Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
18 May 2012
Welcome
Volume 76 -
now available in digital form.
Recent Additions
Capital Gains TaxOttawa claws back some of the profit made from investments
May 18, 2012
Canadian Woman Jailed for Having a Chinese Lover
In 1939, Velma Demerson was 18 years old when
she was arrested, convicted of being incorrigible, and locked up for ten months
May 17, 2012
Payroll TaxesIn addition to income tax deductions workers see
several other slices taken out of their paycheques
May 15, 2012
Modern FeminismIn the 1960s, women began campaigning for changes
to laws that placed them in a secondary status to men
May 10, 2012
Feminism’s Early HistoryFor three hundred years, women have sought
better treatment and recognition for who they
are rather being defined by a male-
May 9, 2012
Arab Women in PoliticsSaudi Arabia is one of the last hold-
countries that does not allow women to vote; elsewhere in the Arab world females are making political progress
May 4, 2012
A 50-The environmental scientist Amory Lovins gives a talk (27 minutes) on how the U.S. can get off fossil fuel dependence and prosper at the same time.
May 3, 3012
Interesting VideosSome things that catch our eye that entertain and/or inform
May 3, 2012
Social Reform Crusader William Thomas Stead May 2, 2012
The Rich/Poor Gap Grows April 30, 2012
Women in the Arab World April 26, 2012
China: An Emerging Superpower April 23, 2012
Russia’s Growing Political Power April 18, 2012
First Nations and Taxes April 16, 2012
A Brief Modern History of Egypt April 13, 2012
Junk Science Awards April 12, 2012
Canada’s F-
Iranian Politics and Nuclear Ambitions April 9, 2012
The Bloody Assizes of Judge Jeffreys April 4, 2012
The Perfectionist Movement April 3, 2012
Arab League Background March 30, 2012
Property Taxes March 28, 2012
Immigrants Have Trouble Settling in March 26, 2012
King of the Klondike: Joe Boyle March 21, 2012
Sales Taxes March 19, 2012
Syrian Uprising March 13, 2012
Canada’s Income Tax System March 9, 2012
Do Immigrant Ghettos Lead to Disadvantage? March 8, 2012
The Scale of the Universe (video) March 7, 2012
Generalship in First World War March 6, 2012
Governance in the Arab World of Poor Quality March 1, 2012
Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission Issues its Interim Report February 27, 2012
Train WrecksStaged as Entertainment February 24, 2012
Principles of Taxation February 23, 2012
Illegal Immigrants Call for Amnesty February 21, 2012
History of Taxation February 15, 2012
False Refugee Claims to Enter Canada February 14, 2012
The Happy Planet Index February 9, 2012
Immigration Rules and Fake Marriages February 8, 2012
Failed Scientific Predictions February 3, 2012
Migrants End up Living in Slums February 1, 2012
Selling the Brooklyn Bridge and other Scams January 30, 2012
Fibonacci Sequence (video) January 27, 2012
Patterns of International Migration January 25, 2012
History of Canada’s Census January 23, 2012
Migrants Moving From Village to City January 18, 2012
Europe’s Last Dictator January 17, 2012
Is Capital Punishment Coming Back? January 12, 2012
John Law: Colourful Economist January 10, 2012
Europe’s Anti-
THEMES
Arctic
Business
Biographies
Crime
Health
Human Behaviour
Human Rights
Interesting Stuff
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Canada and the World has stopped publishing print editions but will continue to create digital content on a quarterly basis.
These new issues will only be available through EbscoHost.
EbscoHost is the exclusive source for our back issues from 2006 forwards, and will also carry earlier editions.
Contact EBSCO at:
1-
EBSCO Publishing Inc.
10 Estes Street
Ipswich, Massachusetts
01938-
USA
Our March 2012 Issue
DRUGS
Available from Ebsco
See below
Please help us keep this site open for Canada’s high school students. Your donation, no matter how small, will be a great help.
Thank you