Infertility is a growing women’s health issue in Canada. In 1984 5.4% of Canadian couples reported fertility problems‚ by 2010 that number had increased to 16% (Bushnik‚ Cook‚ Yuzpe‚ Tough‚ & Collins‚ 2012). Today infertility is defined using the biomedical definition which classifies infertility as “a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.” (World Health Organization‚ 2017). In
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statistically shown that more than 50% of the time‚ drivers take their eyes off the road‚ resulting in 80% of collisions and 65% of near crash situations as a form of inattention (Owran‚ 2016). Distracted driving has also had a major economic loss on Canada. At least $10 billion annually is spent on health care costs and lost productivity due to distracted driving (CAA‚ Statistics‚ 2012). However‚ finding a resolution for distracted driving is remotely difficult for Canada’s provincial and territorial
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One of the many things that Canadian parents expect to be able to do is pass their citizenship onto their children and as a result their grandchildren as well. As of April 17th‚ 2009 under the law of Bill C-24 if Canadian parents are living abroad and they give birth to a child that child will be considered a Canadian citizen as well‚ however‚ if that child decides to follow in their parent’s footsteps and live abroad and have a child that child may not be considered a Canadian. In 2011 Jennifer
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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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Responsible government is to Canada what apple pie and exceptionalism must be to the United States: the identity of the nation is built into its ideal‚ but probe deeper than the crust and the whole façade crumbles. Convoluted metaphors aside‚ this section will substantively address how responsible government and Parliamentary democracy – as Canadian tenets‚ of course‚ but ones borne from the UK – are unable to provide a singular objective definition of modern committees. Contrary to public mythologies
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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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Holocaust is obtained from the Greek words “completely burnt.” This topic may seem as if it does not relate to Canada in any sense‚ but the reality is that it does! We as Canadians could have played a role in saving the lives of millions of people but instead we became one of the reason that some of these people were killed in the first place. Yes‚ it is true that Hitler gave the U.S‚ Britain‚ Canada and many other nations the chance to take in Jewish refugees and essentially save their lives‚ but we did
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Censorship in Canada takes varies forms through different mass media to standardize the freedom of expression in public. The government control and regulation are deep-rooted in film industry since movies have been shown in theatres since early 1990s. Film censorship often examines the issues of obscenity and sexuality on the stand of Canada’s Criminal code. It also reflects government’s policy on protecting public interest and maintaining community standards (Quinn‚ 2009). Film censorship that assigned
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expressed his support for that verdict. Albeit that‚ many Canadian have been expressing their concern that allowing the traditions of ‘an anti-woman’ culture be present at a sacred ceremony that promises to adhere to the free and accepting laws of Canada‚ would compromise said laws. An overwhelming 93% of Canadian Citizens in a government-funded poll supported the requirement
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doubled (World Health Organization‚ 2015). Today‚ 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 10 children are diagnosed as clinically obese (WHO‚ 2015). The global trend of obesity is consistent within Canada‚ with over 20.2 percent of the adult population classified as obese‚ which translates to 5.3 million individuals (Statistics Canada‚ 2014). This striking weight increase over time has developed into what is known as an obesity ‘epidemic’. According to the World Health Organization (2015)‚ obesity is defined as ‘abnormal
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