Questions tagged [canada]
Questions related to the government or politics of Canada.
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Why is everyone obsessed with American elections and politics?
I live in Canada, but I follow American politics to some degree, as do most of the people I know. However, I do it as a hobby and realize that American politics really don't have much of an effect on ...
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Is Canada required to allow transit to and from Alaska?
Currently, the US/Canada border is closed to "non-essential" travel. US citizens travelling to and from Alaska are allowed, with some restrictions, to make this journey by car.
Is the right ...
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Do the Canadian Senate's regions support each other in voting as the Constitution expects them to?
I was reading the Wikipedia article on the Senate of Canada. Based on that, Canada is divided into four principal regions that all have 24 senators; in addition is Newfoundland & Labrador and the ...
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What's the meaning of a golden border around an open letter in Canada?
Yesterday, a group of parliamentarians and former Canadian diplomats wrote a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging the release of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou.
The letter features the ...
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What is the current status of Canadian parliament? [closed]
I'm Canadian, but not a huge follower of Canadian politics. I have been reading articles discussing opposition parties' responses and continuing reactions to moves that PM Trudeau is making with ...
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Why should Canada have a seat in the UN Security Council? [closed]
Canada loses its bid for a seat on UN Security Council. And some politicians are very disappointed with that fact. But I don't understand why so. Instead of Canada, we have Norway or Ireland. I ...
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Why are some countries continuing to tighten lockdown restrictions despite empty hospitals and decreasing coronavirus infections?
As an example, British Columbia decided to shutdown all national parks on April 8th. This might seem prudent if we were talking about Lombardy in March, but the actual numbers show that BC is actually ...
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When was the last time the Canada–US border closed to visitors?
Multiple sources have reported that Canada and the United States have announced that the Canada–United States border is about to close to non-essential travel in an effort to reduce the spread of ...
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How does a hereditary chief differ from the elected officials in North America's First Nations?
In Canada there have been protests against the building of a gas pipeline. From what I can tell, most protests started when the hereditary leaders of the Weet'suwet'en opposed it and called for allies ...
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The political risk of a law that allows traffic camera be installed in all intersections [closed]
In all the cities I have lived in in Canada, I do not see a lot of traffic cameras in intersections. There seems to be only one or two in the intersections with the most traffic. That gets me thinking ...
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Why hasn't Canada legislated to assist Hong Kong protesters?
The US Congress is trying to enact the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019.
Canada has many Hongkongers. Why hasn't Canada tried too?
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Why did eastern B.C. and Canadian Prairies largely vote Conservative in Oct. 2019?
I screenshot CBC on Oct. 22 2019. I know these electoral districts (ridings) didn't vote Conservative —
BC — South Okanagan-West Kootenay
AB — Edmonton-Strathcona (too teeny to be seen in screen shot)...
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Canadian election: role of party leader when not chosen in electoral district
In Canadian elections every member of parliament (house of commons) is chosen in the electoral district in which he runs. Most of them are affiliated with one of the federal parties (some run ...
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Is Obama's support of Trudeau's re-election “foreign interference”? [closed]
There have been concerns that the 2019 federal Canadian election might be the target of foreign interference.
Former U.S. president and current American citizen Barack Obama issued a public statement:...
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What would happen if the Liberals and Conservatives won an equal number of seats in the Canadian Parliamentary elections?
In the answers to my question about CBC's poll tracker (In CBC's poll tracker, why do the probabilities of winning not add up to 100%?), it was mentioned that there could be a possibility of a tie ...
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In CBC's poll tracker, why do the probabilities of winning not add up to 100%?
In CBC's poll tracker at: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/poll-tracker/canada/, probabilities of winning the 2019 Canadian federal election are provided.
Currently, these are 11% Liberal ...
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Why does Canada fund fertility treatment but not dentistry, medications or optometry?
I'm from Ontario and OHIP funds fertility. If I get the facts wrong, go ahead and just edit!
OHIP doesn't fund, if you're
20-64, optometry like annual eye exams.
over 25, prescription medications.
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What is wrong with Justin Trudeau (or anyone) masquerading as Aladdin?
I live in a part of world where people of color represent a small minority of the population, and TBH the issue of racism is non-existent in my surrounding (or severely understated, I can't judge). ...
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Shouldn't countries like Russia and Canada support global warming?
Shouldn't these countries benefit from it? Shouldn't they want heat to melt the ice?
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Is it possible to have no customs union and a soft border?
I know that there have been answers to similar questions in the context of Brexit, and the consensus seems to be that it's not possible. But in the question about why the US-Canada border is soft at ...
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Why's the B.C.-Washington border mostly unfenced and so poorly monitored? [closed]
This was in the news recently — Lawyer for B.C. man who pleaded guilty to migrant smuggling to challenge mandatory minimum penalty.
But search warrant documents previously obtained by the National ...
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Why does Canada require bilingualism in a lot of federal government posts?
As I learnt from this video, in Canada, having fluency in English and French is mandatory (In some important government jobs like prime minister). This is considering that the group of French people ...
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Where does the provincial budget of Ontario exhibit its spending on the arts, culture, tourism?
My grandparents read Here's everything the Doug Ford government cut in its first year in office | National Observer, but this exhibits only the differences, not the old and new values. Where can they ...
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How are Canada and the USA similar and different with regards to immigration?
While reading the NY Post this morning I found this short opinion piece. It states:
While “a politically divisive debate continues to rage” in the United States over a Census question on ...
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What do Native Americans in Canada want from the Federal Government?
In recent news in Canada it has been reported that Indigenous peoples are no longer supporting Justin Trudeau's Liberal government. In fact, support has dipped to 2 in 10 Indigenous saying they would ...
