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The paper discusses three key criteria in determining who is the Greatest Canadian; humanitarian dedication, motivational skills and leadership qualities. The paper describes Stephen Lewis' fight against the humanitarian issues of poverty, starvation and HIV/AIDS in Africa. The paper asserts that Stephen Lewis' leadership, humanitarian aid and passion have exemplified what it means to be the Greatest Canadian.

From the Paper
"Since the confederation of Canada in 1867, there have been many important individuals that have played roles in shaping the identity of our nation. During the middle of the 20th century, this trend is clearly illustrated by the international achievements of Stephen Lewis, who has headed the attack on several major social crises. Lewis, a tenacious and tactical public speaker has taken the lead on international aid among Canadians, inspiring the world to do more to prevent catastrophes such as poverty and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. His leadership heading the Stephen Lewis Foundation, his humanitarian dedication in the United Nations, and his charismatic demeanor has sparked public awareness on global atrocities and has landed him as one of the Greatest Canadians."

Tags:Africa, HIV/AIDS, starvation, poverty, morals, dedication, charisma

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Canada's economy is performing at a median point on the international level. Canada is unique in that it demonstrates the lowest investment share in GNP but also the greatest net exports. In other respects, Canada occupies the international middle ground in virtually every category. Canada, along with other nations who wish to compete internationally now understands that competitiveness must now be defined in a broader, international context. This paper examines the Canadian agricultural industry in terms of its significance to the health and success of the Canadian economy. The paper goes on to discuss the importance of the United States to Canada's economy, pointing out that the United States is currently Canada's largest export market, the main reason being that "Canada's agriculture and agri-food industry has benefited from greater and more secure access to the U.S. market under the NAFTA".

Tags:freetrade, impact, farmers

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Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau famously compared US-Canadian relations to being like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. Relations with the giant nation to our south, Canada's biggest trading partner and greatest ally, have certainly not always been smooth. This paper examines US-Canadian relations, with particular attention given to the discord between the Bush administration and the Liberals under Paul Martin. The paper asserts that the discord only demonstrates the latest in a long line of bumpy periods in diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Tags:leaders, canada, us

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An examination of the entry of Canadian banks into the American banking market. The paper shows how their greatest competition remains the American commercial banks, and shows how their attempt to enter the real estate market has succeeded. It shows how Canadian Banks already realize a healthy portion of the US real estate market and it is expected that this growth will continue into the future.

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"The Canadian economy has paralleled the US economy for the past year. Following the events of September 11, 2002, the Canadian economy and the US economy took dips and many on both sides of the border feared recession. However, these circumstances were short-lived and both economies quickly resumed their normal pattern. The US economy is strong and many Canadian Banks are poised to take advantage of eager investors in the United States. Many of these Banks have established a presence in New York City. One of the main reasons for this move is the strength of the US dollar. Foreign Banks used to have a competitive edge over American Banks, but legislation has evened the playing field. The chief competition for Canadian Banks operating in the US is, of course, other US Banks."

Tags:real, estate, banking, america, canada, money, mortgage, profit

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The paper argues that compared to the relative strides taken by the Canadian government at both the federal and provincial level peaking in the mid-1990s, the U.S. is relegated to a slow crawl. The paper contends that the most glaring weakness in the U.S. health care insurance system, which may well be one of Canada's greatest strength in terms of health care reform, is the solidarity of political will to invest in a health care insurance system with a fairly manageable medicine infrastructure. The paper asserts that while both countries are still plagued by the common problems of conflict of federal, state/provincial, institutional and physician interests and prolonged wait times for specialist services associated with universal (versus privatized) health insurance coverage, a multifaceted approach which provides incentives for personal responsibility in maintaining health, deterrents to poor treatment compliance, health service subsidization and aggressive legislative health care personnel workforce stabilization may be a plausible solution.

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"It is not new to state the fact that the present state of health care systems of developed countries such as the U.S. and Canada is in a state of disarray despite efforts to contain costs. It is therefore important to understand the different stakeholders and what motivates each. Compared to the relative strides taken by the Canadian government at both the federal and provincial level peaking in the mid-1990s, the U.S. is relegated to a slow crawl. The most glaring weakness in the U.S. health care insurance system, which may well be one of Canada's greatest strength in terms of health care reform is the solidarity of political will to invest in a..."

Tags:health, care, insurance

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This paper examines the issue of racism in Canada. The paper points out that, contrary to popular belief, minorities in Canada do suffer from racism; this is most notable in the workplace. The paper argues that the problem of racism in Canada is deeper than meets the eye and that the Aboriginal peoples experience the greatest amount of racism. Three separate studies on racism in the workplace and the results of these studies are summarized and analyzed. The paper concludes by noting that all three studies indicate that racism is more often directed toward minorities of color than other minorities.

