... of making equalization payments to ensure that provincial governments have sufficient revenues to provide reasonably comparable levels of public services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation. (Constitution Act, 1982, section 36(2).) The Constitution Act of 1982 enshrines the principle of equalization payments from "have" to "have not" provinces to ensure that Canadians, no matter where they live, ... Boadway listed three prominent sources from which net fiscal benefit differentials across provinces may arise. The first one is from the differences in source-based tax revenues. Un...

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... Trudeau defends our culture and advances our nation like no other. He founds the solutions to the many problems Canada encounters today. Through his leadership and dedication to the Canadian federal system, Pierre Trudeau works towards a more united and independent Canada, while promoting multiculturalism, bilingualism, and liberalism. Initially attracting wide praise for his outspoken manner and ... , speech, and religion. He opposes nationalism as being divisive. Essentially, as part of the Constitution Act of 1982, an initiative section by Trudeau provides the prohibition of discrimin...

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... results, thus creating a broad-based community of interest among Canadians (O'Brien and Szeman, 2004). However, the mass media of today contributes significantly to the development of an awareness of a larger Canadian community. For instance, when the Leaf's are playing, many Canadians will put on their Leaf's jersey and head down to a local pub with a big-screen TV so that they can ... from storekeepers' and neighbours' windows, flapping in the breeze while passengers wave them from their cars. In the US, solemnly positioned in shop windows, the stars and stripes represent the constitu...

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... the general citizenry of any nation is the most powerful influence people have in their daily lives. Even in our Canadian democratic system, where out constitution protects the citizens from military and police coercion, there are subversive ways in which the powerful elite in our society ... are able to further their interests while avoiding dissent. The question posed in this paper is whether the Canadian media is serving the ... media does not purely suppress dissent and demand obedience to any specific ideology in a democracy. However, because of the structure of the Canadian media, ...

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