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To what extent do precedents in Westminster systems apply in other countries that use it?
There is currently discussion in the UK about the possibility of a future Prime Minister proroguing Parliament in order to prevent it from frustrating their vision of Brexit. A big part of the ...
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How much money would be saved if Parliament Hill flags were replaced only when frayed?
What's the cost of replacing the 5 current Parliament Hill flags?
What'd be the cost of replacing these 5 flags only when truly necessary, e.g. when they get frazzled, or must be adjusted to and from ...
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Do the United States' new tariffs on Mexican imports apply to goods shipped through the US to other countries?
Canada currently imports some 2.5 Billion C$ a year in fresh produce from Mexico.
If this produce is shipped by rail or truck through the United States to Canada, would the proposed Trump escalating ...
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Do any countries use a codified version of the “matter of confidence” of (former) UK tradition?
By tradition that appears to be in question now there used to be case in the UK that
governments could designate a particular vote as being a ‘matter of confidence’ – which means they would ...
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How is the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin risking 9000 jobs?
In the recently released tape the government was pressuring the attorney general not to prosecute SNC-Lavalin because of potential job loss and all that. The figure of 9000 jobs was mentioned at one ...
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Is NAFTA currently in effect, and/or will it be in effect should the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) fail?
I'm curious about the current state of NAFTA. Was it terminated to make way for the new agreement, or is passing the new agreement the trigger for the removal of NAFTA?
Basically, if the new trade ...
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Decision about cultural appropriation by tribal government
Have their been any decisions or recommendations by governments of Native American tribes or nations about the issue of cultural appropriation? I am especially interested in decisions or ...
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Why was SNC-Lavalin not offered a remediation agreement?
Recently, the government of Justin Trudeau in Canada has faced a scandal concerning political interference in the corruption prosecution of the Quebec construction company SNC-Lavalin. Prosecutors ...
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What is Montana worth?
I came across an interesting article that points to a change.org petition suggesting that the United States sell the state of Montana to Canada for one trillion dollars ($1,000,000,000,000) and put ...
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How does gender status impact access to political resources?
I am currently taking a course in male and female relationships and I was wondering how gender impacts the access to political resources or if there is a "gender lens" (male or female) in politics in ...
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Legal rationale for detention of Meng Wanzhou by the United States [duplicate]
Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Chinese multinational Huawei and daughter of its founder was detained on Dec 1, 2018 in Vancouver, Canada, at a request of the United States.
How do the United Stated justify ...
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What did the US government concede in the New NAFTA/USMCA negotiations?
I keep reading all about the US having extracted from Canada more access to their dairy market, getting rid of the diafiltered milk loophole, etc. The only things that they were portrayed as losing ...
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What could a vegan mayor actually do?
Civic elections are coming up in my city, and this got me wondering...
If the electorate decided to elect a mayor and council where a majority wanted to use their powers as elected officials to ...
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Are there any countries besides Canada where the flow of goods is restricted between the country's provinces?
This year, Canada's Supreme Court ruled as following:
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled unanimously that provinces and territories have the constitutional right to restrict the importation of ...
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Are there some studies which measure the level of politicization of courts in a trans-Atlantic perspective?
It's easy enough to find a Europe-only comparative perspective on the politicization of the judiciary, e.g. Werkmann (2017):
The authors measured the level of politicization in each
country with the ...
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USMCA vs NAFTA, what's different?
Breaking news:
"Today, Canada and the United States reached an agreement, alongside Mexico, on a new, modernized trade agreement for the 21st Century: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement,&...
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For a provincial election, how long after the voting are the results given out in Canada?
What are the timings for provincial elections in Canada. If the elections conclude at say, 7pm today, when will the results be declared?
And how long after the results do the winning candidates ...
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How are inter-religious disputes handled in the US and Canada? [closed]
I was reading Why does religion get a special treatment in anti-discrimination laws?. Perhaps religion has a definitive clause somewhere in federal law, no doubt, and indeed religions are prevented ...
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Why does religion get a special treatment in anti-discrimination laws?
I am wondering about developed countries in general, but my experience (and the focus of this question) is the USA and Canada.
There are laws in place to prevent discrimination. It is illegal, for ...
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Why didn't Canada leave the UN conventions on illicit drugs before legalizing marijuana?
According to this article, Canada would be breaking at least three UN treaties once it legalized marijuana in October. But why didn't the Canadian government just leave the treaties beforehand? It ...
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Why is Canada trying so hard to defuse Saudi dispute?
Canada Reaching Out To Other Countries To Help Defuse Saudi Dispute
Canada seeks UAE help to defuse row with Saudi Arabia
Canada to ask allies to help cool Saudi dispute; U.S. offers no aid
Why is ...
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Why did Canada take a strong position regarding Saudi arrest of Human rights activist(s)?
Saudi Arabia Expels Canadian Ambassador
Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador from Canada
Saudi Arabia freezes new trade, investment after Canada demands activists be freed
Canada Reaching Out To Other ...
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Why did Saudi Arabia react so strongly to Canada?
Saudi Arabia Expels Canadian Ambassador
Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador from Canada
Saudi Arabia freezes new trade, investment after Canada demands activists be freed
Saudi Arabia Orders Its Fund ...
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Has Saudi Arabia expelled ambassadors before over human rights comments (from their government)?
In the latest news on Saudi Arabia, they have expelled the Canadian ambassador (and recalled their own ambassador to Canada) in reaction to human rights comments from Canada, or more precisely demands ...
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Why can't local representatives be chosen directly in proportional voting by selecting the top ranking candidates in each district?
There is an interesting article on Policynote.ca explaining the requirements for a good voting system:
Proportionality: Any new electoral system must provide for generally
proportional results, but ...
