..."Just watch me" is a phrase made famous by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau on October 13, 1970, during the October Crisis. Pierre Trudeau, who had in previous years been a strong advocate of civil liberties, spoke of the need for drastic action to restore order in Quebec. When questioned by CBC reporter Tim Ralfe on how far he would go in the suspension of civil liberties to maintain order, Trudeau replied, "Well, just watch me." The reporter was trying to get Trudeau to explain why he would make Quebec into a military state. What good would it do? The reporter had his own idea about it and it was clear that he was making an effort to not be a “devil’s advocate” as Trudeau said to him at the very end of the video, (7:24) however, to try and make this situation debatable. The reporter is afraid that as a province they would lose their rights and freedom. He questions Trudeau, “Doesn’t it worry you that you have a town that has to resort to this kind of thing?” (0:31) It is clear that the reporter shows his worry and frustration by asking and doubting Trudeau’s in acting of the War Measures Act. The reporter expresses that he wants a more of a safer province by starting more of a heavier debate rather than an interview. Pierre Trudeau’s overall point to this interview is to show that he means business. Trudeau's firm conviction that "law and order in Canada" come first, and that there would be no bargaining with the kidnappers, won him new popularity in English Canada...
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...Pierre Elliott Trudeau was the fifteenth prime minister of Canada and held this position for sixteen years. He was the most controversial Prime Minster in Canadian history. He made some tough decisions for the unity of Canada. He was Prime Minster from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984. In 1972 Trudeau returned with a minority Liberal government. I came to Canada as an immigrant and arrived in Montréal at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. Later on, I came to know that he was the famous Prime Minster of Canada from Montreal. Trudeau had a vision of unified, bilingual and multicultural Canada. Trudeau used to drive sports cars, wore capes and floppy hats, and always had a red rose in his lapel. His charismatic, flamboyant and exciting...
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...The Second Prime Minister that has changed Canada is Pierre Elliot-Trudeau. Now we know him as our current Prime Minister’s father, Justin Trudeau. This is very important because it shows the hard work and dedication Pierre has set for his son. Both very inspiring to Canadians each has done their fair share to shape Canada and make it a country everyone would love. Pierre was born on October 19, 1919 in Outremont, Montreal to Charles-Emile Trudeau and Grace Elliot. He started his life as a journalist and lawyer and later went on to become the 15th different Prime Minister of Canada in 1968–79 and 1980–84. Trudeau was arguably Canada’s best-known politician, both at home and abroad. He was instrumental in negotiating Canada’s constitutional...
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...homosexuality reached its apex in Canada in the post-Confederation era from the 1900s to the 1960s. Throughout those decades, the federal government of Canada placed a huge emphasis on the then entrenched “typical family structure,” consisting of the male breadwinner, the stay-at-home wife, and around two or three children (even more during the post-WWII decades). That being said, homosexuals were viewed as a threat to the heterosexual family structure, which was the fundamental social fabric at the time. It can be argued that the major factor leading to the quest for the decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada was the case of Everett George Klippert in the 1960s. For many federal government politicians at the time, such as Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau (Prime Minister from 1968-1979), Klippert’s case brought to light the imprecision of the laws and legal concepts concerning homosexuals and, by extension, homosexuality as a whole. In the following paragraphs, this essay will first provide a general context of how homosexuals were treated and/or perceived in the first half of the 20th century. Subsequently, an in depth examination of the Wolfenden Report’s view of morality and criminality, concerning homosexuality, being two mutually exclusive concepts, as well as legal concepts of “gross indecency” and “the dangerous sexual offender,” prior to the decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada in 1969, and the laws, amendments, and reforms established in subsequent years will provide...
