The History of Canada covers the period from the arrival of PaleoIndians thousands of years ago to the present day. Canada has been inhabited for millennia by distinctive groups of Aboriginal peoples. Various treaties and laws have been enacted between European settlers and the Aboriginal populations.
The History of Canada covers the period from the arrival of PaleoIndians thousands of years ago to the present day. Canada has been inhabited for millennia by distinctive groups of Aboriginal peoples. Various treaties and laws have been enacted between European settlers and the Aboriginal populations.
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The History of Canada covers the period from the arrival of PaleoIndians thousands of years ago to the present day. Canada has been inhabited for millennia by distinctive groups of Aboriginal peoples. Various treaties and laws have been enacted between European settlers and the Aboriginal populations.
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The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-
Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Canada has been inhabited for millennia by distinctive groups of Aboriginal peoples, among whom evolved trade networks, spiritual beliefs, and social hierarchies. Some of these civilizations had long faded by the time of the first European arrivals and have been discovered through archaeological investigations. Various treaties and laws have been enacted between European settlers and the Aboriginal populations.
History of Canada (1945-1960)
Prosperity returned to Canada during Second World War. With continued Liberal governments, national policies increasingly turned to social welfare, including hospital insurance, old-age pensions, and veterans' pensions. The financial crisis of the Great Depression, soured by rampant corruption, had led Newfoundlanders to relinquish responsible government in 1934 and become a crown colony ruled by a British governor. Prosperity returned when the American military arrived in 1941 with over 10,000 soldiers and huge investments in air and naval bases. Popular sentiment grew favourable toward the Americans, alarming the Canadian government, which now wanted Newfoundland to enter into confederation instead of falling into the American orbit. In 1948, the British government gave voters three Referendumchoices: remaining a crown colony, returning to Dominion status (that is, independence), or joining Canada. Joining the U.S. was not made an option. After bitter debate Newfoundlanders voted to join Canada in 1949 as a Province.[6] Canada's foreign policy during in the Cold Warwas closely tied to that of the U.S., demonstrated by membership in NATO, sending combat troops into the Korean War, and establishing a joint air defence system (NORAD) with the U.S.
History of Canada (1960-1981)
In the 1960s, a Quiet Revolution took place in Quebec, overthrowing the old establishment which centered on the Catholic Church and modernizing the economy and society. Québécoisnationalists demanded independence and tensions rose until violence erupted during the 1970October Crisis. During his long tenure in the office (1968–79, 1980–84), Prime MinisterTrudeau made social change his political goal for Canada.
History of Canada (1982-1992)
As the highlight of his nearly 16 years as prime minister, Trudeau negotiated the Patriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982, which included the introduction to Canada of a Charter of Rights and final independence from Britain (though Canada had been effectively independent for many decades). The Patriation negotiations led to renewed antagonism between Quebec and the rest of Canada, which later Prime Minister Mulroney's Meech Lake Accord failed to smooth over. During the same decade, Canada engaged in violent conflict both abroad in the First Gulf War and at home, during the Oka Crisis. Also this period saw the Mount Cashel Boys Home Scandal.
History of Canada (1992-Present)
In the past decade and a half, Canada experienced the tenure of another one of the longest continuously serving prime ministers (Jean Chrétien), a second Quebec referendum on sovereignty, and the creation of a new territory, Nunavut. While long standing issues likeimmigration continued to demand attention, new debates over same-sex marriage and international peacekeeping would increasingly take the forefront. As of 2007, Stephen Harper is the Prime Minister of Canada, leading the Conservative Party in a minority government.
David Orchard. The Fight For Canada: Four Centuries of Resistance To American Expansionism, (Westmount, Quebec: Robert Davies Multimedia Publishing Inc., 2002), 81
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