At the same time, some among the Anglophone business elite were advocating for a union of Upper and Lower Canada to ensure competitiveness on a national scale with the increasingly large and powerful economy of the United States ( who, in part, inspired the rebels by their own successful war of independence ).

In the pages of the Colonial Advocate, Mackenzie began advocating constitutional change for Upper Canada.

Citizens for a Canadian Republic was formed in 2002 " in an effort to provide balance in the debate over whether or not Canada should remain a constitutional monarchy " and advocating the “ Canadianization ” of the head of state.

* Digital Copyright Canada, a group advocating against excessive intellectual property laws in Canada

He is a Quebec sovereignist advocating a supranational confederation of Quebec and Canada, inspired by the institutions of the European Union.

A pioneer in advocating the exploitation of the huge hydraulic potential the waterways of the new Quebec, Taschereau understood the limited capital available in a sparsely populated Canada, and actively tried to bring in American investment to develop Quebec's industrial potential and try to stop mass emigration south of the border.

When he was advocating for Canada's election to the United Nations Security Council, he said that while " the special nature of relationship to the United Kingdom and the United States complicates our responsibilities ", Canada was not a " satellite " of either but would " continue to make our decisions objectively, in the light of our obligations to our own people and their interest in the welfare of the international community.

* Deport to the country of their choice any person advocating the separation of Quebec or another province from Canada.

It was the British Columbia branch of the Western Canada Concept, a political party that operated at the federal level, advocating the separation of the four western provinces of Canada and the formation of a new country comprising British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Paul McKeever ( born 1966 ) leads the Freedom Party of Ontario and the unregistered Freedom Party of Canada, two political parties advocating laissez-faire capitalism.

He brought forward a report in late 1998 encouraging the sale of herbal medicines in Canada, and advocating their regulation in a category separate from foods and drugs.

In March 2010, De Thézier began advocating for the convergence of the Quebec sovereignty movement with critical political ecology into a “ sovereign green movement ” dedicated to the creation of a republic and a green state in a sovereign Quebec independent of Canada.

Parties advocating Western separation include the Western Canada Concept, the Western Independence Party, and the Western Block Party.

Similarly, by 1849, Papineau was advocating the absorption of the Province of Canada ( formed in 1840 ) into the American republic to the south.

He is also the founder and leader of the Western Canada Concept, a separatist party which ran in British Columbia and federally, and The Western Block Party, a right-wing federal political party advocating the separation of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba from Canadian Confederation.

Although his attempts to obtain a position where he could implement his ideas failed, his was one of the most forceful voices in Canada advocating government intervention in the monetary system and nationalizing the credit system.

In 1837 he participated in the Lower Canada Rebellion and was head of the military faction of the rebel group, the Société des Fils de la Liberté, that openly advocating revolution.

The Plan focuses mainly on supporting policies to prevent obesity by advocating on healthy eating and regular exercise in Canada.

Wilmot-Horton is best remembered for advocating that poor British and Irish families should be allowed to emigrate to the colonies and be granted land there, and was mainly responsible in securing two parliamentary grants in 1823 and 1825 to fund an experiment where poor Irish families settled in Canada.

Countries that officially recognize the Armenian genocide include Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, Vatican City and Venezuela ; additionally, some regional governments of countries recognize the Armenian genocide, such as New South Wales in Australia and Wales in the United Kingdom, also officially recognize the Armenian Genocide.

Michael Byers, a University of British Columbia law professor, has argued that these laws go further than the Rome Statute, providing Canadian courts with jurisdiction over acts pre-dating the ICC and occurring in territories outside of ICC member-states ; “ as a result, anyone who is present in Canada and alleged to have committed genocide, torture [...] anywhere, at any time, can be prosecuted Canada .”

* 1994, at the request of Canada an emergency meeting was convened to deal with the ongoing genocide in Rwanda.

In 2009, Orbinski became an Officer of the Order of Canada and in the citation was recognized by the Governor General as an advocate for those who have been silenced by war, genocide and mass starvation.

An Act to amend the Criminal Code ( hate propaganda ), popularly known as Bill C-250, its title during the second and third sessions of the 37th Canadian parliament, was a Canadian Private Member's Bill that amended the Criminal Code of Canada to add penalties for publicly inciting hatred against or encouraging the genocide of people on the basis of sexual orientation and added a defence for the expression of good-faith opinions based on religious texts.

In 2000-2001 Evans co-chaired, with Mohamed Sahnoun, the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty ( ICISS ), appointed by the government of Canada to address the issue of genocide and other mass atrocity crimes, which published its report, The Responsibility to Protect, in December 2001.

As well, Canada has recognized the Holodomor ( Ukrainian Famine ) as an act of genocide.

On return to Canada, feeling that he had not done enough to halt the genocide, and haunted by the images of dismembered victims, Dallaire contemplated suicide ; in June 2000 he was found in a public park near Ottawa's Rideau Canal, drunk and overdosing from anti-depressant medication.

He was deported from Canada for an inflammatory anti-Tutsi speech which his critics allege was a precursor to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

More recently, the governments of Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia were involved in the attempt to extradite Konrāds Kalējs, a former officer of the Arājs Kommando, to Latvia for trial on charges of genocide.

He has been jailed several times: in Canada for publishing literature " likely to incite hatred against an identifiable group ", and for being a threat to national security ; in the United States for overstaying his visa ; and in Germany for charges of " inciting racial hatred ".

Throughout the 1950s, La Rotonde and the University of Ottawa administration had a combative relationship, inciting the Canadian University Press to label La Rotonde as " the most censored student newspaper in Canada " in 1956.

