Why Is It Important To Be A Canadian?

Did you know a rare debate about what are flag should look like happened during one summer in the House of Commons. Also back in 1965 the Canadian flag was created. What I consider to be the most important information that every Canadian should know is our Human Rights, Canada’s history, and our Systems of Government. These three key elements are what make Canada what it is today. Our human rights are very important to us in Canada and we even have a huge building in Winnipeg that focuses on human rights. Every person who lives in Canada should take a moment of their time to go over all thirty of the human rights so that they have a good understanding of them. And there is also our history. I think that everyone should know about our history
Some of the rights that we follow is Freedom to move, no slavery, no torture, marriage and family, the right to your own things, the right to trial, the right to play and many more. There is a total of 30 rights all together. As a Canadian you should really try to follow these rights so that we stay as a peaceful country. Knowing these rights will benefit your life as a Canadian citizen. Mr. John Peters Humphrey was the principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1946 John Humphrey became director of the United Nation Division on Human Rights, and Eleanor Roosevelt was named the United States representative to the UN’s Commission on Human Rights. They both worked together to come up with these thirty rights. Everyone that lives in Canada should read over these rights, if they have not done so already, and take them into heart. This leads to the next most important thing that every Canadian should know about Canada which is Canada’s
In Canada there is Systems of Government. In the systems of government there is five sections which includes Federalism, Representative Democracy, Constitutional Monarchy, Party System and Parliamentary System. First, Federalism divided the different responsibilities of government and delegated them to different levels of government. Federal government is responsible for things at a national level. Provincial government is responsible for more local things. Local government is responsible for smaller and more local details. In federalism First Nations governments are responsible for matters that directly affect the daily lives of their people. Finally, Federal government has residual power. Then there is Representative Democracy. In this Canadians elect the people they want to represent them in government. Also, in Representative Democracy an MP must represent his/her constituency. They also must debate issues, attend caucus meetings and meet with researchers, media, special-interest groups, etc. Thirdly there is Constitutional Monarchy. In this both the French and English Fathers of confederation agreed to remain a monarchy. Also, the monarch is the “head of state” in Canada and the monarch does not rule. Then there is the Party System. Most of the people who represent Canadians belong to a political party. A political party is a group of people with