Canada in the Cold War

During the Cold War, Canada participated in a few different alliance groups.  The first group they joined was NATO.  NATO was a group of 13 countries that joined together with the agreement that if a country outside of their group attacked any one of them, the other 12 would support the victim and fight the aggressor.  They were most worried about Russia attacking one of them.

The map below shows the countries that were part of NATO.

how well did Canada create the perfect society??

Canada was moving towards a perfect society and more advanced than America or any other country in the world at that time. St. Burent put Old Age Pensions in the welfare system so that people who have retired can live the lifestyle they want with their residential needs in order to survive and live. It moves towards a perfect society because, people who are 65 or older would be able to apply to get a certain amount of money each month to spend on living costs and food so they don't have to work and get hurt while on the job. Like some careers they once had like construction they can not do no more because of their health or too weak. Some people also have to retire do to health reasons that happened while working. Pearson made available health care to everyone in Canada for free except for a few things like prescriptions. It goes towards a perfect society because anyone who needs health care can get it for free or covered by the government, and instead of having to pay to get a check up its for free cause the government takes care of that department of health. People who couldn't afford health care back then it makes it easier on them and the person who needs it covered. A lot more people are getting braces but don't have a ton of money to spend can get some of the cost covered and its alot cheaper then having to pay 10,000 and maybe now just has to pay 4-5,000. Trudeau took the constitution out of the hands of the British Parliament, and began the process of patriating Canada's constitution. It moves it towards a perfect society because, it values human rights and respects everyone who lives in Canada and should be treated equally no matter what race or age, or gender. Canada is moving in the direction of a perfect society because now Canada respects their people and every race that enters and lives in Canada and understands that everyone should have equal rights and be treated properly no matter how old or young you are.
Canada also did some things that might of not been the best for our nation like building atomic bombs and wanted Ontario to become the first nuclear reactor in the world designed and operated outside the United States. Canada wanted to build atomic bombs . If that happened Canada would do some serious damage to a lot of the planet if the plan went through. In conclusion Canada would be turning it away from a perfect society because it would be alot of damage to Canada and what people say about Canada

Blog Week 9 - Perfect Society

The Perfect Society

A society with a strong culture of sharing with each other and loving one another, working together, laughing, finding and enjoying bliss, living happily and beautifully, with everyone’s best interest equivalent to each individual’s own best interest.

Our current society is certainly sick, and even if you found it to be sufficient for yourself, it is certainly not sufficient for everyone else. A perfect society isn't exactly possible, not EVERYONE in the world is going to follow new rules and act differently than they already do. They will still continue violence and fighting no matter what people say. It's never going to be just peaceful everyday and everyone being happy, together.

Blog 6 - Canada - WW2

World War Two - Canada

There was no doubt as to what Canada’s position would be: in the event of war between Britain and any combination of enemies threatening the survival of the ‘Mother Country’, Canada would support Britain. When the time came, Canada quickly offered its aid.

From a population of only 11.5 million, slightly more than one million Canadians served in uniform during the conflict.These military contributions helped win the war, but the cost was high, more than 42,000 Canadians lost their lives, and another 55,000 were wounded.On the home front, industry produced massively to support the war effort. Canada produced warships, merchant vessels, bombers, fighters, tanks, vehicles of all kinds, artillery pieces, and all sorts of military equipment and munitions, employing millions of people directly or indirectly. Farms produced immense amounts of meat, grain, and other produce to help keep Canada, Britain, and the Allies fed and fighting.

week 10

I disagree with putting NORAD at.5 because it was beneficial to Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile defense. in my opinion NORAD should be a +2 because it was run by the US and Canadian government.We also collaborated with them for the Distant Early Warning lines.NORAD was beneficial because North America was protected again an ICBM strike.

week 9

In my opinion a model society is a society is a place where every ones opinion is noticed. I would have a democratic government. There would be no poverty. There will be ample amounts of job opportunities for the unemployed.There will be many recreational activities for young and old alike.

week 8

 I chose the Forgotten War because this war had maximal Canadian input. There were losses but it was a sweet victory. With that in mind it was called the Forgotten War  because it wasn't in Canada,also the medals were given  four decades later.There were no parades for the soliders when they came home