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The Canadian Senate: Time for Change, 2008.
A discussion regarding reform in the Canadian Senate.
2,215 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 68.95
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This paper examines the issue of senate reform in Canada, a major topic of political concern for a long while. The paper maintains that, despite various attempts, such as in Meech Lake and Charlottetown, there has yet to be any substantial improvements to the Senate of Canada. It argues that the Canadian Senate must be reformed to increase its effectiveness. The paper concludes that, although Prime Minister Stephen Harper can be seen to be pushing for improvements, Canada also look to other nations with similar governments as examples on how to effectively alter the Senate.
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"A brief history of the Canadian Senate is necessary to fully comprehend the issues affecting it. The Senate became an official component of the Parliament of Canada in 1867 with the passing of the British North America Act. As Canada's system of governance is based on the British Westminster model, so was the Senate modeled after the elitist British House of Lords. John A. MacDonald referred to the Senate as a place of "sober second thought", intended to represent the interests of the people in various Canadian regions. Unfortunately, throughout the decades this has not occurred, and personal and party interests frequently override regional ones. Ordinarily the Senate consists of 105 members, although currently there are 93 sitting Senators . These members are chosen by the Governor General on the advice of the current Prime Minister . Once appointed, a Senator may serve until the age of seventy five years. Seats are assigned on a regional basis with each region supposedly receiving the representation of 24 Senators (Refer to Appendix 1). As is obvious in the chart, many parts of Canada are under- represented, an issue which will be tackled later in this paper. Those fortunate enough to obtain a position within the Upper House, receive a basic sessional salary of $122,700 (2006) . In addition to this salary, many senators receive additional salaries for various duties and a vehicle and residence allowance for certain Senators."
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The Canadian Senate in the Democratic Age, 2000.
This paper explores potential for the Canadian Senate to serve a more prominent role in the national political system.
1,930 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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This paper refers to concepts of proportional representation, regional representation and asymmetrical federalism in reference to the status of Quebec in Canada. It calls for a reformed and strengthened Canadian Senate to promote provincial interests within the federal system.
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"Still, in the current Canadian political context, the Senate does serve some functions. However, the potential exists to expand its role and structure to serve a more active role in the Canadian political system. Specifically, the Senate ought to be reformed and strengthened to promote provincial interests within the federal system. Existing models and concepts of Senate reform will be critically evaluated before a model is presented which will attempt to rectify existing problems, as well as to avoid potential failings which critics of Senate reform often predict."
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Canadian Senate Reform Proposals, 2004.
An evaluation of some of the major proposals for Senate reform in Canada.
3,198 words (approx. 12.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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The paper discusses the various major proposals for the reform of Canada's unelected upper house and whether or not they are feasible with the confines of Canada's political culture and constitutional framework. Discussed are various "Triple-E" proposals, such as the Alberter Committee, the Molgat-Cosgrove Report, the Macdonald Commission and others.
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"The Molgat-Cosgrove Report, the Macdonald Commission, and the Beaudoin-Dobbie Report all oppose equality of provincial representation in the Senate (Stillborn, Senate Reform Proposals, 18-19). They argue that an equal number of seats for every province would cause gross disparities, over representing the smaller provinces and in turn, under representing the more populace ones. They all suggest that equality adjusted by population should be the principle on which to base seat distribution. Though the Beaudion-Dobbie Report contin-ues to say that ?distribution should seek to balance requirements of this principle against the need for enhanced representation for people living in the smaller provinces.? "
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"Inuit Youth: Growth and Change in the Canadian Arctic", 2002.
A book review of "Inuit Youth: Growth and Change in the Canadian Arctic" by Richard Condon.
2,258 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 69.95
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An analysis of this book which is a study of the Inuit people of Holman Island, a community in the Northwest Territories of Arctic Canada. It discusses how Condon analyzes their community, family life, relations with friends and peers, gender and sex issues, school and work situations, and prospects for the future.
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"Intuit, or Eskimos, live in small, isolated villages, usually in groups of only 10 to 50 people, though the exception could be as large a group as 800. Most villages would have perhaps six dwellings. The Eskimo world is small and self-contained not only in terms of the size of the village and the size of the home but also in terms of the circle familiar to a single Eskimo. Relatives constitute the primary world of the Eskimo. The Eskimo family consists of the conjugal unit, a husband, wife, and their children. At the time of first European contact, most women had only two or three children, though Eskimo couples wanted to have as many children as possible. There were two reasons for this fact: 1) there was a high rate of infant mortality; and 2) there was a low effective fertility rate. In this century, however, after Eskimos became relatively sedentary and started weaning their children at a much earlier age, the birth rate exploded to some of the highest levels ever recorded for a human population."
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Change in Canadian Home Care, 2006.
