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Benchmarking Office Depot in Canada, 2006.
A review of Office Depot in relation to big box retailing.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, £ 50.95
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This paper discusses how big box retailing has become more than a strategic operating format in the Canadian market. Recent studies verify what anecdotal evidence has been indicating for the last 10-15 years. That is, big box retailers are not only harming mall based retailing but are rapidly becoming the modus operandi for the majority of retailers regardless of specialty or segment.
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The Minimum Wage Debate in Canada, 2006.
A review of the controversy surrounding the issue of minimum wage.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 6 sources, £ 57.95
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This paper discusses how an increase in the Canadian minimum wage to $10 an hour would be controversial as has been every increase in minimum wage since the first introduction of legislation in support of a minimum wage in Canada in 1918. This essay presents arguments both for and against raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour in Canada as a national standard. The paper shows how such an action will have some negative impact upon the Canadian economy in that it will increase labour costs and, as a result, may somewhat increase inflationary pressures.
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Critical Thinking about Minimum Wage, 2006.
A discussion regarding the controversial debate about Canada's minimum wage.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 5 sources, £ 57.95
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This paper discusses how debate over increases to the minimum wage in Canada has been a commonplace since introduction of the Fair Wages Policy in the House of Commons in 1900. All provinces and territories in Canada have introduced minimum wage legislation and there is no national minimum wage standard across the country. Instead federal legislation generally reinforces provincial legislation in minimum wage. There exist wide differences in minimum wage legislation and levels between different provinces and even within the same province reflecting varying costs of living employment levels and even different legal traditions across the country.
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Economics: Exchange Rates, 2006.
A definition of exchange rate from the perspective of the Canadian dollar.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper discusses how an exchange rate, in terms of the Canadian economy, is the value of the Canadian dollar as compared to the currencies of other countries (Bank of Canada website). The exchange rate has many functions, including the determination of the cost of imported goods and the money Canada receives for exported goods. The paper further discusses how in real terms, when the value of the Canadian dollar drops, imported goods become quite expensive. In effect, the volume of Canadian imports is reduced. However, when this occurs other countries pay less for Canadian products and export sales in the nation are increased (BOC).
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Study of the Canadian Automobile Industry, 2006.
A discussion regarding the nature of the Canadian automobile industry.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 89.95
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This study of the Canadian automobile industry reveals how this industry reflects, in many ways, the complex contradictions of economic development of Canada. While the automobile industry is one of Canada's major industries in terms of revenues and employees, it is not only geographically concentrated in Ontario (and, to a lesser extent, Quebec), but it is also almost entirely dependent upon and external market: the United States. The paper goes on to discuss how much like the Canadian economy as a whole, the Canadian automobile industry developed in a state of dynamic tension with the economic and political forces shaping the economic giant to the south. "
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Government Intervention and Oil Prices, 2006.
A review of the necessity of the Canadian government to lower oil and gas prices.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, £ 18.95
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The paper presents a government intervention program for lowering Canadian prices in relation to oil and gas. The approach this paper takes is to lower federal taxes for a direct and immediate impact. Although there are follow-on effects that will have to account for the lost revenues, this approach will lower prices during the summer driving season, which is the goal of this intervention.
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Westjet and Corporate Espionage, 2006.
A discussion regarding the case of Westjet Airlines and it's unethical practices.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, £ 50.95
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This paper reviews the incident of May 29, 2006 when Westjet Airlines ended a two year legal battle with its primary rival Air Canada by conceding that it had committed unethical business practices. The paper discusses how while Westjet's admission and apology together with its paying Air Canada's court costs of CAN $5.5 million and a donation of CAN $10 million to children's charities ended what in the view of the business community was an unprecedented bitterly public quarrel between the two companies, this dispute was widely regarded as a significant case in terms of Canadian business management ethics.
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A Comparative Analysis of Public Schools and Private Schools, 2006.
An analysis of public and private schools in Canada.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 0 sources, £ 37.95
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This paper discusses how education is one of the most important goods in our society. A person's educational achievements to a large extent determine how their life will be, while the educational system a country fosters determines its economic outcomes to a large extent. The paper further discusses how that in Canada, most education is provided by the government and many people would argue that this is the way it should be, as it is only government that has the resources and expertise to take on this important role
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A Colonialism of the Mind, 2006.
A review of the experience of Canadians in Somalia as an example of the epistemological structures that shape our understanding of the world around us.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 5 sources, £ 69.95
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This essay interrogates the question of whether our academic study at York University of the politics of continental risks reproducing the processes of recolonization of the global South. The Canadian experience in Somalia is cited as an example of the critical necessity to look beyond our good intentions as Canadians, and to interrogate the epistemological structures that shape our understanding of the world around us.
