Which province is the only officially bilingual province? a. New Brunswick.b. Quebec.c. Ontario.d. Prince Edward Island. | Which three countries are signatories to NAFTA? a. Canada‚ the United Kingdom and the United States.b. Canada‚ the United States and Japan.c. Canada‚ Mexico and the United States.d. Canada‚ Denmark and Andorra. | Who are the Métis? a. The distinct aboriginal people of Atlantic Canada.b. A people of mixed Inuit/First Nations ancestry most of whom live on the Prairies
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In this aspect of “equal labour-market return”‚ many immigrants coming into Canada are often educated in very highly level international academic institutions‚ yet they are not considered valid in terms of gaining employment in Canada. In this way‚ the Canadian immigration labor policies do not acknowledge these academic credentials as a barrier to equal employment in Canada. Certainly‚ many of these immigrant come to Canada with the necessary education and skill requirements in the labour force‚ but
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Question 1 – a) Putting Canada on a continuum between fully converging or partially converging with the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) with their “Made in Canada” (Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants [CICA]‚ 2006) generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP)‚ Canada would lie very close‚ if not on the line of convergence. Over the past few years‚ before the consideration of IFRS and leading up to the full convergence of it‚ Canada’s GAAP has been a ‘no mans land’
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Food and Economy Canadian cuisine is best characterized as eclectic rather than consistent in content. Food in Daily Life. The agricultural and ethnic richness of Canada has led to two distinctive characteristics of everyday food consumption. The first is its scale. Canadians are "big eaters‚" with meat portions in particular dominating the Canadian meal. There are generally three regular meals in a given day. Breakfast‚ often large and important in rural areas‚ but less so in urban areas‚ is most
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Globalization in Canada Canada is considered to be one of the biggest countries worldwide‚ yet as far as it gets from other countries‚ globalization seems to have a strong impact on the people regardless of what it offers from products and/or services from abroad‚ it may seem to have taken some of Canada away to the rest of the world too. Globalization is affecting most of the aspects that control life in Canada‚ from social aspects‚ to economical aspects‚ also reaching to as far as to political
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Atlantic Canada - located on the eastern edge of Canada‚ the first entry into the continent was by Europeans. - Its natural resources have been exploited for centuries‚ making it an ’old’ resource hinterland. - Its small and highly dispersed population offers only small markets and few manufacturing opportunities. Distance from the markets of Central Canada has curtailed its trade within Canada and thus dampened its economic development. For that reason‚ its natural resources are exported
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Canada has long been called "The Mosaic"‚ due to the fact that it is made up of a varied mix of races‚ cultures and ethnicities. As more and more immigrants come to Canada searching for a better life‚ the population naturally becomes more diverse. This has‚ in turn‚ spun a great debate over multiculturalism. Some of the issues under fire are the political state ’s policies concerning multiculturalism‚ the attitudes of Canadians around these policies‚ immigration‚ the global market‚ and a central
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Target Canada In less than two years since it opened its doors to the Canadian market‚ Target Canada is closing its doors forever and moving back to its home market. It was 2011 when Target Corporation purchased 220 stores of Canadian discount retail Zellers for $1.8 billion. As Target had such an excellent reputation in the United States‚ Canadian customers had their expectations up in advance of Target’s arrival to the great white north. One of the fundamental issues that Target struggled with
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Gross Investment‚ pushing GDP upward. Besides‚ from 2008 to 2009‚ they both decreased‚ because at that time‚ there was a global economic crisis‚ Canada had revenue of 521.6 billion dollars‚ expense of 578.7 billion dollar and deficit of 57.1billion dollars. (The Economics and Commercial Counselor’s Office of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Canada) At that time‚ people were not willing
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Multiculturalism Multiculturalism is a part of any country.There are Jews in Germany‚ Poles in Ireland‚ Asians in Canada and so on. I believe multiculturalism is a good idea. It provides a wealth of cultural activities‚ foods‚ and different views of life. No one is really a true Canadian besides the native people. We are all part of a vast society we call Canada. In Canada we pride ourselves in being a mosaic‚ so to speak‚unlike the United States where they are a so called melting pot so
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