thomas paine’s common sense for our time

The American colonists no longer in need for British protection against intrusions from the French in Canada, now wanted more from British politics than increased taxation without input from them on how much it would be and how it would be spent.  ..

uss billings damaged

On its way to its new homeport Florida, Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship USS Billings suffered damage after hitting another vessel Montreal, Canada on June 24. Jane's reports that French Gazelle helicopter crashed while flying near the border of Mali and Niger under the auspices of..

farsnews

Saying that cultural discrimination has marginalized Indigenous people, it also called for the federal and provincial governments to give Indigenous languages the same status as Canada’s official languages, English and French. . ..

1942 (or 1765 before gst)

This may have something to do with the fact that in December 1775, the United States of America, which did not actually exist yet, sent two invading armies into Quebec, which was French Canada, in the hope that they could persuade the French to secede. ..

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how secularism became quebec’s religion: the distinct path to bill

The concept never gained the same level of acceptance in Quebec, said Gauvreau, in part because of perceptions that multiculturalism diminished French Canada’s standing as a founding nation. . ..

paul socken

Paul Socken Paul Socken was on the faculty of University of Waterloo, Canada, for 37 years and is Distinguished Professor Emeritus. He is Chairman of Department of French Studies and the author of 10 books. ..

100 years since world war one

Library and Archives Canada/via REUTERS . German prisoners in a French prison camp, circa 1917 - 1919. ... Library and Archives Canada/via REUTERS . French officers inspecting trenches on the Argonne front, eastern France, May 1916. ..

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political party vying in quebec election promises to kick out

This year’s contest will be the first in nearly six decades where the “national question” — whether French-speaking Quebec should separate from the rest of Canada — is not a campaign issue. ... And according to a 2017 Statistics Canada report, over 80 percent of..

a democrat looks at foreign policy

Today Commonwealth has not widened conception with the inclusion of new nations such as India, Pakistan and Ceylon even among the core members the events of last fall produced cleavage, when Canada seized the in applying brake against British and French Egypt. ..

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