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    negotiate with the Canadian government. During the 1869-70, he led the rebel when Canada purchases Manitoba from the Hudson’s bay company. Also, he organized and led a similar rebellion in 1885. Above all, is he a patriote or a traitor? It was inappropriate to accuse Riel as a traitor. He tried to defend the traditional rights of Metis and made sure they treated as equally as the

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    1. To what extent do you think the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture? I believe a small part of the dispute of the argument was to protect the Canadian culture. The magazine rotation is Canada is mostly American. There is very little Canadian tradition in these magazines. Magazines show a large part of a country’s culture. That is why many countries do not carry magazines of different culture or have them in large rotation. Depending on the

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    (START) of the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD). As one of its foreign policy instruments, Canada is known for its unshakeable commitment to providing support to fragile and war-torn states strengthen their institutions and civil society. Whether in cooperation with international organizations, NGOs, or unilaterally, Canada is known for its generous contributions to global stability, and its humanitarian policy has rewarded Canada a strong and positive image in the international

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    to be one of the most influential bridges in trade considering the extent it will facilitate enhanced commerce capacity, improve business opportunities and reduce traffic bottlenecks through the facilitated publicly operated border crossing between Canada and the US. It will facilitate an uninterrupted flow of traffic, an upgrade from the current circumstance of the nearby privately operated Ambassador Bridge connecting the city streets (Anon.,

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    Canada is a country built on immigration, mainly British at first, but from all over the world afterwards. Chinese immigration to Canada dates back to the period of the gold rush when they were recruited to mine. In the 1880's, the Chinese population increased after Canada joined the confederation and extra labour was required to build a cross-country railway. Due to the poor economy in China, many Chinese were willing to migrate and work for low wages. The Canadian government seized this opportunity

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    Canadian government. Aboriginals struggled to get a permanent job therefore clearly displaying Aboriginals struggling to get the resources they need in order to survive. Canada’s leader ignored this situation and continued to discriminate Aboriginals (Marshall 2). Several times, Aboriginals were being used by their own country to do their dirty jobs. The Canadian government did not want to risk “true Canadian” lives, so they used the Aboriginals. By the 1990’s, one would think that the government would

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    Nowadays, different governments meet with the problem of “Americanization” of their countries’ cultures and lifestyle and they try their best to mitigate this tendency and prevent future “invasions” of American culture. The aim of this essay is to identify main problems and possible solutions over protecting local cultures from the impacts of globalization through The Canadian Magazine Dispute. I think that national authenticity is a vital part of each country. The U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute

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    Canada is portrayed as an open and liberal country accepting all, but there is evidence in our history and presently that this is very untrue. For starters, we still have an Act which can eradicate rights of Canadian citizens in the name of security. This Act, the Emergency Act, can only be used when there are declared emergencies by the Cabinet and Parliament. It then must be tested, in the Reasonable and Justified test in section 1 of the charter to see if certain rights can be justified to be

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    politics of many people. I chose the Canadian Magazine Dispute to discuss here in this research. The Canadian government sees magazines as an important part of their culture and gives Canadians a sense of identity. Canada put fees on foreign magazines. Around 90% of the magazines sold in Canada are foreign. and most of them are American magazines. Any magazine that is printed outside Canada and sold inside is considered as a foreign magazine, but Technology made it very difficult to identify foreign

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    based on a rescue mission called ‘The Canadian Caper” in which six americans escaped capture and hid in the Canadian residence. There were many discrepancies between the movie and the events, one of the most political being the undermining role of Canada and the fact that they left out many people that contributed greatly in the efforts of saving the hostages. John Sheardown was the former first secretary at the Canadian Embassy at the time of the Iranian revolution. Him and his wife Zena sheltered

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