...William Lyon Mackenzie King William Lyon Mackenzie King was the leading Canadian politician beginning in the early 1920’s till 1940’s – he was elected as the 10th Prime Minister of Canada in the year 1921 for a five year term that ended in the year 1926 and again for the following term from 1926 to 1930. After absence from office for the subsequent political term, he again held the office of the chief executive from the year 1935 till 1948. Best described politically as a Liberal, he has had twenty-two years’ worth of experience in public office and is recognized as the premier having served the longest term in the history of the country. Taught and trained in social work and as a lawyer, he displayed a strong curiosity towards the condition of humans, ultimately playing a key part in establishing the groundwork for turning Canada into a welfare state (Welfare State, The Canadian Encyclopedia). As stated by historians and his personal biographers, Mackenzie was short of the emblematic personal qualities of prodigious frontrunners, particularly when compared with the likes of Charles de Gaulle of France, Winston Churchill and Margret Thatcher of England, Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States of America or even lesser known personalities like Joey Smallwood of Newfoundland – the masses were not enthralled by him. He did not possess a forceful presence or a charismatic personality. He lacked the necessary rhetorical talent and failed to stand out on the media of his time...
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...The new South Africa My name is Ida Mackenzie, but I prefer if you’d call me “Mrs. Mackenzie”. Every morning at exactly 7.30 a.m. my alarm rings routinely. Routine is important, especially to me. I believe in the three R’s: Routine, Reliability and Respect. And therefor in my opinion no home could be hold successfully without these three great terms. Because of this I hate when I get unexpected visitors. At 7.35 a.m. I reach for the silver bell and shake it. The silver bell is placed right beside the bed on the table next to my clock. I have inherited the bell from my mother. As a recall to the bell my maid, Beauty, will come to my bed with coffee and homemade rusks, and go through a timetable of tasks and duties of the actual day. Beauty has been my maid in over twenty-five years. She is reliable – or at least I thought she was. If I didn’t have a servant, I would not even remember, where I keep the rusks. Until this election week I always thought Beauty was too sensible a girl to want anything to do with the African National Congress, but she let me down. Even though I tested her, in the way of leaving marked bottles out. One day Beauty stayed away, and I felt abandoned, betrayed, disappointed and helpless. I have always and will always like how orderly things used to be, with the blacks getting off the pavements for whites and respecting the obvious curfew at nightfall. My maids life in Vilakazi Township have never been in my interest, the fact that she was reliable...
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...The stolen generations “They used to belt them till they was knocked out, that’s how cruel they was.” – Personal testimony, Ruth Mackenzie. Ruth Mackenzie was one of the roughly estimated 6200 aboriginal children to be taken from their home in the stolen generations period. Mackenzie was one of the children the authorities targeted as she was of mixed decent, the government believed that children of mixed decent would be easier to assimilate into the “white” society. Many of the facts of what happened during the stolen generation period (ca. 1890 – 1970.) are not clear, as not much of it was recorded and what was recorded was attempted destroyed. However, many testimonies have been made by the stolen children. So what exactly did happen to them? To begin I think it is necessary to explain what the stolen generations mean. The stolen generations refer to period between 1890 and 1970 when aboriginal children were forcefully taken away from their families. The goal of this was that the aboriginal culture and people would die out, and since the culture is passed on from generation to generation taking the aboriginal children away was also taken away the aboriginals future. The children were normally either sent to institutions or white farms and households, what occurred in these places is hard to imagine....
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...The importance of the Labour movement in Nova Scotia Canadians have experienced low wages, unsafe working conditions and just not having any rights in the workplace. The Toronto Typographical Union went on strike in 1872, which led to the legalization of unions and it gave us the national holiday know as Labour Day. In the 1900’s the Federal Department of Labour was established. The first Minister of Labour, William Lyon Mackenzie King was responsible for making decisions and to know what was going on in each department. Growing up as an African Canadian Black student, I have heard a about a lot of History about Unions and discriminations in the Black communities. Black Canadians have fought hard to have equal rights in the workforce, with having equal pay and having the same opportunities as what their co-workers have. When we talk about racism in the workplace, discrimination of blacks cannot be ignored. Racism is alive and well in Canada, but it is not openly discussed and kept subtle. When we look at the census of Black Canadians, they are more likely to be unemployed, as well as not being paid the same amount of money than the average Canadian would be paid. Black Canadians were not allowed to join unions for almost 70 years after the first Canadian Union was established. Today we now have unions that keep us safe in the workplace, give us equal or fair pay, regardless of what race you are. Now if any of our members experience discrimination in the workplace...
