Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada's paramount political problem is meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services after a decade of budget cuts. The issue of reconciling Quebec's francophone heritage with the majority anglophone Canadian population has moved to the back burner in recent years; support for separatism abated after the Quebec government's referendum on independence failed to pass in October of 1995.
January 26th 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Mississauga We've done the Planes and the Automobiles, and tomorrow we embark on the Train part. We leave Toronto for New York onboard Amtrak for 12-ish hours. We are looking forward to this next leg of the jou ... 4 photos[full story]
January 23rd 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Mississauga We left Calgary with a few tears and a lot of hugs. (... and more luggage than we need!) Thank you to Mum and Dad for taking us to the airport and to Mark for coming to see us off too. The flight w ... [full story]
December 21st 2007North America » Canada » Ontario » Mississauga Well everyone, I'm back in Canada now. For a bit anyway! I arrived in Montreal on the 18th of Dec., saw my brother and my dad's side of the family for 3 days and headed to Toronto this morning to see ... [full story]
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