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Quasi-Federalism in Post-Confederation Canada67

Quasi-Federalism in Post-Confederation Canada

Features of quasi-federalism 30 years after Confederation Marty Thurston – 001107852 September 16, 2008 The strongest support for decentralization among the provinces was not found in Quebec or the...

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Constitutional Renewal: An Example in Aboriginal Politics60

Constitutional Renewal: An Example in Aboriginal Politics

Marty Thurston  September 25, 2008      One of the main distinctions to make in the constitutional renewal of the 1970s and early 1980s is the distinction between self-determinism of people and...

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Canadian Federalism; How Diversity Affects Democracy79

Canadian Federalism; How Diversity Affects Democracy

Marty Thurston December 4, 2008 There are three fundamental pillars of Canadian constitutionalism; continuity, consent and mutual recognition. Canada’s multinational democracy has different degrees of diversity including national,...

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Canadian Airline Industry: The Liberalized Protectionist80

Canadian Airline Industry: The Liberalized Protectionist

  The Canadian Aviation Sector: The Liberalized Protectionist Marty Thurston   Acronyms ASA        Air Service Agreement  CAI         Canadian Airlines International ...

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Expressions of Business-Government Relations: MacDonald Detwiler (2008) and Nortel Bankruptcy (2009)68

Expressions of Business-Government Relations: MacDonald Detwiler (2008) and Nortel Bankruptcy (2009)

Canadarm RadarSat-2 The following discussion compares and contrasts the aborted MacDonald Dettwiler sale of 2008 and the Nortel bankruptcy of 2009 as expressions of both ‘mutual dependence’ and the...

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What its like to be a bat - Critical Assessment79

What its like to be a bat - Critical Assessment

         The following essay critically assesses Thomas Nagel`s What is it Like to be a Bat? I will introduce the content by explaining the importance of consciousness as well as the subjective character of experience.  I will define the...

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Kings Of Leon - Concert Review67

Kings Of Leon - Concert Review

Don't ever underestimate the Kings. At the risk of sounding like every person who has ever seen them live, I have been a fan from day one; I saw a preview for their first album Youth and Young Manhood in...

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Why Alberta Should Separate From Canada83

Why Alberta Should Separate From Canada

Note: This is a rant. It is not meant to be offensive. Rather, food for thought for like-minded individuals concerned about the status quo. Get onboard, lets be the generation to create the glorious Commonwealth of Alberta together. It will be a...

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Why Striving to be Energy-Independent is Not a Healthy Attitude70

Why Striving to be Energy-Independent is Not a Healthy Attitude

  Energy Policies Marty Thurston   1)     Strategic   The recent position of Canadian energy policy has been a movement towards market liberalization intended to reconcile energy,...

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Pay Inequities Between First- and Third-World Nations: Distributive Justice71

Pay Inequities Between First- and Third-World Nations: Distributive Justice

Rawls and Distributive Justice Maiese has noted that distributive justice is concerned with the fair allocation of resources among diverse members of a community. Fair allocation typically takes into...

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