We take great pride in providing all our citizens with the means to carry on with daily life and are guaranteed with our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Being a first generation Canadian, the topic of Canada’s own culture is very interesting to me. My family and I are part our Canada’s multicultural community. We are able to keep our cultural values alive in Canada and have a right to do so, which is what makes us Canadians. It is not good when Canada as a nation is considered a product of Americanization, and when people consider Canada to not have its own culture.
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)”. To make the French Canadians feel more at home, Trudeau created a magazine called Cité Libre (Britannica Online, 1), meaning Community of the Free. Trudeau passed an act which made French and English the official languages of Canada. The Official Languages Act made federal offices offer services in both English and French. Trudeau wanted to balance the equality between French and English Canada so he could preserve the French culture in Canada.
Having our senators being reformed would also help create a diverse and a representative body. Senators better capture, and express (cwf.ca). Senators should be elected after a reform; they are able to devote more time to committee work. Therefore, having senators reform and chosen by Canadians is a good thing, because we want the people who are going to be the ones making decisions for us also be part of our country as well, and it’s also a great way to keep our country diverse and responsible. Why stop something that is been carrying on for a long time, and break tradition?
The government respect the rights of people and satisfy the people’s needs. The constitution of Canada is the highest law and in the constitution there is the charter of rights and freedoms. The charter states all the rights and freedoms of individuals, and makes sure we live in a fair and free country. Two examples of this is the right to practice your religion, and the right to be free from search and seizure not backed by evidence. The taxes in Canada are what we pay to the government for them to provide us with the basic necessities of life; it funds various social programs that give assistances to people with less money.
Should reasonable accommodation be implemented in Quebec? “Reasonable accommodation refers to the idea that equality rights set out in section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms demands that accommodation be made to various ethnic minorities. The concept is especially applied with reference to the anti-discrimination laws in Québec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.” (Rock, Hoag) Multicultural and ‘multiculturalism are terms commonly used to refer to “a social condition of ethnic and racial multiplicity, to a government policy for addressing the problems associated with such range, and to an ideal of interethnic harmony and cooperation on the basis of equality”. (Harold Troper) As an ideal or ideology, multiculturalism sets a standard for the equal treatment of new and minority members of an existing national society. It seems as though many calls for accommodation come from the advocates of mixed-up political precision, the promoters of multiculturalism, diversity and communitarianism.
Canada is a very great country because we practice equality and multiculturalism. AS Canadians we should become examples for other countries on what equality really is. henever there are human rights abominations happening around the world we need to help in whatever way possible. The fact of the matter is that everyone is in this world together. There is nothing that makes us higher than another.
It’s our identity; it’s what makes Canada Canada, a nation for every individual which have equal opportunity in life and success, despite colour, race, or religion. People all over the world have immigrated here and made their marks on the society Canada. Multiculturalism is portrayed as the identity of Canada, as witnessed in the attitudes towards immigrants, ethnic and racial diversity and in Canada’s multicultural policy. Before World War II Canada was mainly inhabited by immigrants of Western European culture and religion, so immigrants either than this cultural background were considered foreigners due to their race, colour and customs. Despite the differences with these “foreigners” Canada needed people.
This point is not to be discarded because conformity and enforcement of law is important to our countries structure, yet when weighing the benefits of allowing such sites, it is clear that Canada would prosper from making the allowance province wide. By examining the benefits of safer injection sites, the desperate need for more facilities such as Insite is clearly evident. Benefits regarding reduced rates of crime, HIV/ AIDS, hepatitis C and overdose fatality shed a blanket of positive light upon these facilities that is hard to ignore. Attention has been brought to the topic of criminal activity surrounding SIFs (safer injecting facility) and Insite in particular. Critics in the past, prior to the opening of Insite, were worried that the opening of a facility that allowed drug use would inevitably attract drug-related crime.
Canada is a diversify country with individuals coming from all around the world to create this unique society. A place of acceptance, opportunities and equality, all these factors creates a dream for minority groups such as females, race that are minorities, and lower class to create their own bright future. Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide –Napoleon. Being denied the right to make a choice is what differentiates the free from the imprisoned. Does the ability to decide apply to all facts of life though?
Canada and the United States are always being compared; not only the way we spell and say words, but also that it would be heaven if we were American. Most Canadians perceive our identity is to promote equality, participate in peacekeeping, and encourage multiculturalism. Canada greatly contributes to the world, and what it has become today. The government gives every citizen an opportunity to fulfill their dreams, and earn equality. Nobody living in Canada is discriminated against because the Ontario Human Rights Code.