Assignment: Canada’s Oil Sands The Keystone XL oil pipeline [5] is a crude oil pipeline that was proposed by TransCanada to transport crude oil from the Canadian Oil Sands [7]. Recently, President Obama denied the construction of the pipeline, despite Prime Minister Harper’s public support for the project. The pipeline was protested by thousands of individuals, organized by Greenpeace Canada [23]. Another stakeholder that publicly opposed the pipeline was the Natural Resources Defense Council [24] (NRDC), a U.S. based environmental group. Since the Keystone XL project has been delayed, the NRDC has focused attention on the Northern Gateway Pipeline [32].
The hurricane hits the Outer Banks, and a ship sunk and was drowning. There were people in the ship, and the surf men rescued a baby boy, his mother, and two other sailors. Nathan’s realize that he could never be able to do what the surf men were doing, but he helped the baby and the injured sailor because he learned what to do in the medical books. Name of protagonist: Nathan, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Meekins, Mr.Pugh, Mrs.Gardiner Conflict: The conflict of the story is that the surf men went rescued sailors whose ship sunk and were drowning in a storm, but it was hard to save them. Resolution: The resolution is that surf men could save everybody from the ship and Nathan helped the rescuers thanks to what he learned from the medical books.
They came north to Canada but Canadian also turned them away. The Canadian prime minister showed unwelcomed attitude to Jewish people when he supported the deputy minister of immigration’s comment about allowing Jewish people to enter Canada. Canada response to Jewish refugee applicants was that at this time, Canada is not admitting Jews, please try some other country. Canada should open the “door” and be welcome to Jewish. Jewish people living so complicated that everyone try to send them away so Canada should accept
Canadian police charged with monitoring Lake Ontario’s extensive shoreline, and the rest of Canada’s expansive border, were unable to stem the tide of illegal bootlegged liquor entering into the country. This inability to prevent smuggling of alcohol gave rise to violent and uncontrolled criminal activity. Prohibition provided criminals with a reason to escalate their violent activities in the form of murders, hijackings, and
“A Hero or a traitor?” This question is very frequently asked when considering the famous figure is the Canadian history, Louis Riel. Some say that he is a historical there is nothing wrong with protecting his own race. However, there are a number of people consider him a traitor to the country and a crucial murderer due the fact that Louis Riel was born in the Red River colony, and he was educated as a lawyer in Montreal. He returned to his home at the age of 24, and just at the time the Canadian government wanted to acquire Rupert’s land from the Hudson’s Bay Company for the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Metis were afraid that the government would take the control of the land from them, as a result, Riel stood out as
In the first year, Greenpeace went to confront the sealer but didn't spray the seals with dye to make their fur worthless. However, Paul Watson was ignorant not for the group to do anything. The following year, he came back and was determined to stop the slaughters. Paul threw a sealer's knife in the water and chained himself to the piles of fur so that the sealers wouldn't be able to get to the fur. Furthermore, Paul was thrown into the water by the sealers and later kicked out of Greenpeace because he had used violence, which was a rule not to use force.
Sailing under the command of Commander Robert Barclay and his flagship, HMS Detroit, the British crew sailed valiantly across the great Lake Erie into battle. Their opponent to be was Oliver Hazard Perry of the United States Navy. Although bravely fought, the British crew faced insurmountable odds. The British lost the battle of Lake Erie because they were outgunned, poorly trained on inadequate ships all with the wind against their favor. Losing the battle also meant that they would loose all hopes of supremacy on Lake Erie.
Odysseus has to outwit, outlast and outplay poseidon’s obstacles and go through hell and back in order to be reunited with the world he has built with his bare hands thus depicting incredible heroism throughout his journey. On Odysseus’s journey he showed incredible strength in order for him to return home to ithaca. As Eurylochus said “you are a hard man, Odysseus. Your force is greater, your limbs never wear out. You must be made all of iron, when you will not let your companions, worn with hard work and wanting sleep, set foot on this land, where if we did, on the seagirt island we could once more make ready a greedy dinner; but you force us to blunder along just as we are through the running night, driven from the island over the misty face of the water”.
Negotiations last for 18 months during which dissenting ministers, along with rulings from the Supreme Court and various provincial courts, threatened to foil the efforts. Trudeau reached an agreement with nine of the Premiers, with the notable exception of Lévesque. Quebec's refusal to agree to the new constitution became a source of continued acrimony between the federal and Quebec governments. The Charter is intended to protect certain political and civil rights of people in Canada from the policies and actions of all levels of government. It is also supposed to unify Canadians around a set of principles that embody those rights.
Gatsby needs Nick otherwise he cannot conquer the final land he still has not. This is the main topic that The Great Gatsby revolves around. Scott Fitzgerald has portrayed Gatsby as a hero he is and everyone believes he is. First thing about the heroism of Gatsby is that he has set