https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn Made with mirth en-us 2021-05-31 12:50:23 UTC 2023-02-18 03:18:41 UTC hello@padlet.com telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573653344  a statement of rights and freedoms that was added. It is a powerful legal tool that protects those living in Canada from breaches of specific rights and freedoms by the federal and provincial governments.]]> 2021-05-31 13:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573653344 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573662192 It was intended to persuade the government of Quebec to symbolically endorse the 1982 constitutional amendments by providing for some decentralization of the Canadian federation. The proposed amendments were initially popular and backed by nearly all political leaders.]]> 2021-05-31 13:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573662192 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573667844 The Accord declared that forestry, mining, natural resources, and cultural policy would become provincial jurisdictions, with the federal government retaining jurisdiction over national cultural bodies such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board.]]> 2021-05-31 13:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573667844 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573672698 The 1995 Quebec independence referendum was the second  referendum  to ask voters in the French -speaking  Canadian province of  Quebec  whether  Quebec should proclaim national  Sovereignty and become an independent country, with the  condition Precedent of offering a political and economic agreement to Canada.]]> 2021-05-31 13:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573672698 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573686313 The goods and services tax (GST) is a tax that you pay on most goods and services sold or provided in Canada. In New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Prince Edward Island, the GST has been blended with the provincial sales tax and is called the harmonized sales tax (HST).]]> 2021-05-31 14:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573686313 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573689959 NAFTA is a free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada, that came into effect on January 1, 1994. ... Tariffs on covered goods traded between Canadaand the United States became duty free on January 1, 1998, in accordance with the CUSFTA which was carried forward under NAFTA.]]> 2021-05-31 14:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573689959 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573756539 The segment of the Wall now at the Canadian War Museum was presented as a gift to the Canadian people by the German government. It was housed for many years in the Government Conference Centre in downtown Ottawa, the site of a 1990 international summit that helped set the framework for peaceful German reunification.]]> 2021-05-31 14:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573756539 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573760496 Gorbachev's decision to allow elections with a multi-party system and create a presidency for the Soviet Union began a slow process of democratization that eventually destabilized Communist control and contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.]]> 2021-05-31 14:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573760496 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573769174 Canada’s most significant contribution was to provide refuge for thousands of Tutsi and moderate Hutu at its headquarters in Amahoro Stadium, as well as other secure UN sites, and to assist with the evacuation of foreign nationals.]]> 2021-05-31 14:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573769174 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573775277 More than 4,000 Canadians served in the Persian Gulf region in 1990-1991 as part of a Coalition of countries. Their goal was to remove the invading forces of Iraq from neighboring Kuwait. Canadians also served in peacekeeping and embargo enforcement efforts in the region after the war.]]> 2021-05-31 14:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573775277 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573796060 More than 4,000 Canadians served in the Persian Gulf region in 1990-1991 as part of a Coalition of countries. Their goal was to remove the invading forces of Iraq from neighboring Kuwait. Canadians also served in peacekeeping and embargo enforcement efforts in the region after the war.]]> 2021-05-31 14:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573796060 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573799373 Canada's involvement included efforts to provide security to Afghanistan's new government, and aid reconstruction in a country riven by a generation of war. Later, Canadians contributed to the war against a growing Taliban insurgency. Canada concluded combat operations in 2011 and left Afghanistan in 2014.]]> 2021-05-31 14:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573799373 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573803311 The Government of Canada resettled more than 25,000 Syrian refugees between November 4, 2015 and February 29, 2016. Our commitment to resettling Syrian refugees to Canada continues in 2017.]]> 2021-05-31 14:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573803311 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573806236 On April 1, 1999, Nunavut separated from the Northwest Territories to become the newest Canadian territory. The creation of Nunavut was the outcome of the largest aboriginal land claims agreement between the Canadian government and the native Inuit people.]]> 2021-05-31 14:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573806236 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573808514 The Oka Crisis motivated the development of a national First Nations Policing Policy to try to prevent future incidents, and brought Native issues into the forefront in Canada. In 1991, Ouellette was re-elected mayor of Oka by acclamation.]]> 2021-05-31 14:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573808514 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573817091 on behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood in the House of Commons to deliver an apology to students of Indian residential schools, their families, and communities.]]> 2021-05-31 15:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573817091 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573836788 The Nisga'a Treaty sets out the land and resources that form part of the agreementbetween Canada, B.C., and the Nisga'a Nation. The Treaty sets out the Nisga'a's right to self-government, and the authority to manage lands and resources.]]> 2021-05-31 15:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573836788 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573856516 Same-sex marriage in Canada was progressively introduced in several provinces by court decisions beginning in 2003 before being legally recognized nationwide with the enactment of the civil marriage act on July 20, 2005. ]]> 2021-05-31 15:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573856516 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573862729 The 2010 Olympic Games also created greater awareness of Aboriginal people and Canada's cultural diversity. An Aboriginal Participation department was integrated within the Organising Committee ensuring significant economic, cultural and sporting opportunities and legacies for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.]]> 2021-05-31 15:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573862729 telmaghr8396 https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573869856 It all culminated with their final show on Aug. 20, 2016, in the band's hometown of Kingston in front of 6,700 people in the K-Rock Centre and 25,000 in Springer Market Square around the corner; at least 11.7 million Canadians watched the CBC broadcast of the concert.]]> 2021-05-31 15:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/telmaghr8396/g47u9ksjx2ob2fwn/wish/1573869856