...Jayson Myers, President & CEO, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters T he advent of global supply chains has led to significant changes in the way manufacturers do business. In today’s day and age, the business of manufacturing is no longer simply about getting a product out the door — it is rather about providing innovative solutions to customers’ problems. Manufacturers now deliver value to customers by embedding their skills, innovation, financing and logistics solutions in the tangible goods they deliver. To compete and win in today’s environment requires constant interaction between manufacturers and their suppliers, customers, business partners, and services providers. Despite recent advances in information and communications technologies, much business is still conducted face-to-face, and deals are still done with a handshake. Whether it’s engineers working together to develop a new manufacturing process, executives meeting to negotiate a licensing agreement, or industry leaders getting together at a conference to map the future of their sector, creating value requires business people to meet and interact. Given the intensity of Canada’s trade relationship with the United States, this is especially the case between our two countries. Not only are we each other’s largest customer, but our businesses increasingly work together to compete in global markets. As Canada’s largest trade and industry association, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME)...
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...Read Instructions Validate and Print Reset INFORMATION PROTECTED CHILD ABROAD16 years of age applying outside of Canada GENERAL PASSPORT APPLICATION for Canadians under TYPE OR PRINT IN CAPITAL LETTERS using black or dark blue ink. Warning—Any false or misleading statement with respect to this application and any supporting document, including the concealment of any material fact, may result in the refusal to issue a passport, the revocation of a currently valid passport, or the refusal of passport services, and may be grounds for criminal prosecution. Your application will not be processed if you fail to complete all of the required sections of this form and/or refuse to consent to the exchange or disclosure of any personal information required for the delivery of passport services. 1 Given name(s) Child's Personal Information (see Instructions, section H) Date of travel Month Day Surname (last name) Unknown Surname (last name) at birth Date of birth Year Month Day City Former surname (former last name) Place of birth Country Prov./Terr./State (if applicable) Sex Female Male Eye colour Current hair colour Height (cm/in) Weight (kg/lbs) Current home address Number Street Apartment City Country Postal code Mailing address (if different from above) Number Street Apartment City Country Postal code Children 11 years of age or over must sign in the signature box. Note: At no time should a person other than the child...
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...Integration to Canadian Society This paper will examine the difficulties immigrants have when they arrive in Canada with respect to assimilation of language, transferability of education in finding a job in Canada and training that exists for the newly landed immigrant. We will also touch the difficulties it poses for Canadian citizens in dealing with this influx of immigrants into our urbanized centers. Anglo Canadians have quickly become a minority and continue to become a shrinking minority. Immigrants arriving to Canada in most cases believe that they have made the right choice to leave their homeland in pursuit of a better life for themselves and their children. After all Canada has a global reputation as being one of the best countries in the world for many reasons. There is free healthcare available and educational opportunities if so desired as well as many provincial social services in place to help new immigrants transition into Canadian society. Some immigrants leave there come country because of instability within their government causing national unrest and dangerous circumstances for ordinary citizens. In other cases immigration can occur simply because they are seeking a better opportunities in life. Up until 1960’s “Canada’s immigration objective was to attract more British and American immigrants, as well as immigrants from the “preferred countries” of central and northern Europe” [4] Canada’s immigration policy after 1960 has historically been very relaxed...
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...CANADA Brief Introduction to concept of Pardon in Canada A pardon allows people who were convicted of a criminal offence, but have completed their sentence and demonstrated they are law-abiding citizens, to have their criminal record kept separate and apart from other criminal records. Under the Criminal Records Act (the CRA), the National Parole Board (the Board) may issue, grant, deny or revoke pardons for convictions under federal acts or regulations of Canada. A pardon that is granted is evidence that the conviction should no longer reflect negatively on a person's character. A person may apply for a pardon— “* if he or she was convicted of an offence under a federal act or regulation of Canada; * even if he or she is not a Canadian citizen...
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...The modifications to family law beginning in the 1960s affected not only the laws of spousal support but that of child support as well. As the rate of divorce increased and single-parent families became more common, child support became a serious issue, especially as “more than 60 percent of single-female-parent families [live in poverty]” (Boyd, 2011, p. 234). This demonstrates the priority of child support payments in the age of single-parent families in order to allow the primary caregiver and the children a chance to be financially successful. However, dealing with child support can be challenging for judges as there are many factors to take into consideration. For example, in the case of Bain v. Bain [2008], the judge had to determine...
