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With the highest population proportion of immigrants in the world, Canada is known for its immigration system that acts as the backbone of the nation. Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, Ahmed Hussen, once argued that Canada…
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Up until recently, the caricature of the typical drug user has often been painted as a person who suffers from their own moral failings. When the burgeoning crack epidemic was at its peak in the 1980s, the predominant response was to “lock…
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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, otherwise known as DACA, was implemented by the Obama Administration in June 2012 as a platform that allowed some illegal immigrants who had entered the United States as minors to receive…
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Since announcing a proposal to build a second headquarters, cities across North America have scrambled to prove to Amazon why their city is the optimal location for HQ2. Although there are several benefits to hosting a tech giant like…
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Three decades ago, the introduction of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) into the human population sparked one of the largest public health crises in known history. Today in the Western nations, the global fear brought on by HIV is now…
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The Liberal government will release their 2018-19 budget on Tuesday, and Minister Bill Morneau and the rest of the Finance department have been very tight-lipped about specific line item details. The silence broke this weekend, when the…
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Business mogul Elon Musk made headlines once more in February 2018 as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy set out for space. The rocket, the most powerful to be launched into space yet, carries a red Tesla and Musk’s ambitions to explore and colonize…
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Political clashes between the East and the West have become regulars in newspaper headlines the world over, spearheaded by Donald Trump’s Twitter crusade on North Korea. When recently elected French President, Emmanuel Macron, prepared for…
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Food safety has always been problematic in China. After the 2008 milk scandal, in which an estimated 300,000 babies were made ill from contaminated milk that was reported to contain melamine, demands from society have driven the food…
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January 20th, 2018 marked the first anniversary of the famed Women’s March on Washington. The movement continues to mobilize tens of thousands of men and women in the fight for women’s equality. The leaders of the movement also advocate…
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