Since Confederation over one hundred years ago, the Central and Eastern Regional Governments have exploited the entire area west of the Ontario/Manitoba border, both economically and politically. They also made it impossible for western Canadians to reach a point where they would have any opin...

The Western Canada Concept The Western Canada Concept is a separatist party led by Alberta lawyer Doug Christie. The party is devoted to a peaceful secession of the four Western provinces and the two territories from Canada. By means of four referenda held in each respective western province, the We...

Canadian Federalism Threatened: The Issues of Quebec Nationalism and Regionalism Canadian Federalism Threatened: The Issues of Quebec Nationalism and Regionalism When it was it first conceived in 1867, Canada was founded as a state that would create a government structure based on feder...

The Importance of Mining Industry The importance of mining is definitely significant to Canada. Mining, is an important industry, and Canadians are very advanced in their mining technology, but during the mining process, there is certain level of pollution produced. The Canadian governm...

Canada Canada is the second largest country in the world. The only country larger than Canada is Russia. Even though Canada is more than 3.8 million square miles it is one of the least populated countries in the world. ...

Canada Canada is the second largest country in the world. The only country larger than Canada is Russia. Even though Canada is more than 3.8 million square miles it is one of the least populated countries in the world. ...

Nikki Bumbacco Ms Harrison ENG OAC July 21, 2000 It is a fact that almost all of the people in Canada are immigrants, or come from immigrant descent. If it were not for the millions of people who have fled to Canada in hope of a better life, Canada would never have prospered into what ...

The question of whether Quebec will secede from Canada to become an independent nation has been a hot topic in the country for several years now. It dates back to the abortive rebellions of 1837-38. In 1980, a referendum to secede was rejected by a 60-40 margin. Since then though, the numbers o...

Euthanasia is the act or practice of painlessly putting to death, persons suffering from painful and incurable diseases or incapacitating physical disorders. Because there is no specific provision for euthanasia in most legal systems, it is accounted as either suicide (if performed by the patient hi...

For many Canadians the value of the Loonie is a sensitive subject; the ever-rising and falling of the dollar affect the everyday lives of Canadians. The value of the Loonie is like any other currency and rises and falls with global trends, yet, the largest economic trend to influence the Loonie is t...

The 1st Industrial Revolution occurred during the mid 1800's. It was defined as the era of Industrial Capitalism. Economic life, in this period, began with very few wage-earning employment opportunities and had the majority of families involved in subsistence farm work. Along side these mea...

Quebec-General information Quebec is an important province of Canada with a population of around 7, 487, 200 according to current statistics. The significance of this province lies both in its size and its interesting rich history. Majority of Quebec population is composed of French speaking p...

Thesis: In retrospect, the American Revolution was as important to Canada as it was to the United States, as it divided the continent in two, which created one country and paved the way for the evolution of another. From the first time that the Rebel Patriots in the thirteen colonies caused unr...

INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECT CANADIAN POPULATION CHANGE IN SIX CITIES Population Change in Six Canadian Cities Since the first moment that humans arrived in Canada, Canada has undergone many changes and will continue to do so as time g...

Who are the Amish If you are interested the values and lifestyle of the nineteenth century, here is a great example: The Amish, is a group of religious people who live in settlements in 22 states and (Ontario), Canada. The roots of the Amish come from Mennonite community, a part of early Ana...

The Meech Lake Accord 1982 was the year that the federal parliament and nine out of ten provincial legislatures agreed on the Constitution Act, which would bring the constitution home from Britain to Canada on April 17, 1982. The only legislature that did not agree was Quebec. Quebec ...

Immigration, the entrance of people into a country for the purpose of settling there, has always played a central role in Canada's history. It was much a feature of ancient times when the ancestors of Canada's native peoples migrated from Asia by land via Beringia or by sea via the Japane...

In a country as vast and as culturally diverse as Canada, many different political opinions can be found stretched across the country. From the affluent neighbourhoods of West Vancouver to the small fishing towns located on the east coast of Newfoundland, political opinions and affiliations range f...

Raymond Williams once termed culture as "one of the most complicated words to define in the English language". It has had a long and complex history of definition, leading to the present confusion of its true meaning among people. The term culture was first linked with cultivation, i.e....

T h e G r e a t W a r When Britain is at war, Canada is at war,¡± Laurier had said in 1910 (Morton 1, p.130). Canada, being part of the British Empire, was allied with Britain during the Great War. Thus, as soon as Britain declared war on Germany, Canada was automatically involved. Wh...

PREVENTING ABORIGINAL SUICIDE: DOES A SHIFT IN THE DOMINANT SCHOOLING PARADIGM HOLD SOME PROMISE? by R. Lloyd Ryan, PhD R. Lloyd Ryan, Ph.D. P. O. Box 1072 Lewisporte, NF Phone: 709 535 8464 email: lloyd_ryan@nf.sympatico.ca It is with growing alarm, con...

Canada: The Post-industrial Transformation Has Canada become a "post-industrial" Society? In order to answer that question, we must first define just what is a post-industrial society comprised of. For more than two decades sociologists have debated the social and political consequ...