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American Policies Toward Canada: 1900 to 2000, 2002.
An overview of the relationship between the U.S. and Canada throughout the twentieth century.
3,525 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 7 sources, £ 89.95
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This paper will outline and analyze the policies that the US has had towards Canada over the 20th century. From this it will be clear that there has been a genuine effort to maximize the potential of the relationship between the two countries. As we approach the 21st century, the relationship between the two countries has never been better. This can be evidenced by the fact that President Clinton has made more trips to Canada than any other President in US history. If this is any yardstick of progress, or at the very least a warming of relations, there is plenty of scope to be optimistic about the relationship between the two countries.
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Environmental Policies In Canada, 2007.
An examination of the failings of Canada's policies regarding vehicle air pollution.
3,525 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 14 sources, MLA, £ 68.95
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This paper discusses the kind of impact that globalization has on Canadian policies concerning air pollution. The paper specifically focuses on the policies concerning motor vehicle air pollution. The paper argues that Canada's tendency to follow the policy of the United States is likely to result in Canada having the same critical problem of vehicle emissions that the United States has witnessed.
Table of Contents:
Objective
The Argument Presented In This Work
Introduction
I. The United States And Canadian Environmental Policy
II. Problems With Canadian Policy Related To Carbon Emissions
III. Environmental Policy Review
Summary And Conclusion
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"Sustainable transportation in Canada is being overseen by the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, created by the province of Quebec in 1996 which is a provincial agency that coordinates the planning and funding of public transportation in the Montreal region. The agency receives revenue from a dedicated gasoline tax of 1.5 cents per litre collected within the region and a vehicle license surcharge of $30 per vehicle in the region." (Paraphrased) The province of Alberta approved the funding of transportation capital in Calgary and Edmonton in 1999 that provisions of the funding of 5 cents per liter of fuels taxes that are collected in those regions. It is stated that: "Calgary and Edmonton have integrated governance structures that allow them to plan and implement sustainable transportation policies on a comprehensive basis." (Ibid)"
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Immigration Policies into Canada, 2008.
An essay discussing the issue of immigration into Canada, with particular reference to Alberta.
2,462 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 52.95
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This paper discusses the issue of immigration in Canada and attempts to show that there are differences between the immigration policies of the federal government and the provincial government of Alberta, but that they concur in one important aspect: both place emphasis on the need to attract skilled workers to Canada. The paper continues and relates that both allocate funds in order to attract workers. The paper also highlights the fact that skilled immigrants who come to Canada are unable to find work in their chosen professions, which points out the serious disconnection between the intent of immigration policies at both federal and provincial level. The paper agrees that this is not good for the immigrants nor good for Canada's economy and suggests methods of addressing this disconnection.
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"The federal government appears to be trying to find ways to resolve the disconnections. For example, the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, announced the launch of a Foreign Credentials Referral Office on 24th May 2007. In announcing this, Finley noted that she had often heard stories of "the newcomer to Canada, who came with skills and credentials ... and who has had to struggle ever since to get a job in his or her chosen field" (www.cic.gc.ca). Yet at the same time, she notes that "We need skilled newcomers and we need skilled newcomers to work in their chosen field" Hence, the new Foreign Credentials Referral Office will attempt to facilitate the accreditation of these immigrants, so as to resolve the futile disconnection of a country that needs skilled immigrants, on the one hand, and on the other hand, skilled immigrants who are prevented from working just because they cannot get their foreign credentials recognized in Canada."
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Fiscal Policy in Canada, 2002.
A review of the changes needed in fiscal policy in Canada today.
1,556 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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This paper presents an ideal fiscal policy for Canada in today's economic climate. The paper begins with a background on Canada's current economic situation, including a look at some literature on the topic. The writer then explores the problem of public expenditure and tax policy in Canada to date. The paper continues with a review of possible changes in North American fiscal and money policy before offering some recommendations based on the study, which include lowering taxes and debt.
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"The Bank of Canada may need to raise interest rates further to prevent rising inflation. Canada's money stock grew an explosive 24 percent over the past year. When money is abundant, households and businesses gain confidence and raise their spending. When, as at present, the economy is operating close to capacity, this extra spending is likely to push up inflation. apid money growth may not imply higher inflation if the economy's demand for money is growing at the same pace."
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Poverty and Policy in Canada, 2008.
A look at the argument that Canada's public policy towards poverty is failing.
2,405 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 50.95
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This paper asserts that Canada's public policy towards poverty is failing miserably. To underscore this point, time is devoted to looking at what it means to be poor in the Toronto of 2007 (and, by extension, what it means to poor in Canada), who is suffering most, what Canada is doing to large numbers of its children, and what factors - particularly politically and socially - are thwarting efforts to get poverty back on the public agenda. Finally, with the bleak picture painted for all to see, the paper concludes by looking at some options that might reduce a social pox that threatens to grow worse, not better, in the years ahead. It contends that in the end, an educated and engaged citizenry is needed, capable of turning the political process back over to the people and away from self-interested elites.
