a woman who was very important and who made many advances that continue to affect Canada today. Thérèse was a Montreal born woman who was heavily involved in politics and was a renowned social activist, world peace advocate who protested against the use of nuclear weaponry. She founded the Quebec branch of the Voice of Women organization, who wanted to achieve rights for women and to achieve…

In the year 1837, a radical movement in the British colony of Lower Canada took part in an armed rebellion to attain by force what they had failed in attempt to secure by lawful political action. The primary goal to which the rebellion was focused had been given several names by historians such as democracy, political freedom and representative government. The uprising took arms in attempted efforts to discontinue the appointed minority 's control of the colony 's governing institutions and to…

This paper will argue; Justin Trudeau, the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the recently elected Prime minister of the country, has conveyed the important need to amending Bill C-51 as he and many Canadians believe that it is contradictory to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. The emphasis on the bill has been due to various reasons but among the main reasons, the Liberal party believes that there is disparity with the Charter of Rights and Freedom. Most importantly it is the…

The move to actualize some type of electoral change is politically divisive. Since change stands to influence the quantity of seats each party wins in an election, the move to some system can seemingly profit at least one parties above others. Now and again, proposition have surfaced for changes to Canada's electoral system. More often than not, these include some variation of proportional representation, albeit some have contended for a particular ballot to guarantee that applicants chose…

through autocratic means of legislating (p. 227). In a majority government, the executive gains tremendous power; for example, the constitutionally protected right for ministers of the governing party to introduce bills relating to public finance in Parliament – barring any non-cabinet members of any party from bringing a bill on the subject (p. 231). White (2012) provides two measures to quantify the power of first ministers: their length of tenure and probability of being removed from office…

However government documents reveal that Canada was a willing ally of the United States. Canadian aid went only to South Vietnam and totalled $29 million. It went through the Colomobo Plan and the Canadian Red Cross, and although humanitarian in appearance, Canadian assistance was an essential piece of the Free World Assistance Program (Karnow, 1983). Canada also benefitted economically; Canadian firms sold approximately $15 billion worth of nickel…