Ideally, in Canada the main function of the state is to provide public services to better the living conditions of the people, to maintain the economy, and to sustain a standing military force for protection. ... The budget cuts were enacted to reduce the massive debt which the state accrued over the last few decades (once the Canadian dollar fell below the US dollar). ... Additionally, Canada had 3.2 acute-care hospital beds per 1000 people in 2000; a value below the average of four for the OECD (Blackwell, 2). ...

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These days, when people mention "CANADA" there are some words that instantly come to mind; equality, rights and freedom are defiantly some of the most common ones. Canada has earned a certain reputation for these rights and freedoms that sets it far above other countries. Many believe that Canada ha...

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Morris (2014) supports this by indicating that "one in seven (2.4 million) Canadian women is living in poverty today" (para.3). ... Similarly, approximately 40% of single senior women are also living in poverty. When considering disabled women, the majority of women are living below the poverty line, which is a large portion than of men with disabilities. ... Aboriginal women are more likely to live below the poverty line, than Caucasian women or Aboriginal men (Morris, 2014). ...

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