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  Canadian and American politics compared - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although these politics of 'have' and 'have-not' states are also present in the United States, there is less subsidy of the latter by the former, and more appreciation of the role 'have-not' states play in providing labor to 'have' states, and in serving in the military.
A British or Canadian Minister is often in his or her job for a short time, not a specialist in the particular area of government, and must trust his or her Deputy Minister to convey his or her requests to the bureaucracy underneath.
Canada, starting with the federal election of 2004, has strictly limited political donations by corporations and unions; in particular, corporations and unions may not make donations to registered political parties or to candidates for the leadership of a party, and their maximum contribution to a candidate for member of parliament is limited to $1,000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_and_US_politics_compared   (4324 words)

  
 Peaktalk - Canadian Politics Archives
Canadians are "psychologically unprepared" for a terrorist attack like last week's deadly subway bombings in London, but they had better get used to the idea that they could already be the targets of terror groups, Anne McLellan, the Minister of Public Safety, said yesterday.
The political drama in Canada is over for now with the embattled Paul Martin government living another day, and various under-privileged Canadians no doubt more than pleased to see a steady flow of cash coming their way as outlined in the budget that was passed yesterday.
Political reform starts with the young ones and feeding them over the top politically correct dogmas from a very early age is not only detrimental to a country, it doesn’t equip those growing up with a skill-set to compete in a free and competitive world.
www.peaktalk.com /archives/cat_canadian_politics.php   (10373 words)

  
 Reciprocity (Canadian politics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 19th century Canadian politics, reciprocity was the term used to describe the concept of free trade with the United States of America.
The Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney acted on the recommendation by negotiating the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement and successfully fighting the 1988 election on the issue.
Reciprocity and free trade have been emotional issues in Canadian history, as they pitted two conflicting impulses, the desire for beneficial economic ties with the United States against the fear that closer economic ties would lead to American domination and annexation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reciprocity_(Canadian_politics)   (409 words)

  
 Thomson Nelson - Political Science -Canadian Politics on the Web
Political Parties - links to all major and numerous minor federal parties, with direct links to their leaders and major policy platforms.
Interest Groups - examples of interest groups and social movements that are trying to advance their causes in the political arena.
Women in Politics - find out about the women who have been elected to Parliament; read a survey of Canada's female politicians to better appreciate their experiences.
polisci.nelson.com /canpol.html   (655 words)

  
 READ Magazine - WARREN KINSELLA
In Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics, the Prince of Darkness comes clean on the strategies of spin that political parties and candidates employ to get their messages across to the voters.
Over the past ten years, the Canadian political landscape has shifted dramatically, with the creation of new parties and the breakdown of traditional political loyalties across the country.
Political campaigns may not be the prettiest of dialectical exercises, but they seem to meet the two basic requirements: information and motivation.
www.randomhouse.ca /readmag/page44.htm   (1306 words)

  
 Canadian Democratic Movement :: Alternative News Media on Democracy, Energy, Politics, Trade, Environment, Military and ...
The former, bruised and battered after a scandal-laden October, arrives at the Summit with very little of the political capital he so proudly boasted of after his narrow reelection victory, and therefore has little leverage on hemispheric issues, that both then and now he only halfheartedly understood and never was able to dispatch.
A recent Ipsos Reid survey for the Canadian Union of Public Employees found that a whopping 92 per cent of Vancouver Island residents believe that water is a basic public service and should remain in public hands.
The comments are property of their posters, and as such do not reflect the opinion of the Canadian Democratic Movement.
www.canadiandemocraticmovement.ca   (1076 words)

  
 Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute - Welcome and Introduction
A poll released during the Ottawa Conference (October 31-November 1) measures Canadians’ views on a number of key foreign and defence policy questions based on language, ethnicity, region and length of stay in Canada.
We provide Canadians with factual and comprehensive policy analysis to promote their understanding of Canada’s foreign policy and the state of our military preparedness and national security by developing and sponsoring authoritative research and education programs.
CDFAI will be the preeminent Canadian defence, foreign affairs and security institute, respected for the research and educational programs it sponsors and develops.
www.cdfai.org   (642 words)

  
 Canadian Politics| Canada Politics | Nationalism in Canada | Questia.com Online Library
Canadian politics came to reflect more and more...process of...
Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies ("Canada" begins on p.
In the...the interpretation of French-Canadian politics in the 1880-1896 period...Dafoe, Laurier: A Study in...
questia.com /library/history/.../canadian-history/canadian-politics.jsp   (673 words)