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"Poverty in Canada is measured in many ways - which may explain why we have yet to come up with a really unified means of dealing with it. As it stands, Canada has three primary measures of poverty: the Low Income Cut-offs or LICOs, the Low-Income Measure, and the Market Basket Measure (Raphael, 37). Of the various Low-Income Cut-Offs the government has at its disposal, the pre-tax LICOs seem to be the most efficacious at assessing poverty rates - mostly, it seems, because the post-tax measures are widely perceived by poverty rights advocates as artificially lowering the poverty rate in this country so that government negligence is less apparent (Raphael, 41)."
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Poverty and Policy in Canada, 2008.
This paper looks at how the writer's attitudes towards poverty have changed after reading the first four chapters of "Poverty and the Modern Welfare State" by Raphael, Dennis.
1,272 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 30.95
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In this article, the writer explores some of his previous misconceptions held regarding poverty and policy in Canada and also details how this course has produced a reconsideration regarding his hitherto unshakable faith in globalization and in free markets. The writer delves into a personal opinion of what it means for Canada that so many groups and individuals are poverty-stricken and further asserts why it is that the GINI coefficient detailed in the textbook is the most effective measure for gauging poverty insofar as it crystallizes how so many Canadians are falling behind in an ostensible age of plenty. The writer concludes that the troubled groups discussed in chapter three are not poor because they choose to be but because our society has done a poor job of "spreading the wealth" - and an even worse job of acknowledging the reality of widespread poverty.
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"When I first began this course, I was, by my own admission, a pretty naive person when it came to poverty in Canada. For one thing, I did not really consider poverty to be a serious or pervasive problem in this land; I also did not appreciate just how pervasive has become child poverty. Moreover, I must say that I never really considered the serious democratic threat that poverty represents; to put it another way, the most disenfranchised people in our society are invariably the poorest, and that is something most Canadians, myself certainly included fail to appreciate when we complain about low voter turnout at election time or when we complain about the relatively low participation rates of some groups. One other belief I held as I entered the course was the curious belief that there is no correlation between government "tolerating" poverty and high poverty rates; rather, I clung to the fiction that, as long as a society embraced equal opportunity for all, poverty rates would never climb relative to other societies that, on the surface, seemed less ideologically committed to the old view that people could achieve anything - as long as government stayed out of their lives and as long as they were prepared to work tirelessly towards a long-term goals."
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U.S. Policy Towards Canada, 2002.
An overview of the political relationship between the U.S. and Canada during the 18th and 19th centuries with an emphasis on the War of 1812 and the Reciprocity Treaties of the 19th century.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 10 sources, £ 80.95
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This paper will reveal and analyze the US polices towards Canada during the 18th and 19th centuries. By virtue of their importance and prominence in the history of US-Canada relations, the primary focus will be on the War of 1812 and the Reciprocity Treaties of the 19th century. History has shown that the preservation of a unique Canadian identity has been an eminent concern for Canada since the turn of the 19th century.
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Canadian Fiscal Policy and the Demise of Canada, 2002.
A look at the impact of globalization and free trade on Canadian fiscal policy.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 30.95
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This paper argues that Canadian fiscal policy has been taken over by the right-wing agenda. The paper contends that this is a negative development, since social programs are hurt. This development has occurred because of the consequences of globalization and free trade.
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Federal Indian Policy in Canada, 2008.
An examination of the Aboriginal Canadians' self-government problem.
2,732 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 56.95
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This paper explains how the Canadian government has acted to appease First Nation citizens and examines the history of the First Nation people from a political standpoint. The writer then discusses how the current self-government legislation fails to fully address the self-government needs of Canada's Indigenous people.
Outline:
Introduction
Federal Government Legislation Regarding Native Canadians
Current Aboriginal Self-Government Legislation
Assembly of First Nations: History of Aboriginal Struggle
The Rights of Aboriginal Canadians to Self-Govern
Conclusion: Rectify the Aboriginal Self-Government Problem
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"Under the federal Indian Act, the Canadian government defines an Indian as "a person who, pursuant to this Act, is registered as an Indian or is entitled to be registered as an Indian" (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada [INAC], "Federal Programs"). In particular, the program is used to administer benefits to individuals registered in the Indian Register (that is, those who have attained "Registered Indian Status") under the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND). But how efficient is the program in addressing the needs of First Nation Canadians? With current legislation being more of a concession to the injustices indigenous Canadians have faced since the European invasion, the Federal and provincial governments have ignored one of the basic rights of the Indigenous people - that is, the right of self-government."
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Canada's Immigration Policies, 2008.
A critical look at the federal and provincial immigration policies of Canada.
2,074 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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The paper looks at the purposes of provincial immigration policies and at the mechanisms in place to make those objectives a reality. The paper discusses the disconnection between Canada's objectives and results and explores what can be done to resolve these shortcomings. The paper also shows how Canada and its provinces may have no choice but to liberalize its immigration policy if it hopes to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.
