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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...
Sir Guy Carleton was an extraordinaire of foreign relations. Carleton came to Canada at a difficult time, when the French were just getting over the defeat of the Conquest. When Carleton became the Governor of Quebec, he introduced the Quebec Act. This Act ensures religious freedom and land entitlem...
Pierre Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada, was once described as "A French Canadian proud of his identity and culture, yet a biting critic of French-Canadian society, determined to destroy its mythology and illusions". He has also been identified as "A staunch, upholder of provincial auton...
Of all the ethnic groups to migrate to British North America, the Irish are perhaps the most neglected and ignored in Atlantic Canadian history, the reasons for which are varied and complex.[1] The Scottish settlers are widely acknowledge, after all Nova Scotia means New Scotland, an...
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....
Martin Brian Mulroney became the 18th prime minister of Canada on September 17, 1984, after his party, the Progressive Conservatives won the greatest parliamentary victory ever in Canadian history. Mulroney was born in 1939, the son of an electrician, in the paper mill town of Baie Comeau, ...
Canada Canada is the second largest country in the world. The only country larger thanCanada is Russia. Even though Canada is more than 3.8 million square miles it is one ofthe least populated countries in the world. Canada is ...
THE REBELLION IN LOWER CANADA: Immigration, Crop Failures and Political DiscontentHenceforth, there must Be No Peace in the Province - no quarter for the plunderers. Agitate! Agitate!! Agitate!!! Destroy the Revenue: denouncethe oppressors. Everything is lawful when the fundamental liberties are in ...
For more than a century, hockey historians have found that accurately tracing the sports origin is not only a difficult task but, is virtual impossibility. Ice hockey is traceable to games played on fields as far back as nearly 2500 years ago. In 478 BC, a Greek soldier, Hemostocoles, built a wall i...
INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECTCANADIAN POPULATION CHANGE IN SIX CITIESPopulation Change in Six Canadian CitiesSince the first moment that humans arrived in Canada, Canada has undergone many changes and will continue to do so as time goes on. One of the most remarkable aspects is the growth and developme...
Canada Canada is the second largest country in the world. The only country larger thanCanada is Russia. Even though Canada is more than 3.8 million square miles it is one ofthe least populated countries in the world. Canada is ...
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 unrest in...
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 of...
Canadian Federalism Threatened:The Issues of Quebec Nationalism and Regionalism Canadian Federalism Threatened:The Issues of Quebec Nationalism and RegionalismWhen it was it first conceived in 1867, Canada was founded as a state that would create a government structure based on federalism. Federalis...
Globalizing and localizing forces at work in the world today are generating a need for a new solution to meet the demands of both. The traditional sovereignty of the nation-state is being corroded by increasing interdependence with other countries and by internal factions struggling for independenc...
It was supposed to be the biggest, fastest, and most powerful plane that the world, and especially Canada, had ever laid its eyes upon. It was in a class of its own, at least twenty years ahead of any other country technology-wise. It was to be the most technologically advanced supersonic jet fight...
The American RevolutionThere is much controversy about how and why the American Revolutionary war took place. As I studied and pondered this crucial event that took place in our nation's past, I came to the conclusion that this war contained many battles within. The American Revolutionary war was...
The Meech Lake Accord1982 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 refu...
Canadian PeacekeepingCanadian Peacekeeping is a complicated issue. It involves many able bodies and difficult procedures to ensure people's safety. Peacekeeping plays an enormous role in Canada. Peacekeeping started in Canada, back in 1957, when a Canadian diplomat, Lester B. Pearson, w...