The book is about Allan Blooms views on American university education and how the students do not receive the “knowledge and wisdom” that they should have. Neilson uses the book to open a discussion about how the Canadian Universities are following the same path. It’s unfortunate that the essay is poorly done due to the facts that the eighteenth paragraph is the only one about Canadian education and that the majority of HIS essay is Blooms thoughts and opinions. With the title being The Closing of the (North) American Mind it leads you to believe that the essay is written about Canadian minds with Robert Neilson Discussing opinions of his own. Sadly, it fails to do so, mostly it is Allan Blooms views on the education process in American Universities/Colleges.
Borden knew the war could not be won without reinforcements and so he decided to pass the conscription bill. (Cruxton and Wilson, 118). In 1940, though Mackenzie King had promised no conscription, he passed the national resources mobilization act—this was conscription but only to protect Canada at home. But as war continued Mackenzie King was asked to send additional troops and just like in 1917 most volunteers were English, not French-Canadian. The English-Canadians sought after full conscription like Britain and the United States, while the French-Canadians still did not want any form of conscription.
In this sense, Canada is an attic in which we have stored American and British literature without considering our own. 1 No wonder a Canadian student has problems appreciating their culture, when they have no chances to learn more about it. The Canadian literature that is studied is very old. This includes works such as Mordecai's Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz or Lawrence’s Stone Angel. Fifth Business, which was published in 1970 – over 35 years ago, is still on
Essay # 4, Research Essay: Capital Punishment Lawrence Kwak One of the issues that continually create a tension in today's society is whether or not the capital punishment is necessary. Capital punishment is the form of the execution that government carries out on convicted criminal. Capital punishment was removed from the Canadian law in late 1970s. Ever since then, a movement to bring back capital punishment was debated in the Canadian House of Commons couple times but defeated on votes. The fact that this motion was prevented is truly beneficial to Canadians due to many problems with this law.
Combining under one political structure would solve many of the problems and instabilities that they were faced. Corn Laws gave Canadian farmers a market in Britain, which was not available to their American counterparts. Exports were just as valuable to Britain as to Canada. However, when the Corn Laws were repealed by Britain in 1846, the Canadian farmers were now placed in competition with the Americans and other countries for the British markets. This increased stress for the farmers as their main source of income and survival drastically decreased.
Historian Alan Gordon begins an informative essay on Jacques Cartier, the “Discoverer of Canada,” with the intriguing statement that this sixteenth century French explorer was “really a nineteenth-century figure”[1]. The author then proceeds to explain this extraordinary statement by describing how Cartier was virtually unknown to Canadians prior to the nineteenth century, which is when Cartier himself was “discovered,” so to speak, by the historians of that era. After a rather exhaustive introduction, Gordon states his premise quite deep in to the essay, which is that he “...will attempt to show how historical heroes are used for political ends”[2]. This is an evocative approach, which Gordon
Bennet decided to change his initial policy, and planed for a New Deal of their own after constant begging and wishing for federal aid. The Canadian New Deal was passed by 1935, and introduced policies that called for minimum wage, unemployment insurance, and other relief programs. However, this effort was largely unsuccessful, and the provinces challenged the rights of the federal government to manage these programs. As a result, the failure of Bennett’s New Deal legislation shifted the burden of the economy back to the provincial levels of the state. Provinces such as Ontario created acts such as the Industrial Standards Act, which was designed to have the state bring workers and employers together to establish minimum wages and work standards
His intentions for undertaking the series of lectures on the CBC were to help clear up this ‘haze’ in people’s minds: “There is a good deal of muddle about democracy…that our thinking about democracy is muddled.” (Macpherson 1) Macpherson categorizes the three different types of democracy today as the liberal, communist, and underdeveloped variants. The problem that is created by this muddle
They can participate in mock elections held at their schools, in model United Nations, in youth organizations of the various political parties, etc... Canadians should acknowledge the 2500 troops present in Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led ISAF (International Security Assistance Force), and judge whether or not they are effective. Similarly, the environment is also an essential topic. The environment is very fragile, and it is high time for us to accept that fact and mend this catastrophe. One of the thinnest layers of ozone is over North America. The United States of America is not part of the Kyoto Protocol and is
Keith W. Pittman PHI 105 21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking & Problem Solving February 12, 2012 Professor Matt Hampton Mandatory Military Service This topic of mandatory military service, pose great controversy in our country of tremendous freedom. As you read this paper, it is my intentions and opinion to show you why we should not have mandatory military service. I will bring to light the effect mandatory military service would have on our society, by point out the difference between the draft and mandatory military service; benefits from mandatory military service; and the violation of free will. As we know it, at one point in history we did have a government imposed selective service draft. This was the closest we ever came to mandatory military service.