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...Introduction The provision of parental leave and benefits in Australia is vastly different from the Canadian parental leave policy on many dimensions. This paper compares the Canadian 2011 Employment Insurance Maternity and Parental Benefits (EI) scheme to the parental leave provisions provided for in the Australian Fair Work Act 2009, in an attempt to assess the extent of major differences in the platforms and to extract any advantages and disadvantages of the systems. The provisions and use of unpaid parental leave vary due to eligibility criteria and segmentation of the workforce. Canadian maternity, paternity and parental leave is administered on the provincial level, creating differences in leave guarantees across provinces. A separate “federal jurisdiction” covers employees of companies working in inter-provincial or international commerce or for the federal government, regardless of their province of residence (Doucet, Lero & Tremblay, 2013). Since the ten provinces and three territories deliver the programme, they modify some details. These variations are minimal. In this analysis, we have taken the median amount of leave guaranteed by these 13 jurisdictions. At present, sections 67 to 85 of the Australian Fair Work Act 2009 (FWA) set out the legislative provisions for parental leave. Australia provides three types of child-based leave: maternity, paternity and adoptive leave. Substantive Differences in Parental Leave Provisions between Australia and Canada ...
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...Treatment of Japanese Canadians During WWII: An Atrocious Chapter in Canadian History In 1942, the middle of World War Two, Japanese Canadians in British Columbia were forced to enter internment camps. Many of them would remain there until the end of the war and following it would have to relocate in Canada or be deported to Japan. Years later, in 1988, the Canadian government would apologise for the terrible treatment that Japanese Canadians endured in this time. The actions of the government regarding Japanese Canadians during WWII were unnecessary and a social injustice. The internment of these people was unjust due to their treatment within and outside of the camps, no prevention of any harm, and its encouragement of racism in a time of fear. When the government enacted the War Measures Act, the 22,000 Japanese Canadians living on the West Coast were invited to move to “relocation centres” near the Okanagan...
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...adoption, over 80% of the adoptees respond at least once a month or more. The result of this study indicated how adopted youngsters try to make sense of their adoption (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2013). To understand who they are reaffirming their self-image which in turn affects their self-worth and emotional well-being. As a result of their adoption, these group of children may face the loss of identity. They may feel betrayal and rejection since their birth family gave them up for adoption and hence, question their self-worth and have low self-esteem (Patricelli, 2015). Adoption significantly influences the process of identity development for adopted persons, even when they reach adulthood (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2013). While adopted children may wonder and have a thirst to know more about their birth family, they may also feel guilty because these feelings are betraying their adoptive family. Even more so, they will hurt their adoptive family if they express their desire to learn about their birth family. Many studies suggest that if the adoptive parents address these interest directly with the children, the internal conflicts will be lessened but still painful or difficult (Patricelli, 2015). Along the same line, in Canada, most of the provinces have “Open Records”. “Open Records” means that birthparents and...
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...The Canadian government enacted the Adoption Law in 1921, and later instituted sealed adoption in 1927, acting on the privacy rights, specified in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The enactment of sealed adoption was aimed at protecting all members of the adoption triangle from societal stigma, and other detrimental effects associated with adoption. Overtime, policy makers have requested for the retraction of sealed adoption, arguing that opening sealed adoption records would be more beneficial to the concerned parties (Baldassi & Cindy 222). Canadian researchers refuted this by conducting studies that indicate that opening sealed records could trigger detrimental effects among all the concerned parties. Nevertheless, the court decided that an “individuals rights [to privacy] should not be overridden for the ‘right to know’” (Baldassi & Cindy 232). On the assumption that most biological parents might not want to see their relinquished children because of shame, rules were made whereby no contact between the natal...
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...1997 WD1998-2e UNEDITED The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice Canada. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 2.0 LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH .............................................................. 3 3.0 FACTORS AFFECTING CHILDREN’S POSTDIVORCE ADJUSTMENT ................. 6 3.1 Child Characteristics............................................................................ 6 3.1.1 Gender ................................................................................. 6 3.1.2 Age at Divorce ....................................................................... 8 3.2 Family Characteristics.......................................................................... 9 3.2.1 Socio-economic Status .............................................................. 9 3.2.2 Ethno-cultural Background........................................................10 3.2.3 Childrearing .........................................................................10 3.3 Situational Characteristics ....................................................................12 3.3.1 Parental Absence/Remarriage ....................................................12 3.3.2 Time Since Marital Disruption ...................................................13 3.3.3...
