Doing Business in Canada 2012 Finding Opportunities and Avoiding Pitfalls Cover photo: Panoramic view of the City of Vancouver in British Columbia‚ Canada Doing Business in Canada 2012 Finding Opportunities and Avoiding Pitfalls mccarthy.ca Managing Editor Robert W. F. Stephenson IN MEMORIAM This annual publication‚ like the ones before it‚ was edited by Robert Stephenson‚ a partner in our Business Law Group in Toronto‚ who passed away on February 12‚ 2012. Robert’s law practice
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Air Canada – Risk Management Case Report Industry Overview The airline industry is one of the largest global industries in the world. Airline companies in the airline industry have gone through challenging obstacles in the past decade. Many changes have occurred within the industry and increased regulations have driven up cost for the industry. The attacks on 9/11 left the industry in shock when planes were used in terrorist attacks in the United States. These attacks changed the mentality
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Aboriginals tend to bear a disproportionate burden of illness; an outcome linked to their economic and social conditions [and] oppression” (Newbold 1998). European contact would forever change the course of life for the Aboriginals and their communities in Canada. It was only after the encounter between the old world and new world that two completely separate ecosystems had interaction between each other. Both worlds changed in radical ways through people‚ plants‚ animals‚ varmints and pathogens‚ this is known
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Children in Canada are fortunate Compared to other countries‚ Canada has a better track record when it comes to following the Children’s Bill of Rights. In this essay‚ I will attempt to prove that children born‚ raised‚ and living in Canada are treated with more respect and humanity than other cultures across the world. A lot of people‚ especially in Canada‚ are not very familiar with issues regarding child labour and slavery‚ simply because these things are either non-existent‚ or a closely guarded
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from Asia. * Membership in the TPP will prove to be very important for the Canadian economy. This free trade agreement will help to drive production and competition by opening up a global marketplace. Membership in the TPP will also present Canada with several issues. Current TPP members‚ mainly the United States and New Zealand‚ are adamant that Canada’s supply management of agricultural sectors be open for discussion. Canada’s relatively lenient laws with copyright protection will also be
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important part of our history. Without confederation Canada would not even be close to where it is today. Confederation solved many problems Canada was facing at the time such as‚ political deadlock‚ threats from other forces and a railway that was needed. Political deadlock was a major problem in the 1800’s. Since each party had an equal amount of representatives‚ no decisions could be made because each party had an equal say in the government. Canada east had 2 parties le parti blue I and le parti
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people in Canada do not know when Eastern Christian Orthodox in Ukraine is celebrating Christmas. On January 6th it is a Christmas evening and Ukrainians have especial dinner and special church’s service. Being an international student in Canada gave me an amazing opportunity to celebrate twice this particular for all Christians day. In addition‚ not only days are different‚ diverse foods are served on the tables and different traditions accompanied participants. I would like to start my comparison
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Violence Against Women in Canada By: Sujicaa Sivakumaran “More than 3‚300 women are forced to sleep in an emergency shelter to escape domestic violence on any given day” (Statistics Canada‚ 2011)1. Violence against women is present in many forms including domestic violence‚ rape‚ and sexual harassment. Such behaviours can stem from the idea that women deserve less social power‚ which in turn causes men to show their power and control over women in demeaning methods. This is an issue that has been
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The quest for social reform in rural Canada during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries reveals a deep connection between educational movements and reform. Many studies and primary sources allow us to explore the history of our nation and ways in which key actors used education to encourage reform in rural Canada. In doing so‚ many of these key thinkers hoped to use education as a solution‚ or as an alternative‚ to a variety of problems in the rural world. Therefore‚ some educational reforms resulted
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Current situation Canada Goose has experienced steady organic growth as a niche brand‚ selling their product through independently owned stores. By June 2008 it was selling product in 28 different countries across North America and Europe plus two authorized online retailers. Now it has a significant opportunity to further cement itself as a market leader by placing its product with a national chain. Initially‚ Canada Goose considered offers from two national chain retailers. One offer came from
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