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...between two of the largest ethnic groups, French and English Canadians. Both groups have attempted to gain the upper hand in battles over politics, language, religion, and culture. It is unfortunate that this bitter battle between Canadians is still taking place today. It is worth noting that the French make up 24% of Canada’s population, about 6.5 million, 6.2 million are living in Quebec. The three main historical events that have pushed relationships between French and English Canadians to the breaking point that ultimately led to violence and the threat of separation are the Manitoba School Question, Conscription in World War I, and the October Crisis. The Manitoba Schools Question began in 1890 with the abolishment of public funding to Catholic Schools, and ended with the Laurier-Greenway compromise in late 1896. “The 1870 Manitoba Act established a dual system of Protestant and Roman Catholic Schools” (Crunican, Paul E. Pg. 1). This meant that The Board of Education used public funding for both Protestant and Catholic Schools. In later years the French Roman Catholic population decreased rapidly as the English Protestant population increased, and became a large majority in Manitoba. Liberal Premier of Manitoba, Tomas Greenway abolished the Board of Education and public funding to Catholic schools in 1890 and erected a Department of Education under ministerial leadership. “Two Privy Council decisions, 1892 and early 1895, upheld the validity of the Manitoba...
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...In human history, terrorism is widely recognized as the world biggest threat to global peace. It is the cruellest of crimes against humanity. Only in 2013, 9700 terrorist attacks in 93 countries have taken place, where 18000 died and 33000 were injured. 2014 and 2015 showed an exponential growth of terrorism in the Western world. (Ezinearticles.com). Terrorism is not a traditional war between countries but between religions, ideologies, and faith. It is a minority group that tries to grow and gain power to achieve independence, spread religion, and change an existing system. Canada is not immune from terrorism. Terrorists engage in terrorism activities on Canadian soil, or support terrorism beyond Canada’s borders, hostile to Canada’s order,...
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...POLI 204 April 12, 2010 The Thunderous Reverberations of a Quiet Revolution Quebec and Canada have always had a unique province-country relationship since the British North America Act of 1867. The local French-speakers, being a conquered people, have had to deal with the predicament of being a minority in their country and continent, and the years ever since the Quiet Revolution exemplify this notion. As noted by Pierre Anctil, “l'État du Québec servirait de rampe de lancement a partir de 1960, sous l'impulsion dynamique du gouvernement libéral de Jean Lesage, a un ensemble de reformes connu sous le nom de Révolution tranquille.” (189). Due to the changes and sovereign ideas brought about by the “Révolution tranquille”, a unified Canada will only be conceivable once the nationalist movement absolves. A Hartzian approach will aid in understanding the pre-revolution status of Quebec. To be able to comprehend the views of both the Canadian Federalist and the Quebec sovereigntist, a historical overview must be performed. Ever since General Wolf's victory over General Montcalm at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, the French speaking population of Lower Canada and what is now Quebec, have lived the lives of a conquered people. This fact has, throughout the years, prevented the gelling of the French and the English into one nation. As set out by Lord Durham in 1839, the situation in Quebec has, for the longest time, been seen as "two nations warring in the bosom of a single...
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...possesses makes it impossible for Canada to have one true national identity. * Closing sentence: the effects of these factors shows today, as the majority of people both inside and outside of Canada fail to recognize a consensual concept within the country, that could be concretely characterized as Canada’s national identity. Body Paragraph #1: * Topic Sentence: Perhaps one of the most critical reasons why Canada’s national identity has struggled to develop is due the considerable amount of tension between the two founding cultures of the country. * Throughout the history of Canada, the English and the French have faced off in a conflict against one another. * This relationship dates back to the start of the French-Indian War * Even though France had to hand over Canada to the British, most...
