completely unregulated and prescribed freely by physicians for a wide variety of ailments. Canada’s Drug of Choice: Marijuana Contrary to popular belief the rate of illicit drug use is actually on the decline. The most commonly used drug in Canada is Marijuana. According to the 2004 Canadian Addiction Survey‚ 44.5% of Canadians surveyed said that that used pot at least once in their lifetime.14.1% reported that they have used marijuana in the past twelve months. Those individuals that have
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In 2017‚ Canada announced their plan to fill a 300‚000 quota number of incoming immigrants. That is a large number and appears like Canada is showing such openness for incoming immigrants. But this innocuous sentence can be problematic. It can be difficult to gage the problems of Canadian perception of immigration when one’s family arrived in the country several generations ago and now identify as a native Canadian. The word “quota” is problematic in describing immigration for its inferred meaning
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In Canada‚ the term Indigenous peoples (or Aboriginal peoples) refer to First Nations‚ Métis and Inuit. Aboriginal people are the original inhabitants of the land that is now Canada. In 2011‚ there were more than 1.8 million Aboriginal people living in communities throughout the country. Their history significantly predates the arrival of European settlers. Though severely threatened and in certain cases extinguished by colonial forces‚ Aboriginal culture‚ language and social systems have shaped
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Name of Student Name of Professor Name of Course Date of Submission Americanization in Canada Americanization is the influence of the United States on the culture of another country. The influence extends on another countries cuisine‚ popular culture‚ technology‚ political techniques and business practices. Americanization refers to a process of acculturation by populations to American values and cultures. Canada and the United States are allies and trading partners (Timothy‚ 135). The two countries
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Introduction Marijuana is currently a hot topic of debate throughout Canada‚ and has been for the past few years. Marijuana was first banned in 1923 under the Opium and Drug Act‚ but since 1997 the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act have controlled it. In 2000‚ over 30‚000 Canadians were charged with possession of marijuana. Currently‚ the marijuana laws are not enforced equally across the country‚ which has prompted the interest in changing the laws or possibly decriminalizing marijuana.
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Homelessness in Canada Homelessness is not an error of people‚ caused by their characteristics or mistakes‚ but instead‚ by society ’s and governments ’ actions or failures to act in the areas of poverty‚ deinstitutionalization‚ and the shrinking supply of affordable housing. At the root of homelessness is poverty‚ and the growing number of poor is leaving many without shelter‚ or a roof over their heads. Deinstitutionalization was originally seen as an appropriate way to maximize resources‚ but
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In Canada‚ multiculturalism describes the various different religious traditions and cultural influences that in unity and coexistence make up a distinct Canadian identity. This term first became popular in Canada in the 1960’s to replace ‘cultural pluralism.’ The concept of multiculturalism is used in three senses: to refer to a society that is characterized by ethnic or cultural heterogeneity‚ to refer to an ideal of equality and mutual respect among a population’s ethnic or cultural groups‚ and
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Canadian government tries to overcome poverty in the country. There are different programs and services that fight to decrease poverty. The government of Canada has programs such as municipal‚ provincial and federal. The municipality is one of the most important constituent in the fight of reducing poverty. Poverty is most visible at the local levels. Ontario province hosts to a considerable number of people to struggle in poverty today. On April 1‚ 2014 City Council had approved the development
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drug‚ while bringing in revenue for the government. If Canada wishes to legalize marijuana‚ they should follow the guidelines of the United States using policy diffusion. “Canada should follow the developments of changes in marijuana-related regulations in the United States‚ where some of its states viz‚ Colorado‚ Oregon‚ Washington‚ and Alaska have already legalized recreational use of marijuana” (Hajizadeh 455). Policy diffusion is a very intriguing tool for the Canadian government to use in
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MULTICULTURALISM IN CANADA It is evident that‚ nowadays‚ children of immigrants in Canada are facing problem such as bullying‚cultural confliction‚access to the health care system and adjusting to the new educational system. The first issue is that there is a grave danger that children of new immigrants are dealing with based on daily life in the schools which is bullying.Bullying which comes in different forms for instance‚physical‚ social and emotional‚verbal and cyber can have detrimental
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