... . Every year Canada spends billions of dollars on foreign oil imports. By building this pipeline it would eliminate the need to import foreign oils and would join Western Canada's oil reserve to Eastern Canada's oil needs which will support and secure the country's energy independence. After knowing a number of benefits about the Energy East Pipeline, there are some risks that come ... Nations people of Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. Energy East would represent a 40 percent increase in tar sands production. First nations communities have demanded that federal and provincial government hon...

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... Affairs and Northern Development Canada). An act created to recognize Aboriginal culture and heritage, subtly proves to be oppressive, by allowing the authority to lie in the hands of the federal government. The Indian Act shows us the systemic assimilation tactic taken by the government to transform, the cultural, political, social and economic differences of Aboriginal community into a western civilization. The ... . "In 1991, the unemployment rate of Aboriginal peoples was almost twice the Canadian average: 19.4 percent compared to 10 percent. In the same year, the unemployment rate f...

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