This paper explores change and conserving at the organizational level and change and persistence at the individual level.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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The paper discusses how change can take place on several levels at once and exhibit the same characteristics at each level. The type of change that this paper addresses involves change and conserving at the organizational level and change and persistence at the individual level. The change is related to the new focus on home care in Canada. Furthermore, the paper explains that while persistence and conserving normally are regarded as hindrances to growth (Bolman & Deal, 2003; Pilkington, 2000), it is not certain that such is the case for this situation. The paper points out that this is also a situation where re-framing is needed at all levels to demonstrate that a successful outcome is possible when such a change is carefully planned and resources and support are made available.
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Analysis of Change within the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, 2002.
Historical and present examination of CSIS and the factors and theories that influence organizational change within the agency.
2,422 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 74.95
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Discussion of the history of CSIS in three sections, examining unique influencing forces in each era that led to changes and that have created the current organizational structure and operation of CSIS. Discussion of the creation of CSIS, a middle era and CSIS since the events of September 11.
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"Any country in today's world that wishes to protect its interests and national security is essentially forced to develop some form of security and intelligence agency. For some countries with a history of dictatorship and autocratic traditions, such an agency comes easily, has free reign, and does not find itself tangled in a web of ethical considerations and balances between national security and individual rights and freedoms. For Western Democracies, which value individual rights, freedoms and civil liberties, the development and operation of security and intelligence agencies presents a much more complicated and delicate challenge. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was created in 1984 after the RCMP Security Service failed to find a balance between civil liberties and national security (Rosen, 2000). The brief history of CSIS can be divided in many different ways to reflect changes in organization, leadership, mandate, power, and other influencing factors. For the purposes of this paper, CSIS will be examined in three major time periods. The transition from the RCMP Security Service to the establishment of CSIS (1979-1987), a middle period in which CSIS settled in and became more established as a government agency (1988-2001), and time since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Within these time frames, different aspects of change to the organization will be examined as well as the precipitating causal factors. Such an analysis will clearly show that CSIS is an organization, which is influenced heavily by environmental, political and global factors that change over time."
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How Will Climate Change Change Atlantic Canada?, 2006.
A discussion regarding Atlantic Canada and the unusual climatic changes.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses how more and more scientists are now accepting that the world is undergoing unusual climate change. This paper examines the most important and likely ways that Atlantic Canada will be affected by climate change. The paper shows how climate change has the potential to have a devastating effect on the forests, farms and economy of Atlantic Canada. Natural Resources Canada reports that the latest analysis provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides more scientific proof that climate change really is happening.
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"Canadian Families: Diversity, Conflict and Change", 2002.
Summarizes the themes and conflicts presented in "Canadian Families: Diversity, Conflict and Change" regarding the family of contemporary society.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 7 sources, $ 75.95
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The authors examine the many themes and conflicts that surround the discussion of the family today. They reveal how the definition of "family" that the social elites construct is very different from what reality actually is. They show how economic realities, violence within the home, and discrimination on all levels, affect families in all walks of life. The authors do an excellent job in demonstrating how the division between men's and women's tasks have significantly changed since capitalism has become embedded within the society.
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Organizational Change: The Dynamics of Strategic Change, 2001.
This paper analyzes the concept of "change", theories behind it, why it is necessary and how organizations need to cope with change in order to survive.
1,750 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 13 sources, $ 56.95
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This paper analyses the concept of "change", theories behind it, why it is necessary and how organizations need to cope with change in order to survive.
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"Change requires change. Organizations today are making abundant changes internally to cope with a highly turbulent external environment. With frequent reorganizing, downsizing, rightsizing, delayering, flattening the pyramid, teaming and outsourcing taking place, careers and career opportunities are in pandemonium resulting from the progressive destabilization of relationships between people and organizations."
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Social Change Reflected in Linguistic Change, 2005.
A discussion of different social and linguistic values found in Canadian society, with particular emphasis on "Glocal English".
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses social change, reflected in different social and linguistic values. It discusses the changing Canadian English in French, in relation to "Glocal English", but also, the effect of multiculturalism, in the many languages spoken in large cities. The paper presents an interview with this in mind, indicating adjustments made by native English speakers in Toronto, without thinking, due to the many citizens who do not know English well. The paper concludes that "Glocal English" and Americanization are present, but also, this other fascinating phenomenon of social and linguistic change.
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"Social Change Reflected in Linguistic Change. Introduction Social change indicates linguistic change, and notably, in an officially bilingual Canada whose English and French populations have seen the infusion of dozens of other languages, many of them that remain in daily use. In Metropolitan Toronto, one-half of the population was born beyond Canada and one grows accustomed to expecting that a stranger to whom one speaks will speak English as the second, third or perhaps fourth language. Another change pertains to both English and French Canada in the arrival of terms and pronunciations considered American and towards a more American idiom of Canadian English."