  
 RYERSON UNIVERSITY: Department of Politics and Public Administration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
These courses cover five principal subject areas: Canadian politics, municipal government, political theory, comparative and international politics and public administration/policy.
In all cases the department's aim is to provide students with a practical knowledge and a critical understanding of political institutions, systems and ideologies.
The Department of Politics and Public Administration has a degree program in public administration offered in the part-time mode, details of which are provided elsewhere in the calendar.
www.ryerson.ca /dept/politics.html   (131 words)

  
 Heart of Canada: Canadian Politics II
Angry in TO alleges, based on an examination of previously disclosed data, that one of the biggest contributors to PM PM's leadership campaign was Magna and its group of companies.
Politics is about values, but it's also about cooperation and compromise.
The man and I might have somewhat different politics, but I hardly think this is called for by any stretch of the imagination.
heartofcanada.typepad.com /randomthoughts/canadian_politics_ii   (10956 words)

  
 Guide to Canadian Political Science Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Users are also encouraged to refer to "Canadian Government Information" for sources published by the Government of Canada.
For example political speeches, including a collection of federal Cabinet Ministers speeches on microfiche, which includes speeches of Leaders of the Opposition and covers the period from 1970 to the last five years and some earlier material dating back to the 1940's.
A bibliography based upon material useful for teaching political science in French, and which is already available within the network of Francophone universities outside of Quebec.
www.nlc-bnc.ca /2/25/index-e.html   (1239 words)

  
 Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources
The first undergraduate Canadian Studies programme was established at Mount Allison University in 1969 with an endowment from Edgar and Dorothy Davidson of Montreal; the first director was George F.G. Stanley (1907-2002), a distinguished historian and author, and designer of the country's maple leaf flag.
Anita Cannon's Canadian Government Information on the Internet is a comprehensive gateway to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal government Web sites, while Iza Laponce's Canadian Politics on the Internet and Bibliography of Canadian Politics and Society provide invaluable access to a wide spectrum of electronic and print sources in the field.
However, these forces are also serving to keep Canadian Studies a vibrant discipline, both at home and abroad, and are providing Canadian writers, artists, academics, journalists, and foreign observers with abundant opportunities for discourse on the evolving nature of this still enigmatic northern land.
www.iccs-ciec.ca /blackwell.html   (8517 words)

  
 Conservative Life - Canadian Politics - Democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
To gain a few votes in a number of urban ridings, therefore, Ottawa is prepared to sacrifice the interests of the population in general.
If Canadians are unable to wake up and do something about this, they surely deserve what they get.
They take Canadian taxpayers for granted and when someone steals $10,000 from taxpayers the Liberal solution is to fire them.
conservativelife.com /blog/index.php/canada?cat=20   (1497 words)

  
 Canadian Business & Politics
Canadian Politics & Business, anything about the Canadian economy, its politics and its social issues.
The amount of electricity Canadians use every year is expected to double by the year 2014.
His political party is $1.3 million in debt due to his overspending in 2004.
g.webring.com /hub?ring=canadianpolitics   (1017 words)

  
 Broadview Press: The Real Worlds of Canadian Politics
The volume considers the political and policy implications of deregulation in two vital industries — airlines and banking — whose claims that "bigger is better" in the globalized environment defied the general political desire for increased competition.
And the hard politics of trade that have dogged governments since the Free Trade Agreement was signed is covered in a case study of the controversial Canada-US softwood lumber dispute.
The fourth edition of The Real Worlds of Canadian Politics is a collaborative enterprise, combining an editorial team and a superb research group comprising Karen Lochead, Andrea Migone, and Russell Williams of Simon Fraser University, and Samuel Bottomley of Carleton University.
www.broadviewpress.com /bvbooks.asp?BookID=159   (478 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional: North America: Canada: Society and Culture: Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Canadian Politics, Elections and Political Parties - Comprehensive selection of links from the site "Political Science: A Net Station", University of British Columbia Library.
Institute for Canadian Values - States that values such as personal effort and responsibility, traditional families, limited government and public accountability are intrinsically Canadian.
Voice of the Informed Canadian Electorate - Concerned Canadians who want politicians to start listening to the public, not their contributors and backroom analysts.
dmoz.org /Regional/North_America/Canada/Society_and_Culture/Politics   (473 words)

