Author: Clint Curtis

Bering Strait Basin countries Russia, United States Min. width 83 km (52 mi) Average depth −50 m (−160 ft) Islands Diomede Islands Does Canada and Russia share border? Article content. “We’re effectively a border state with Russia,” Perry said. “We have a little bit more distance, but given a lot of modernization they’ve put into […]

The Provincial Land Tax ( PLT ) is the property tax paid in unincorporated areas of northern Ontario outside municipal boundaries. The Province collects the PLT to help fund important community services, such as policing, land ambulance, public health, and social services, on behalf of unincorporated areas. Does Canada have land taxes? Canadian property tax […]

Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson (February 4, 1885 – March 3, 1962) was Canada’s first woman to become senator. She served as a Senator for Quebec from 1930 until her death. When was the first female senator in Canada? Plaque(s) On February 15, 1930, Cairine Wilson became the first woman appointed to the Senate of Canada, […]

British Columbia and Ontario granted women the right to vote in 1917. That same year, Canada passed the War-time Elections Act, which gave women in the military and those who had male relatives fighting in World War I the right to vote. By 1918, all Caucasian women had the right to vote in federal elections. […]

Right to Face Accusers The “right to face one’s accusers is not in this day and age to be taken in the literal sense…it is simply the right of an accused to be present in court, to hear the case against him and to make answer and defence to it.” ↑ R. v. R. Do […]

You are allowed to engage in a mutual fight if there’s no bodily harm and that’s a case called Jobidon, R. v. Jobidon which is a higher court decision in Canada. Now if there is bodily harm and bodily harm by the way unfortunately has been defined at a very low level. Are street fights […]

Relations between Canada and the United States have historically been extensive, given the two countries’ shared origins and border, which is the longest in the world. Starting with the American Revolution, when Loyalists fled to Canada, a vocal element in Canada has warned against American dominance or annexation. Why is the US and Canada so […]

The Supreme Court has confirmed that there is no right to possess firearms in Canada. In R. v. Hasselwander (1993), Justice Peter Cory wrote that “Canadians, unlike Americans do not have a constitutional right to bear arms.”[xi] In R. Is owning a gun in Canada a right? No. Canada has much stricter gun laws than […]

In Canada, the use of firearms for defence of self or property is generally prohibited by law. The Criminal Code, section 34, deals with our right to lawfully defend ourselves (or our loved ones). What can I use in Canada to defend myself? How Can I Defend Myself? You may defend yourself from force or […]

Canada is a world leader in the production of many natural resources such as gold, nickel, uranium, diamonds, lead, and in recent years, crude petroleum, which, with the world’s second-largest oil reserves, is taking an increasingly prominent position in natural resources extraction. What is Canada the 3rd largest producer of? oil reservesCanada is home to […]