The issues I choose to talk is the “Canadian Magazine dispute”. I will try to answer the questions one by one.
1. To what extant do you think the US- Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desire to protect Canadian culture?
The government of Canada is aware and concerned of the power of print media, such as magazine and how it is influencing Canadian to drift away from their culture and over taken by foreign culture.
The Canadian government is using all its power to protect the Canadian culture and domestic business. “in 1920s, the Canadian government imposed protective tariffs on foreign magazines.” This is one good example that the Canadian government has a huge concern towards citizens losing their culture and the nation is losing business.
Other actions taken by Canadian government, such as: -
- In 1965, the prohibition of split-run editions of foreign -published magazines entering in to the country.
- In 1995,
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And, if Canadians seem to prefer buying American magazines, shouldn't they be allowed to "vote" with their purchasing habits?
I believe that Canadian should be allowed to “vote” with their purchasing habits. Isn’t Canada a democratic country and Canadian have right to vote?
However, Canadian may not have much interest to buy domestic magazines. Specially, this generation is more Americanized and are more anxious to know about Americans (i.e.: - famous singers, actors/ actresses, TV shows etc.). Also, there is no single sentence describing in the article that the Canadian government has interest of enforcing Canadian from buying foreign magazine, they will continue buying foreign magazines. If the government of Canada took foreign magazines off the market, Canadian will have limited choice and that could help them to adopt buying domestic magazines.
5. Is it fare to levy extra taxes against foreign magazine which have the effect of forcing Canadian purchasers of foreign magazines to subsidize local
On the other hand, about the split- run magazine, it should have “80 percent” of the Canadian content to be called as a Canadian magazine and to save itself form high taxes. This was the best way to protect Canadian culture which was left by a very less percentage. A split – run magazine should have all the Canadian content just “20 percent” of other contents can be added apart from Canadian. Because foreign magazines are already doing so well and have such a high number of percentage in its
Pierre Elliot Trudeau was arguably one of the most vivacious and charismatic Prime Ministers Canada has ever seen. He wore capes, dated celebrities and always wore a red rose boutonniere. He looked like a superhero, and often acted like one too. Some of the landmark occurrences in Canadian history all happened during the Trudeau era, such as patriating the constitution, creating the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the 1980 Quebec Referendum. However, it is Trudeau’s 1969 “white paper” and the Calder legal challenge which many consider to be one of his most influential contributions to Canadian history.
The court, when needed, handles publication bans wisely and with care. Just like any other law, publication bans are put to use for positive outcomes and improvements, and the court assures this. Publication bans are considered to the court either by a request from a trial participant during a bail hearing, or by the decision of a judge, when he/she feels the ban is necessary (CBCN). Given this, people may speculate that ...
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In order to understand the complexity of the Anti-Americanism, it is important to understand the history and relationship between Canada and the United States. The sentiment was first conceived by the Europeans and the issues it had with the upcoming “rebellious” American culture. Europeans at the time had the tendency to see Americans as, “overconfident and self-important… it was this egocentricity that most aggravated Europeans” (O’Connor, 2004). In its earliest form, the American ideology seemed to be an opponent to the popular European ideology. Which soon became a campaign between “high culture” (the European ideology) and “low culture” (the American culture) and through that rivalry many European citizens held the belief that,
Canada is a society built on the promise of democracy; democracy being defined as “government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.” In order to operate at full potential, the people of Canada must voice their opinions and participate fully in the political system. This is why it’s shocking to see that people are becoming less engaged in politics and the voter turnout has steadily been declining over the last 20 years. This lack of participation by Canadians is creating a government that is influenced by fewer people, which is detrimental to the democratic system Canada is built on.
In conclusion, Canada was influenced throughout the 1920's by America, that by 1929 Canada became very similar to America in social trends, economics and produce. But has this stopped in modern day era? Canada continues to be heavily influenced by the amount of American products and media outpouring into Canada. Canada has made attempts throughout time to impede the onslaught of American invasion but American invasion is seen on a huge global scale. Hit movies, tv shows, products among others are generally based on American culture, views, or based within American domain. It is a reign yet to be stopped.
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Today Canada and the United States are major trading partners, allies, and two neighboring countries with a long history of cooperation with each other. But is it possible for Canada to protect its independence and culture living next door to the country so powerful and rich as the United States. Since the Canadian confederation, Canada started developing relations with the U.S. As the years passed by, Canada began to relay on the United States in the national defense. Many Canadians think that the military, political and economical dependence would not make a difference to their daily life. But today more then even Canadian culture is affected by the American influence. Media, American artists, economic dependence, American propaganda and political pressure from the United States is making Canada too Americanized. All of these factors reflect on the social life of ordinary Canadians threatening the heritage and the traditions that define Canada as independent country.
The culture of Canada refers to the shared values, attitudes, standards, and beliefs that are a representative of Canada and Canadians. Throughout Canada's history, its culture has been influenced by American culture because of a shared language, proximity, television and migration between the two countries. Over time, Canadian-American relations have helped develop Canada’s identity during the years 1945-1982; thus introducing changing social norms, media and entertainment. In support of this, due to the United States being approximately 9.25 times larger in population and having the dominant cultural and economic influence, it played a vital role in establishing Canada’s identity. With Canada being its neighbour, naturally, the United States would influence their way of life upon Canada.
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