Multiculturalism an important part of ‘your’ and ‘Canada’s’ identity as part of our legacy? Multiculturalism is the sense of an equal celebration of racial‚ religious and cultural backgrounds. In 1971‚ Canada was the first country in the world to adopt multiculturalism as an official policy. Canada affirmed the value and dignity of all Canadian citizens‚ regardless of their racial or ethnic origins‚ their language‚ or their religious affiliation. The idea behind the act was to ensure that all citizens
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the global scale it is evident that they are one of the most economically advanced countries in the world having the eighth largest economy. In recent times Canada has moved away from being an economy based exclusively on natural resources‚ Canada is quickly moving toward a knowledge-based economy built on innovation and technology. Canada is also becoming a smarter economy: Canada’s knowledge-intensive industries are generating advances in their capability to manufacture high-tech machinery and
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during the world war years‚ post war years and the past few decades‚ certain amounts of refugees have come to Canada. Furthermore‚ these certain amounts of refugees has only been increasing to larger amounts because of the diminishing of discrimination in society. As the differences in faith‚ ethnic and race stops mattering to Canadians‚ more and more refugees have been accepted into Canada‚ resulting in a drastic change in Canadians’ views on refugees. Moreover‚ since World War One‚ Canadians’ views
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housing market. Canada is a leader in world economic growth‚ ranking 2nd in the entire world (Encyclopedia Americana‚ 2010). That being
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Prime Minister of Canada in 1867. He was born on January 11th‚ 1815 in Glasgow . He moved to Upper Canada when he was at age of five along with his parents . His first major occupation was becoming a Kingston lawyer at the age of fifteen and after a few years later Macdonald possessed his own legal practice by age of nineteen . Once John A. Macdonald joined the Conservative party‚ he was soon elected to represent for Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada‚ which is currently
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20th century shall be filled by Canada." Yes‚ the 20th century was filled by Canada. Canada did a lot of development during the 20th century and everyone tried their best to do great things for Canada. The 20th century was filled by Canada’s participation in one of the their successful battles named Vimy Ridge in World War One‚ Canada’s role in women’s right‚ and the 14th Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson helped Canada distinctive it is own flag. First‚ Canada played a huge role in one of their
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Introduction The Vancouver 2010 Olympics were the third time that Canada had hosted the Olympic Games.1 In 2010 Canada won the most gold medals at these Olympics‚ and the Canadian men’s ice hockey team helped add to the medal count. On February 28‚ 2010 the gold medal game between Canada and the United States was played. Canada ended up winning 3-2 in overtime‚ with Sidney Crosby scoring the game winning goal. This was the last event at the Olympics before the closing ceremony and was a memorable
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During the first sixty years of the 20th century‚ the majority of immigrants to Canada came either from Europe or the United States. This has since changed much with entry based on a points system and the introduction of human’s benefit. At present Canada is known as a country with a wide immigration policy which is reflected in Canada’s variety of races of mankind. According to the 2001 survey by Statistics Canada‚ Canada has 34 national groups with at least one hundred thousand
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world can make it hard for everyone to be effectively represented. However‚ even though people from all over the world have different political views‚ Canada does a great job in working to represent each and every person. There are a lot of people living in Canada‚ and their views can range towards either side of the political spectrum. While Canada has taken all these peoples’ views and filtered it into five main political parties‚ it showed its amazing initiative to find a system that works for
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Australia Canada Korea United States European Union (27 countries) Source: OECD (2010)‚ National Accounts of OECD countries …employment… Total employment Employees (Household Survey based)‚s.a. Q4 2007 = 100 106 104 102 100 98 96 94 92 Australia Canada Japan United States Source: OECD (2010)‚ Main Economic Indicators 2 …and unemployment Harmonised Unemployment rates‚ s.a. % 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Australia Canada Japan OECD
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