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Financially secure boomers
young urban professionals |
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"latchkey kids"
Generation X |
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born between 1965 - 1976
underemployed, overeucated
not interested in politics and social changes
independent |
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Generation Y
"Baby Boom Echo, Millennials" |
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born from mid 1970 - late 1990
born into nurturing child centric
most tech literate gen
success oriented |
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Multiculturalism Act
Bill C - 39 |
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adopted in 1988 by Pierre Trudeau
provides legal framework for multiculturalism in Canada |
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| Equality rights for women inshrined in the constitution in |
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| 1982 in the constitution for women rights |
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| When was Aborginals women able to keep their status even if they married a non- Aborginals |
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| legalized same-sex marriage |
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| the right of a colony or cultural group to define the structure laes and policies that will govern its affairs |
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| First Nations' Claims to land based on the belief that the government did not fulfill its obligations under a treaty or other agreement related to money land or other assets |
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| the assertion of the right of Aboriginal nations to large tracts of land because their ancestors were the original inhabitants |
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Oka plan to expand golf course into disputed land of the Mohawks
Mohawks blockaded land of the contrustion
guns were shot one died
near by Kahnawake reserves was barricadeded
Mohawks next blockaded highways + railways
Premier Robert Bourassa called in the Canadian Forces
disputted land purchased by the ferderal government and given back to Aborginials |
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| 1990 Aborginials about residential school |
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| Aborginals came forward of the horrifiying of residential school |
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| In 1985 gave Aboriginal band councils the power to decide who had the right to live on Aboriginal reserves |
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1912 - the first group to make a land claim agaisnt Canadain government
1927-1951 - Indain Act not allowed to raise funds
1968 - Nisga'a claims to court
1996 - Nisga'a got part of their land back win their rights own police etc
1997 - Any other case to the Delgamuukw case
1999 - Parliament of Canada passes the Nisga'a deal |
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1999 New territory
largest treaty ever negotiated
northern area political control over 2mill k2
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| What is the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples |
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| 1991 five volume report of the issues that affected Aboriginals |
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| What are the findings of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples |
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needs to mend the relationships between Abor and gobernment
economic gap Abor and non Abor |
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to take control of power over a document from a former colonial government
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| a proposal by Quebec nationalists that Quebec have political independence yet retain close economic ties or association with Canada |
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| The agreement that PQ government Rene Levesque called |
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free trade between Canada and Quebec
a common currency for the two Nation
common tariffs afainst imported goods |
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| a phrase that refers to the recognition of the unique nature of Quevec within Vanada; it often has the sense that Quebec should have special powers and privilleges to protect its language and culture |
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| British North America Act |
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| 1867 set out the powers of federal and provincial government fell under british jurisdiction need british approval |
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PM Trudeau created wanted basic rights
a process by which changes can legally be made to the Canadian Constutition |
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| PM and premiers met in Ottawa on November 4, 1981 waken late night to approve the deal of the amending formula |
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| a clause in the Canadian Consititution (Section33[1]) that enables Parliament or the legislature of a province to allow an Act to stand even though it contravenes the Charter of Rights and Freedom |
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How did Rene Levesque felt about the constitution?
"seven out of ten provinces representing 50 precent of Canada's population" |
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he argued against the deal.
felt that the federal government and the other probincial premiers ganged up to deny quebec reognition of its distinct status |
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| What happen on February 28, 1984 |
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| Trudeau Steps down from parliament and the leadership was taken by John Turner losing to the progressive (mr) Turner was replaced by Jean Chretien |
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1987 a package of constitutional amendments that would define Quebec as a distinct society within Canada
all provinice have the right to veto |
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a federal party dedicated to Quebec separation from Canada
started by Lucien Bouchard |
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| Committee that travelled across the nation to hear the views of Canadians on the Consitiution |
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It answered Quebec concerns but also advocated the principle of Aboriginal self fovernment
proposed reforming the senate
put a nation referendum in oct 1992 , 54.3 no |
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Clarity Act
(Bill C - 20)
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| legislation passed by the Chretien government requiring separatist referendums to pass with a "clear majority" rather than 50 percent plus 1, before Quebec could negotiate separation |
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| What happen in the Quebec Refenedum in 1995 |
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Premier Jacques Parizeau called a provinical referendum of sovereignty Oct 1995 majorty no - 50.6
wanted another regerendum but has to negotiate with Canada surperme court |
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Chretien to martin to harper
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2002 PM jean chretien not seek a fourth term
2003 leader of Canda lib - Paul Martin (minority)
2005 lost confidence
2006 - 36 percent Stephen Harper - PM |
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By 1981 what is happening?
