Canada

Using a variety of sources, this essay will explain to what extent did the American policies during the Cold War influence Canada’s attitude towards nuclear defense during the 1940s to 1960s. Source C focuses on the American relationship with the Soviet Union and their indefinite competition to be better than the other, giving information about the commencement of the arms race between the two countries and their discreet battle over which country had the better security and defense system. This

Bilingualism in Canada: Good or Bad? I believe that bilingualism is central to Canada’s identity, as well as other languages. Pierre Elliott Trudeau has said that, “Bilingualism unites people; dualism divides them. Bilingualism means you can speak to the other; duality means you live in one language and the rest of Canada will live in another language”. Bilingualism is an essential part of Canadian nature and in the

Canada is a very large country and people of many different cultural backgrounds live there. Because of this, there are lots of different Christmas traditions in Canada. Many of the traditions and celebrations come from French, English, Irish, Scottish, German and native/first nation influences. The Eastern province of Nova Scotia is known worldwide for its fir and pine Christmas trees, many families in Canada have a fir or pine Christmas tree. A Canadian tradition is to send the largest, greatest

Bilingualism should be maintained in Canada. Bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages fluently. Canada is a bilingual country with English and French as official languages. The Canadian government has adopted bilingualism and as made official languages English and French their official in 1969(Lepage and Corbeil). According to the Office of the Commissioner 72 percent of Canadian supported Bilingualism, especially people who live in Quebec supported strongly (Cited by Bluja and Bradshaw)

Canada had many crises since 1945 and most of the times Canada has attempted to come to terms with difficult times and has succeeded. Many Canadians have been impacted by the crises. Canada has came to term in many ways, for example, using the war measures act and by apologizing to citizens. Residential schools is one example. Two primary objectives of the residential school system were to remove and isolate children from the influence of their homes, families, traditions and cultures. The residential

Is Canada a Nation? Canada would be considered a nation state, although as a nation Canada faces many different obstacles that make it more difficult for the peoples to relate with each other; such as French/English relations, aboriginal affairs, influence of the US, regionalism, and multiculturalism. With these barriers between peoples, one may find it hard to distinguish if Canada could really be considered a nation at all, or to what extent could someone call Canada a nation? Canada has been

Trump wants to cancel this agreement. However, some opponents think that NAFTA has brought more benefits to Canada, Canada should not agree to cancel the NAFTA. In my view, NAFTA should not be abandoned because it has positively influenced Canada’s economy by increasing investment, the number of Canadian jobs and consumer’s purchasing power. Firstly, NAFTA creates more investment for Canada, especially foreign investment. NAFTA helps innovative businesses by discouraging pirating because it protects

Medicare in Canada is a government-funded universal health insurance program established by legislation passed in 1957, 1966 and 1984 (Canada, 2012). Openly funded and administered, comprehensive, accessible hospital and medical services insurance plan has a much longer and more complex history than simply the politics of creating a federal–provincial–territorial shared-cost agreement. This viewpoint was challenged by those who stated that individuals must take responsibility for their own and their

Isolationism was a very important topic during the times before Canada. Isolationism is the policy where a country avoid alliances and affairs with foreign countries (“ Isolationism”), in this case it was Canada distancing themselves because of how insignificant they were in the League of Nations, its gaining of autonomy made it physically detached and the Great Depression intensified it (“Isolationism”). The listed factors caused isolationism which delayed Canada’s participation in the war. The

When the topic of Canada comes up among peoples, immediately the thought of ice hockey, the Mounted Police, and beavers comes to mind. In fact, Canada has truly lost its true identity that we once knew. It is slowly being assimilated and in fact 'Americanized'; in aspects of social identity, national identity, and cultural identity.      First, Canada is being slowly 'Americanized'; in its social identity. When we talk about a country's social identity, we examine a few areas. First is the media