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struggles to fit into his new life in Canada. The protagonist throughout the novel struggles to assimilate into Canadian culture, undermining people’s desire for him to integrate through imagining himself as a cockroach that scurries beneath society. By doing this, and through showing memories of his character’s traumatic past, Hage signifies the struggles, which many immigrants from warring countries face, in migrating to North America, contrasting the image Canada mostly promotes as being multicultural

into the Senate. The case was started by the Famous Five, a group of women’s right activists, consisting of Emily Murphy, Irene Marryat Parlby, Nellie Mooney McClung, Louise Crummy McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards. In 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that women were not “persons” according to the BNA act. Therefore, they were not eligible to hold a position in the government. The Famous Five were not pleased with this law that was degrading to women so, they appealed to the Privy Council

Quebec, or Québec in French, is a province in east-central Canada. It is the largest province in area. It has a predominantly French speaking population and is the only province to have an official provincial language of French. The capital or Quebec is Quebec City. The population of Quebec is 8.081 million. Quebec has three natural regions: the Canadian Shield, the St. Lawrence Lowlands, and the Appalachians. The Canadian Shield is also called the Precambrian Shield or the Laurentian Plateau

Canada has a federal constitutional monarchy. The English monarch is vested with powers of state, but the power is shared with a representative democracy in which people express their views by electing representatives who meet and discuss policies. Canada is relatively free from corruption when compared with many other countries. Canada's judicial system is transparent and free from corruption. Businesses report that Canadian courts show high levels of independence and state their confidence in

second thought,” stated Martin Van Buren in 1838. In Canada’s government today, this “sober second thought” is provided by the upper house of Parliament, the Senate. This legislative Chamber, created under the Constitution Act of 1867, has, for the most part, met its purpose of considering and revising legislation, investigating national issues, and giving the regions of Canada an equal voice in Parliament; however, due to poor judgment in appointment and a resulting lack of qualification in members

March 11, 1848 was the day when colonies across Canada united and established responsible government. Some may go even further as to call it our independence day – the day real democracy began (Martin). Throughout history, our world has constantly been bruised and battered by civil turmoil. Today, the civil war in Syria decimates the country; the Israeli and Palestinian conflict rages on; tens of thousands of people have been killed in South Sudan's ongoing civil war. It is not always easy to isolate

is a big place, but Canada is in the center of it. Every country has different cultures. Canada has great foods, cool history, and people who love music. Life in Canada is a lot like life in the United States. In Canada drug and alcohol addiction is very common. They have lots of the same music as us. Something different the the U.S. is that they are divided into three groups; the Aboriginal Peoples, the French Canadians, and the English Canadians. I think that life in Canada sounds cool. The history

Is Canada Worth It? Did you know Canada is the second largest country in the world? right after Russia. Canada is located in North America. This Northern American country is renowned for its nature and the kindness of its population. It is multicultural, it’s considered a country with many people from diverse nations coming together to make this country significant and out of the ordinary. Canada has its push and pulls factors that depend on whether people will immigrate to Canada or not. Mainly

heroine in Canadian history. She played a very important role in the War of 1812. The War of 1812 was a very tragic event. Caused by the military conflicts between the United States and Great Britain. This war was fought all over the world. Lower Canada, Upper Canada on the Great Lakes and the Atlantic and United States. There were many brave men and women who played a really important role during the War of 1812. As I have mentioned before there was one really important person involved in this all Laura

Today marks an important day for all Canadians. British Canada has finally been united by the "Fathers of Confederation" and is now officially known as Canada. After almost a century, it is still hard to believe that Canada was once merely called the “British Colonies.” United, Canada has a sense of identification and much more vigor. Before the 1860s, confederation was not of importance. Although due to fear of the United States, problems between the divided British colonies, and belief that