... restriction, only twenty five Chinese people entered Canada between the years of 1923 and 1946 (Knowles, 1997:107). During the years of World War II, Japanese Canadians had to endure another discriminating phase from the federal government of Canada. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the ... Almost 4,000 Japanese were ordered by the fe! deral government to leave Canada for Japan, even though most of these Japanese were either Canadian-born or new Canadian citizens (Knowles, 1997:124). After WW II, there was a large movement of immigrants from Europe to Canada. The government wel...

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... cleavages did and continue to develop across different areas of Canada due to the variations in political culture (Archer & Young ix). This has had a significant impact on the role in Canadian politics. It reinforces the importance of regional, cultural and political views which unite the citizens. Unfortunately, this has consequently fueled negative perceptions of the central government and furthermore, that of ... motivation. Lord Durham's report specifically encouraged the assimilation of the French [Kan13]. This political development from the past alone has incited many Francophone's ...

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... such legislation being passed is especially great in wartime and other emergency situations. President Roosevelt signed the "Executive Order No. 9102, establishing the War Relocation Authority-and " without a murmur of dissent," (Institute for Historical Review) Japanese-Canadians were shipped away to internment camps that resembled ... the Nazi-concentrations camps. " The 23 000 Japanese living on the West coast of Canada, three fourths of whom were Canadian Citizens, were also rounded up, they were not permitted back into British Columbia until March 1949, seven years after the evacuat...

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... situated in the center of the city. There is a great number of museums in Ottawa: Bytown museum, Canada Aviation museum, Canada Science and Technology museum, Canadian museum of Civilization, Canadian museum of Nature, Canadian Postal museum, the Canadian War museum and etc. In Ottawa you are able to find buildings, built in different architectural styles: modern skyscrapers and old churches, for example, St. Patrick's Basilica ... ...

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... and religious advocators of Christianity, and other religions, were about to make Aboriginal people their problem. "In the first few decades of the new Canadian Nation, when the government turned to address the constitutional responsibility for Indians and lands assigned by the Constitution Act of 1867, it adopted a policy of ... its obligation, under the Indian Act, to provide an education to Aboriginal people, as well as to assist with their integration into the broader Canadian society. For Aboriginal people road ahead is not an easy one especially if they cannot agree in their own co...

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... ), and excise taxes on tobacco products, for example, allow for "$12 billion being raised for the federal government, state, and local governments". (Lang and Marks 1996) Ever since the Civil War, tobacco taxes have been used as a way to raise extra cash for the nation during wartime or economic depression. Since the 1980's, the federal excise tax on tobacco has been ... years, however, local tobacco taxes have been used not only to raise money for government but also as a way to discourage smoking by making cigarettes more expensive. "Approximately 10% of Canadian tobacco consumer's swi...

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... versus provincial levels of control. The delegates saw that the US Constitution caused problems by according too much power to each individual states, and ultimately led to the American Civil War. Also, they did not want a legislative union like Britain had, because minority rights, like those of the Welsh and Scots were not protected. To decide on what should be controlled ... . The system decided on by the delegates in 1864 with a strong central government and few powers for the provinces is still, for the most part, what is used by the Canadian government today. ...

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