Nations World Affairs Canada is known to be the “nice guys” of the world‚ but we have shady patches in our history that could easily strip us of our “nice guys” title‚ especially when it comes to foreign affairs. During the Rwandan genocide in 1994‚ the Canadian government ignored many reports of the intense violence going on in Rwanda. Canada voted against Palestinian statehood and has been showing our disagreement on this issue‚ but continues to talk without taking action. Canada is known to opt out
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It is often accompanied by mental health issues‚ disabilities‚ age‚ or substance abuse (Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness [Alberta Secretariat]‚ 2008). It can also be due to fleeing from a violent situation‚ preexisting trauma‚ or a lack of stable income. Hidden Homelessness
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Muslim women who wear the niqab in Quebec‚ and instead of rescuing them from oppression‚ who be denying them of their basic human rights as a citizen of Canada‚ not only encouraging women not to wear the niqab in public‚ but if they work for public services also not allowing them to wear the niqab‚ (Chung‚ 2010). Considering the fact that Canada is considered a secular nation‚ as well as being globally renowned as a tolerant‚ accepting nation‚ a government ruling which would prevent a specific group
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Court justices was to interpret law‚ not took it upon themselves to make law. Nevertheless‚ the Supreme Court justices play a more predominant role in shaping government policy and legislation today than they did prior to 1982. Judicial activism in Canada has produced results that have been perceived as problematic by legislatures. The potential for the Supreme Court justices to interfere with the making of government’s judicial-policy has led to differing opinions
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portrays. There have been several times throughout history when Canada has followed the values of the source and suspended civil liberties in an attempt to contain a situation or return stability to the country. Many of the times Canada has done it‚ they have built up a face of fear towards the situation. An example of this was the internment of Japanese Canadians following the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941. After the attacks‚ Canada‚ who was already part of the war effort‚ declared war on Japan
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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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throughout the world have survived five centuries of the horrors of colonization and genocide. Today‚ they are emerging with new consciousness and vision. In Canada the old colonial order and its obsession with assimilation of Aboriginal peoples has been replaced by a new constitutional order that respects Aboriginal rights. The Supreme Court of Canada is now actively seeking to achieve the noble constitutional goal of preserving the integral and defining features of distinctive Aboriginal societies (Queen
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The core of the Japanese experience in Canada lies in the shameful and almost undemocratic suspension of human rights that the Canadian government committed during World War II. As a result‚ thousands of Japanese were uprooted to be imprisoned in internment camps miles away from their homes. While only a small percentage of the Japanese living in Canada were actually nationals of Japan‚ those who were Canadian born were‚ without any concrete evidence‚ continuously being associated with a country
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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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environmentalism. It is because of this that determines what I will discuss in this paper. I will describe what environmentalism is‚ why I believe it is my political ideology‚ and if to be given the chance‚ how environmentalism would affect me as the leader of Canada. The environment affects people in various ways at every moment of the day and more attention deserves to be paid to it. In Politics: An Introduction‚ MacLean and Wood introduce the history of environmentalism.
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