Canada in a Post 9/11 World

September 11, 2001 (herein referred to as 9/11) was a day in American history, which will be remembered as the most horrific attack on American soil. This attack, carried out by nineteen Islamic extremists, was associated with al-Qaeda, and involved the hijacking of four airplanes. Two of those airplanes were hijacked and flown directly into the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. The third plane’s target was the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and the fourth plane was brought down in Pennsylvania where it is believed the passengers aboard fought the hijackers. This horrific day in history cost over 3,000 people their lives, and was labeled the worst attack on American soil since the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.

Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Muslims everywhere began to be wrongfully persecuted and attacked. They have also since been denied equality in the workplace as “Americans with Muslim names have a harder time finding a job” and “American Muslims have experienced increased job discrimination since 2001” (Epstein 53). Without the ability to find a job, not only are Muslims effected in their daily lives, they are also unable to find a source of income, hindering them from supporting their families. Muslim religion can also cause further disturbances because there are several “law-abiding Muslims who are unfairly targeted and punished simply because they are Muslim” (qtd. in Epstein 52). This exemplifies the idea

September 11th, 2001 is one of the worst moments that has ever happened for America. With the Death Toll of Approximately 3,000 people, 400 of them firefighters and Police Officers, this day is often remembered with memories of fear. I think that this is one of the most influence events in America’s History for many reasons. First, because of the death toll. Second, because of how it affects life even today.

On September 11, 2001, an event known as 9/11 occurred. An Islamic extremist group, Al-Qaeda, hijacked four planes to carry out suicide missions against several targets in the United States. They attacked the World. Trade Center in New York City with two planes, The Pentagon near Washington DC, and the other crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks are significant to US history because it alerted the country to the vulnerability of our way of life, and to the anger, bitterness and. resentment toward the U.S. by other countries in the world, especially in parts of the Islamic world.

The October Crisis was the first terrorist attack in Canadian history and has been a big part of Pierre Trudeau’s career. His decision to pass the War Measures Act and call in the army was affected by Canadians. Pierre Trudeau handled the crisis by bring in the War Measures Act to end the crimes of the FLQ. The War Measures Act consisted of arresting the criminals of the FLQ and putting the country back at peace again. Canadians had the effect of experiencing their first terrorist attack but with a major help from Trudeau all went well. A lot has changed since 1970 and today, we have a lot of technology in investigating crimes and accomplishing peace to live in a stable country like Canada. “The world will not evolve past its current state

Today, Canada is the second best country in the world according to the Washington Post. But what’s so appealing about Canada? Canada has their own government, they promote gender equality and have equal right towards every race. But Canada was not always the great country that it is today. Canadians worked hard to accomplish independence and recognition. Historical events that helped shape the way Canada it is today are, the battle of Vimy Ridge, the Balfour Report and Statute of Westminster, the Persons Case, the formation of NATO, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. These are the events that helped Canada grow as a nation to become a peaceful, independent, and a just country.

9/11 changed the world’s view on terrorism. It was one of the deadliest terrorist attack on history. The attack on September 11, 2001 was on America but, it affected everyone around the globe. When talking about 9/11 one country that always gets left behind is Canada. Canada shares the longest border in the world with America. United States is also one of the biggest trade partner of Canada. The attack affected Canada just as much as it to America. Canadian foreign policy has changed a lot since the 9/11 attack. One of the main focus of Canadian foreign policy was Canada’s take on terrorism. Second policy Canada focused on public safety and immigration. The third policy Canada focused on working with the state of Israel.

