The issue is whether Ontario should have a different tax system than the federal government of Canada. The provinces already have different ways of calculating taxes from the federal government and from one another. Verburg (1998) noted five years ago that the taxpayers in Ontario and Alberta were ...

Rupert's Land: land owned by Hudson's Bay Company and stretching over what is the NWT, western Canada and northern Ontario and Quebec. (By purchasing this land Canada now had vast territories to fill up with settlers.) Red River Settlement: settlement established in 1811 by Lord Selkirk a...

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...

Many parents can remember a time when they could easily work their way through university with a decent summer job. Student loans were available to make up for any shortfall, and they came with generous grants. Paying those student loans off when they finished school was easier then, simply becaus...

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...

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...

Introduction In this paper, I will be trying to determine whether the Official Languages Act (OLA) is an adequate reflection of the French/English relations in Canada. By examining what the purpose of the Act is and also by examining the relationship of French and English in Canada, I will try to co...

Every community has a means of production and consumption for goods and services. The amount of goods and service in a community or town vary depending on where the town is located and what manufacturing features the particular town has, including the number of people who help to manufacture and sel...

Oliver Mowat became this province's first premier in 1872. However, only a century had passed since Ontario was first settled by a group of loyalist refugees. These refugees, fought for the British crown during the American Revolution. After the revolution, British authorities provided help...

On July 1, 1867, celebrations occurred nationwide as confederation passed and Canada became an independent country. With the uniting of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the Dominion of Canada was created. Obtaining the right to confederation was a long and difficult process. In Septem...

Canadian political culture, in a nation-state context, can be defined as beliefs and attitudes that Canadians have of political objects (Jackson, Politics In Canada. 1994). The majority of Canadians usually hold similar political ideas that, unlike firm ideology that varies in due time, are more ge...

Canadian political culture, in a nation-state context, can be defined as beliefs and attitudes that Canadians have of political objects (Jackson, Politics In Canada. 1994). The majority of Canadians usually hold similar political ideas that, unlike firm ideology that varies in due time, are more ge...

There was a period of rapid change in western Canada in the 1870s and 1880s: buffalo herds were exterminated, treaties were signed with the Indians, the Canadian Pacific Railway was built and a wave of immigrants flooded the prairies. Indian and Metis people found it hard to give up their freedom ...

Marriage: Who Deserves It? You have fallen head over heels in love with your partner and you can not, imagine not being with him or her for the rest of your life so the two of you decide to take it to the next step. You join together in front of your family and friends and state your love for eac...

You have fallen head over heels in love with your partner and you can not, imagine not being with him or her for the rest of your life so the two of you decide to take it to the next step. You join together in front of your family and friends and state your love for each other and then the two of ...

Effects & Consequences of Early European Contacts on the Native Peoples of Eastern North America In this writing I will attempt to describe how early contacts with the Europeans effected the Native peoples of North America. I will also try to analyse if it effected their ...