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Jean Chretien
One of Chrétien’s earliest successes came shortly after his arrival in Ottawa, when he spearheaded the campaign to change the name of Canada’s major airline from Trans-Canada Airlines to Air Canada. -
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War/ Milatary
Peacekeeping 2000 albenmia
2003 senal and D.R.C
Afghanistan Acts -
Local Issue
Ecoli contamination in the publ;ic water system in Walkerton, Ontario. Test werent done at a timly manner and the contamination spread to quickly and 2500 people became fataly ill. -
World Events
9/11 terrorist attack on the twin towers in New york. Closed down Air Space and tanked the economy for awhile. Effected Canada because all planes destined for the U.S.A had to reroute to Canada. -
Race Issues
280 anti-sematic issues, reported Wallie Fowler was a member of Canadian Forces and was discriminated againts.
Social integration of immagrantts is an on going issue. -
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Canada Men's Olympic Hockey Team
2002 Salt Lake city, Utah Gold medal
2006 Turin, Italy came 7th place
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Economy
Deficits, Blamed on financial imbalance.
2003 oil; $30/ barrel
2006 oil; $60/barrel
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Paul martin Changes Canada
Paul Martin was prime minister from 2003 - 2006 and changes Canada in many different ways. One of them being he approach to First Peoples and signed an accord which marked a clear and direct step in the right direction in terms of addressing the problems of First Peoples. -
women issues
Pay equity
Abortion issues
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Aboriginal issues
Fighting for land
High precentage of aboriginals in prison
Low graduation rate
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Technology
Cell phones 3G and 4G
LED Tv's
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Government
Prime Minister Stephen Harper signalled his government will bring forward “major transformations” to the country in the coming months — in areas such as the retirement pension system, immigration, science and technology investment and the energy sector