  
 Canadian Taxpayers Federation Homepage
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the Alberta government to open up the municipal electoral process by implementing pre-election disclosure of campaign donations, mandatory voter identification at the polls, and the right for taxpayers to recall municipal politicians.
VICTORIA: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation announced that it has filed with the Labour Relations Board (LRB) to obtain a declaration that the British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF) strike was in fact illegal.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation responded to the 2005-06 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review, presented by Finance Minister Dwight Duncan in the Legislature at Queen’s Park.
www.taxpayer.com   (660 words)

  
 Canadian Politics Links
Quebec's sovereigntist political party hopes to put itself out of work when Quebec becomes an independent political state.
Love him or hate him, no other Canadian leader with the possible exception of John A. McDonald has left such a strong mark on the Canadian political scene.
Managed by the Department of Political Science at UBC, this is an excellent resource for thoughtful articles covering topical issues such as parliamentary reform.
www.suite101.com /links.cfm/canadian_politics   (544 words)

  
 Canadian World Domination!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Welcome to the General Headquarters of the Campaign for Canadian World Domination.
The Generals are Canadians who are taking over the world and re-designing it to suit their aims.
The systematic destruction and sublimation of all opposing the Canadian reign -- and the polite, yet horrifically brutal, control of our future territories of conquest.
cwd.ptbcanadian.com /index2.html   (396 words)

  
 Canadian Politics: Riding by Riding
Prospect Park Press is pleased to issue Tony Hill's Canadian Politics: Riding by Riding, a major work on the subject.
Hill is currently a graduate student in political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he has worked in the Minnesota state government.
She is apt to be prominent in the Tory caucus for the rest of her career.
www.canpolitics.com   (2333 words)

  
 Social Justice :: Narrowing the gap in income, wealth and power.
Almost one-fifth of Canadians are seriously under-employed, have no work at all, or are potentially facing these risks.
Life-chance guarantees – public investments to develop the capacities of individuals to enable them to make a success of their lives – are required to improve income, job creation and security.
This publication is available as a free download or it can be ordered in hard-copy from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation.
www.socialjustice.org   (372 words)

  
 ACSUS - The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Connect2Canada is an initiative of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC, designed to create a virtual network of people who share a Canadian bond.
ACSUS and the School of Management at the University of Ottawa, in cooperation with the Canadian Embassy in Washington and Canadian Consulates General, are holding a one week educational program in Canada for American MBA students.
Canadian American Research Symposium (CARS), "Constructing National Identities in Canada and the United States." CARS is organized by the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS).
www.acsus.org   (557 words)

  
 AUGUST 25, 1984 - Election Campaign Televised Leaders' Debate: Prime Minister John Turner Faces Brian Mulroney / ...
Photo Gallery of Historic Moments in Canadian Politics - From the Private Collection of William C. Stratas, Photojournalist.
A central issue of the 1984 Canadian election was Liberal Party patronage.
On election night, September 4, 1984, Brian Mulroney and the Progressive Conservative Party won the largest majority in Canadian electoral history.
www.planetcast.com /historic-moments/turner-01.shtml   (278 words)

  
 www.newpolitics.ca
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www.newpolitics.ca   (545 words)

  
 Canadian Politics
NealeNews Up to the minute access to Canadian political, entertainment and hard news stories with links to Canadian newspapers, magazines and columnists.
Canada, Confederation to Present Explore a comprehensive Post-Confederation history of Canada with 144 overview and case study articles encompassing the nation's Politics and Economy, Society and Culture, Native History, Women's History.
Entire photocopies of original Canadian writing including journals from the provincial and federal legislative assemblies, biographical indexes of prominent Canadians in addition to entire books.
www.journalismnet.com /canada/politics.htm   (285 words)

  
 Vive le Canada - Corporate America and Canadian politics, the Mulroney years   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Progressive Bloggers is a group of Canadian bloggers who firmly believe that this great country needs to move forward, not backwards.
Increasingly, Canadians were being prodded into questioning the meaning of the country--an exercise in existentialism that was unthinkable south of the border.
The political spectrum is not on the horizontal, but the vertical level, where ideologies are located like the F and C figures on a thermometer, with only a thin, red line separating them.
www.vivelecanada.ca /article.php/20050528105933953   (2161 words)

  
 Politics Watch ® News Services
The head of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says there are plenty of votes out there for any political party which takes up the cause of drastically reducing federal taxes on gas.
Threats, lies, and calling suppliers "suckers" isn't something people would associate with federal bureaucrats, but recent court and tribunal rulings against the government have shown this to be the case in some instances.
PoliticsWatch is pleased to be the only Canadian news site linked to in a recent Economist magazine feature on the political situation surrounding the Gomery inquiry.
www.politicswatch.com /index2.html   (1209 words)

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