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"More than anything else, it appears as though the chief purpose of federal and provincial immigration policy is to expedite the influx of the most talented and industrious immigrants possible. For example, the federal Foreign Credential Referral Office will "ease" the "assessment and recognition" of foreign credentials. As it stands, when the office is wholly operational, it will operate out of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration (Woods, para.1-5). To elaborate upon the initial sentence in this paragraph, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) seeks - among other things - to admit "immigrants, foreign students, visitors and temporary workers who enhance Canada's social and economic growth" (Citizenship and Immigration Canada, para.3)."
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Canada's Multicultural Policy, 2002.
An overview of the positive impact of Canada's multicultural policy.
3,025 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 11 sources, £ 77.95
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This paper will provide a positive analysis of Canada's multicultural policy. Some questions addressed are, why and how has Canada's multicultural policy? What are the effects of such a policy? The immigration policy will be examined to analyze the multicultural policy.
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Canada's Development Policy, 2007.
This paper provides a critical commentary of Canada's International Policy Statement on Development (2005).
2,345 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 50.95
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In this article, the writer examines Canada's International Policy Statement on Development (CIPSD 2005) while making reference to a range of scholarly materials from the field of development. The writer also refers to specific commentaries upon the document from organizations with specific interests in the drafting and implementation of development policy. The paper argues that the document is notably lacking in specifics with regard to issues such as timetables for aid delivery to meet targeted goals; determination of who Canada's partners should be; how to specifically balance security and development concerns and how development funds should be distributed. In these key areas as well as others, this paper critiques the CIPSD (2005) and presents reasoned recommendations with regard to policy design and implementation.
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Introduction
A Lack of Precision
Who Should Canada's Partners Be?
Balancing Security and Development
The Distribution of Funds
Conclusion
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"At present, the Canadian Partnership Programs assume only about 10% of CIDAs budget. Given the small size of this figure, there is clearly some room for this percentage to increase; especially if - as recommended above - the government makes a realistic commitment to actually meet Canada's long-term 0.07 ODA target. This being said, it may be recommended that the partnerships which will receive this funding be determined on the by representatives from the civil society (NGOs), the public sector (bureaucracy), and the private sector (business). This trilateral model would allow the strengths and weakness of the various groups to complement each other; combining the institutional memory of the bureaucracy, with the focus on the "bottom line" of business, and the commitment to progressive development of civil society. This balance would, it may be argued, help to ensure that no one ideological perspective assumed exclusive preeminence over Canadian development policy."
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Canada's Trade Policy, 2007.
This paper reviews the book "A Trading Nation: Canadian Trade Policy from Colonialism to Globalization", by Michael Hart.
1,649 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 36.95
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The paper examines Michael Hart's thesis that Canadian trade policy has too often been shaped by political considerations rather than economic ones and this trend has led to economic dislocation that could have been avoided. The writer agrees with Hart in general, noting his lucid arguments in favor of free trade and his especially cogent argument in favor of NAFTA. The writer concludes that Michael Hart has made a valuable contribution to existing literature.
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"Hart's defense of his thesis really begins early on in his work. For one thing, Hart notes that Canada has actually been strengthened in some respects by a heavily-regulated international trade situation insofar as such an arrangement actually makes it less vulnerable to unilateral and arbitrary decisions in Washington or elsewhere (8). Simply on its surface, this assertion makes a great deal of sense: Canada is a nation of just over 30 million souls; the United States has about ten times that number and possibly a 100 times the economic clout world-wide. Furthermore, other nations like Russia, China, India and even "western European" nations like France, Germany and Great Britain all have considerably greater human and capital resources than does Canada."
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United Nations Policy Formulation and Policy Implementation, 2004.
Provides an overview of United Nations policy formulation and policy implementation in the context of international public administration organizations.
1,478 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper examines, through a literature review, instances of policies that were developed and not effectively carried out, as well as recent requirements for the formulation of policies put into place at the UN. It looks at how a sustained public information campaign is extremely important for the success of the UN?s attempt to reinvent its system of policy formulation and policy implementation due to all the ?bad news?, including terrorism and war and AIDS, etc., dominating the TV and print news agencies.
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"There are myriad examples of the UN?s good work ? in many and diverse areas where there are desperate human needs throughout the world ? and also, on the other hand, there is no shortage of evidence that some policies, although they were drawn up with the best of intentions, failed in their mission, or were thwarted either through no direct fault of the UN, or because the UN?s policy implementation could not match the promises in the policy formulation. One example of the apparent failure of a policy which was to be implemented was recently reported by the British Medical Journal (Tayal, 2003). The journal claimed that a UN policy designed to tackle the health and human rights needs of ?indigenous people? ? a policy which was formulated in 1995 ? has not been very effective in its implementation."
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