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The Changing Word of Changing Times, 2002.
A look at the development of English literature from the Anglo Saxon period through to the eighteenth century.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This five-page paper presents a detailed discussion about the changes that occurred in English literature from the Anglo Saxon period through the eighteenth century. The writer discusses subject matter, language, and style while comparing and contrasting the eras.
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Current Senate Reform Proposals, 2008.
A discussion of Canadian Senate reform proposals of the current federal conservative government.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper looks at the debate swirling around whether or not the Canadian Senate should be reformed. In particular, the paper notes how the current arrangement appears to exacerbate regional tensions while simultaneously undermining the legitimacy of the democratic, representative process. After discussing the arguments opposing some kinds of Senate reform, the paper discusses the Harper government's proposals and their relative strengths and weaknesses. In the end, the paper argues that the current ideas for changing the Senate have some merits, but they are compromised by the fact that proposed elections to the Senate are non-binding upon the government - and by the fact that a reluctance to "go to the people" might be seen as arrogant and elitist.
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"The denunciations of the Canadian Senate do not end with the criticisms cited above. Particularly, opponents of the unelected Upper Chamber argue that the Senate really exacerbates the cleavages already tearing at the fabric of the Canadian union. For these scholars, western frustration and alienation is chiefly brought about by the collective sense that the territories west of Manitoba lack adequate representation in the decision-making processes of government (Lawson, 131). Without question, if the anger and frustration of the west continues to fester, there is the distinct possibility that western separatist movements and other difficulties could arise. As one final point, it surely cannot be overlooked that the Senate's unelected nature cuts deeply into any claims to legitimacy it may assert (Geddes, "All or Nothing," 32-33) and this too is undoubtedly another reason why western critics of the Senate find it so objectionable on those relatively rare occasions when it does do something substantive."
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Senate Reform in Canada, 2000.
A discussion on the failure of the Canadian Senate and the need to reform its structure.
1,896 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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This paper examines the current Canadian Senate and how it is a useless and outdated institution in dire need of reform. It demonstrates how the Senate as it currently exists, is a waste of money, serves only a symbolic role and goes against the principles of democracy. It evaluates how the Senate, if reformed, could alleviate the political tensions that exist between the federal government and their provincial counterparts, through provincial equality within the Upper House. It also looks at the increased legitimacy the Upper House would enjoy, if the Senate undertook a more active role in the Canadian legislative process and abandoned the appointment system.
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"Ontario and Quebec combine to account for 62% of the Canadian population4. Both Western and Atlantic Canada feel that the House of Commons is the place where representation by population should be exercised, not in the Upper House, "The Senate should serve as a stronger voice, in federal decision making, for the less populated provinces"5. The Central Canadian rule in the House of Commons is properly justified. Ontario and Quebec control 174 out of the 295 seats in the Canadian legislature, which happens to be only 59% of the seats6. Despite the fact that the House of Commons occupation by Central Canada is proportionately less than their occupation of the Canadian population, although insignificantly, the bordering regions of Canada do not feel that they are properly represented in Ottawa."
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The Changed Core-Periphery Patterns of Canadian Economic Geography, 2002.
A detailed economic geography of Canada including historical and regional overviews.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 71.95
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This analysis includes several perspectives including historical and regional overviews of Canadian geography and its specific relation to economic development and activity. This essay concludes with issues that relate to recent economic changes such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Globalization.
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Managing Organisational Change, 2003.
An overview of the strategies available to deal with managing change and the common problems associated with a change process.
3,675 words (approx. 14.7 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 101.95
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This paper outlines the strategies available to deal with managing change, the common problems associated with a change process and how the FKI Logistex group has dealt with change in recent years. It looks at the manifestations of resistance to organisational change and strategies such as the planned approach and emergent approach in dealing with the change process. It also provides examples of how Logistex has changed recently and highlights how the company has dealt with its resistance to change in the form of better communications from top management and by implementing an internal change agent.
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Introduction to change management
Introduction to FKI
Causes of Resistance to Organisational Change
Resistance to Change
Change Forces
Manifestations of Resistance to Change
TQM
Strategies
Planned Approach
Emergent Approach
Issues and Considerations When Managing Change
Change Agents
Company Politics
Continuous Change
Change within FKI Logistex
Conclusions
References
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"External forces greatly influence the change in an organisation and are often the trigger for a change process. Some of the common external factors are economic, technological & social and political forces. All of these forces need to be analysed from whether it is a competitor?s new product pushing prices down and increasing competitiveness to the general trends of finance or the direction the government is taking the country and the tightening or relaxing of regulations. All of these forces require watching and acting upon when required."
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