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...that the facts charged do not constitute an offense. He informed the court that his marriage with petitioner was declared null and void by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 16, Naval, Biliran on 26 April 2007; that the decision became final and executory on 15 May 200[7]; and that such decree has already been registered with the Municipal Civil Registrar on 12 June 2007. He argued that since the marriage had been declared null and void from the beginning, there was actually no first marriage to speak of. Absent a first valid marriage, the facts alleged in the Information do not constitute the crime of bigamy. Supreme Court Ruling: All considered, Supreme Court finds that the trial court committed grave abuse of discretion. ART. 40 of the Family Code states that: The absolute nullity...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMERY This report provides an overview of different types of work-life balance initiatives that have been developed by in the financial institutions of Bangladesh. Governments are increasingly committed to reducing the social, health and business costs of work-life conflict. Several countries have adopted individual pieces of legislation or policies that address some aspect of work-life balance. These initiatives are not necessarily part of a comprehensive program or policy approach to achieve work-life balance, but these measures could be seen as one way to improve an employee's balance between work and other responsibilities. This report shows that there is not likely to be any "one size fits all" answer to work-life balance issues. A variety of approaches are available to support work-life balance, ranging from promotional programs that emphasize the importance of balance and provide support to employers to reduce the business costs associated with work-life conflict, to legislation that supports parents with care giving responsibilities. It is clear that improving work-life balance is an important component of the policy agenda for many industrial countries, and the issue is likely to become even more important in the future. BACKGROUND The first Work-Life Balance Survey (WLB1) was conducted by the Department for Education and Employment in 2000 to assess the extent to which employers operated work life balance practices; to see whether employees felt...
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...instance, that night will follow day, the seasons follow each other, death ensues from a mortal wound, and the like; or from the course of human affairs from a familiarly with the ordinary springs of human action, from the usages of society, domestic relationship and transactions in business [Norton, p 97; see post, s 114].J Shortly speaking, a presume is an inference of fact drawn from other known or proved facts. It is a rule of under which courts are authorized to draw a particular inference from a particular fact unless and until the truth of such inference is disproved by other evidence. Divisions of Presumption: Presumption according to English test-written are: (a) Presumptions of fact or natural presumption: (b) Presumptions of law (rebuttable and irrebuttable); and (c) Mixed presumptions. Conclusive presumption : Presumption of fact or natural presumptions are inferences which are natural drawn from the experience and observation of the course of nature, the constitution of human mind, the springs of human...
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...TO: Supervising Attorney From: Jennifer A. Ramos This memo is on prenuptial agreements and their utilities. The Uniform Premarital and Martial Agreement Act (UPMAA) is a Uniform Act drafted in 1983 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL, 2012). Pennsylvania has not adopted the UPMAA. In Pennsylvania the requirements for a prenuptial agreement are as follows: • It must be a written agreement; • Both parties must execute the document voluntarily; • Both parties must be provided fair and reasonable disclosure of their property and/or financial obligations; • Both parties must have full knowledge of the obligations for each party regarding property and finances; and • The agreement is to be executed by the marriage date. (Pa Cons. Stat. § 3106). A prenuptial agreement in Pennsylvania must be a written agreement, it cannot be verbal. The agreement must also be signed by both parties voluntarily, with a witness and a notary public; this must be done before the marriage is commenced. Both parties in the agreement must be in full knowledge of all financial and property decisions that are made in the agreement; nothing can be added after it is signed, unless there is a legal amendment. Prenuptial agreements should not be compulsory. Prenuptial agreements should be spoken about beforehand and should either be agreed upon or disagreed upon. Making a decision like that is something you will be done together for the rest of your life, given...
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...(UCC)’ consists of three terms- ‘Uniform’, ‘Civil’, ‘Code’. The word ‘Uniform’ means one and the same in all circumstances whatsoever; the term ‘Civil’ has been derived from the latin word ‘Civils’ meaning citizen when used as an adjective to the term ‘law’, it means pertaining to the private rights and remedies of a citizen, as distinguished criminal, political, etc. The word ‘Code’ is derived from the Latin word ‘Codex’ which means a book. Therefore, the term ‘Civil Code’ is read in conjunction with the adjective ‘Uniform’ it connotes a code which shall be uniformly applicable to all citizens irrespective of their religion, race, sex, caste and creed. Uniform Civil Code, therefore, generally refers to that part of law which deals with family affairs of an individual and denotes uniform law for all citizens, irrespective of his/her religion, caste or tribe. UNIFORM CIVIL CODE AND INDIAN CONSTITUTION Article 44 of the Constitution of India requires the state to secure for the citizens of India a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India. India is a unique blend and merger of codified personal laws of Hindus, Christians, Parsis and to some extent of laws of Muslims. However, there exists no uniform family related law in a single statutory book for all Indians which are universally acceptable to all religious communities who co-exist in India. The constitution, by virtue of Article 44, is very clear that unless a uniform civil code is followed, integration cannot be...
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