Provincial government challenges

The provincial government often has different interests then the federal government, this can cause lots of conflict when trying to work together to change things. Provincial governments must provide for the needs of their citizens without creating debts for future generations. This puts a lot of pressure on the provincial government to make the right choices that will benefit us in the long run as well as currently. The provincial government must consider the need for certain resources like paper production but also find a balance so we are not impacting the environment. Since the federal government cut a big chunk of the funding for health care it had been hard for the provincial government to not have fees for various health care. They must work with the federal government to consult public transit and how they can develop new railways, buses, etc. Overall the biggest problem the provincial government comes across is balancing the power with the federal government and compromising too make the right decisions for Canada.

February 19, 2017 Socials 11 No Comments on Provincial government challenges

Ranking Government Jobs

1. What I would like to do from best to worst

(A). Governor general – I would want to be the Governor General because it is a fairly easy job, you would mostly be signing papers and giving final consent on decisions. You also still get paid a lot for this job. The down side is you have a lot of responsibility to make the right decisions for example with military. He also has to make the queen proud since he represents her.

(B). Prime Minister- I would want to be the Prime Minister because you have a lot of power to make a lot of change. You also are the highest paying job in government. The down side is that It can be hard trying to please everyone and try and make Canada a better place to live.

(C). Minister – I would want to be the Prime Minister because you get to focus on one issue that you are passionate about. You get to look at important issues of Canada and make sure the things are not being ignored. I wouldn’t like this because it might be to focused of one issue sometimes and you might want to branch out to other policies.

(D). MP’s- I would want to be a MP because your job is has some what of two parts too it. You work within parliament itself  but also work within your political party. This would mean you would have to do a lot of traveling and through Canada and I think that would be a lot to keep up with.

(E). Senater  – You get to look at different laws and talk to the people of Canada and see if that law fits and is wanted. I think the idea of considering Canadians thoughts and needs and representing those thoughts and needs through a vote t0 eaither pass a bill/law or to block a bill/law. I think this job could get hard because you can’t please everyone and peoples opinions might get in the way of what is right for our country.

 

February 10, 2017 Socials 11, Socials 11 No Comments on Ranking Government Jobs

Canada’s Political Ideology

Which ideology matches Canada the closest? Explain with examples from your own experiences.

Liberalism matches Canada the closest because we have a goal of equality for example how schools and other workplaces are adding gender neutral washrooms so everyone has a place they feel safe in. Another common goal is freedom for citizens. Canadians have the right to make their own decisions like abortion. Canadians do not believe in the death penalty like the liberalism. They also have common beliefs in relation to education in public schools and global warming. Canada believes in the right to own property which is a liberalism belief. For example I own a computer and my parents own our home.

 

February 2, 2017 Socials 11, Uncategorized No Comments on Canada’s Political Ideology

What Darwin Never Knew

 

Question: How did the discovery of DNA prove that Darwin’s theory of evolution was correct and how does it change the way we view evolution today and into the future?

Darwin as a young scientist realized that species change as time goes on. He had this realization when he was on the gulf islands looking at the different kinds of finches and how there were some with long beaks, some with short, some with thick, some with skinny. This is true because with the study and discovery of DNA we now know that each of the same species carry different DNA which gives the animal unique attributes. This has changed how we view evolution today because we realize that all species are connected and are now able to study deeper in diversity. For example we now know that fish and humans were connected, the gills on fish are the same bones that make our ear canal. One of Darwin’s many wonders was how creatures could evolve to have no legs. He believed in natural selection and how species slowly changed over time too benefit itself and make surviving easier. This led to scientists researching how fish grew legs. They found a fossil in which a flat fish had limbs. They think that this happened because the amount of prey in the waters in order for the fish to survive it must grow limbs to pull it self to shallow waters or shore in order to be safe. Darwin was the start of evolution and since him we have been able to make many discoveries like mutations and diversity.

