Canadian Pacific Railway

preferred immigrants prior to the Great Depression, and the few loopholes that allowed them to immigrate to Canada on special permits were systematically closed as the 1930’s progressed. In the final paragraph of the article the authors’ describe what Canadian government officials considered a success: their resistance of pro-refugees groups until the outbreak of war in September 1939. The thesis of this article is not directly stated,…

Introduction The two men that I will be comparing today are Louis Riel and John A. Macdonald. Both of these men have contributed many things that have shaped our country that we see today, and are arguably two of the most important figures in Canada's history. Louis Riel was a Métis man who was born on October 22, 1844, on the Red River Settlement in Saint-Boniface. Riel was fluent in both English and French. During his lifetime, Riel achieved many great successes and inspired many people.…

referring to the political situation of this period. Daschuk asserts that the government refused to “help on the basis of the treaty assistance in crisis” as a strategy for accomplishing their own benefits such as the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The government used starvation and diseases as a tool for the control, assimilation, and elimination of Aboriginals: “[...] while the Indians were starving, in many cases to death, the authorities withheld food that was available” (113)…

Colony in the 17th Century to 2002, with a strong emphasis on the era post-Confederation, this ambitious text provides a synthesis of Canadian immigration policy while simultaneously dissecting the ideological, legal, and political underpinnings behind them. In…

long-distance intercity service throughout United States. Founded in 1971 to revive passenger rail service, congress passed the Rail Passenger Service Act which in turn created Amtrak. Amtrak serves more than 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces, operating more than 300 trains each day over 21,300 miles with travel speeds as high as 150 mph. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Amtrak employs more than 20,000 people. (Amtrak National Facts, 2015a). When it comes to…

George Stanley wrote in The Canadians, "Bonds of steel as well as of sentiment were needed to hold the new Confederation together. Without railways there would be and could possibly be no Canada." Canada's railway network is the fifth largest in the world and railways provide the safest means of ground transportation in Canada. The development of steam-powered railways in the 19th century made transportation better in Canada and was important to the building of a nation. Railways played an…

Canadian National Railway Company, also named CN, is a modern combined company that merges many middle and small railroad companies, which is the biggest railway company in Canada and the fifth biggest railway company in the North America. Established in 1919 by the Canadian government, the CN company is the first railroad line that links the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It was a state-owned business since its establishment for up to 76 years, and it carried out…

lost his battle with cancer on June 28, 1981, one month from his 23rd birthday. He died at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. He received many honours such as the Order of Canada, a postage stamp, many memorials, schools, a mountain, a Canadian one dollar coin with his image on it and the greatest legacy was the annual Terry Fox Run. This run is held every September. Terry Fox became the youngest companion to the order of Canada. Also, his high school was renamed as “Terry Fox…

what it truly means to be Canadian. They connect Canada with things like “snow”, “Beavers” and the constant use of “eh”. Yet Canada is much more than what meets the eye, there are many values to being Canadian that other countries may not provided for their citizens. In the video “Canadian, Please” and “He’ll never be a real Canadian,” Andrew Gunadie uses a number of cliches and humour to promote the notion of what it truly means to be Canadian. In the video “Canadian, Please,” Gunadie…

Cities of San Pedro and Torrance The city of San Pedro is a coastal community located in the city of Los Angeles, covering 12.046 square miles. It is port city that is neighbors to the cities of Long Beach and Wilmington to its East, Harbor City to its North, and Ranchos Palos Verdes and Lomita to its West. Housing a portion of the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, is known as a blue collar town. With consideration to national averages the city of San Pedro is considerably high in both violent…