Canada in the twentieth Century
Many people look back at the twentieth century and feel that Canada did pretty well. Canada was voted best place to live several times and made an international name for itself in peace keeping. These people tend to forget the many problems Canada suffered during the twentieth century. Back in 1896, before the century even started, Sir Wilfrid Laurier proclaimed that, “The 20th century shall be the century of Canada.” He could not have made a more misleading statement. Canada ended up suffering through many social problems during this time period which made Laurier’s statement downright false. These problems include the mistreatment of women, the internment of Japanese Canadians, the Quebec Referendum and the Oka Crisis. All of these had a profound impact on Canadian history. Unfortunately, the impact that they all had was a negative one. In each of these situations, the government treated a certain group unfairly because of its gender, race or language. This essay will prove that due to social problems, the twentieth century was not Canada’s century as Laurier said it would be.To treat someone unequally because of their gender is totally unacceptable. However, this is what all Canadians used to do. At the beginnin
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Approximate Word count = 1503
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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