Canada
By: Margaret Haerens, book editor
Series: Opposing viewpoints; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780737752113; 9780737752120
Subjects: Social conditions; Politics and government; Environmental conditions; Foreign relations
Description: Discusses the domestic and foreign polcy issues facing Canada today, including environmental policies, the economy, the health care system, the freedom of expression, and their relations with the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What domestic issues are affecting Canada? Canada has made much environmental progress / Kenneth P. Green and Ben Eisen ; Canada's environmental policies have led to worldwide criticism / Jonathon Gatehouse ; Canada's economy has not been hard-hit by the global economic recession / Keith B. Richburg ; Canada's economy is suffering from the global economic recession / Roger Annis ; Canada's health care is a good system / Holly Dressel ; Canada's health care is not a good system / Doug Wilson ; Quebec separatism is a dead issue / Conrad Black ; Quebec separatism is still a viable issue / CK; title: What are the major foreign policy issues in Canada? Canadian military efforts in Afghanistan are laudable / Tim Fernholz ; Canada should pull its troops out of Afghanistan / David Orchard  ; Canada has sovereignty over the Arctic Straits / Stephen Harper ; Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic Straits is disputed / Mike Blanchfield and Randy Boswell ; Canada should not slash  foreign aid / Gerry Barr ; Canada should focus  less on amount of aid and more on using it efficiently / Beverley J. Oda; title: What challenges to freedom of expression does Canada face? Canada's human rights commissions infringe on free speech / Ezra Levant ; Canada's human rights commissions are vital to protecting free speech / Jennifer Lynch ; Canada's human rights commissions must be reformed / Aaron Goldstein ; Canada should maintain fair cultural nationalist policies / P.J. Worsfold ; Quebec should not ban the niqab / Thea Lim; title: What issues are impacting Canada-US relations? Canada and the United States still have a "special relationship" / US Department of State ; The Canada-US relationship has changed / Brian Bow ; Canada should intervene in the Omar Khadr case / Dahlia Lithwick ; Canada is not going to interfere in the Omar Khadr case / Sheldon Alberts and Steven Edwards ; Canada's security policies are too lax / Paul Rosenzweig ; America's security policies are too stringent / Luiza Ch. Savage with John Geddes ; Canada should protect its water from the United States / Tony Clarke ; Canada should share its water with the United States / Chris Wood.