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Canada is a country of diverse nations within a singular border. The identity of Canada is ever changing and evolving in terms of what “Canada” is and could be. Do you believe that the diversity of the groups that make up Canada gives us strength to continue as a nation-state, or do you think it may potentially divide us? 

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Canada is a country of diverse nations within a singular border. The identity of Canada is ever changing and evolving in terms of what “Canada” is and could be. Do you believe that the diversity of the groups that make up Canada gives us strength to continue as a nation-state, or do you think it may potentially divide us? 

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Canada’s diverse culture makes Canada what it is today. I believe that our diversity is one of Canada’s strengths. Canada has welcomed many immigrants with different backgrounds, histories, traditions, and ways of life. With the increase of immigrants, I think that our diversity has expanded. Canada welcomes all different ideas, and does not discriminate, or isolate people based on their beliefs, we celebrate them. Edmonton has the Flying Canoë Volant, a Ukrainian Festival, a Heritage Festival, and a Cariwest Caribbean Arts Festival. Calgary has a Cultural & Fireworks Festival, Afrikadey, Carifest, a Marda Gras, and an Inglewood Sunfest. In many of the provinces in Canada you can find small areas of deeply cultured towns, for instance in Alberta we have a strong Ukrainian culture, as well there is a Ukrainian village East of Edmonton. In many cities, there are different sections dedicated to different cultures, like Chinatown. As well in Canada, we allow all religions, as we have many different churches, temples, and places of worship, all across the country. Finally, we have many different language schools like our Francophone schools, and our schools offer numerous languages to learn for students. I believe that as our population increases, the more diverse and welcoming our country will be.

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Another type of contending loyalties Indigenous people face is linguistic loyalties. Indigenous have many different languages, but over the years many of them have been lost. These languages become forgotten because the Indigenous groups feel the need to learn English, or some other language to communicate with others outside the reserve.

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The last main contending loyalty that the Indigenous groups face is civic loyalties. These Indigenous groups have a hard time staying loyal both to their country and their reserve. In many situations their loyalty to their reserve is more important, because they are normally a very close knit community and honour that loyalty.

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One of the main contending loyalties Indigenous groups face today would be cultural. This is one of the main ones because as the rest of the country evolves they have a hard time trying to stay "caught up" with the rest of the country, and keeping their history, and traditions alive.

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Contending Loyalties For Indigenous People Today

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Contending Loyalties For Indigenous People Today

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1. Cultural Loyalties
2. Linguistic Loyalties
3. Civic Loyalties
4. Political Loyalties
5. Ethnic Loyalties
6. Spiritual Loyalties
7. Class Loyalties
8. Ideological Loyalties
9. Regional Loyalties

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Goal:
the goal for environmentalists is to get the construction of the pipeline shut down, or to make it more eco friendly. Some of the environmental impacts include risk of oil spills, cutting down trees and increased greenhouse gas emissions.

Actions Taken:
Some of the protests were focused on the environmental impact that the pipeline would have.

Loyalties Challenged:
Civic - should I stay loyal to my city, provinces, and country or should I stay loyal to my beliefs about the environment?

Regional - should I do whats best for where I live and the environment or what the government wants?

Ideological - should I stay loyal to my beliefs about the environment or be loyal to what would help our economy?

Accomplishments:
In addition to the original plans in place if an oil spill were to happen, the company has proposed additional marine safety enhancements. At this time there has not been any plans or agreements made about the other environmental issues.

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History:
The issue being protested by many people has a deep history with the Indigenous people. In history there has been many times we have used and taken advantage of the Indigenous people by using their land, and their resources.

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Accomplishments:
One of the accomplishments that they completed, was getting an agreement from the company and the Government of Canada. The agreement that the government set in place, states that they will create an alternative route. The other agreement that was created was with the company, this agreement states that they will not start or continue construction on Indigenous land without consent of the Indigenous group. They have offered training to the youth, jobs, benefits to the communities, and are allowing the Indigenous groups to monitor the construction.

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Perspectives Of The Pipeline Workers And The Government

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Perspectives Of The Pipeline Workers And The Government

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Goal:
the goal for the government was to create another pipeline to increase the capacity and flow of oil from 300,00 barrels a day to 890,000 barrels a day.

Actions Taken:
The government and pipeline company, heard some of the concerns and created agreements.

Loyalties Challenged:
Civic - should we stay loyal to our country (government) or should we be loyal to the small communities being effected?

Ideological - should we stay loyal to this idea because it will be good for our economy or should we be loyal to the environment?

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Goal:
The goal of this protest was to stop the construction of the pipeline, that was on the Indigenous land.

Actions Taken:
The Indigenous took their concerns to the government by protesting.

Loyalties Challenged:
Civic - should we stay loyal to our country or should we stay loyal to our reserve?

Regional - should we stay loyal to whats best for our country or whats best for our reserve?

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Contemporary Canadian Indigenous  Nationalism - The Trans Mountain Pipeline

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Contemporary Canadian Indigenous  Nationalism - The Trans Mountain Pipeline

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The Issue:
Canadian Government approved the construction of a second trans mountain pipeline. The issue with this is that the Government wants to build it next to the first trans mountain pipeline, but it's on Indigenous reserves. Many Indigenous groups are mad and protesting the construction, because most of the reserves were not included in the decision making, and the first pipeline was made without consent as well.

Current Status:
Right now the route is now 86% approved, as well as many agreements with Indigenous groups have been made.