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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Canada is the second largest country in the world‚ after Russia‚ and has ten provinces and three territories. It is located in the northern hemisphere of North America‚ and consists of six vegetation regions. These include the deciduous forest‚ mixed wood forest‚ boreal (and taiga) forest‚ cordilleran‚ tundra‚ and west coast forest. Of these 10 provinces and 3 territories‚ the regions most affected by wildfires include British Columbia‚ as well as the boreal forests of Ontario‚ Quebec‚ Manitoba‚
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Multiculturalism and Racism in Canada: The Great Contradiction Racism in Canada is an undeniable issue as seen through widespread anecdotal evidence‚ acknowledged institutional abuses and countless studies. Recently‚ within the media and politics‚ focus was placed on the issue of the niqab during the federal election‚ when the Conservative government attempted to rally voters behind restrictive policies for face coverings in citizenship ceremonies that defied previously court rulings pertaining
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Introduction This review aims to thoroughly analyze the possibility of Canada joining a North American Monetary Union. Through globalization and trade liberalization Canada has become more and more economically dependent on the United States. Therefore a monetary union is something for the nations to consider for facilitating trade and further stabilizing inflation. Since the introduction of the euro as the national currency in Europe several other countries have been considering monetary unions
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Little Boy Missing Mrs. Purcell reacts to questions from the Press Mrs. Purcell reacts to questions from the Press Written by: Ronnie McQuade ´I just want my boy back” says Mrs. Purcell Johnny Purcell‚ age eleven‚ disappeared last night after running away from a Boy Scout award ceremony. Eye witnesses have reported that Johnny was reportedly was running away from his father and the police are in the middle of investigating the father‚ John Purcell. The boy has been missing for 14 hours.
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For Canada‚ industrialization of the food system is a normative feature of the economic‚ political and social climate. Statistics Canada (2011) estimates that as one of the world’s leading agri-food trading nations‚ much of the global increase in agricultural production will come from Canada between the years 2007 to 2016 (amongst countries like Australia‚ Mexico‚ Turkey and the United States) (p. 15). If Canada is to compete globally on such a large scale‚ the country needs industrialization for
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nations own social Democratic Party does not consider Canada to be a core capitalist power with imperial ambitions in the developing world. But the authors argue that ‘ Canada is an advanced capitalist state within a hierarchy of nations operating within the global capitalist economy’. The authors make a compelling argument for Canada being a ‘core’ imperialist state‚ evaluating Canadian actions overseas will help us understand whether Canada is actually an imperialist state. Canadian mining organizations
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APPLYING NEWTON’S LAWS 5.1. 5 IDENTIFY: a = 0 for each object. Apply ΣFy = ma y to each weight and to the pulley. SET UP: Take + y upward. The pulley has negligible mass. Let Tr be the tension in the rope and let Tc be the tension in the chain. EXECUTE: (a) The free-body diagram for each weight is the same and is given in Figure 5.1a. ΣFy = ma y gives Tr = w = 25.0 N. (b) The free-body diagram for the pulley is given in Figure 5.1b. Tc = 2Tr = 50.0 N. EVALUATE: The tension is the
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The Service Delivery System 1 Learning Goals In this module students will be able to examine and discuss: The differences between social services delivered by the government (public sector)‚ the voluntary sector (non-profit)‚ and the private sector (for profit); The programs delivered by each sector; The strengths and weaknesses of each of these approaches to service delivery; Ethical issues related to service delivery; The significance of "informal helpers"; and‚ The "consumer movement"
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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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