... NDP has experienced some success of late. Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan have had (or currently have) an NDP provincial mandate. On the policy front, the NDP seem to be most concerned with a plan for "fair taxes now." According to the NDP, "it's time banks and big corporations paid ... cuts will inject life back into the Canadian economy by promoting investment, consumer consumption and job creation." (library4.html, 1997) On the income tax front, the PCs are also committed to giving Canadians a 10-20 per cent personal income tax cut, which would be phased in over ...

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... Crisis, 1970, Trudeau implemented the War Measures Act due to the kidnapping of British diplomat James Cross and of Quebec Cabinet minister Pierre La Porte by the terrorist group the Front de Liberation de Quebec (FLQ). The British diplomat was returned, but the Quebec Cabinet Minister had been murdered. Controversy over these measures and the effects on liberal democracy and Quebec ... of a shared connection between the East and the West. There have been many skeptics about Trudeau's peace missions. The fact still remains that in the autumn of 1983, no major Western power except for Ca...

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... best. These Blacks have entered all sorts of work fields and occupations from solid farming roots to the pursuits of university and business life. Blacks are making positive contributions to western Canada as they did for the past many years to the whole of Canada. Blacks who live in BC usually came from California to escape slavery and they arrived in ... people are human beings as well and the way we treated them in the past was terrible, it is unbelievable how they overcame all the obstacles that were put in front of them for survival. Learning about this history has given me a new v...

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... WWII Canada enjoyed the position of having the third largest navy in the world, behind our closest allies the British and the Americans. With the threats of infiltration into the western home front by German U-boats, the production of British Flower-Class corvette became Canada's greatest manufacturing effort of this time period. The Canadian Navy started its first steps in the direction ... ...

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