I think Donald Trump has made a big impact on Canadian society in a bad way. Canada’s close relationship with America has been rattled by the election of Donald Trump, Donald Trump made radically overhauling U.S. trade arrangements a key issue in his campaign, and this issue could have the greatest effect on Canada. If trump sticks to his word there will be a Hard-won progress in the fight against climate change will be dramatically rolled back, Trump also vowed to back the United States out of the 2015 Paris agreement, a landmark international climate treaty aimed at curbing emissions and limiting global temperature increases. If anything good is to come out of him being president it is that

Finally, 9/11 developed a lot of discrimination towards Muslims. Selby expressed in her research that negative stereotyping of Muslims or “Islamophobia” in Canada from media arguably became increasingly after 9/11. Not just that, fourteen focus groups across the country revealed a sense of horror at the terrorist attacks as well as distress about unfair negative stereotyping of Muslims and difficulties in travel (Sebly, 2015). The research tells us how the media instructed Canadians to portray Muslims as terrorists and be cautious around them. As a matter of fact, Canadians started to hate Muslims and tried to eliminate them from places as much as possible. Accordingly, most of the women who wore ‘hijab’ got negative comments from public and

By drawing to the discipline of Political Science, the article “Reinventing Canada-Stephen Harper’s Conservative Revolution” by Jordan Michael Smith discusses the power that prime minister Stephen Harper has in the Canadian Government. First, Smith argues that to some extend Harper holds a lot of power when it comes to developing foreign policies with other nations. Second, this article also analyses the privileges the Prime minister has in parliament as the head of state with a great amount of power. Lastly, some of Smith’s points can be criticized for their inconsistent biased approach, and the fact that some of his accusations on Prime minister Harper are solely based on his opinion.

Said had looked into how the West had put a distinction to isolate the Orient from themselves. This would have by usually putting them in a viewpoint as having more barbaric and savage values then the West. This is clearly seen in the article that MacDonald had written. MacDonald finds that the current Election has created a barrier making a distinction between Muslims and putting them as the outsiders. In the article MacDonald finds that many times it is not just saying it bluntly rather it is quick jabs at Muslims. “[…] We were reminded by the immigration minister […] that Canada now has something called the Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act.”(MacDonald, 2015) Of course, many can argue that the immigration minister was not directly attacking Muslims and yet when one reads the word barbaric, they connate help but think about the “barbaric” actions that happen almost everyday in the Middle East.

I honestly don't have memory regards to politics as I came to Canada when I was 10 years old and I didn’t put much attention in to politics due to language barrier. Furthermore, as the status of landed immigrants, our family was not given the right to vote in Canada nor Korea. I became Canadian citizen after 21 years old and that’s when I started paying more attention to the Canadian politics. However, I do have a memorable incident that is related to world politics, which was September 11 (also known as 9/11) attacks that happened in New York, United States. The attacks consisted of suicide attacks used to target World Trade Centre complex in New York and it created a mass murder. The reason why it relates to my childhood is because the day

We in the Canadian Government do not support the unlawful abuse of our citizens especially when the targeting is due to social class and ethnicity. Canada is one of the most diverse countries in the world but we still face the same issues of violence that is faced By our neighbours to the south.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, an Islamic terrorist group known as al-Qaeda carried out a series of four attacks on the United States. The most well-known attack is when two commercial airline planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City. Many innocent lives were lost and families were torn apart. While many Americans were determined to show their resilience towards the attacks, this is a day many Americans will never forget. Although the attacks happened sixteen years ago, Americans are still dealing with the impacts these attacks have had on life in America. The 9/11 attacks have had several long-lasting effects on everyday life in America, some of which include an increase in airport security, a change in national security, and an increase the fear of terrorism.

September 11th holds many hard and upset feelings around the world today. The harsh actions of Muslim extremists unfortunately completely changed the way Muslims are treated, especially in the United States. These events, exacerbated islamophobia. Unfortunately, “the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, connect Muslims and Islam to terrorism within the geographical borders of the United States.” (Byng) Although it has been over a decade since the attack, many still feel racist and discriminatory attitudes towards Muslims. Muslims are the targeted minority in the United States, “the 9/11 terrorist attacks shifted the social and political context for Muslims in the United States. Terrorism within the geographical borders of the United States carried out by Muslims places an identity at the center of national and global politics.” (Byng) The blame of the horrible terrorist attacks, rather than be placed on terrorists or religious extremist, has been placed on Islam in America. After September 11th, hate crimes towards Muslims skyrocketed, “the most dramatic change noted by the report was a more than 1,600 percent increase in reported hate crimes against Muslims -- a jump from 28 hate incidents in 2000 to 481 last year.”