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"The final decade of the 20th century opened as one of the most dramatic, and promising decades in recent human history. The Cold War was officially over; the "good guys" had won and the Soviet "evil empire" was on the verge of collapse. In South Africa the long-enduring abomination of apartheid was coming to an end, and Nelson Mandela was freed to near-universal acclaim. The United Nations had become important as never before in resolving conflicts around the world, and its peacekeeping forces - to which Canada was a leading contributor - had earned the respect of much of the world."
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Canadian Legislative Reform, 2006.
A review of the legislative reform that has occurred in Canada since the National Transportation Act of 1967.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 0 sources, £ 63.95
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This paper discusses how the Canadian National Transportation Act of 1967 was seen by some as revolutionary. Certainly, it initiated a period of substantial legislative reform, and in the long term - substantial deregulation of the transport sector. This paper examines the legislative reform that has taken place in Canada since the passing of the National Transportation Act of 1967. The paper also pays attention to the Freedom to Move Plan, the 1987 National Transportation Act, the 1987 Motor Vehicle Transport Act, the 1993 National Transportation Act Review Commission, the 1994 paper entitled "New Directions for Transportation," the 1996 Canada Transportation Act, and the Review Panel of 2000.
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The Media and the Framing of Crime, 2006.
A review of the role of society and the media in the framing of a crime, looking specifically at Toronto.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, £ 37.95
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This paper discusses the topic of framing of crime. It uses the individualistic and structural views of crime. It argues that the individualistic view is used because it allows for the status quo to be maintained by keeping other groups down. The paper uses the example of gang activity in Toronto.
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"For the essay assignment question number one on the question assignment sheet will be answered. This question deals with there primary topics. The first topic is the way media frames information. The second topic is the ways in which crime can be framed. The third topic is the way the media and conceptions of criminality become connected within society. A fourth topic that is used to explore the other three topics is gang activity in Toronto. The essay will clearly show how the media has adopted individualistic theories of crime when it comes to these types of crime stories. "
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The Ideology of Familialism, 2006.
A look at the forces and institutions that have helped shape the ideology of familialism in Canadian society.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, £ 63.95
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This essay explores how the ideology of familialism in Canada has been reinforced by institutions outside of the families themselves. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of the mass media as an agent of socialization in this process. The paper argues this ideology of familialism has fostered a model of the family that reinforces patriarchal power and is discriminatory towards "deviant" concepts of the family as in cases of single-parent families and families of colour.
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"The concept of family is a site of social conflict in North American in the 21st century, with a range of social actors, institutions and ideologies attempting to revise or reinforce how the family is conceptualized with North American culture. From the perspective of Canada, this is a particularly complex issue as domestic debate with regard to the family (e.g., the issue of gay marriage) is defined not only by Canadians but also by the representation of the family in the American dominated mass media. Within this context, this essay will explore how the ideology of familialism has been reinforced by institutions outside of the families themselves."
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Canadian Residential Schools, 2006.
A look at Canadian residential schools and how these schools were part of a government policy aimed at destroying the culture of the aboriginal peoples.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, £ 25.95
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This paper presents a narrative about compensation for survivors of Canadian residential school. The paper argues that the Canadian government is guilty of attempted cultural genocide. For this reason the government should provide a great deal of compensation to aboriginal people.
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"The Canadian government is guilty of attempted genocide. Although the Canadian government has not attempted to physically wipe out a group of people, they have tried to destroy the culture of aboriginal people. This has been done through an aggressive assimilation program that was based on destroying the cultures of aboriginal people in Canada so that they would have to become a part of mainstream Canadian culture. A vital part of this assimilation program was the residential schools. For example, a Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples(RCAP) released in 1996 needed 178 days of public hearings in 96 communities to hear many of the cases of physical and sexual abuse in the residential schools."
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Crack Cocaine Addiction in Urban Canada, 2006.
A study on intervention techniques used for crack cocaine addicts in five Canadian cities.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, £ 25.95
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This paper discusses a study on crack cocaine addiction in five Canadian cities and the use of the harm reduction model with regard to situational factors. The paper presents a comparison with pro-active de-addiction interventions in other countries and considers the view that crack addiction is a 'hopeless' problem despite a growing success rate in treatment knowledge. The paper also discusses the role of better attitudes and approaches based on less disparaging views of the addict.
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"A study of crack cocaine in five Canadian cities imparted a sense of its relative permanence. (Fischer et al: 2005) As in the United States and Britain, Canadian crack cocaine addiction is linked directly to crime beyond the prostitution in which addicts commonly engage, and serious mental illness led by the personality disorders found in 24% of crack addicts. (Fischer et al: 2005: 260) 'Crackheads' present paranoid psychosis, depression and anxiety hard that can be difficult to distinguish from simple addictions. Doctors must discern if a person's main problem is addiction or mental illness, in thousands of vagrant persons who are psychotics-turned-addicts or addicts developing psychoses."
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