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...This essay will focus on the question “Was R.B. Bennett a good choice for the 11th Prime Minister of Canada?” To access the extent on how effective R.B. Bennett was on Canada between 1930 to 1935, this essay will help identify whether or not Bennett help shape Canada for good or for bad. After Bennett was inaugurated after former prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, he had a rough road ahead of him being elected at the start of The Great Depression. Only having done little to nothing after his first year in office and the public making jokes, Bennett had no choice but to revise President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” to help bring Canada out of the Depression. When the 1930’s election came rolling around, there were many assumptions that prime minster Mackenzie King would not be re-elected back into office. On the Conservative Party, the candidate that was running up against King was R.B. Bennett. When King made his speech in the House of Commons about how he would not give a “five-cent piece to any [Conservative] government,” R.B. Bennett was seen to be the next prime minster. When the Conservatives won 134 seats and the Liberals only won 90, the people of Canada saw a bright future for the country. Bennett’s first year in office was probably the height of his career. When he entered his office he had action on his mind and that’s exactly what Canada got. One of the very first things that R.B. Bennett did as prime minister was creating the Unemployment Relief Act...
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...The critical paradigm recognizes the social construction of knowledge, defined in a manner which suites the interests of the elite groups in society(Travers, 2008). Therefore, true objectivity can be found in the discourse of the marginalized groups(Travers, 2008). The goal of this paradigm is to provide a voice for the marginalized groups, addressing the issues of social inequality, and work towards making reparations, in hope of a reshaping of our society(Travers, 2008). In the case of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, the critical paradigm addresses the conflicts between the differing native and elite viewpoints. Critical ontology emphasizes that reality is socially constructed by the elite groups in society, supporting their position of power, resulting in conflict as the marginalized groups resist(Travers, 2008). Berger’s report recognizes the conflict between the views of the elite groups, who run the oil and gas companies, and those of the native people. The elite groups purport that the development of the pipeline, and the associated ventures, would benefit not only the economy but the native people who would have jobs and be able to join the wage economy(Berger, 1988). They attempt to create a perception, in which the native people would benefit from joining the rest of society, using the proposed development as a means of integrating them. Berger, who appears to follow a critical ontology, voices the opinions of the natives in his inquiry. Louis Frost’s statement...
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...paper will outline the contributions William Lyon Mackenzie King made as the Tenth Prime Minister of Canada. The historical impact his leadership had on the evolutionary process and growth of a nation; additionally the paper will examine how Canada benefited and the negative implications by William Lyon Mackenzie King’s decisions while in power. The goal of this research paper is to enlighten the reader why Canada precociously went through 22 years multiple periods of transition and evolution. King worked diligently throughout his academic life. He earned five university degrees including an M.A in political economy and earned his L.L.B his educational prowess helped gained essential skills he would use later in life. King worked for Politicians...
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...The Importance of the Labour Movement in Nova Scotia Throughout history, Canadian employees have experienced low wages, unfair treatment in the workplace, unsafe working conditions and lacked many basic rights. Many events in the past 140 years have helped shaped the work environment of today into a much better place. The labour movement is very important. We will explore what events transpired to help this occur as well as why the labour movement is important. Beginning in 1872, the Toronto Typographical Union went on strike, which eventually lead to the legalization of unions and the official recognition of Labour Day as a national holiday. In 1900, the Federal Department of Labour was established, putting William Lyon MacKenzie King as the first Minister of Labour. This is an important event as this department was responsible for key decisions and was the go-to department when problems arose. In 1914, the Workmen’s Compensation Act was established in Toronto. This is a major event in history as prior to this, employees would sue their employers if they were injured on the job. From this day forward, employees give up their right to sue in exchange for compensation. This creates a much less hostile environment and reduces stress for both the employer and employee. In 1967, public service workers (with the exception of RCMP and military) acquired collective bargaining rights as a result of a strike held by the Canadian Union of Postal workers. This allowed workers to...
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...Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) The Canadian Northern Railway was founded in 1899 by William Mackenzie and Donald Mann. It was organized as a result of two small Manitoba branch lines and built up over the next twenty years. Mann and Mackenzie depended greatly on land grants and on sale of government guaranteed bonds of their company. They built a strong Prairie system but faced strong competition from their transcontinental rivals (the CPR, the Grand Trunk Railway, and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway). To meet the rivals standards a transcontinental expansion program was undertaken. However, the expansion was damaging and difficult financial needs caused Mann and Mackenzie to seek help from the government. In return for the help the...
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...Sir John A. Macdonald was a man who had many different responsibilities and jobs over the course of his life. He was a businessman, a lawyer and a politician who eventually became the first Prime Minister of Canada. He started his responsibilities at the very young age of fifteen, when he was fifteen he was a excellent lawyer in the city of Kingston. Just two years later he was the manager of a legal branch in Napanee. At 19 he opened a legal office in Kingston, he had many different responsibility and jobs at a very young age which had set him for the rest of his life. In Macdonald's early professional years, his career has coincided with the rebellion in Upper Canada where he took part on the attack on the rebels where he was a militia private...