 

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The fossil of the flat fish with limbs

October 4, 2016 Bio11 No Comments on What Darwin Never Knew

Political cartoon

Description: My cartoon is placed on a playground. There is a residential school off to the side that has jail bars surrounding it. Inside of the school there is a nun and a aboriginal student doing work. Outside the school their is a boy playing with a train set he is saying “look it’s heading west like John A Macdonald wants!” The train is going around the tracks but there seems to be a barrier blocking the train this is the NWMP. Their are two kids doing Rock Paper Scissors. One boy won and is thinking “HAHA, I won no more juice boxes allowed” the juice boxes representing pemmican. Their is a sold sign and a boy pointing to is saying “look guys I bought the play ground!!!” The boy representing John A Macdonald and the playground is Ruperts land. John A Macdonald’s other hand is reached out behind his back and a boy is giving John A Macdonald money and he is thinking I hope no one finds out. This boy would be representing Hugh Alan. Their are two boys fighting, they both are wearing Canadian shirts. This would be representing the HBC and NWC fighting. Their is a slide with a missing piece in it and a Metis going down it. This would be representing the broken treaties. Their is a Aboriginal boy swinging on the swing thinking about the new province Manitoba. Their is a bow and arrow laying beside the aboriginal kid swinging representing the North West Rebellion.

Document: The CPR was a train that was built to connect Canada to British Columbia. CPR stands for Canadian Pacific Railway. John A. Macdonald wanted this train to expand west through the prairies and into British Columbia. People started moving to where the railway was going to run in anticipation of it being built. They did this because they thought it would improve trade. William Van Horne was hired to speed up the process of the train. In 1883 the railroad fund was running out so George and Donald had contributed personal money in order to finish the project but that still wasn’t enough. When the Canadian government passed a bill that gave the railroad 22.5 million dollars they were able to finish the project. I represent the CPR in my picture by the train set one of the kids is playing with. The NWMP where in place to stop the alcohol trade because the aboriginals were addicted and it was ruining their lives. The aboriginals started making trades that were unreasonable just in order to feed their addiction to the whiskey. The NWMPs job was to keep the Americans out of Canada west to stop the trading that was going on. This is why I drew a road block on the train set, representing the NWMP stopping the trade.The HBC was controlled from London where the NWC was controlled by Montreal. It was easier for the NWC to be managed since their management was not far away. Where London was so far it took a while for things to be taken care of. NWC was more popular by the people to trade with because they were open in trading alcohols. The HBC and NWC were always competing to be the best and that is why I drew them as two Canadian kids fighting.The Metis preferred to trade with the NWC because of how much better their management was and the NWC encouraged the First Nations to marry where the HBC did not want the aboriginal women getting married. The Metis were also forced to go to residential school. This was represented by the boy sitting learning in the school.The battle of Seven oaks started because of the Pemican proclamation. This battle included theHBC and NWC. The pemmican was banned at the end of this battle. I represented this by showing two boys playing Rock Paper Scissors and the boy who won saying there’s going to be no more juice boxes, with the juice boxes representing the pemmican. The purchase of Rupert’s land was purchased by John A Macdonald in hopes of expanding Canada West. The Sold sign is representing the purchase of Rupert’s land and and the guy pointing to the sign is sop posed to be John A. Macdonald.Pacific Scandal was when Hugh Alan gave John A Macdonald money in order to win the election, in return John A. Macdonald had to do CPR. I represented this by having Hugh Alan slip some money into John A Macdonald’s hand.National Policy was when people found out about this scandal John A Macdonald was forced to resign this was represented by Hugh Alan thinking “I hope no one finds out”. Treaties where when the aboriginals agreed to share their land in exchange for some specific rights. Some of the rights include the right to hunt or fish. This also meant they could not drink alcohol. The treaties where broken because they were not fare to the aboriginals. This is why I drew a broken slide with a aboriginal kid trying to go down it but can’t because it is broken. Residential schools were where aboriginal and Metis were forced to attend. The kids at these schools were treated very cruelly. They were starved, beat, and some were even raped. I represented this by the student in the residential school looking very sad that he is trapped in a school while everyone played outside. I also drew bars around the school representing how they felt trapped in this horrible place. For the red river rebellion I drew a aboriginal boy swinging on the swing thing about Manitoba which was the city that was signed off when the Metis won the red river rebellion. The North west rebellion is represented by the bow and arrow laying on the ground. During the North west rebellion happened when the aboriginals were hunting all the Buffalo that they started to become extinct. People started getting mad and the rebellion started. This is why I have a bow and arrow representing the North West Rebellion.

