The policy of multiculturalism in Canada began in 1988 after the Canadian Multiculturalism Act was passed. This was new law was in keeping with the Canadian constitution that recognizes and provides for the right of every Canadian to be protected. ... The policy allowed Canadians from different ethnic communities, races, origins etc. to take part in shaping the future of Canada. ... Today, Canada remains among the few countries that have anchored multiculturalism in the constitution. ... Today, new Canadians are being integrated in the mainstream of Canada. ...

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Pierre Elliot Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party, the 15th prime minister of Canada, professor and one of the most well-known Canadian politicians ever. ... Dating high profile women and driving fancy cars making him half Canadian celebrity half Canadian politician. ... In 1967 Canada's prime minister, Lester Pearson retired. ... From July 1867 to April 1982, the constitution of Canada remained an act of British Parliament. ... He successfully re-invented the constitution. ...

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In total there was thirteen elements created in the Bill; Self-Determination; Sovereignty; Partnership Treaty; New Constitution; Territory; Currency; Treaties and International Organizations and Alliances; Continuity of Laws, Pensions, Benefits, Licences and Permits, Contracts and Courts of Justice; Federal Public Servants and Employees; Interim Constitution; Other Agreements; and Coming into Force. ... The Interim Constitution element described how a temporary constitution would be enacted on the day Quebec gain sovereignty until a valid constitution could be empowered. ... Briefly, those q...

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Instead, it limited the power of the people of Upper Canada. ... Yet, soon after the passage of the Constitution Act of 1791 vested interest began to accumulate within the governmental structure of Upper Canada. ... In Lower Canada, however, the causes were much different. ... The rebellion in Lower Canada began first. ... While an overarching rhetoric of equality and the patriotism of the French-Canadians predominated the rebellions in Lower Canada, the established legislative assembly and lack of representational autonomy created the climate for rebellion in Upper Canada. ...

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Does Canada have an Independent Foreign Policy? Canada, a Nation Ahead of it's Time? The question regarding "Does Canada have an independent foreign policy?... Firstly, the nation of Canada' must be defined. ... Canada's constitution best summarizes its constructivist stance with the line, "Peace, Order and Good Government-. ...

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The Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms allow citizens from different groups to be represented and recognized in a fair and equal process - required they have fulfilled the requirements and have sufficient funding. ... Canadian courts and the CCP come across several different types of disputes and cases involving a variety of persons. ... This paper has four parts; it first introduces and explains the Canadian Court Challenges Program while the second part analyzes "acceptable" litigation and group activity in terms of the Government of Canada. ... The Canadian Court Challenge...

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Later Parkes stated that Australia must learn from the example of Canada and the USA regarding national unity. ... The new draft constitution bill was adopted for colonial parliaments to consider. Nationhood The 1897 Constitution was not accepted by the Colonies. ... The constitution was accepted by the British parliament and in 1901 Australia achieved federation. 4 Constitution as drawn up for Federation The constitution is a fairly short document considering it assembled the new federal government of Australia. The Constitution had to deal with four major issues (1) Fed...

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It later would become all or part of 15 of the United States and two Canadian provinces. ... The Constitution did not state any specific grant of power to the President to purchase land, moreover, in it was written that "no new state shall be formed or erected without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as Congress, (Article Four, Section Three, United States Constitution). ... (United States Constitution) Even preceding the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation stated that, "no other colony shall be admitted into, and entitled to, all the advantages of the un...

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Countries like the US and Canada have been allowing these types of immigration for years and are ahead of the Germans by almost a decade in policy. ... (Cia.gov, 1999) Germany's unemployment rate is rather high compared to other countries such as Great Britain, Unites States, and Canada at 9.8% and rising very slowly. ... The German government was setup on May 23, 1949 by a constitution known as the Basic Law. It was later renamed in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall as the Constitution of the United German People. The constitutions setup the government as a Federal Republic. ...

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Tribes and nations that settled in the cold regions of the Northwest Canada and Subarctic locations, developed ice and cold cultures such as ice fishing, and seal farming. ... The age of 'Manifest Destiny' came to be associated with reservation camps we see today in huge parts of the US and Canada. ... Under the constitution, the bill of rights, also referred to as the amendments, guarantee everyone that is a United states Citizen the ten amendments. And one of the main reasons the USA has been able to guarantee freedoms to so many diverse people, is because the U.S Constitution is...

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In Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom the government either supplies health care directly by taking ownership of the hospitals or by paying for most of the expenses. The system in Canada has a single – payer health care system in which the government provides national health insurance to all Canadian residents; each of the 10 Canadian provinces have their own system. ... The people against claim that it violates the constitution, that the government was never intended to tell individuals nor individual states what they can and cannot do. ...

