January 2015 Throughout Canadian history, Canada has developed into a well-respected nation, due to the changing dynamic of its culture, demography and socio-economic values and morals. Human rights within Canada has been recognized, protected and promoted by Government Institutions, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the policy of multiculturalism, provincial statues, the court of law and shared socio-political values and ideals (Miron, 2009). Since 1948, Canada has been a member of the United Nations
poor, Canada would not be the way it is today. This is due to the fact that these millions of women were the backbone of how Canada survived during the war when practically all men were gone to fight during WW1. Even women who signed up to be a part of the paramilitary should be praised as they went outside their comfort zones and broke gender roles when they willingly decided they wanted to be trained just like the men. These were the women that were keen on keeping the streets of Canada safe
their jobs and the military during the cold war” (Zillman). People across the world listened and watched his speech. Justin Trudeau’s use of rhetorical devices in “I Am Sorry. We Are Sorry” outlined the history of oppression of the LGBTQ community in Canada, apologized to those oppressed, and reminded the world that “[we] are all worthy of love and deserving of respect” (Trudeau as quoted in Zillman). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlined the Canadian history of oppression of the LGBTQ community using
Trial: Plea Bargaining One of the most conventional and contentious issues discussed in the Canadian legal system is plea bargaining. Its definition varied over the years as people scrutinized every aspect of this matter. The Law Reform Commission of Canada defined it as “any agreement by the accused to plead guilty in return for the prosecutor’s agreeing to take or refrain from taking a particular course of action”. (Plea Discussions and Agreements, p. 66) This given definition of plea bargaining is
A True Story by, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Christy Jordan-Fenton. The consequences of residential schools impacted Margaret for the rest of her life, Margaret was abused and humiliated for being who she is as a native living in canada. The book has many social injustices, as an aspect of racism where she is persecuted for growing up with such a culture, the schools also having right vs wrong rules where practicing your own culture is wrong and what they’re teaching is right, also the freedom of expression
Canada consists of immigrants from all over the world, so it is a multicultural society. There are about thirty thousand Chinese immigration come to Canada each year since the 1800s, and the amount of people who from all over the world came to Canada is roughly two hundred and fifty thousand per year. It means the Chinese are the main group of the immigrants. The first wave of Japanese immigrants is between 1877 and 1928, and most of them settled in a small village in British Columbia. They make
Today, Canada is recognized as one of the most diverse and multicultural societies in the world that embraces liberal immigration. However, unbeknownst to many, Canadian immigration has a dark history of racism and discrimination. Canada practiced racist laws and restricted the immigration of minority groups. During the early twentieth century, Asiatic minorities were subject to severe racial discrimination in the Canadian society, notably the Chinese, the Japanese and the Indians. Between the years
discrimination exists in Canada and is deeply entrenched in our history since contact. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) report, “Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview” (2014), does not provide justifiable reasons and/or contributing factors for the deplorably high number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women, because it does not address the underlying causality of this violence: colonialism and racism. As the Native Women’s Association of Canada (2010) states, “to
bootstraps” due to the generational, institutional, and cultural poverty that the city has suffered for decades (Canada). Under their visionary leader, Geoffrey
In banning sweatshop materials from being distributed in Canada, Canadians would be obligated to buy clothing from cruelty-free organizations who provide an alternative workforce in impoverished countries. This can raise a worker's salary from $33/month to $69 a month, and would only cost consumers an average of 1.8% more on commercial items4. Canada has the power to significantly reduce sweatshops, but this holds greater value than simply minimum wage: