“port Royal” in 1605. Unfortunately Port Royal was not a great success‚ for that reason De Monts lost control of the Fur trade. Despite Champlain’s’ luck he was convinced that Canada was profitable. In 1608 he led an expedition arriving in what is now Quebec. It was there he met the Algonkians and Montagnais. Champlain set up a post (or habitation) because of the geographical advantages of this region‚ such as towering cliffs. This location was an almost unconquerable natural fort. Champlain allied with
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Brian Miltoney is the 18th Canadian Prime Minister - Brian Mulroney was born on March 20‚ 1939 in Baie-Comeau Quebec. - Brian Mulroney completed high school at a Roman Catholic School. - After high school Mulrony earned a Law degree from Laval University. - In Laval university Mulroney’s most friends played an important role in politics. - Mulroney was a passionate conservative and when the conservatives lost the1974 election Mulroney attempted to run as the leader but lost to his competition
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CANADA T of C Elliott Chau Canadian Economics A) Sir John A. Macdonald (1867-1891) Goals: Attract immigrants Build a transcontinental railway Created jobs/encouraged foreign (British investment) Strategy: The national Policy Advertise in Europe -> Free land Provide support/$ to Railroad builders Set up high tariffs for imports which would encourage manufacturing in Canada Accomplishments Very little immigration Why? – competition from American-West Canadian Pacific Railway completed in 1885 A
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In today’s modern Canadian society every group is fighting for their rights to be heard‚ acknowledged and more importantly respected. In Canadian history one group has had to fight harder than anyone else to receive a voice to be heard and that is the Aboriginals. The question that needs to be asked is‚ do they really have a voice at all? Throughout this paper I will highlight three areas of aboriginal political uprising‚ First the history‚ secondly successful initiatives for the betterment of aboriginals
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addition to establishing the Charter of Rights and Freedoms‚ Trudeau gradually equalized incomes to achieve his vision of a “Just Society”‚ where every all Canadians had equal opportunities (The Prime Ministers of Canada). In response to Quebec wanting its own distinct society‚ Trudeau created the Official Languages Act‚ which allowed the Québecois and the English-speaking Canadians to live harmoniously together in the same country. This was because French and English became the
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2. Canada in the Roaring Twenties The Decades of the 1920s and 1930s Contents [hide] * 1 The Decades of the 1920s and 1930s * 2 Postwar Chaos * 3 Mackenzie King & Arthur Meighen * 4 The 1921 Election * 5 Regional Politics * 6 Sidelight: King George V Proclaims Canada’s Coat of Arms * 7 The 1925 Election and the King-Byng Crisis * 8 Foreign Policy and the Imperial Conference * 9 The Roar of the "Roaring Twenties" * 10 Radio
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presents a political and legal progression by the James Bay Development Corporation that essentially alters the native Cree’s relationship to their land. Starting in Quebec‚ from 1971 to 1975 the Grande River Hydro-electric Complex started the construction on four dams in eastern James Bay‚ publicized to provide electricity to the Quebec grid. Living off the eastern James Bay land is the people of the Cree which began fighting for the rights to the land as the assembly of these dams would induce large
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century was a huge step in the history of Canada. They decided that it shouldn’t be divided in east and west but combined to be a country. In 1864 they had their first conference in Charlottetown with Ontario‚ Québec and the Maritimes. They also had another that same year in Québec. In Québec‚ even Newfoundland and Labrador was invited. In 1866 all the colonies go to London (England) for permission to unite. Aubiosly London accepte since this was their plan since the beginning. To unite themselves
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Relationship between the Geography of Canada and Its History Veronica Guerrero Farjat CDNS 101 Royal Roads University Ms. Michelle Hardy November 20‚ 2013 What is the relationship between Canada’s geography and its history? According to M. Hardy‚ (personal communication‚ March 27‚ 2012) my course material (2013) establishes that Canada is a North American country with 10 provinces and 3 territories; worldwide appointed as the 2nd largest country in the world Canada‚ is
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BCIT Comm 2003 Team Project | Policy Report | Resolving Tuition Fee Strikes in Quebec in 2012 | | Anna Kim‚ 8/25/2012 | | Letter of Transmittal Table of Contents Executive Summary 4 Introduction 6 Tuition Fee Analysis and History 7 Summary 7 Introduction 7 The University Funding Plan in Quebec 7 Change in Tuition Fees in Quebec 8 Reasons to Raise Tuition Fees 8 Tuition Fee Analysis 10 Tuition Fees in Other Provinces 10 Analysis in Tuition Fees‚ Family
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