Zündel campaigned in Canada to ban the movie Schindler's List on the grounds that it " generates hatred against Germans, and it should be possible to ban it under ' hate laws ' in Canada, Germany, and other countries " and celebrated the movie being banned in Malaysia and the Philippines, and effectively banned in Lebanon and Jordan.

Clarke continues to address and challenge the historic encounters with racism, segregated areas, discrimination, hatred, forced relocation and a loss of a sense of identity and a sense of belonging experienced by the Black descendents though they had settled in Canada for hundreds of years.

From 1977 to 1985, the party published the " Nationalist Report ", which ceased publication when Don Andrews and Party Secretary Robert Smith were charged and convicted under the Criminal Code of Canada for promoting hatred.

That is why Canada and most other democracies have enacted legislation to place reasonable limits on the expression of hatred.

Andrews was the first person in Canada charged with wilfully promoting hatred, and in 1975 he was charged with offences ranging from plotting arson, possession of weapons and explosives, and mischief.

Bnai Brith Canada sharply criticized Elmasry, stating in a press release that Elmasry's " thesis that the Old Testament is the root cause of all hatred and violence in the world " is an " attack on the core of Judaism.

In 1984, Keegstra was stripped of his teaching certificate and charged under the Criminal Code of Canada with " wilfully promoting hatred against an identifiable group " by teaching his social studies students that the Holocaust was a fraud and attributing various evil qualities to Jews.

" Keegstra also challenged his conviction on the grounds that Section 319 ( 3 )( a ) of the Criminal Code of Canada, which states that a person cannot be convicted of promoting hatred if she or he establishes that the statement is true, but only where the accused proves the truth of the communicated statements on a balance of probabilities, was a violation of Section 11 ( d ) of the Charter.

" Frank Dimant, B ’ nai Brith Canada ’ s executive vice-president, stated that the motion “ marginalizes its supporters here at home and disenfranchises CUPE members who are supportive of democratic Israel and its right to defend its citizens against terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah .” He also stated that everyone who voted in favour of the resolution was “ promoting hatred and advancing a discriminatory agenda that is at odds with Canadian values of tolerance, respect and human rights for all.

This, he claimed, discriminated against non-Anglicans, including Catholics, who are the largest faith group in Canada.

The Lions also played a test against Canada on their way home, winning 19 to 8 in Toronto.

* Bloody Sunday ( 1938 ), police violence against unemployment protesters in Vancouver, Canada

Many thousands of the station's fans marched in the streets and on Parliament Hill against the decision, and the parent company of CHOI, Genex Corp., appealed the CRTC decision unsuccessfully to the Federal Court of Canada.

9 ( 1 )( c ) of the Radiocommunication Act creates a prohibition against all decoding of encrypted programming signals, followed by an exception where authorization is received from the person holding the lawful right in Canada to transmit and authorize decoding of the signal.

On April 4, 1999, the Rockies made history as they played their Opening Day game against the defending National League champion San Diego Padres at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico – marking the first time Major League Baseball opened the regular season outside the United States or Canada.

In some countries, the guarantee against being " twice put in jeopardy " is a constitutional right ; these include Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Although not participating at all in the opening days of the invasion, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced on October 7 that Canada would contribute forces to the international force being formed to conduct a campaign against terrorism.

Anti-nuclear activists protested against the test on the border of the U. S. and Canada with signs reading " Don't Make A Wave.

Howard of the Connecticut National Guard had an interest in the company manufacturing Gatling guns, and took a personally-owned Gatling gun to Saskatchewan in Canada in 1885 for use with the Canadian military against the Métis during Louis Riel's North-West Rebellion.

In Canada the restriction against women's bearing arms on a shield was eliminated.

Following the War of 1812, the US Army began construction on " Fort Blunder ", an unnamed fortification built by the Americans at the northernmost end of Lake Champlain to protect against any further attacks from British Canada.

* 1837 – The Rebels of Lower Canada ( Quebec ) rebel against the British for freedom.

In their annual report, the Board has criticised many governments, including Canada, for permitting the medicinal use of cannabis, Australia for providing injecting rooms and the United Kingdom for proposing to downgrade the classification of cannabis, which it has since done ( although this change was reversed by the Home Secretary on 7 May 2008 against the advice of its own commissioned report )

* 1837 – Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay " To the People of Upper Canada ", published in his newspaper The Constitution.

Many in the colony however, began to chafe against the aristocratic Family Compact who governed while benefiting economically from the region's resources, and who did not allow elected bodies the power to effect change ( much as the Château Clique ruled Lower Canada ).

: Rioting against African-Americans results in thousands leaving for Canada.

Canada won five medals, all silver and bronze, while defending World Champion Clas Thunberg stayed at home, protesting against this form of racing.

Alcohol and pills were acceptable but Canada then had stiff penalties against marijuana possession.

Most of the member congregations of the UUA are in the United States and Canada, but the UUA has also admitted congregations from Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Pakistan ( although UUA policy appears at present to be against admitting any new congregations from outside North America, rather having them form their own national bodies and having these bodies join the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists ).

These included Lower Canada ( present-day Quebec ) and Vancouver Island, where Governor James Douglas encouraged black immigration because of his opposition to slavery and because he hoped a significant black community would form a bulwark against those who wished to unite the island with the United States.

After losing the first game of a best-of-three final series against the Soviets, Gretzky propelled Canada with a five-assist performance in the second game, including the game-winning pass to Lemieux in overtime, to extend the tournament.

His temper boiled over after Canada's 3 – 3 draw versus the Czech Republic, as he launched a tirade against the perceived negative reputation of Team Canada amongst other national squads, and called rumours of dissent in the dressing room the result of " American propaganda ".