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    The Mobile Food Bank delivery service serves as an 8-month pilot project and may possibly satisfy the needs of people with mobility issues. As stated earlier, this project also aims to deliver to approximately 50 households bi-weekly in Halifax. Ultimately, this project hopes to improve food security in Halifax. However, there are a few evident and visible barriers that exist, amongst these are finding the financial support for this project, and most importantly, the effectiveness of the project

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    could not have been bad. Although the French is fine with the English now, back in the period of 1914 to 2000, relations were strained. It was as if the French wanted to fight against the English for what the French wanted. French-English relations in Canada over the past century were controversial over conscription, the October Crisis, and the 1992 and 1995 Referendum. Conscription proved to be quite of a relation strainer over the past century. The First World War carried a big fuss on conscription

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    -During the Roaring Twenties many industries expanded their production beyond demands(more supply than demand). -Much money was spent adding factories and building new ones -There was an over-production of goods that remained unsold in warehouses over Canada -manufacturers lowered prices in hopes that sales would increase -Many workers were laid off, and laid off workers did not have the money to spend (unemployment) -Wages were low, and people could not buy all the goods produced by the factories slowing

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    organizations came Hamas. Hamas is an Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement. Their origins date back to 1987 after the beginning of the first Palestinian uprising. This uprising was centered around resisting Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In addition, they gained major ground, in reference to the political atmosphere, in 2006 whenever Hamas won a big victory in the Palestinian Legislative Council. Since their major political victory in 2006, Hamas has been constantly

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    some point, countries will fight for freedom at their breaking point. For example, during the mid 1900s, Canada did their own movement called the Quebec Separatist Movement. The movement was about Quebec’s independence from government. The movement involved the citizens of Quebec and a group called Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ). The Front de Liberation du Quebec had kidnapped people in Canada. The Quebec Separatist Movement began due to Quebec’s citizens ambition to become independent and was

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    Dear Sir/Madam: With due respect, I would like to offer my candidature for the position of Investigator (Case Review Analyst) in the Office of the Info & Privacy Comm. Currently, I am a federal government employee in Service Canada Integrity Services Investigator. Prior to that, I have worked as a Business Taxpayers Services Agent with CRA for a year. Both these job entails risk based audit, investigation and analysis of large amount of external and internal information and databases before ensuring

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    customers service skills.      As someone who is able to overcome challenges, I've been able to expand my knowledge when seeking positive growth throughout my professional career. After reading about Scotia bank being Canada's most international bank recognized as the 'Best Workplace', in not only Canada, but also multiple different countries, this company seems to fit very well with my understanding, experience, and career interest. According to the listing on your website, the required

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    Secret Handshake Analysis

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    century Canada has evolved into a sovereign nation, through politics, democracy, government, peacekeeping, bilingual and multinationalism. Canada’s unique history and geography has contributed to Canada’s national identity, however many people still question, what does it means to be Canadian? Thus a national identity crisis occurs, and although ethnicity and diversity is apart of Canadian identity, it also challenges it by having many differences with one another. Many believe that Canada lacks a

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    This focus on resiliency also included stress tests that the American banks undergo to determine their ability to deal with things such as, “a sudden jump in the unemployment rate of 4 percentage points, or, a sudden decrease in GDP of more than 6 percentage points, and an abrupt rise in the BBB corporate bond spread” (The State of American Banking). Through these stress tests, it can be concluded whether or not the individual banks are making the correct decisions in the challenging financial circumstances

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    “The bank grey rapidly; in 1910 it had assets at $6.5 million. By 1920, assets totaled $157 million, far outstripping the growth of any other California bank” (Bank of America Corporation). Later, Giannini wanted to expand his company nationally. He knew that he only needed a few large regional and national banks to dominate American banking; he decided to increase the number of his branches. “He already owned New York’s Bowery and East River National Bank (as well as a chain of banks in Italy);

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