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...The Role of the Militia in Today’s Canadian Forces Jack English | September 2011 Strategic Studies Working Group Papers The Role of the Militia in Today’s Canadian Forces ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lt. Col.-Dr. John A. English retired from the Canadian army in 1993 with 37 years service in the King’s Own Calgary Regiment, the Queen’s Own Rifles, and Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Educated at Royal Roads and the Royal Military College, he went on leave without pay to attain an MA in history from Duke University in 1964. He graduated from Canadian Forces Staff College in 1972, attained an MA in war studies from RMC in 1980, and a Ph.D. from Queen’s University in 1989. During his career he served as a NATO war plans officer, Chief of Tactics of the Combat Training Centre, instructor at the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, and curriculum director of the National Defence College. He is the author of A Perspective on Infantry republished in paperback as On Infantry (Praeger, 1984), The Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign: A Study of Failure in High Command (Praeger, 1991), Marching through Chaos: The Descent of Armies in Theory and Practice (Praeger, 1996), Lament for an Army: The Decline of Canadian Military Professionalism (Irwin, 1998), Patton’s Peers: The Forgotten Allied Field Army Commanders of the Western Front 1944-45 (Stackpole, 2009), and Surrender Invites Death: Fighting the Waffen SS in Normandy (Stackpole, 2011). He is also co-author of...
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...in barrels - it's the same unit of measure used to sell whisky. A barrel of oil - or whisky - contains 159 litres. The price of a barrel of oil has been testing new highs since it pushed through $50 a barrel in September 2004 - and pushed gasoline prices well beyond $1 a litre in the summer of 2005. But how high are prices like that, historically speaking? Turns out these records may not be records, after all. Oil prices were stable for most of the 100 years before 1973 at well under $5 a barrel. Expressed in today's dollars (all figures in U.S. dollars), the price was closer to $10 a barrel, hitting highs of about $15 and lows close to $8. Even as the world economy boomed in the decades following the Second World War, prices remained fairly stable. That's mainly because the United States held most of the clout in the oil industry - and the U.S. government regulated the price of oil. From 1958 to 1970, prices were stable at about $3 per barrel, but in real terms the price of crude oil declined from above $15 to below $12 per barrel. The decline in the price of crude when adjusted for inflation was further exacerbated in 1971 and 1972 by the weakness of the U.S. dollar. But by the early 1970s, that changed. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries had become a force and in 1973, the first major oil shock hit the world as Arab nations refused to sell to countries that had expressed support for Israel in the Arab-Israeli war of October 1973. Within a few months...
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...Ethnicity, Identity and Public Policy Critical Perspectives on Multiculturalism David Bromell Institute of Policy Studies Ethnicity, Identity and Public Policy Critical Perspectives on Multiculturalism David Bromell Institute of Policy Studies First printed in 2008 Institute of Policy Studies School of Government Victoria University of Wellington PO Box 600 Wellington © Institute of Policy Studies ISBN 158 IPS/Pub/978-1-877347-26-9 This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced without the permission of the Institute of Policy Studies. Copy editor: Belinda Hill Cover design: Milne Printers Ltd Printed by Milne Printers Ltd Contents List of Tables iv List of Figures iv List of Boxes iv Foreword v Acknowledgments and Disclaimer ix Part One: Introduction and Context of Inquiry 1 Introduction 2 New Zealand Context 3 21 Part Two: Communitarian Responses to Liberalism Introduction to Part Two 61 3 Civic Republicanism: Michael Sandel 63 4 The Politics of Recognition: Charles Taylor 83 Part Three: Multiculturalism Introduction to Part Three 105 5 Multicultural Citizenship: Will Kymlicka 107 6 Common Citizenship in a Multicultural Society: Bhikhu Parekh 151 Part Four: Critical Responses to Multiculturalism ...
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...HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2004 Cultural Liberty in Today’s Diverse World Accommodating people’s growing demands for their inclusion in society, for respect of their ethnicity, religion, and language, takes more than democracy and equitable growth. Also needed are multicultural policies that recognize differences, champion diversity and promote cultural freedoms, so that all people can choose to speak their language, practice their religion, and participate in shaping their culture— so that all people can choose to be who they are. 65 108 166 55 34 82 3 14 91 51 40 138 29 62 6 99 161 134 114 66 128 72 33 56 175 173 130 141 4 105 169 167 43 94 73 136 144 168 45 163 48 52 30 32 Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, Dem. Rep. of the Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic 17 154 95 98 100 120 103 109 156 36 170 81 13 16 122 155 97 19 131 24 93 121 160 172 104 153 115 23 38 7 127 111 101 10 22 21 79 9 90 78 148 28 44 110 135 50 80 Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea...
