little sympathy and the poor are often viewed as a burden on society. It may be more difficult for those in advanced countries to understand how it’s possible for one to become poor as there are no perceived barriers to being able to escape poverty. In Canada we generally feel that there are many opportunities for anyone who is willing to get ahead. There is free education for everyone up to high school and there are many post-secondary opportunities to get more advanced skills and training including loans
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Canada has held significant influence in exerting soft power and diplomacy in the world. The Canadian Government‚ while not as influential militarily‚ maintain influence in the diplomatic sphere. While peacekeeping operations are one of the most notable (it is considered one of the core parts of the Canadian identity)‚ Canada also maintains influence in foreign aid policy. While this policy is charitable on the surface level‚ the conditions placed on the aid further perpetuates global inequality
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Colonization There is an affective colonialism on aboriginal women in Canada. The histories of colonization have forced aboriginal women out of their community and family support. The violence of cultural assault or physical brutality of residential schools. It is essential to make efforts towards ending of violence against aboriginal women in Canada. The aboriginal people have grown up in poverty. Many aboriginal women run in to racism and they may shut out of labor markets. Aboriginal women turn
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Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Canada Name Institution Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Canada Question #1 The chief aim of this paper is to contrast and compare anti-Semitism in Canada – predominantly modern Canada – with different forms of racism. For instance‚ the most popular practice of anti-Semitism in Canada is Zionism and nationalism. Most considerations of anti-Semitism in Canada and of the Jewish community more usually‚ have taken place separately from typical
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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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Canada-India Relations * Fact Sheet: HTML Version | PDF Version * (129 KB) In India‚ Canada is represented by the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi. Canada also has two consulate generals in Chandigarh and Mumbai‚ a consulate in Chennai and trade offices in Ahmedabad‚ Bangalore‚ Hyderabad‚ and Kolkata. India is represented in Canada by a High Commission in Ottawa‚ and by consulates in Toronto and Vancouver. Canada and India have longstanding bilateral relations‚ built upon shared traditions
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Democracy is a form of government that gives the people who are ruled by its laws and policies certain rights over the actions and careers of those in power. Canada operates on democratic principles. Citizens in the representative democracy such as Canada allow elected representatives to make decisions on their behalf. The main principles of democracy are equality and freedom. All citizens are considered to be equal because everyone follows the same law and this shows that no one is above the law
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The issue of electoral reform has become more important than ever in Canada in recent years as the general public has come to realize that our current first-past-the-post‚ winner-take-all system‚ formally known as single-member plurality (SMP) has produced majority governments of questionable legitimacy. Of the major democracies in the world‚ Canada‚ the United States‚ and the United Kingdom are the only countries that still have SMP systems in place. Interestingly enough‚ there has been enormous
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Police-Related Incidences of Racism in Canada Racism is dangerous. It weakens individuals confidence by downgrading their self-worth with focus on something outside of their control. It pulverises group attachment and makes divisions in public. The Canadian Police force has been accused of racism in the past‚ and one of the most notable examples is Saskatoon’s ‘Starlight Tours’ (Hamilton 224) in connection to First Nations men. The Starlight Tours are a police rehearse whereby law enforcement officers
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The whole world was affected tremendously by the great depression‚ but Canada was one of the hardest hit nations. Exports being a large part of Canada’s income‚ it was because of the damage done to world trade that Canada suffered so greatly. At the height of the depression‚ in 1933‚ 30% of the labour force was unemployed and 20% of all Canadians were dependent on government relief for survival. Did the government do enough to fix this? Most people certainly didn’t think so. The relief that the government
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