Dependency Loads, Demographic Transition Models, Population Pyramids, Oh, my!

Homework tonight is as follows:
page 377: all
page 374: 1-5

Have a Fantastic early June weekend!

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Census: How many people will read this?

Tonight's homework is relatively light, depending on whether or not you answered the first set of PQs in class.
Page 364 & 367: All!

Essay due June 3 and Bonus newspaper assignment due June 7.

Test Tomorrow

Student created review questions

1. Name 3 kinds of human rights  abuses?
2. When did the concern of human rights become global?
3. What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
4. What did human rights groups help end in South Africa
5. What does politics use in their speeches?

Answers:
1. Refer to timeline of human rights abuses on page 324-325
2. After WWII
3. The rights of all human; set by the UN
4. apartheid
5. Theideu of Human Rights

Pgs 335-337
1. Which act covers all federally regulated businesses and agencies. (Which includes bawes, mjor arlines, Canada Post, and the National Media)
2. What is the highest court for all legal issues in Canada and since when?
3. Which rule deems that at least 7 provinces, totaling at least 50% of the population of all provinces must approve of the altering of the decisions of the Supreme Court?
4. The British Columbia Human Rights Code protects citizens against discrimination who are within the ages of ?
5. What are 3 example of protections provided by the BC Human Rights Code? Give one detail about each

Answer:
1. The Canadian Human Rights Act
2. The Supreme Court of Canada; 1949
3. The Amending Formula
4. 19-65
5. Employment, Tenancy, Accommodation/Service/Use of Facilities, Hate Propaganda.

1. What are the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
2. How did Quebec feel about the Canadian Constitution?
3. What is the Notwithstanding Clause?
4. What PM in 1882 campaigned amend what to Canadian Constitution?
5. What is Reasonable Limits?

Answers:
1. Bill identified Human Rights for everyone in Canada
2. By withdrawing all its laws and reenacting them with notwithstanding Clause. Did the same thing for the next 3 years
3. a clause in Canadian Constitution that enable parliament or the legislature of a province to allow an act to stand even though it contravenes the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
4. Trudeau amend the Canadian Constitution to put Canadian Charter
5. It is reasonable limits prescribed by laws can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. Limit in necessary

1.What is non discrimination?
 2. What is the CCRC?
3. What does LICO  stand for and what is the meaning behind the name?
4. Why are their children's rights?
5. What is the representative for Children's role?

Answers:
1. State must protect Children from any form of discrimination and take positive action to promote their rights.
2. Network of Canadian Organizations and individuals that monitor how well Canada is upholding Children's rights as sated by the UN
3. Low-income Cut off; families that spend more than 70% on their income on food and shelter
4. Because as humans, they are entitled to human rights. However, children are dependent on adults who will uphold and enforce their rights.
5. Their role is to act as a advocate for the children and youth protecting their rights and ensuring access to support for those who are vulnerable.

1. What is the ICT and what do they do? Who established it?
2. What is the ICC and what do they do? Who established it?
3. Define rule of law.
4. What year was the Canadian Bill of Rights passed and who passed it?
5. By 2002, how many countries established the ICC?

Answers:
1. International court of Justice; settle disputes between countries based on international law only when both sides ask for their help; UN
2. International criminal court; investigate and prosecute individuals, including political leaders, who commit war crimes, genocide, or crimes against humanity; UN
3. the principle that laws apply to all members of society equally; no one is above the law
4. 1960 by Diefenbaker
5.60 countries

1. What is the difference of being before and under the law?
2. Describe one way equality rights are not upheld
3. Mobility rights, that allow people the availability to move around or in and out of the country resulted in heightened security after in what famous event?
4. Why has the power of the police to arrest and question suspects seize evidence and conduct searches been reduced in 1982
5. Why do informative action programs technically go against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

Answers:
1. Being "before the law"; innocent before proven guilty, right to access a fair trial, lawyer; being "under the law" everyone has to follow the laws and no one is above the law (habeus Corpus)  
2. race, nation or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability
3. 9/11
4. Section 7 and 8 it goes against peoples rights
5. Giving attention to particular individuals favoring them over majorities.

1. Did Canada vote in favour of the UN Declaration of Indigenous Peoples?
2.  Describe cases in Canada where aboriginals fought for their rights?
3. What is the GEM and does it do?
4. What are equity groups? What is reverse discrimination?
5. What is a preferential hiring policy? Examples?

Answers:
1. No. Calvary with the US Australia and New Zealand
2. see page 340
3. Gender empowerment Measure Reveals whether women take active part in the economy and politics
4. Certain groups of people who are traditionally discriminated against by employers; discrimination against majority
5. When you hire based on discriminatory standards; hire Chinese people because you want to attract more asian customers, hiring non-whites to make it seem as their work place is multicultural.

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36

Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff.
Stephen Harper 
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/freedoms.html#JSXTC2ToeOFZMt5M.99 

Interesting quote from our Prime Minister, wouldn't you agree?

Tonight's Homework:
1,2,4,5, page 343.

Test this Thursday!