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| oil crisis, inflation, high interest rates |
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| after trudeau retire governemet is in debt high unemployment - government revenues fell creating National Debt. Define blue |
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| the amount of money owe by a federal government most of Canda's national debt money is owed to Canadians who hold Government of Canda saving bonds treasury bills etc |
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| PM progressive Conservative in power in 1984 promise to address Canada's econmic promblems trying to cut the role of government |
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| economic problems and solution lay in the hands of corporations and wealthy citizens |
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| Investment Review Aency (FIRA) |
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formed by Trudeau government in 1973 to block foreign investment that seemed not to be in Canada's interest
Mulroney dismantled it |
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| In 1987 there was the Free Trade agreement |
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| FTA the agreement that came into effect in 1989 between Canada and the USA to allowe goods produced in each country to cross the border tariff-free |
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| what were some of the agruments that included in the FTA? |
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FOR FTA
eliminating tariff attract more us investment helping Canadian industry grow
Free trade would give Canada access to the larfer US market increase our productivity
A free trade agreement would attract US firm to Canada to take advantage of our natural resources skilled workers and well planned transportation
AGAISNT FTA
once protective tariff were removed us branch plants avoid paying tariff simply return to the us many job lost
canadain business can not competet
threatended canada indepence
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| When the FTA was establish in 1989 what did it include? |
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tariffs between Canada and the US would be eliminated complete free trade 1999
cultural indestries were exempt from the afreement allowing canada to retain protection
afreement included mechanisms to ensure fair competition between the two countried and fewer condition on investment |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement |
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| 1992 Mulroney expanded the free trade zone including Mexico |
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| a process by which the regions and countries of the world are becoming economically and culturally interconnected |
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| Jean Chretien came in power in 1993 |
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they inherited national debt inject a lot in economy public work
1994 used 43 percent of revenues to pay interest on the debt can not afford "big government"
Cut civil servants
many in poverty line |
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| stratigic defence initiative (SDI) |
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the star wars
aerospace defence syetem
us no but buiness ok |
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| mid 1980 what did soviet leader mikhail gorbachev do? |
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| cant afford arms race proposed massive cuts in arsenal of both superpower would communist countries more efficiently and create better condition for their citizens gave freedom of speech "perestoika" |
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| soviet union had collapsed and the cold war was over |
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| June 1989 Red army soldiers attacked students in a democracy movement f |
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aug 1990 Iraq invaded the oil of kuwait
UN demanded Iraq to withdraw 35 countries stopped them
after the war UN dedicated to peacemaking negotiating settlements military force to preserve long term peace and security |
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| 1994 mass murder of nearly one million Tutsis in Rwanda |
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| What did the Canadian Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire to peacekeep in Rwanda ask for |
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Dallaire sent a series of urgent appeals to UN headquarters and outlined an ambitious military plan to halt the killing
he wanted us support and more troops nobody helped and many died |
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| 1991 Canadian soldiers for peacekeepers Canada a member of NATO |
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1992 to help due to the civil war in 1991. Many starving
Canadian killed and tortue a teenager |
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1989 republics broke out into ethnic conflict
un peacekeeping mission unable to control the situation
1995 NATO series of air strikes against serbians |
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| Yugoslavia after NATO attack |
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may 1998 serbians moved into province of Kosovo
Muslims murdered
brought conserverals bout un peacekeeping or making |
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