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"Since it is regarded, in Canada's very polite social mores, to talk much about money, it is not surprising that few know that "Foreign-born visible minorities earned, on average, 78 cents for every dollar earned by a foreign-born white Canadian". (CRR Web site, 2001) The nation is so polite, in fact, that only 7 percent of respondents to a recent questionnaire for a Statistics Canada survey reported experiencing discrimination or unfair treatment "because of their ethno-cultural characteristics in the past five years". (Keung, 2003) Among visible minority groups, however, 20 percent of those 15 and older said they had been victims of racism, an the more visible the group, the more likely they were to report instances of racism, with nearly one-third of blacks, 21 percent of South Asians, and 18 percent of Chinese reporting racial incidents."

Tags:racial, tensions, native, canadians, foreign-born, visible, minorities, ethno-cultural, characteristics

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This paper looks at how Canadian author Jonathan F. Vance's 1997 award-winning novel, "Death So Noble", is an example of an essential work in Canadian literature, one that is paramount in explaining Canada's involvement in the Great War of 1914-1918. In titling his work "Death So Noble", Vance suggests to his readers that dying in defense of one's nation is of the greatest nobility. It explains that, through examination of historical reviews regarding Canadian participation in the Great War, Jonathan Vance is able to derive a convincing argument pertaining to Canada's role through the eyes of its contemporaries.

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"Throughout the novel, Vance is successful in presenting various techniques employed by the Canadian government, soldiers who fought in the war, and war-time contemporaries who remained in Canada during the war to create this "mythical" viewpoint of the Great War. Vance organizes the individual chapters in his book so that each chapter is used to discuss how different methods(ie. propaganda) that are used in painting the picture of progress, glory, and nationalism that hangs over the Canadian war effort. Vance cites examples of propaganda(21, 40, 118, 145, 177, and many others ) distributed by the government and the military to provide all Canadian citizens with the positive reinforcement the nation needs to come together in this time of crisis. All of this war-time propaganda does its part in conveying glory and enjoyment to the Canadian public."

Tags:1914, 1917, 1918, canada, conscription, didactic, effort, fight, fought, government, great, literature, nation, review, scholar, war, wwi

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The paper shows that perhaps the greatest misconceptions that are held by the Canadian public relating to youth crime are in regard to the actual crime rates. Canadians tend to drastically overestimate both the occurrence and severity of youth crime, as well as crime in general. It describes how Canadians believe that crime rates have increased, that the proportion of violent crime is greater than the facts would suggest, and that the crime rate in Canada is equal to or worse than the crime rate of the United States. The paper investigates the need to improve the awareness of public policy makers to the actual crime rate, especially among the youth, and shows that with such improvements, public policy makers will hopefully be more confident in their considerations of public perception when creating effective legislation that protects and represents society.

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"Public Policy, by definition, is policy that is made to protect, serve, and represent society as a whole. Ideally, public policy should adhere to the utilitarian goals of providing the most good to the greatest number of people, while making a concerted effort to protect minority interests. As with many political theories and entities, the ideal situation seldom becomes reality, as has been the case with crime related public policy in Canada. It often appears that public policy is created to satisfy the short-term demands of the public and to secure the greatest number of votes for the greatest number of elected representatives."

Tags:act, alternative, crime, measures, offenders, violence, young

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Paper features thumbnail sketches of Pontiac in 18th c, Big Bear, Poundmaker & Riel in the 19th c, stressing common approaches in the wish to avoid violence, deal with British or Canadian authorities, towards fair legal agreements. They were selfless leaders, acting on behalf of their people of less ability, willing to negotiate, and misunderstood in their day. Settlers rather than the authorities they saw as the greatest risk to their people; they wanted territory recognized as theirs, or their rights protected within it. A similar relationship with government continues in Canada; NB role of negotiative process.

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Technology in Health Care Introduction The current emphasis in the health care system is on efficiency and cost-effectiveness. This is a period of severe nursing shortage that has burdened nurses with heavy workloads and severe time constraints. Technology can increase efficiency, reduce costs, relieve nurses' workload stress, and allow nurses to have more time for patient care. Technology in health care has produced a transformation which is changing patient care delivery and care management, among many other issues. Technology also is impacting on the way that health services and delivery are organized

Tags:pontiac et al, 18/19th century, heritage

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Both quantitatively (in terms of numbers affected) and qualitatively (in terms of the changes required), gender bias remains a profound Canadian crisis. Women are disadvantaged in marriage and in the workplace and underrepresented in the political arena. The roots of this bias are deeply ingrained in Canadian society. Further, overcoming this bias demands fundamental changes in the type of government intervention designed to address it.