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a new drug and not a generic version of Permarin. But the alternative Permarin ended up being unsuccessful. This is probably because production of the PMU is good for Canadian economics. Most of the farms can be found in Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, where there are little restrictions for the farms. The Premarin industry makes about 1.2 billion dollars annually for Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, the only pharmaceutical company that sells this product. A normal regimen can cost about $400…

Naturopathy is a general umbrella term for a variety of different medical practices. These practices include herbal medicine, clinical nutrition, homeopathic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, and exercise therapy. (“Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors”, 2015, Natural Therapies). Herbal medicine is the treatment of illness using plants and is one of the many treatments used by naturopathic doctors. Herbal medicine focuses on the prevention of illness…

The 2015 Canadian Federal Election in many ways can be considered a re-defining election in Canadian history that ended a Conservative dynasty that lasted nearly a decade, by electing a Liberal majority government led by Justin Trudeau. The election of the Trudeau Liberals saw the single largest increase of seats by a political party in Canadian history, which just four years ago faced near political extinction, and began the campaign polling third at the start of the writ period. This election…

Canadian government is doing its utmost to give Canadians first call on potential jobs in that industry however the article “Farmers wants feds to allow more seasonal foreign workers” quotes the president of Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan as saying “there are some jobs that we can’t get Canadians to do” (Cotter). It is therefore not simply a matter of giving Canadians a chance to work in the agricultural industry. Canadians simply do not wish to work in that sector. Besides…

A staggering 30,000 Winnipeg citizens refused to work between May 15 to June 25 of 1919 in Canada’s largest and best known strike, the Winnipeg General Strike. After World War I, Canada was not in a peaceful state, as soldiers returned to find their original jobs occupied, and horrid wages and working conditions for workers. With unemployment and bankruptcy rates reaching their highest ever, 30,000 Winnipeg citizens held a strike, declining to return to their jobs until they have been granted…

Chinese immigrants had always been unwelcome to Canada for more than 150 years. The first Chinese settlers came to Canada in 1858 to pan for gold in British Columbia. In 1885, as the flow of Chinese immigrants started increasing, the Canadian government started charging them a fee to live in Canada called head tax. The first anti-Chinese rule was a fifty dollar head tax on every Chinese person entering Canada. The conditions were far worse in China so people preferred to immigrate and pay the…

Being Distracted by Texting While Driving is a Societal Problem Messages can wait, texting and driving are not the best friends on the road driver’s and other’s life are more important than answering a message. In North America specifically in the United States and Canada a big number of car accidents and deaths occur by being distracted by texting, talking by phone or even using hands-free options while people are driving or by being distracted when walking, causing people to walk into the…

For the last few decades, meat consumption in the United States has increased dramatically and so did the rest of the world. On average, Americans consume at least 270 pounds per person a year, which is way more than almost other country on the planet (Barclay, 2012). In just a short period of time, our meat consumption today has triples if not quadruples the level of meat consumption in the 1900s. During World War I period, meat counters and farm owners were struggled to keep up with demands,…

INTRODUCTION The First Nation people underwent lots of changes during the pre-contact to the fur-trading period and then again in the settlement period. The Prairies region in the western Canada consists of the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The First Nation people who lived there consist of Kwakwaka’wakw, Tsimshian, Haida, Cree, Athapascans, Blackfoot, Metis etc. During the pre-contact period the lifestyles of the First Nations peoples underwent many changes such as adjusting…

There are many new and continuing challenges in the public sector that the federal government is responsible for dealing with. As a result, a detailed briefing will be presented outlining these challenges and offering recommendations on how best to handle the current situation. In this briefing two key aspects that are discussed, in relation to the challenges they face, are the provision of human resources and the federal budget. Both are essential components to keeping the federal government…