Underrepresentation In Canada

To begin, most countries lack diversity within their population. On the other hand, Canada can be depict as a melting pot. Canada’s population is very diverse and the people in their society successfully coexist with one another. The population is viewed as one whole group. A similar country Canada can be compared to would be the United States. Both countries are known for their diversity. Whether diversity is displayed in their population or even in their media, diversity is significant in both countries. According to Environic Analytics, the visible minorities expected to increase by 2023 are, South Asian,

One can come to a conclusion that plurality systems have a major flaw and that is inequality. Adopting a MMP would be a huge step forward in Canadian democracy. With a MMP system in place, more women would be elected to the legislature because it creates fairness. With more women in the legislature, it can make a substantial difference in the types of laws that may be proposed and passed. Another advantage MMP brings to Canada is instead of electing one member of the legislature in each small district, Canada would use larger districts to elect several members. To add to this advantage, the candidates that win the seats in these multi-member districts are determined by the proportion of votes each party receives. With Canada’s current electoral system, one citizen’s vote counts for less than another citizen’s vote. By changing to a MMP system, Canada can give more equality and fairness back to the citizens.

That's biased; It is unfair to not let someone do something because of their race, or gender. Canada in the nineteen-hundreds was extremely biased. Canada placed a lot of restrictions on people because of their race and gender. Canada was only interested in white males, they got all the attention. No one else could take the spotlight. Females, and men of colour were not treated the same by any means, and were disliked and treated poorly by white men. White men appeared to be at the top of the food chain. Canada in the early nineteen-hundreds was a very discriminatory country as they showed favoritism to certain races of people, treating other races poorly, reserved the duty of a soldier only for white males, and

In the eyes of many Canadians our country is viewed as a historically racially-inclusive society. This idea is false, and there is very limited evidence to support the contrary. Many events in Canada’s history have shows that it is guilty of promoting racial hierarchies and cultural insensitivities. Throughout Canada’s development there has always remained an emphasis on promoting the supremacy of the white race, and Anglo-Canadian culture.

Looking back in Canadian History, numerous black Canadians have taken part in defining a universal and diverse heritage of Canada through numerous achievements and contributions traded by sacrifices of those throughout the years. Is is the actions of these people who have shaped, our national semiotics to become accepting. Building the acceptance through such of protest and perseverance, as they have shaped and continue to shape and develop Canada as a nation. Even though they have gone, they will never be forgotten as their impacts will prosper.

The Federal government is responsible for insuring equal distribution and accessibility of health care services to citizens though they are not the only party that shape the policies of Canada’s healthcare but also the influence of doctors, health professionals, political parties, and businesses are also used (Canadian Stakeholders, n.d., para 2). The 1984 Canada Health Act outlines the requirements that provincial governments must meet. However; since there is not a descriptive list mentioning insurance services in the Act, the insured services in provinces vary creating a power shift (The Canada Health Act, 2005). Provinces also control the licensing of hospitals as well as doctors,

Representation inclusivity has therefore made large strides in provincial and federal parliaments, but elections remain the strongest way to increase inclusivity through the election of brand new members.

Most of the ethnic groups that have different value and belief systems in Canada are immigrants, and the process in which they become detach from their homeland and integrate into the Canadian society makes them feel different sense of their identity. In other words, the heterogeneous essence of the new society, and the inherent characteristic of the identity which is not constant and immutable, rather it is subject to dramatic variation across time and place make the ethnic identification even more important. This ethnic identification generates a sense of belonging in a diverse society. Moreover, the issues of power and identity in Canadian context show that how ethnic groups fit within the social stratification system. It seems that different

The labeling of individuals and groups as ‘different’ is part of the process of creating social hierarchies, which represents the foundation of oppression (de Leeuw, Kobayashi, & Cameron, 2011). This story brings to light the denial of systematic racism of the indigenous people in Canada. It was established that although Canada prides itself in the great variety of culture and ethnicity and religion. However, despite such practices, racism is still a significant issue. Oppression is a contemporary issue for indigenous people because Canadians are still ignorant about aboriginal history. There is a misconception that aboriginals are either living in an idyllic utopian society or in a primitive world. “underprivileged” and “disadvantage”, lazy,

Focusing specifically on race or ethnicity, Black people are generally the most targeted. Black people account for 2.5% of the Canadian population and it is important to view a report by Lewis (1992) on race relations to determine the prevalence of anti-Black sentiments in Canada, as well as the general effect of racism towards this racial group:

The article by Karen Bird examines representation in representative democracy in the perspectives of minorities in the urban and diverse greater Toronto area. Bird used focus group interviews to study the views of three visible minorities about representation which are communities of black, South Asian, and Chinese Canadians. Also, Bird examined how visible minority communities think about political actors as well as visible minority communities’ evaluation of the claims by political actors to represent them and the concerns citizens raise against the political actors. In order to reach a conclusion, Bird conducts nine focus group interviews with ethno-racial minority living in the greater Toronto area in the following division: three black

The Canadian people have always prided themselves as champions of democracy and are universally respected for their record on human rights. Although holistically this could be argued, especially when compared to the United States and other Western states, the record concerning Aboriginals, both past and present, has yet to live up to their self-set standard. Defined simply as anyone who traces his/her ancestry back to pre-European colonization, there exist mass diversity within its community. Although various political actors dispute the actual number of Aboriginals, Statistics Canada reported in 2006 that 1,678,200 people indicated they were ethnically Aboriginal or roughly 5.4 percent of the population (Statistics Canada: Population Counts).

By applying the Critical Race Theory to explain why the law is unfairly treating those of different status than others, such as applying the tenets of how colour-blindness does not erase racism because one ignores the term race and adventuring outside of race and interconnecting the theory to other forms of injustice (i.e. sexism, homophobia, etc.) (Möschel, 2011). Extensive research should be conducted to provide more data as to why the law differentially treat those of race, gender, and class differently and be suggested to the government to make or implement change within the laws as Canada is a diverse country and must include those who have the right to be fairly

Canadian politics still operate under the outdated First Past the Post electoral system. Many believe that it is time for Canada to change its electoral system to a Proportional Representation system. This would be especially beneficial for Aboriginal peoples, as they remain severely under-represented and discriminated by the First Past the Post system. This essay will argue that the current First Past the Post electoral system in Canada is oppressive of Aboriginal peoples for these reasons: it creates barriers for Aboriginal candidates to be elected, it leaves

Canada is known to be one of the best places to live (Lauren O'Neil 2015), especially to outsiders that do not live in Canada. The issue is, from the outside, Canada is great politically compared to third world countries surviving through conflict or against Donald Trump’s ideology in the United States. This is true in a sense, but from the inside, Canadians are allowing their democracy to deteriorate and if this route continues it raises the question: will Canada still be one of these great places to live in the future? Therefore, I argue in the book; Tragedy in the Commons by Allison Loat and Michael Macmillan is informative and compelling, seeking to provoke citizens to partake in more political participation to maintain Canada’s falling