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...University of Tennessee, Knoxville Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Masters Theses Graduate School 5-2010 Bharati Mukherjee and the American Immigrant: Reimaging the Nation in a Global Context Leah Rang University of Tennessee - Knoxville, lrang@utk.edu Recommended Citation Rang, Leah, "Bharati Mukherjee and the American Immigrant: Reimaging the Nation in a Global Context. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2010. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/655 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact trace@utk.edu. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Leah Rang entitled "Bharati Mukherjee and the American Immigrant: Reimaging the Nation in a Global Context." I have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, with a major in English. Urmila Seshagiri, Major Professor We have read this thesis and recommend its acceptance: Lisi Schoenbach, Bill Hardwig Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official student records.) To the Graduate Council:...
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...ANNUAL REPORT 2014 1. HIGHLIGHTS The financial and operating highlights for Air Canada for the periods indicated are as follows. FOURTH QUARTER CANADIAN DOLLARS IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED 2014 2013 FULL YEAR $ Change 2014 2013 $ Change FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE METRICS Operating revenues 3,104 2,894 210 13,272 12,382 890 106 135 (29) 815 619 196 (206) (141) (65) (710) (617) (93) (100) (6) (94) 105 10 95 67 3 64 531 340 191 3.4% 1.8% 1.6 pp 6.1% 4.3% 1.8 pp 3.4% 4.7% (1.3) pp 6.1% 5.0% 1.1 pp 319 277 42 1,671 1,433 238 319 359 (40) 1,671 1,515 156 Operating income Non-operating expense (1) Net income (loss) Adjusted net income (2) Operating margin, excluding the impact of benefit plan amendments % (3) Operating margin % EBITDAR, excluding the impact of benefit plan amendments (3)(4) EBITDAR (4) EBITDAR margin, excluding the impact of benefit plan amendments % (3)(4) EBITDAR margin % (4) 10.3% 9.6% 0.7 pp 12.6% 11.6% 1.0 pp 10.3% 12.4% (2.1) pp 12.6% 12.2% 0.4 pp Unrestricted liquidity (5) 2,685 2,364 321 2,685 2,364 321 Free cash flow (6) (366) (276) (90) (560) (231) (329) Adjusted net debt (7) 5,132 4,351 781 5,132 4,351 781 Return on invested capital (“ROIC”)...
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...6 Build Your Vocabulary ■ ■ ■ ■ The SAT High-Frequency Word List The SAT Hot Prospects Word List The 3,500 Basic Word List Basic Word Parts be facing on the test. First, look over the words on our SAT High-Frequency Word List, which you’ll find on the following pages. Each of these words has appeared (as answer choices or as question words) from eight to forty times on SATs published in the past two decades. Next, look over the words on our Hot Prospects List, which appears immediately after the High-Frequency List. Though these words don’t appear as often as the high-frequency words do, when they do appear, the odds are that they’re key words in questions. As such, they deserve your special attention. Now you’re ready to master the words on the High-Frequency and Hot Prospects Word Lists. First, check off those words you think you know. Then, look up all the words and their definitions in our 3,500 Basic Word List. Pay particular attention to the words you thought you knew. See whether any of them are defined in an unexpected way. If they are, make a special note of them. As you know from the preceding chapters, SAT often stumps students with questions based on unfamiliar meanings of familiar-looking words. Use the flash cards in the back of this book and create others for the words you want to master. Work up memory tricks to help yourself remember them. Try using them on your parents and friends. Not only will going over these high-frequency words reassure you that you...
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