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On July 20, 2005 Canada became the fourth country in the world and the first country outside Europe to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, thanks to the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act. Its origins can be traced back to cornerstones designed, simply, to protect the rights of Canadians. In retrospect, these cornerstones were seminal moments. Cause until to now, marriage equality already be the part of canadian culture and make more lgbtq people to come to canada that increase canada’s GPD. Make people know to be “equality ” to treat to people and make people more respect other people. In our exploration of Marriage Equality and its evolution in Canada, we sat down with Michael Leshner and Mike Stark – forever known as “The Michaels” – to discuss how it felt to be part of the historic movement that saw them being the first same-sex couple in Canada to be legally married. We also spoke with former prime minister, the Right Honourable Paul Martin, who shared with us what inspired his decision to introduce Bill C-38 which was then passed into law as the Civil Marriage Act.

Special people to lead this event:  Former prime minister, the Right Honourable Paul Martin, who shared with us what inspired his decision to introduce Bill C-38 (despite facing numerous detractors, even within his own party) which was then passed into law as the Civil Marriage Act.

The Charter guarantees the right of equality, just as it protects freedom of religion. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled years ago that sexual orientation is one of the grounds protected by the equality section. So he did so to quote Judge La Forest's defence of the traditional definition of marriage. He believe in, and I will fight for, a Canada that respects the foresight and vision of those who created and entrenched the Charter.

Michael Leshner and Mike Stark become the first same sexual couple in canada.

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Personal opinions:  Human are different, no one are almost same. Be honestly I personally think people also get the similar parts to compare different other people. If one human he or she knows to respect other people and accept different cultures (Really let go of prejudice ), so finally the society will be “equality”, because society is made up by people,  people always get the similar and differences, so we always can see all the society on one human. But its very difficult to let people all put down all jugement, because Selfishness is human nature. Interest always drives people to find out who they are and how selfish they are.

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Sarah, Avery, Maysa Women's right to vote

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Sarah, Avery, Maysa Women's right to vote

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Women’s suffrage: the right of women to vote in political elections

History and Impacts

This campaign involved women fighting for their right to vote and become politically active. The women’s suffrage movement went on for decades intended to address the inequality of gender within society. Finally on January 1916 Manitoba women became the first to vote and to hold provincial office. During the 1900s, propertied/higher class women had won some voting rights, including the right to vote and to stand for office in some municipal council, library and school board elections. Many people believed men had a greater capacity for reason and men’s potential for military service justified more rights. Thus making it hard for women to participate in political activities or hold provincial office. Many suffragists believed that giving them the right to vote would raise their class status and result in a better country. The persons case had a large impact on women’s ability  to be apart of political activities. This movement challenged women’s right to run for senate, 5 women chose to stand up for the rights they felt women should be given. After all women in Canada were given the right to be apart of politics the 19th amendment was achieved and women become stronger and more powerful. This impacted the role of women and allowed more women to get jobs and less to conform to the male favoured society.

Leaders

Nellie McClung was a canadian activist, mainly part of the women’s rights movement in Western Canada. McClung along with 4 others, known as the “famous five” were greatly involved in starting the Person’s Case. This was to recognize woman as qualified “persons” to be eligible to sit in the Senate. Mary Ann Shadd was an editor of the Provincial Freeman, and she used her newspaper to discuss women’s rights and inform the community about suffrage meetings. This was helpful to bring activists and suffragists together to make the movement stronger. The goal of these people was to gain equal voting rights for women. Women were not seen as equals to men, which greatly motivated women to stand for equality and the right to vote.

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Name of Event: Sexual Harassment Charges On Harvey Weinstein 

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Name of Event: Sexual Harassment Charges On Harvey Weinstein 

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Harvey Weinstein was a famous Hollywood producer who has in the past year or so had a lot of   sexual assault and harassment allegations against him by many famous female actresses. It all started on October 5 2017. This is an important event as sexual harassment has continuously been happening since the 90's and even before then. It has just recently been brought up and talked about with the Me Too movement. People are trying to bring more attention to this event to express the importance of female rights.

