Many Canadians feel as though diversity issues aren’t relevant. Whether it be to their personal lives or professional. We must address common misconceptions about diversity and aware Canadians the importance of such issues. You can’t avoid the fact that diversity has played a major role in shaping our country. An example of this would come from the Quebec Act of 1774 which recognized the French language‚ Roman Catholic faith‚ and the French civil law in Quebec . However‚ Aboriginal peoples did not
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scholars have taken issue with the argument that Sections 33 and 1 of the Charter facilitate dialogue. In theory Section 33 does provide a way for legislatures to force through legislation that would otherwise be struck down due to being in violation of certain sections of the Charter‚ but in reality‚ Section 33 has rarely been evoked (Cameron‚ 2004‚ 148). The political fallout associated with a government publicly overriding the Charter is so great that Section 33 is of relatively little importance (Cameron
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Mercator International Symposium: Europe 2004: A new framework for all languages? The right to mother tongue medium education-the hot potato in human rights instruments Address by Dr. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas in Opening Plenary "As long as we have the language‚ we have the culture. As long as we have the culture‚ we can hold on to the land." ------------------------(pg. 1) In an article called "Justice for sale. International law favours market values"‚ Mireille DelmasMarty (2003) discusses the
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came before them. This includes the expulsion of the Japanese-Canadians‚ the Chinese Head Tax and the mistreatment of the First Nations (1). A wrong that Canada has committed is the expulsion of the Japanese Canadians. The fact that they were to be “removed from the Pacific Coast has stunned Canada’s Japanese Minority”(2). The Japanese Canadians first “arrived in Canada between 1877-1928” (3).
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Such as banks‚ airlines‚ railway companies‚ and communications companies. For example‚ like CIBC(Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce)‚ Air Canada ‚ CN Rail (Canadian National Railway)‚Bell. For companies‚ two basic of federal employment laws: the Canada Labour Code and Canadian Human Rights Act. The Labour Code covers employment conditions‚ labour relations‚ and health and safety. The Canadian Human Rights Act applies to all federal government departments and agencies‚ grown corporations‚ and industries
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both similarities and differences in their construction. Rocher‚ states that the interpretation of the direction of the Canadian federalism greatly depends on the origin of scholar who writes it (312). Quebec scholars‚ argue that the system has forgotten its designed purpose and in turn aims to centralize power within federal authority (Rocher 312). While English speaking Canadians focused on: the links between federalism and democracy in respect to reducing tyrannical behaviour‚ the degree to which
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ratification of the Treaty for Rights of Women (CEDAW) in 1981. These three events in Canada’s history brought about many crucial changes for the woman of Canada. After woman won the persons case in 1929‚ Canada finally considered women to be legal persons. Awareness of women’s equality came to the fore front during the woman’s liberation movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Finally in 1981 Canada enforced stricter laws for crimes against woman‚ when it ratified the Treaty for Rights of Women. It became socially
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Canada has been developing and writing up their own laws independently from other countries. Many people believe that‚ though our Canadian laws have come far from the days of the BNA act‚ they are still not up to par with the harshness of American laws. The advantage that Canadians have over Americans is that in Canada‚ there is only one criminal code for all Canadians whereas in the United States‚ every State has their own criminal codes which‚ unfortunately for the Americans‚ are not identical.
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Every single Canadian and American citizen has the right to privacy and for their private affairs to not be constantly scrutinized by an intelligence organization. It is also true that every single Canadian and American citizen has the right to be safe in their own country and should not need to worry about their safety when using public transportation‚ or going to a night club
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noted that while increasing in general acceptance‚ the term is also contested by some. Individuals from some communities‚ such as the Métis‚ have acknowledged that the use of Indigenous does not always acknowledge their identities‚ or protect their rights as expressed in the Constitutional use of Aboriginal. Additionally‚ both Aboriginal and Indigenous can be contentious terms‚ since they reference nationhood in relation to colonization and the subsequent marginalization of these communities. First
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