1. what is National Energy Program and how did it anger Albertians (CA)\n2. What is the Crow Rate and how did it cause uneasiness between Western Canada and the federal government?\n3. what is\n a) Quiet Revolution\nb)F.L.Q. Crisis\nc) Parti Quebecois\n4. Why are Quebecois different than other Canadians?\n5. What is the reason that the Quebecois feel alienated?\n\nPlease help.  If you help me you will get 10 points
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i am sorry i dont know but i am new on here and a big michael fan too.. so in response to your other mjj questions i think you can contact him via his sony website .but back in 1993 i wrote to his mjj productions studio and i got a siged photo but now we got the internet you probley would have more luck than me ....which websites have you tryed? get back to me on this if you can ,bye for now.
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Actually, from what I've heard from the Hill, we Canadian have taken a step back from legalizing marijuana because the Tories are in power and they're more hardline about drugs and crime than the Grits were. However, the Tories won't be in power forever because the only reason that they're in power is because the Grits were corrupt. Once the Grits have improved their image and the Tories begin screwing up, the Grits will probably become the ruling party again and marijuana will be put back on the agenda. As it is, marijuana enforcement here is pretty lax and most people I know (I'm a 20-year-old university student) smoke pot on a regular, semi-regular, or occasional basis. I've also heard that Spain, Mexico and the UK have discussed decriminalization, but Mexico and Canada have been afraid the American repercussions, but now the Americans are requiring passports from us (grrr!) it might become less of an issue
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I was called those names when I returned from Viet Nam.  I'll tell you it wasn't Vietnamese doing it.  It was a bunch of women hippies whose boy friends had propelled their cowardly a$$es across the border into Canada.  I served when called, and I am disabled because of it.  The cowards were forgiven and the illegals are welcomed with open arms.  I sometimes ask myself; why did I do it?
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don't feel rude because it's a valid question. Have you ever seen Rick Mercers "Talking to Americans"? The responses are hysterical. The view of Canada seems to be that the whole dang country is above the tree line and we all commute to work on ski-doos.This has been going on for years.\nMany Americans are ignorant about their own country too.
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After what happened at Ipperwash, the OPP are being a little bit more reserved, especially considering all of the media attention Caledonia is getting.\n\nWe need to get back to public order, similar to Oka Quebec. bring in the military to control the situation, then work on a peaceful solution.\n\nRottontothecore: does this mean we should give the entire North America back? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.?!?!
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Who is that idiot??  \nCanada is not a state, it's a country, and not all our milk is in a bag, fool! \n\nCanada is great, except for the new Prime Minister but the US has George Bush so we all have our problems. It's not always cold up here, the weather is alot like New York,(At least for me, I'm in Toronto,  I wish I was spoiled for weather like in BC but, that's another issue) But of course the closer you get to the Arctic the colder it gets- just common sense. We don't all have those stupid accents either unless you're in the Prairies (everything between BC and Ontario) or the Maritimes (everything east of Quebec).\nBut everything is pretty much the same here in Canada like it is in the States, except that we do things a bit more... 'European', and we don't  have that superiority complex (but if we were the biggest baddest nation in the world, you bet your a$$ we would!)\n\nAnd while we're clearing things up, can everyone stop with the "Eh!" stupidness.  Where did that even come from anyways?
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Here you go:\n\nhttp://apps1.gdr.nrcan.gc.ca/mirage/mirage_list_e.php?id=220377
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http://www.ejil.org/journal/Vol15/No5/15.pdf\nhttp://www.law.duke.edu/lib/researchguides/canadian.html\nhttp://www.tamilnation.org/selfdetermination/countrystudies/quebec/quebec2d.htm\nMaybe these links can help
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New Zealnaders rather like you Canadians: you make polite guests, and you have charming accents. We share a lot in common, such as government and hatred for all Americans :), and we are both quiet acheivers in international politics. \n\n We don't like the fact that you still have French people, and have stopped playing international cricket and rugby, though. :)
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either:\nwikipedia it  at http://en.wikipedia.org/Canada\n\nor go to a library. Libraries are nice.
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I've never felt Canadians by and large had this attitude. But it is a fairly liberal country. That doesn't mean liberalism is bad, but some liberals, and I prefer to be called liberal, are very arrogant and think others are barbarians in comparison to them. That is my honest observation.