People involved:
In total, 87 people came forward to share their stories and experiences about Harvey Weinstein.

The people that were affected and involved in this event are Angelina Jolie, Gweneth Paltrow, Amber Anderson, Cynthia Burr, Cara Delevingne, and much more.

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The Charter of Human Rights - Mohammad Haider, Carson, David Geiman

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The Charter of Human Rights - Mohammad Haider, Carson, David Geiman

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The Charter of Human Rights was introduced in 1982. The Charter outlines the Rights and Freedoms each Canadian citizen has without the use of any sort of discrimination. The Charter was introduced by Pierre Trudeau, some of the main rights it protects is right to expression and equality. The Charter forms part of the Canadian Constitution, which is the highest law in Canada. The Charter falls into seven distinct categories: fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, language rights, mobility rights, minority language educational rights, legal rights, and equality rights.

Without the Charter Lawyers are unable to defend their clients without the use of the Charter. A breach in the Charter is the difference between being innocent and a lifetime sentence.

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Prior to 1982, Canada was a country without a true legal system. The Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms was a turning point in Canadian history It is the most important defining moments in the life of the country and its citizens.

Clayton Ruby has devoted his professional career to ensuring that those who are underprivileged and face discrimination are given equal access to the legal system.

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woman's rights suffrage movement. To be sure, the suffrage cause–to which many were eventually dedicated across the country – was inspired by a call for social reforms, the need for which was becoming increasingly due thanks to industrialization and urbanization. Issues such as temperance, poverty and child labour were at the forefront of their efforts. The right to vote, was intimately connected with fulfilling their roles as wives and mothers. In January 28, 1916, Manitoba women became the first in Canada to win the right to vote and the right to sit in the Provincial Legislature. Most provinces followed shortly thereafter—with Québec taking the longest to make the move in April 1940.
Myrna Driedger is a member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly. She proposed and lobbied to gain approval of the private member’s bill that established the Nellie McClung Foundation. And she led the charge in gaining support and funding for a monument to Nellie and her partners-in-crime (fellow suffragettes) that was erected on the lawn of the Legislature.
Bette Mueller is the former principal of Nellie McClung High School in Manitou (where Nellie grew up and taught school). A historian with a strong connection to and passion for the activist who effected long-term change in Canada, she discusses Nellie McClung and the women’s movement.

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil-rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. The boycott took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation. Four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested and fined for refusing to yield her bus seat to a white man - Rosa Park's motivation was to diminish the separation between blacks and whites, fighting for racial equality and justice.

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The Me Too Movement is a movement that was made to raise awareness for women who have been sexually assaulted/harassed. The movement was created to allow the victims of sexual assault to come together and advocate for this issue as a unity. The impact of this movement is that it has empowered victims to feel more comfortable sharing their story.

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Women are typically the victims but the victims can include young children, famous celebrities, and men.

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Marriage Equality and Same-Sex Marriage- Negah and Emily

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Marriage Equality and Same-Sex Marriage- Negah and Emily

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Same-sex marriage, also known as gay-marriage, is the marriage between two partners of the same sex or gender.

History of Same-Sex Marriage

The Netherlands were the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage when they did so in 2001. Canada legalized same-sex marriage in 2005, followed by France in 2013 and England in 2014. The United States legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, followed by Australia and Germany in 2017. Today, more than two dozen countries around the world have legalized same-sex marriage.

Impacts and Changes to Society

Society has greatly benefited from allowing LGBT people the same rights as non-LGBT people when it comes to legal marriage. Lots of research has been done to prove why legalize same-sex marriage is more of a benefit to society than an obstruction, as some people in the world still believe it is. Research proves that there are considerable mental health and wellbeing benefits towards people when they are able to marry legally. Similar studies also claims that children who are raised by legally married same-sex parents are more emotionally satisfied.

