Defining moments in Canadian history Canada has been a nation for 136 years this July first and there have been many important points in her history. Three of these stick out as defining moments in Canadian history, the patriation of the Canadian constitution, the creation of the CBC and Ca...

As citizens living in the 21st century, we take for granted the rights and freedoms we have. We don't think about and cherish the freedoms and rights we have as citizens, which many people had to fight for. Citizenship today has changed from that almost 300 years ago. The concept of citizenship...

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Canada vs America The controversy over Canada and America, and who takes after whom has been around for many years. Canada and America are puzzles, two countries that are home to millions of people, living in relative comfort and health. We both have become nations through the help of each ...

Many women find themselves pregnant with an unwanted potential newborn. After a woman has discussed her options with her physician or counsellor, and decides to have an abortion, should the law override her decision and prevent her from having an abortion? In the United States, women choose to end a...

Quebec's Quiet revolution: What is it? How has it changed Quebec's society? How has it affected Confederation? The English-French relations have not always been easy. Each is always arguing and accusing the other of wrong doings. All this hatred and differences started in the past, and this Qu...

Quebec's Quiet revolution: What is it? How has it changed Quebec's society? How has it affected Confederation? The English-French relations have not always been easy. Each is always arguing and accusing the other of wrong doings. All this hatred and differences started in the past, and this Quie...

What was the Charlottetown Accord? The Charlottetown Accord was a body of legislation proposed by Federal and Provincial governments in 1992. The changes proposed in the draft of the Accord would have meant drastic changes to the constitution of Canada. There were five major changes to the Accor...

Canadian parliament decides to declare certain actions criminal because, through its legislation, it reflects the conditions and wishes of society. The Federal Law Reform Commission, in its report "Our Criminal Law," suggests that for a certain action to be considered a crime, at least these four ...

In the years following World War Two, Canada displayed its newfound role as one of the leading nations of the world. The conclusion of the Second World War created a time of remarkable economic prosperity throughout the country. Canada's economy boomed as it shifted from being primarily resourc...

The United States actions during WWII Many people question whether or not the United States did as much as they could have to stop the killing of so many people in Germany during WWII. I think that the United States did all that they could during the War even though thousands of people had to ...

Violence in Canada vs. America Have you ever asked yourself why is it that Canadians hear about most of the crime in America, but the Americans never hear about any crime in Canada? Canadian cities have been traditionally safer and less vulnerable to "crime waves" than American neighbo...

What makes a good leader? What is a good leader? Its believed that a good leader possesses many key things: style, charisma, respect, money, publicity, popularity, and looks. Trudeau possessed all of this- he wasn't a good leader, he was an excellent leader. He was our Prime Minister, and he was Ca...

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Trudeau dominated the scene as no other prime minister did. He was the first prime mister of the "electronic age". He advocated a strong and united Canada. According to one of his supporters "Trudeau came into politics to entrench minority right- and he did&...

December 17, 1992 The past decades their has been a dramatic increase of women participating in the labour force from countries all over the world including Canada. In 1950, one Canadian worker in five was a woman. By 1980 this percentage had doubled, and women are expected to make up more than 44 p...

Gay rights have been an issue for many years. Although there is much progress being made on the discrimination of gays, one issue still remains: marriage. Society has become more accepting of same sex marriages, however they are still illegal in Canada. This report will discuss the laws in various c...

Good Morning Recently the United States Congress has been debating whether or not to declare that English is the national language of the United States and that all instruction in public schools is in English. There is no question what the language of this country is, it is irrefutably Englis...

Abortion By Katie Shipley April, 23, 2004 It is ironic that, in a nation that defines individual rights as supremely sacred, the most basic right to life is being systematically denied 1,500,000 persons each year. Abortion is the deliberate killing of the weakest ...

GUN CONTROLGun Control can be called the 'acid test' of liberalism. All true liberals must favor stricter gun controls. After all, doesn't the United States have the most heavily armed population on the earth? Are we not the world's most violent people? Surely these facts must be at least casu...

Should Jefferson be Impeached? Thomas Jefferson is widely known for his accomplishments of being the third president of the United States (1801-1809) and author of the Declaration of Independence. He was one of the most brilliant individuals in history. His interests were boundless, and all of h...

Racial profiling occurs everyday, but is it needed? September 11 raised this type of investigation to begin again. The attacks made most Caucasian-Americans to profile most people of Arab descent as terrorist . As Michelle Alexander of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California...

In order for any state to have control and keep order over their respective boundaries the powers of that state must have a form of decision-making structure in place. Through the ages several types of decision-making structures have been used from democratic to authoritarian. One of the oldest typ...

John Paul II was the first Polish prelate elected to the papacy, and he was the first non-Italian pope in morethat 450 years. He was born Karol Worjtyla on may 18, 1920, to working-class parentsin Wadowice. His mother died when he was 9; his father was killed in World War II. Karol entered Jag...

Canada evolved into a nation during the 18th and 19th centuries. Many factors were accountable for this change, which includes the Loyalists' migration north and the Constitutional Acts of 179 and 1867. There were key people and sanctions during this evolution: the Crown, the American Revolution, t...

Fewer Coloradans have signed up for the state's medical-marijuana program than expected but officials say the pace may increase in coming months. Ninety-nine Coloradans are legally smoking marijuana with their doctor's approval under the state's 7-month-old Medical Marijuana Registry program. The f...