Interpret: This cartoon proves how unfair the aboriginals and Metis were treated. I think that the government was unfair to the people of Canada and this caused a lot of problems they then had to overcome.
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June 5, 2016 Socials 10 No Comments on Political cartoon

Guiding questions p 197-201

1) Why did MacDonald develop the National Policy? He developed the National Policy because he needed a political platform to convince all Canadians of his ideas.

2)List and explain each of the three parts of the National Policy In each case, state why MacDonald thought it was important for the future of Canada – a system of protective tariffs, increased immigration, and the CPR. The protective tariffs was when the taxes would be raised from 15% to 17.5-35%. MacDonald did this because he wanted Canadians to buy less goods from America and instead buy more in Canada to benefit the Canadas economy. The CPR was the third part of the National Policy and MacDonald thought that it was important to build it because they would then have a quick way to transfer the army Also, it would help with the trading of goods within Canada and for people to travel across Canada efficiently.

3) Who did MacDonald get to invest in the CPR and what were their backgrounds? George Stephen, president of the Bank of Montreal, Donald Smith of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and James J. Hill. they had invested $100 000 to  St. Paul and Pacific Railway. Within four years, they had made a profit of $17 million.

4) What did MacDonald promise the Syndicate? Macdonald offered  $25 million in cash, a land grant of 25 million acres, and a monopoly west of Lake Superior for 20 years.

5) In order to get the benefits from the Government, what did the Syndicate have to do? CPR Syndicate was to complete the railway in 10 years.

6) What did the Syndicate do immediately upon being given the railway contract and why? the CPR Syndicate changed the planned route of the railway. Because the northern Prairies was good farmland, land speculators moved into the area. The Syndicate wanted to be in charge of the big project and the land the railway would cross. To do this they had to move the line 300 km south where there were no speculators. Now the CPR was in charge of  the location of railway stations and towns.

7) Why was William Van Horne hired as the new manager of the CPR in 1881? The Syndicate needed a new general manager for the railway, they need someone with drive and high energy so William Van Horne seemed like the right person.

8) Describe the achievements of Van Horne’s management. Van Horne’s arrival quickly energized the CPR – Van Hornoe brought drive and energy that made him work harder on his construction. He was able to have 800 km laid in 1882 and another 800 km the following year. With Van Horne in charge, the CPR could complete the railway in the 10 years given.

9) What problem did the railway face in 1883 and what was the solution? The company was running out of money, The thing costing the most money and most difficult to build had no yet be built in British Columbia. George Stephen and Donald Smith each pledged their entire personal fortunes to provide cash for construction that still wasent enough. The Canadian government passed a bill that provided another $22.5 million for the railway. Van Horne began cutting expenses, but they still needed more money. By the end of 1884,the CPR was almost out of money.

10) Where did the CPR enter into BC? Because of the CPR money troubles, the railway entering BC had to go through the Kicking Horse Pass which was further to the south instead of the Yellowhead Pass.

11) In 1867, why do you think the coast of BC required fewer days to get to from Ottawa than the interior of BC? I think that it required less time because you were able to go all the way around North America by sea which was still quicker than traveling over land.

May 25, 2016 Science 10, Socials 10 No Comments on Guiding questions p 197-201
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