there’s a heavy amount of censorship that goes on‚ most of it being media related‚ from going to the movies all the way up to even texting someone‚ the government is able to access it all. In Canada‚ we are lucky enough to not have a pervasive system like this‚ but if we don’t take action now‚ who is to say that Canada couldn’t end up like Australia or even America when it comes to censorship - intrusive systems that have no use in protecting one’s
Premium Censorship Freedom of speech
“Canada is often referred to as a land of immigrants because millions of newcomers have settled here and helped to build and defend our way of life‚ starting with settlers from France and England.” ( ) When Canada became a country in 1867 Sir John Alexander McDonald‚ our first Prime Minister‚ was an immigrant from Scotland. The first legislation regarding immigration was in 1869. Canada received many immigrants from Germany‚ Hungary‚ Norway‚ Poland‚ Sweden and France
Premium United States Canada Population
US History Essay: Underground to Canada Though most people might not expect it‚ minor changes in America are the important things that helped launch the war and the controversy between the slave and free state. The Underground Railroad had many connections to the Civil War especially since slavery was the main problem during this era. The Underground Railroad had a huge significance on the issue of slavery and affected the cause of the Civil War by influencing the North to strengthen their resistance
Premium Slavery in the United States American Civil War
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is a United States federal statute that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010. This particular law has come with much controversy. The law (along with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010) is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress. PPACA reforms certain aspects of the private health insurance industry and public health insurance programs‚ increases insurance
Premium
word means ‘our land’ in Inuktitut‚ and it is a reflection of Canada‚ from its distinctive culture and way of life‚ to its vast and beautiful expansiveness. Its greatest assets are the welcoming communities that have banded together to conquer the simultaneously awe-inspiring and often harsh northern landscape. Nunavut is the youngest territory in Canada‚ becoming recognized through the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act in 1999‚ yet its history spans thousands of years and plays
Premium Canada United States Economics
Assessing Canada’s Role in the World from 1945-2000 Canada has played a very significant role in the world from 1945-2000. Canada is viewed as a peacekeeping country because of its contributions to organizations such as the United Nations. Because of these contributions; Canada now has a much larger and more influential role on the world stage. Canada has also been involved in a number of international conflicts. Most notably was in 1950; Canada aided the people of South Korea against the aggressors
Premium Peacekeeping Peace United Nations
building a stable and economically functioning country. Education is supposed to provide people with financially efficient jobs‚ and individual education is learned throughout the country which helps make a nation smarter and more educated resulting in Canada having the knowledge that other country’s will want to gain from us. Without a proper education people will work in low-paying jobs that can be attained right after high school such as a McDonald’s cook‚ maids‚ and grocery clerks; which creates poverty
Premium Education High school School
part of its goal. A law is “grossly disproportionate” when the effect of the law is much harsher than the benefits of achieving its goal. These are all points which relate back to the famous Bedford V. Canada case. In the Bedford case‚ the governments and the laws they put in place threaten health and bodily integrity of sex workers across the country. In the Bedford case‚ it was a unanimous decision on behalf of the court‚ they agreed with the applicants that the criminal prohibitions on bawdy-houses
Premium Prostitution Law
Stretching from 1887 to 1934‚ assimilationist practices had begun‚ The Allotment Act had passed in 1887‚ “with the liberal value of individual property rights displacing the common ownership of land associated with tribal government (Brock 368).” By 1924 natives had begun acquiring American citizenship as a result of the Allotment Act‚ while it bestowed the individual with the right to vote it had the inherent drive of assimilation (Brock 368). Policymakers had begun to directly interfere with the
Premium First Nations Canada United States
The Health and Safety at work act 1974 The health and safety at work Act 1974 also referred to as HASAWA is the main part of legislation covering profession health and safety in the United Kingdom. The Health and Safety management is responsible for applying the Act and a number of other rules relevant to the working environment. The health and Safety at Work Act 1974 delivers the legal outline to promote‚ motivate and encourage high standards of health and safety in places of work. This has effect
Premium Occupational safety and health Law Employment