parity $39‚300 Overview Canada is the second largest country in the world and is characterized by an extraordinary variety of topography‚ climates and time zones that is a North American country consisting of ten provinces like British Columbia‚ Quebec‚ Ontario etc. and three territories that Yukon‚ Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Canada is a federal state governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy‚ with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. Canadian culture is a diverse
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Cree from the isolated community Whapmagoostui on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec‚ decided it would be a good idea to walk 1600 km to Ottawa in support of the Idle No More movement. Some of his friends joined him on January 16th and when they arrived on Parliament Hill‚ Ottawa‚ on March 25th‚ they will be 400 times strong. The Journey of Nishiyuu‚ which means The Journey of the People in Cree‚ began in Whapmagoostui‚ Quebec. several weeks ago and came to an end on Monday. Seven walkers -- six
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The rebellion of 1837 were armed uprisings that took place in Upper and Lower Canada‚ which is now Ontario and Quebec‚ in 1837 to 1838. The two rebellions had similar causes. The British believed the lesson of the American Revolution was to restrain the power of the people. This resulted in small groups of well off men in each colony having a great deal of power. During the 1820s‚ tensions increased in both colonies‚ reformers demanded change‚ and the government resisted it. In Lower Canada‚ the
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There exists a law in the province of Quebec‚ which prohibits a parent(s) from leaving any child under the age of twelve (12) unattended or unsupervised by an adult for any given period of time. (Immigration Quebec) This law‚ without the services offered by daycares and childcare centers‚ would be impossible to follow due to both work and study. However‚ in Quebec‚ not only are there ample daycare and childcare services offered to the families of children under the age of twelve (12)‚ but many are
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would become Quebec City. Jacques Cartier was the first to ascend the St. Lawrence river and claim “the Canada” for France. Jacques named this region “New France”. After Champlain built his “l’habilitation”‚ David Kirke and his brothers invaded Quebec in 1628‚ Champlain returned to France with 60 of his settlers. When the French returned to Quebec in 1632‚ they built a city based on the framework of a traditional french city‚ And Quebec remained an outpost until well into the 1650s. Quebec city was designed
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The Rocket 5 Running Head: FRENCH CANADIAN DISCRIMINATION The Rocket: A Film Review Depicting a Theme of French Canadian Discrimination Jessica Marasco 0348583 Dr. Michel Johnson KINE 1010 11/05/07 The film "The Rocket" is the biographical story of hockey legend Maurice Richard‚ that uses sports to highlight historical bigotry. The movie highlights the discrimination that faced French Canadians at the time of Richard’s hockey career. This caused Richard to be torn between his desire to play
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about diversity and aware Canadians the importance of such issues. You can’t avoid the fact that diversity has played a major role in shaping our country. An example of this would come from the Quebec Act of 1774 which recognized the French language‚ Roman Catholic faith‚ and the French civil law in Quebec . However‚ Aboriginal peoples did not enjoy the same rights. What helped settle the West and build the trans-Canada railway‚ were our immigrants; but we can’t ignore the fact that they were subjected
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With the end of the Seven Years’ War and the fall of New France in 1763‚ Britain assumed control of almost all of North America. The Seven Years’ War was for the possession of the Ohio Valley. A valley rich in the fur trade industry and land good for future settlement. Britain’s newly conquered country would now have to deal with the opposing cultures to which forms their population. Britain’s colony was home to a society of sixty thousand francophone Catholics
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January 1878 After spending two years in Quebec asylums‚ Riel is released. He soon heads west‚ spending time in St. Paul before eventually settling in Montana. February 1‚ 1878 By now‚ thousands of Metis‚ unhappy with the situation in Ontario‚ have moved west to the south branch of the Saskatchewan
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Does Canada still have the same connection with the Queen as we used to? The Queen is irrelevant today. Change like this is in the future. Nothing stays the same forever. However the role of the monarchy in Canadian history cannot be denied. The same could be said of the Nazis; or the Mohawks and Laura Secord. However the Monarchy offers dimension to our history. Canada continues to need as many historically based structures as possible to distinguish the country from its burgeoning‚ warmongering
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