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...comfortable, and the rapidly growing industry provided many North Americans with dreams of building the first transcontinental railway that would propel them into generations of prosperity. Two such North Americans were William Mackenzie and James J. Hill, Canadians who made it their lifelong goal to build the first transcontinental railway. Ultimately, Hill succeeded in achieving his dream while Mackenzie’s railway floundered through bankruptcy and shoddy assembly. The difference between Hill’s success and Mackenzie’s failure lay in their approaches to building railway empires. Where Hill was the single-minded perfectionist, relying only on himself in every aspect of his Great Northern Railway, Mackenzie treated his Canadian Northern Railway as one of his many hobbies, giving his attention only to facets of the railway that interested him and frequently relying on others for aid. Mackenzie and Hill’s different attitudes set them apart in their devotion to their dream, attention to detail, and varying levels of independence, and it was Hill’s superiority in all three areas that caused his eventual triumph over Mackenzie. Both Mackenzie and Hill shared a dream of building a transcontinental railroad, but whether Hill was exceptionally dedicated to his dream or Mackenzie simply wasn’t dedicated enough, it was clear that both railways were greatly influenced by the level of commitment their owners put...
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...any true accuracy, they can determine which areas are at risk of experiencing a substantial earthquake through long-term forecasting (Murck, Skinner, & Mackenzie, 2008). Earthquakes are a result of two tectonic plates moving past one another. Because the plates do not slide past each other smoothly often the edges of the plates, or plate boundaries, stick together whereas the rest of the block continues to move (Wald, 2009). The plate boundaries are comprised of numerous faults, and it is along the faults where the majority of earthquakes occur (Murck, Skinner, & Mackenzie, 2008). The energy that normally forces the plates to the move past one another begins to store until the power of the parts of the plates still in motion overcome the friction caused by the parts that are stuck and release the plate (Wald, 2009). The result is a release of the stored energy that then radiates as seismic waves in all directions (Murck, Skinner, & Mackenzie, 2008). The amount of pent up energy determines the size of the earthquake and the resulting seismic waves. When the seismic waves reach the Earth's surface the ground shakes as the Earth continues to move through the wave (Wald, 2009). The destruction caused by an earthquake is the consequence of "the sustained shaking of the ground" (Murck, Skinner, & Mackenzie, 2008, p. 119). Ground motion is the primary...
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...programs designed and implemented according to this concept which supports this theory. The development of evidence-based practices such as cognitive behavior programs have been guided by Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) concepts or principles. These types of programs have been considered to be a viable solution to the rising cost associated with incarceration and increases in recidivism rates (MacKenzie, 2006). Many of the benefits of these programs are that they are designed to promote positive changes in the offender’s behavior attributed to their lack of coping skills, cognitive skills, problem solving, moral development and reasoning (MacKenzie, 2006). One of the other restructuring therapies utilized in these programs include cognitive restructuring (MacKenzie, 2006). Within this approach, a number of prevention programs have been developed to prevent and treat antisocial behavior. Examples of some of these programs include the weekend intervention program (WIP), the aggression replacement training (ART) program and strategies for thinking productively program (MacKenzie, 2006). The Weekend Intervention Program (WIP) is an alternative to incarceration for...
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...reputation for reliability surfaced during this time. It started with a single, horrifying car crash in southern California in August 2009. In the weeks following, two separate recalls covering 7.5 million vehicles, Toyota was forced to announce it was suspending the sale of eight of its best-selling vehicles, a move that cost the company and its dealers a minimum of $54 million a day in lost sales revenue. How did a company that became the world's largest and most profitable automaker on the back of a rock-solid reputation for quality and dependability find itself at the center of the biggest product recall since the Firestone tire fiasco in 2000? And what does this mean for Toyota's brand image in its largest and most profitable market? (MacKenzie, 2010). August 28, 2009: Off-duty California Highway Patrol officer Mark...
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...Highway and “Over-The-Top” Routes on Various Stakeholders 2.1.1 Natural Gas Producers in Alaska 2.1.2 Natural Gas Producers in the Beaufort Sea-Mackenzie Delta 2.1.3 Mackenzie Valley Corridor Producers 2.1.4 Producers in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin 2.1.5 Producers in the Supply Regions of the Lower 48 US States 2.1.6 The Global Liquefied Natural Gas Sector 2.1.7: Natural Gas End-use Consumers 2.1.8: Pipeline Operating Companies 2.1.9: American Taxpayer Perspective of the Alaska Highway Route 2.1.10: Canadian Taxpayer Perspective of the Alaska Highway Route 2.1.11: American Taxpayer Perspective of the “Over-the-Top” Route 2.1.12: Canadian Taxpayer Perspective of the “Over-the-Top” Route 2.1.13: Aboriginal Interests 2.2.0: Potential Environmental Impacts of the Alaska Highway and the “Over-The-Top” Routes 2.2.1: Overview 2.2.2: Environmental Impacts According To The Yukon Conservation Society 2.2.3: Environmental Impacts According to CERI 2.2.4: Environmental Impacts on the Beaufort Sea and down Mackenzie Valley 2.2.5: Environmental Impacts According to the University of Alberta Western Centre for Economic Research 2.2.6: Environmental Impacts According to the Mackenzie Valley Environment Impact Review 2.3: Recommendations to the US...
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