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QUESTIONS ABOUT 2010 OLYMPICS \n\n-----------------------------------\nWhat do you think eh ? AnywayZ ;-) !\n-----------------------------------\n\n\nNow that Vancouver has won the chance to host the 2010 Winter Olympics these are some questions people the world over are asking!!!! Believe it or not these questions about Canada were posted on an International Tourism Website. \n\nQ: I have never seen it warm on Canadian TV, so how do the plants grow? (UK)\nA. We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around and watch them die. \n\nQ: Will I be able to see Polar Bears in the street? (USA)\nA: Depends on how much you've been drinking. \n\nQ: I want to walk from Vancouver to Toronto-can I follow the Railroad tracks? (Sweden)\nA: Sure, it's only Four thousand miles, take lots of water. \n\nQ: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Canada? (Sweden)\nA: So it's true what they say about Swedes. \n\nQ: It is imperative that I find the names and addresses of places to contact for a stuffed Beaver. (Italy)\nA: Let's not touch this one. \n\nQ: Are there any ATM's (cash machines) in Canada? Can you send me a list of them in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax? (UK)\nA: What did your last slave die of? \n\nQ: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Canada? (USA)\nA: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. Ca-na-da is that big country to your North...oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Calgary. Come naked. \n\nQ: Which direction is North in Canada? (USA)\nA: Face south and then turn 180 degrees. Contact us when you get here and we'll send the rest of the directions. \n\nQ: Can I bring cutlery into Canada? (UK)\nA: Why? Just use your fingers like we do. \n\nQ: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? (USA)\nA: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is...oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in Vancouver and in Calgary, straight after the hippo races. Come naked. \n\nQ: Do you have perfume in Canada? (Germany)\nA: No, WE don't stink. \n\nQ: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you sell it in Canada? (USA)\nA: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather. \n\nQ: Can you tell me the regions in British Columbia where the female population is smaller than the male population? (Italy)\nA: Yes, gay nightclubs. \n\nQ: Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada? (USA)\nA: Only at Thanksgiving. \n\nQ: Are there supermarkets in Toronto and is milk available all year round? (Germany)\nA: No, we are a peaceful civilization of Vegan hunter/gathers. Milk is illegal. \n\nQ: I have a question about a famous animal in Canada, but I forget its name. It's a kind of big horse with horns. (USA)\nA: It's called a Moose. They are tall and very violent, eating the brains of anyone walking close to them. You can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out walking. \n\nQ: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA)\nA: Yes, but you will have to learn it first.
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the people are the same as us.  They do say "ah" alot.  The government is more of a socialist type country.  They all have free medical.  They pay their citizens money to have children.  I live in Buffalo NY, right next to the Canadian Border.  I have alot of Canadian friends.  The accent is different, that is about it.  Oh. by the way, they have alot of doughnut shops over there.  Way more than we do.
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Mackenzie-King was still in power, he was caught off-guard by the Depression and had no answers.  He doled out some few dollars to provinces, but people called him a cheapskate or a miser.  King lost the 1930 election.  R.B. Bennett, a Calgary lawyer, won a 60% majority.  He promised to end unemployment through economic nationalism (tariffs don’t work).  He actually tried very hard, many hard-hit people wrote letters to Bennet because provinces couldn't handle the crisis.  Bennett actually wrote back personally, often sending some of his own money, but Canadians weren't happy with his overall efforts.\n\nLook into the Union Nationale (Quebec) – ran by Maurice Duplessis.  This is a protest party – against unemployment and the Depression.  The Platform was to wrest financial control and industry from English-speakers, to modernize and free Quebec, and to introduce a new (non-socialist) social program.\n\nThe Depression wore on, regardless.  The problem was the distribution of powers between the federal and provincial governments.  The province was getting more powers but didn't have the money.  The federal government had the widest tax base therefore was looked to to find the solution.
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Some Quebecers believe in Independance from Canada. French Quebecers were second class people in there own province till about 1975. Best jobs and opportunities when to English people in Quebec. This has changed enough so that now that most educated youth in the province realized that being bilingual is the best advantage for both the English and French there.Independance issue in Quebec is used more as a tool to pry more Fed money from Canada. Educated people who come to visit Quebec see people that are polite and curtious and interesting. Unless they have names like RustyOwls.
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I'm not sure about the personal stories about new Canadians. I don't know if they are experiencing racism or what exact problems they are facing.  On the other hand I know a little bit of the numbers, and the composition of the people moving to Canada to create a new home.   \n\nCanada lets in about 0.75% of it population each year as immigrants.  This means that this years Canada will be accepting about 250 000 new people into the country.  Most of the new people coming to Canada are from China, India North and West Africa, Pakistan.   \n\nCanada's immigration policy has been changing over the years and is attempting to get higher skilled and younger workers to move to Canada.  It helps if the immigrant speaks French or English .  \n\nA big problem is the income levels of new immigrants into Canada.  A new immigrant that has similar education experience and language ability will on average make 22 to 25% less than a person born in Canada.  \n\nI hope this helps a bit.
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Stephen Harper is simply trying to push ideas that he thinks you should want, while maintaining a tenuous hold on power. \n\nHarper and a lot of his policy advisors have spend a lot of their time planning for this dramatic shift to Prairie values. They've spent almost a decade and a half building their ire, saying "if I was in power, I would...". All the while in their regionalistic Reform/Alliance/Conservative party shifts and they want to prove their ideas. I wouldn't vote for the guy - but I believe he honesty believes his ideas are better. \n\nThe taxing of Income trusts looks like a move to keep the 60% or so of the progressive/leftist part of the House of Commons slightly pleased with him. The reduction of the GST seems like he's trying to prove to voters that he'll really save them money. I guess paying up to 15% sales tax in some parts of the country is kind of lame - but so is making miniscule changes just to look like you're doing something. If he really wanted to change things a major reduction or elimination of the GST would be welcomed. Other than that, why bother splitting hairs?\n\nHarper's economic policy will (in hindsight) be the result of being pulled in two opposite directions. He must balance his truly small-c conservative fiscal ideas and having to appease the Liberals, Bloc Quebecois, & NDP - who are thankfully are (as a whole - not individually) pretty good watchdogs for the little guy.