COUNTRY: CANADA Table of Contents 1 Country‚ Politics and Industry Background 1.1 Brief on Political System Resource: wikipedia Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Canada is a federal state that is governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual nation with both English and French as official languages at the federal level. Canada has strong democratic
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maintaining the ability of both groups to pursue common goals” (Simeon and Conway‚ 2001) Federalism is found in Canada as well as the United States however each of these countries uses it differently. Canada uses federalism in a more decentralized manner. This means that in Canada each individual province and territory carries more power then the federal government does. In Canada most of the money which each province receives from the federal government is unconditional. This means that each
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Assessing Canada’s Role in the World from 1945-2000 Canada has played a very significant role in the world from 1945-2000. Canada is viewed as a peacekeeping country because of its contributions to organizations such as the United Nations. Because of these contributions; Canada now has a much larger and more influential role on the world stage. Canada has also been involved in a number of international conflicts. Most notably was in 1950; Canada aided the people of South Korea against the aggressors
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EU and Canada EU-Canada trade negotiations The negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement concluded among others‚ that: most‚ if not all industrial‚ agricultural and fisheries duties will be eliminated when the agreement enters into force; the EU and Canada will foster closer contacts in the field of technical regulations; Canada will recognise a list of EU car standards‚ from which EU car exports to Canada will benefit; EU companies will have better access to key Canadian
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Leather Industry in Canada By having a glance at Canada’s economy and what today’s GDP data show‚ the outcome seems horrifying. The Globe and Mail published March 31‚ 2015 by Michael Babad reported that Canadians would be facing an awful economic year in the first quarter as Stephen Poloz warned. “January is set to start the year off with a whimper‚ a sign of things to come in what is likely to be a disappointing Canadian economy in 2015‚” quoted Nick Exarhos of CIBC World Market. He also
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Homelessness and hunger are two overlapping dimensions of the same problem. The correlation of these two ideologies is known as poverty. People in Canada and across the planet who suffer from poverty are unable to afford a house‚ and are incapable of purchasing sufficient food to supplement a healthy diet. According to a journal written by Nate Laurie‚ in Canada alone‚ 15.6 percent of Canadians and 35.8 percent of new Canadians live under the poverty line; meaning that they are unable to afford the basic
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Our Home and Racist Land-Pg.73 3. Do you think Canada is still a racist country? Why or why not? Explain using examples to support your opinion. Being one of the most socially developed and multicultural countries in the world everyone probably sees Canada as a Utopian country. Unfortunately Canada isn’t as perfect as everyone thinks it is‚ and a major persisting issue is racism. Being a multicultural there are many minorities and this usually results in racism‚ isolation‚ and unequal treatment
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I believe that Canada prides themselves on being a very equal country for the most part‚ equality is “the state of being equal “(Collins English Dictionary‚ 2015) no matter what race or gender you are. As much as Canada prizes itself of this equality I don’t believe it is present in Canada’s education system. If you look at schools in Canada‚ it is easy to see that they change dramatically from facility to facility. Poor or not as developed towns/cities seem to not have as many resources available
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refugees who arrived in Canada annually were forced to leave their countries due to fear and persecution.1‚2 The United Nations defines a refugee as "someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group‚ or political opinion”.3 Refugees in Canada are divided into two groups: those that have obtained the refugee status within Canada (both privately-sponsored
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Canada: Industries to Celebrities Recently published in “The Star.com” and “National Post” Canada was awarded the well deserved title of second coolest country. Out of a total of sixty countries‚ many Canadians were not surprised by the second place rank. That could only be expected as most citizens of Canada are familiar with the advantages of the diverse country. However‚ more people‚ near and far‚ should be aware of what an dominant country Canada is. Canada is arguably a “cool” place for everyone
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