What would you say is the most powerful aspect of the Canadian political system: the Constitution, the executive, the legislative branch or the judiciary? Please explain why. Make sure you assess all four aspects in your response and indicate if you feel that there has been any change over time? As Canadians, we live in a state that offers us a federal democratic political system. It provides several elements that help in shaping our political frame.
This leads many to question the gun control law of our own country. How is our gun control law and how are they different from other countries? In this research paper, gun laws of United Kingdom, Canada, and United States of America will be compared. Also, the gun related crime rate of these countries will be also compared to figure out what kind of gun control law result in a safer country. Even before Canada officially became a country on July 1st 1867, gun control was already being applied to our soon to be independent British colony.
Andrew George Western Civilization 9/13/10 The Roman Twelve Tables Vs. The Code of Hammurabi In today's society we have a system to keep the people safe and in check, this system is known as laws. Simply put if you do something that society does not permit, you get punished. As laws have evolved to hundreds of thousands of them all over the world. With countries having their own set of laws some different in every country and to their cultures.
It seems as though many calls for accommodation come from the advocates of mixed-up political precision, the promoters of multiculturalism, diversity and communitarianism. For them, the presence of permanent ethnic and religious groups and of collective rights attached to them is a public good. Reasonable accommodation is one of the ways of upholding differences and the negotiation of the level of accommodation. This model of Canada is what Joe Clark meant when he said that Canada is a “community of communities.” (James) The opponents of accommodation, especially in Quebec, are often inspired by French republicanism, by views of secularism, of equality and of integration of newcomers as equals into our society. They dislike the idea that civil society should become a permanent negotiating session between powerful lobbies.
The culmination to all of this reflection was the United Nations and its consequent Declaration on Human Rights. “This seminal document challenged the cultural assumptions of the past - particularly the assertion that one culture, race, or ethnicity was superior to another – and stated boldly that all human beings shared the same basic and fundamental rights.”1 This document and it’s partner the declaration which defined and outlawed genocide finally gave the Indigenous people of Canada, and indeed the world, the legal leg up that they so desperately needed. Indigenous people now had the protection of the law. Many groups attempted to parlay this protection into reclamation of lands and rights that had been taken from them by colonialist nations. New World nations such as Australia and Canada were pressuring colonial nations to give up their control over the colonies.
Did you know that The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was set in place in 1982? The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is set in place to help protect the individual rights of Canadians. Within the Charter, Canadian citizens have many rights and freedoms, for example, the right to express their opinion, vote, move freely around Canada and to be free from discrimination. If the government enacts legislation to refute these rights and freedoms, as Canadians, we are able to take the issue to the Supreme Court of Canada to fight for our rights. Democratic rights give you the right to vote for members of the House of Commons and the provincial legislature.
John A. Macdonald: Much More Than Just the First Canadian Prime Minister One hundred and forty years ago, Canada was a territory separated into many British colonies including Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and British Columbia. Joining a region like Canada into a single country was a challenge. However, it was achieved by thirty-three Fathers of Confederation. Through their efforts, Canada became a nation. One of the very important members of this group of politicians included John Alexander Macdonald.
Pierre Elliot Trudeau kept Canada united by avoiding the separation of Quebec. Trudeau gave a very powerful speech on May 14, 1980 in Quebec. A vote was to be made whether or not Quebec was to be separated from Canada. Trudeau pointed out in his speech that Quebec was the national government of French Canadians and the French Canadians and the French culture should be protected. Trudeau wanted French Canadians to feel more comfortable and to feel like they belonged to Canada by saying, “Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them (Trudeau)”.
John Locke was a great philosopher and the father of Classical Liberalism. In his work “Second Treatise of Civil Government” many of his values. His ideas had the intention of making all men free and equal, the foundation of the law in Virginia Declaration of Rights, Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The Constitution of the United States was directly influenced by Locke’s work in that he believed that when people give up complete freedom and some rights to form a government and elect people in authority to act in this government. Whoever refuses to follow these laws will be punished accordingly.
It is through the inspection of the balancing forces between government and citizenship that I have come to appreciate both the brilliance and the gravity of the Constitution. As outlined in our Constitution, our government is divided into three equal branches. To ensure the status of this equality, our Constitution also provides a system of checks and balances which will serve to guarantee that no part of the government will ever be allowed too much power. It also ensures the power of the citizens by means of regular elections. As it is impractical for all citizens to directly participate in running the government, the election process asserts the voting power of the people every time.