would be like to live on the beautiful island of Newfoundland and Labrador? This breathtaking province is located on the eastern edge of North America and is the youngest province to join Confederation in 1949 (Summers‚ 2010) to become a part of Canada. There are many attributes that make up this province. Physical‚ economical and human diversity play a large role in the makeup of this province. These various characteristics differentiate Newfoundland and Labrador from the other Canadian provinces
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nomination papers that have to be signed by the party leader In Canada‚ people can easily become MP or MLA of a riding as long as they are 18 years and older and a Canadian citizen. Despite of this two requirement is met‚ the one who wish to run for MP or MLA have to file the nomination paper in order to become a candidate that have to be signed by the party leader if a candidate want to have a political affiliation. Furthermore‚ under Canada Election Act section 66 (1) (a) (v) state that “A nomination
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Constitution Act‚ 1982 protects those rights from being extinguished which means that infringement of the rights are only upon the constitutionally valid legislation that meets the basis of the “R. v. Sparrow test” (McNeil‚ 2002). The Supreme Court of Canada and other courts in the country then put forth a petition of implementing restrictions on treaty rights. First Nations believed infringements of Aboriginal rights are unjustifiable. The Constitution Act‚ 1982 states that First Nations’ right to fish
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Sandy Li 3B In 1971‚ from the Canada multiculturalism act‚ Canadian government had admitted that Canada was a multicultural country‚ and accepted it’s English and French double property. In 1867‚ when Canada was built‚ the proportion of English and French people occupied 91.6%. Although Canada has been colonized by French people first‚ English still give a huge influence on its cultures‚ and nowadays these two public languages are both used in Canada. Therefore‚ Canada should be considered as a product
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Racism in Canada The common belief that Canada is far less racist then their neighbors to the south is perhaps one of the greatest falsehoods of North American society today. Through out history‚ Canada has been home to many race-based atrocities. Because of time and lack of media attention these events have been buried. To such an extent have these issues been neglected that the general public now cannot recognized them or discern them as part of their country�s past. Although recently over
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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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Essay: Quality Of Life: Canada There are many countries in the world that represent high or low quality of life. Quality of life means a general well-being or happiness of a person or society‚ as measured by meeting basic needs. There are many aspects of a country that can be looked at to see if that country has a high or low quality of life. For example‚ seeing if everyone there is treated the same or people getting treated better than others‚ also known as equality or inequality. Also‚ finding
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Time Line of Events 1970 March-construction of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant begins 1972 Discussion takes place in Kiev about type of nuclear plant to be built in Chernobyl. For the reason RBMK (a boiling water reactor) was built because it was the safest reactor and produced the cheapest electricity as well. 1976 October-Filling of cooling water reservoir for the Chernobyl Power Plant begins. 1977 The first of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plants four reactors is ready to operate followed
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Canada was established as Middle Power Country at the end of the Second World War. This status establishes the fact that they are a “nation which is recognized on an international scale with a large influence globally‚ however they do not have dominance over any one area” (Pagtakhan‚ personal communication‚ March 12‚ 2013). This status was achieved primarily because of their international fiscal aid and technological advancements. Canada‚ however it was incapable of reaching the status of a superpower
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In the process of creating our country Canada much reform had to be taken by both the British‚ the founders of this land‚ and the inhabitants of Canada. One such example is seen through how women had to go through lots of struggle to gain their proper rights and freedom from the opposite gender. At times like the 1800s women were seen as ornaments less human than men. They strived to get by the terrible and abusive labour conditions of textile factories‚ having no say in their pay‚ housing and job
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