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What is a ´just' society?
A ´just´ society is a society where everyone is equal (equal rights and opportunities). A place with no discrimination of race, age, sex, etc. -
Reason for ranking
While women in Canada were allowed to vote, there was still discrimination against Asian and women, meaning Canada was preventing women of a certain race and/or ethnicity from voting. In my eyes, this event was like a step towards Canada becoming what we call a 'just' society, but at the same time, Canada was limited who got to vote based on their racial background, which is why I gave this event +1 -
(+1) Women in Canada gain the right to vote
'Suffragist Nellie McClung presented the Alberta legislature with a petition demanding that women be given the right to vote. The right was granted in municipal elections 2 months later. (Tabitha Marshall, Canadian Encyclopedia, 2013)' Manitoba was the first province to allow women the right to vote, BC was the last, and (for BC only) excluded Asian and Aboriginal women -
(-1) While women have the right to vote, they are not officially considered ‘persons’
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that the BNA Act does not define women as "persons" and are therefore not eligible to hold public office. (Important moments in Canadian history, date n/a) -
Reaon for ranking
When the BNA act became a law, it allowed (most) women in Canada to vote. However, it was pointed out that while women were allowed to vote, they were not defined as "persons" and were therefore not eligible to hold public office. In a way, Canada is still limiting women from doing things that a man at the time could do, which is why I gave this event a -1 -
Rason for ranking
During the time of the Holocaust, many Jews were attempting to escape their country and the threat of being killed or taken to internment camps. During 1935, the Jewish refugees that came to Canada in search of safety were only turned away. I viewed this as an act of discrimination towards the Jews, and therefore gave this event a -1 -
(-2) European Jews fleeing Germany were denied sanctuary in Canada
'The number of immigrants accepted into Canada dropped from 169,000 in 1929 to fewer than 12,000 by 1935 and never rose above 17,000 for the remainder of the decade. During that time European Jews fleeing Nazi Germany were denied a sanctuary in Canada (Canadian Encyclopedia, date n/a)' (There was no exact date for this piece of information. Only the year was given) -
(-2) Japanese Internment
20 881 Japanese persons, even thed 13 309 who were born Canadian citizens, were displaced from their homes and forced to share a 2-bedroom-1-kitchen hut with no electricity or running water with another family, to be deported back to Japan, being stripped of their Canadian Citizenship, or move to Eastern Canada. -
Japanese Internment Explaination
The -2 deduction is due to Japanese Canadians that lived in Canada being put through heavy discrimination due to great suspicion. After the bombing of Pearl Harbour, the US demanded that the "Japanese problem" be dealt with. Thousands of innocent Japanese people were forced to out of their home without their possessions to be held captive with hardly any accommodation (they had no electricity or running water until 1943) like cattle, put into crowded farm labour with cheated wages, and so on. -
Japanese Internment Explanation 2
In 1945, the Order In Council were given the ability to force almost 4000 Japanese Citizens back to a war-devastated Japan or "disperse east of the Rockies. President Mackenzie-King appears to express little regret and refers to the way he dealt things with "loving mercy." Protests in 1949 abolished the deportation of the Japanese, and there would later be attempts to reconcile the property they lost by giving them a sum of money. However, the devastation they felt still lingers. -
First Nation's Voting Explaination
This event adds +1 point due to promoting an equality of rights among those living in Canada. After being openly discriminated against for a very long time, there is finally some reconciliation and the idea that the First Nations people are the same to everyone else in terms of the rights that they have, now that Diefenbaker has given all a full Canadian Citizenship. -
(+1) First Nations Peoples' Right to Vote
Though those First Nation's Veterans from the First World War were granted the right to vote, the Dominion Franchise Act in 1934 disqualified all First Nations people from voting in Federal Elections. Come the 1950s and the Inuit people were restored their right to vote and all rights of a Canadian citizen. Diefenbaker extended this to all First Nations people with no strings attached, and appointed the first First Nations person, James Gladstone, into the senate in 1958. -
First Federal Bill of Rights (explanation)
The ranking is +2 because when the Bill was issued it marked the beginning of major improvements upon equality for all. The Bill of Rights ensured everyone with the same rights and opportunities and ensures protection of the law. For example, the right of the individual to equality before the law and the protection of the law, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, etc. -
(+2) First Federal Bill of Rights
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker introduces the first Federal Bill of Rights, this Bill protects rights to equality before the law and ensures protection of the law. First Nations were also given the right to vote. -
The October Crisis (explanation)
This event is ranked -1 because instead of creating a better society this event shows decline in equality for the people in Quebec. They felt that Quebec didn't have enough independence. Therefore in the end this lead to citizens bombing places and kidnapping people in order to get what they want, no progress was being made. -
(-1) The October Crisis
The FLQ (Front de Libération de Québec) kidnapped the British trade commissioner James Cross on October 5, leading to the October Crisis. Québec's Minister of Labour and Immigration, Pierre Laporte was kidnapped on October 10.After the War Measures Act was introduced the FLQ was banned and almost 500 terrorists were arrested. James Cross was rescued, but Pierre Laporte was found murdered in the trunk of a car. -
Women gain right to be in combat position of military
The reason this event was +2 was because it was a moment that made Canada equal more just society. This made it more just because it was another step towards the equality of men and women in Canada. -
(+2) Women gain the right to take a combat position in the army
Canada is one of the few countries that allow women to serve in combat, but that wasn’t always the case. Although women have served in the military since 1885 they weren’t allowed to be in a combat position. Four members of the Canadian Forces, filed a complaint under the Canadian Human Rights Act claiming discrimination based on sex. In 1989, following a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling, the Canadian Forces opened all occupations, including combat roles, to women. -
Same-Sex Marriage Legalized (Explained)
The reason this was +2 was because it gave the same rights to the homosexual community that were already given to the hetrosexual community. This was an act that made the homosexual community less discriminated against and in turn more equal. It overall made Canada a more just society and place to live -
(+2) Same-Sex Marriage Legalized
Most of 2000’s news for LGBT Canadians focused on the issue of same-sex marriage. In 2002, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage was a violation of Charter rights. In 2003, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the ruling.
By 2005, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Alberta and PEI were the only provinces not allowing same-sex marriage. That year, on July 20th, Bill C-38 became federal law, making Canada the fourth country in the world to allow same-sex marriage. -
(+2) Accepting Syrian Refugees into Canada
Beginning in November of 2015 Canada began accepting Syrian refugees into Canada. By February 29th 2016 Canada had accepted 25000 Syrian refugees into Canada and gave them a safe haven.The process is still continuing and will be finished near the end of 2016 or the beginning of 2017 in total we will have accepted 27290 people by the end of this year. -
Syrian refugees accepted into Canada (Explained)
The reason us accepting Syrian refugees into Canada was +2 was because it showed Canada cared about more than just Canadian citizens but about the entire world too. It put the rest of the world on the same level as us and gave the message that every person in the world should have the same quality of life as Canadians. -
Bibliography
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Bibliography
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Marsh, James H. 2012, February 23. Retrieved June 01, 2016, from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/japanese-internment-banished-and-beyond-tears-feature/ -
Bibliography
(2012, July 13) A History of the Vote in Canada. Retrieved from
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Bibliography
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