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In the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy or Sacrosanctum Concilium it says that "The liturgy daily builds up those who are in the church making of them a holy temple of the Lord, a dwelling-place for God in the Spirit to the mature measure of the fullness of Christ.... The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy passed which concluded a greater involvement of the congregation, the use of vernacular as opposed to Latin as well as a lowering of the age for Holy Communion. ... Comparisons can be drawn between the Second Vatican Council and the modern day democratic governments such as that of th...

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A strong reason, backed by other moral and safety issues, for the United States" apprehension to lean towards banning guns resides in the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which grants the people the right to carry firearms. ... First off, the Second Amendment of the Constitution grants the right for the people to bear arms; however, by many, the stipulations of the Second Amendment are unclear. ... So with the United States" Constitution and the large majority of Americans opposing change, what options are available? ... As observed by most whom support a total ban on guns, the Second...

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Orangemen outlined a plan to combat Irish Catholic immigration: Our chief objects are the union of the Protestants of the several denomination, to counteract the encroachment of all men, sects or parties, who may at any time attempt the subversion of the Constitution, or the severance of these Colonies from the British Empire, to bind Protestants to the strict observance of the Laws, and to strengthen the bonds of the local authorities, by the knowledge that there is ever a band of loyal men ready in case of emergency, to obey their commands, and assist them in the maintenance of order. ... By...

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Prohibition was doomed from the start because it was almost impossible to control the large flow of illegal liquor from various countries, mainly Canada. "Bootleggers smuggled liquor from oversees and Canada, stole it from government warehouses, and produced their own." ... Ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1919 brought to prominence those officers charged with investigating criminal violations of the Internal Revenue law, including illicit manufacture of liquors. ...

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The purpose of this paper is to defend the rights of homosexual couples to marry, have children, and enjoy the same rights that the constitution states for heterosexual couples. ... As of May 21, 2013, 13 states and 13 countries such as Vermont, Connecticut, Sweden, Canada, and South Africa allow same sex couples to be legally married. ... Same-sex marriage became a reality in the United States in 2004 in the wake of a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Court that it was required under the equal protection clause of the state's Constitution (Dematteis/Reuters, 2012). ...

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Introduction The government of Mexico as established in the Constitution, is a federal republic that it is democratic and representative. As it is proclaimed in the article 39 of the Constitution; it says that the national sovereignty it belongs to the people and that all public power comes from the people with the purpose that will benefit the people of Mexico. ... But the implications of having a neo-liberalistic state are harder to maintain, because of the incapability of the Mexican economy to compete against bigger economies like the one from United States and Canada. ...

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A highly theocratic constitution giving much of the political authority to Khomeini, as well as the clergy in general. ... The constitution that was put into place in 1979 after the Islamic Revolution called for five different parts of the government. ... There are two parts to the legislative branch of the government and they are the parliament and the Guardian Council of the Constitution, all legislation has to be approved by this branch of the government. ...

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Although the decision to grant blanket clemency in Illinois was a major step, only time will tell if the rest of the United States will follow in many other countries footsteps to abolish capital punishment. Capital punishment is punishment by death for committing a crime. Since the early 1800...

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Unenumerated rights are entitlements that are in addition to those that are specifically listed, or enumerated, in the Constitution. ... In 2008 The Supreme Court of Massachusetts decreed that the state constitution assures same-sex couples equal right to marriage. ... In 2005, both Spain and Canada legalized same-sex marriage. ...

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According to the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), countries such as Switzerland (12), New Zealand (13), Ireland (16), United States (16), Canada (17), Australia (21) etc. are considered to encourage free speech since they all score a press freedom index of 30 or less (World Audit, 2015). In comparison, the GDP per capita (USD) of these countries that foster free speech is as follows: Switzerland (54,800), United States (52,800), Canada (43,100), Australia (43,000), Ireland (41,300), New Zealand (30,400) (World Audit, 2015). ... Since the first amendment of the US constitut...

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While the constitution has worked well for the United States of America, we have to remember it was created 200 years ago and was created for Caucasian males by Caucasian males. ... This argument attempts to convince people to believe that any compromise to the pro-abortion forces will lead to progressive fascist dictation of Canadian society. ...

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Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that the ethical solution would be for Madison to deliver the commission, however the Supreme Court had no authority to order him to do so because according to the Constitution, the Supreme Court does not have original jurisdiction over cases regarding writs of mandamus. ... Aided by French-Canadian fur trader Toussaint Charbonneau and his native American wife Sacajawea, Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific 18 months later, and successfully returned to Jefferson with the news. 1804 The Twelfth Amendment This amendment established separate votes in the ...

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"If cannabis-based drugs are given the all-clear in the UK, analysts expect that the rest of Europe and Canada will be next to grant approval, within about six to nine months." ... (CNN) If I am not mistaken, doesn"t the constitution refer to every man being made equal? ...

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Growing up, we are taught that the Revolutionary war was a necessary war with unmistakable objectives and was fervently fought by all Americans in an effort to rise up against the tyranny of British rule. We are taught to view the war as a Revolution, a fight for freedom, liberty and the right to ow...

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