However, despite society’s support following the legalization of same-sex marriage around the world, the LGBT community still faces backlash from homophobes and xenophobes who do not approve of same-sex marriage.

Prominent people involved in the movement:

1970: Jack Baker and James McConnell applied for a marriage license. They are turned down. They filed suit in state court, ultimately going to the US Supreme Court.

1992: District of Columbia law allowed unmarried couples, 'whether of the same sex or different genders,' to register as domestic partners.

1996: the US Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which President Bill Clinton signed into law. Therefore, even if a state made gay marriage legal, same-sex couples still wouldn’t be able to file income taxes jointly, sponsor spouses for immigration benefits, or receive spousal Social Security payments.

2004: the U.S. Senate blocked a Constitutional amendment—supported by President George W. Bush—that would outlaw gay marriage across the country.

2005: A federal judge struck down Nebraska's ban on same-sex marriage, saying the ban interfered with the rights of same-sex couples, foster parents, adopted children and others.

2009: Governor John E. Baldacci of Maine became the first governor in the country to sign a gay marriage bill into law without being spurred to action by a court decision. The law was overturned that November.

2010: President Barack Obama signed legislation allowing gays to serve openly in America's military.

2015: The Supreme Court declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. The court's ruling meant the remaining 14 states would have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, just as he did in the court's previous three major gay rights cases dating back to 1996.

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The White House lit up in rainbow colors on  June 26 2015 after the ruling to legalise  same-sex marriage in the US.

How same-sex marriage changed the US. (2017, October 20). Retrieved from https://www.sbs.com.au/news/how-same-sex-marriage-changed-the-us

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In 1990 the bitter cold war that started at the end of World War Two finally ceased as the USSR fell into bankruptcy. It was at this instance that the Soviet much lost of its influence over much of Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Now at the turn of the 20th century, we see a great deal of nations dissociate themselves with the former soviet Union as these nations abandon the ideologies of communism in favour of democracy. The U.S not only strengthened its grip throughout much of Eastern Europe, but the world also saw the failure that communism was. Much of the former Soviet Union block was thrown into disarray, and the public has lost hope for any real recovery for the wounded nation. The main political leaders that wished to end the grip of communism mostly stemmed from Western Europe and the United States. Nevertheless many of the nations that were occupied the Soviet Union also disliked the occupation of their country by another country. During the 60s and 70s, there were protests and riots organized by university students all across the iron wall. The world was thrown into chaos and the end of the conflict saw great prosperity and great change with the end of the conflict.

Revolutions of 1989. (2019, January 31). Retrieved February 5, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1989

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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

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Obamacare is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. It is a law authorizing access to affordable health insurance to Americans. It is also referred to as Affordable Care Act (ACA) and is mainly for people and small groups who pay for their own insurance.

The Affordable Care Act has had an effect on many areas in America’s society. The act allowed healthcare to be much more accessible to a significantly larger group of citizens, including the lower class and children, who were mostly uninsured before the act was implemented. The act also ensures that a wider range of conditions are to be covered for everyone. The ACA has also created a significant demand for more jobs in the healthcare industry. However, many of middle class Americans now have to pay higher taxes in order to support the new changes, which many feel is unfair. Although some Americans are being negatively affected by the act, the implementation of Obamacare has resulted in a better healthcare system for their society as a whole.

Just as in the name, this change was lead by Barack Obama where his goal was to:

Increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance

Streamline the delivery of healthcare services and reduce the overall costs for everyone (by restricting certain insurance company practices)

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Today Is the Last Day of Obamacare Enrollment-Here's What You Need to Do Right Now

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The Obamacare open enrollment deadline for buying 2018 health insurance plans is Friday. Here's what you need to know about buying coverage.

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Name of the Event:  Same Sex Marriage in Canada

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Name of the Event:  Same Sex Marriage in Canada

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