Committee Brief Now that you’ve reflected on your worldview and its effect on how you navigate the world, you are ready to start researching. As a committee member, you will investigate the social, po
Niovy Ramirez
04/21/21
Committee Brief
The Country I chose to research is Canada. Canada is a country in North America. The country Is bordered by Alaska in west, and by 12 US states of the continental United States in South. Canada varied from mountains, plains, rivers and lakes. The North part of Canada is extremely cold with summer tasting less than two months. A big population of Canadians live near the southern border where the weather is warmer. The climate of Canada is varied, and there will be big differences in weather on any given day from one part of the country to another. Canada face different type of environmental issues include water pollution, climate change, mining and logging. As with all countries air pollution is a problem in metropolitan areas. The air pollutants are from cars and wood burning. The common measured air pollutants are carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide. Canada has experienced a faster rate of warming than other regions of the world, especially in its far north and western areas. The effects of warming are most observable in winter and spring. This warming leads to permafrost and ice melt, making sea levels rise and bringing extreme weather conditions, changes in precipitation and uncommon heat extremes.
The government of Canada have right now is Monarchy, Formally, Canada is a constitutional monarchy. The titular head is the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom (locally called the king or queen of Canada), who is represented locally by a governor-general (now always Canadian and appointed by the Canadian prime minister). In both senses, the current construct was established at Confederation through the Constitution Act, 1867—as a federal constitutional monarchy, wherein the Canadian Crown acts as the core, or "the most basic building block. Canada is a described as a full democracy. The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has personnel deployed across Canada and around the world, with approximately 2000 personnel deployed on more than 20 different operations. As of 2020, the Canadian Army has 23,000 regular soldiers, 19,000 reserve soldiers (including 5,300 members of the Canadian Rangers), for a total of 42,000 soldiers. The Army is also supported by 3,000 civilian employees from the civil service. Major problems in Canada are Depression substance abuse disorder, and bipolar disorder.
In Canada the average of life expectancy was 80 years for males and 84 for females in 2020. The birth rate for Canada changes every year. 2021 is 10.224 births per 1000 people, a 0.74% decline from 2020.The birth rate for Canada in 2020 was 10.300 births per 1000 people, a 0.73% decline from 2019.The birth rate for Canada in 2019 was 10.376 births per 1000 people, a 0.73% decline from 2018. Canada maternal mortality rate for 2017 was 10.00, a 0% increase from 2016.Canada maternal mortality rate for 2016 was 10.00, a 9.09% decline from 2015.Canada maternal mortality rate for 2015 was 11.00, a 0% increase from 2014. In 2019, the infant mortality rate in Canada was at about 4.2 deaths per 1,000 live births. The more common disease in Canada are arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, mental illness and stroke. The primary factors of chronic disease are tobacco use, alcohol, high blood pressure and obesity. Chronic conditions can drastically affect a person’s life, relationships, mental health, and ability to work and provide an income. By their very definition, chronic diseases aren’t something you can easily recover from, and in cases of recovery, there are usually long-lasting effects. In Canada at the end of 2018, an estimated 62, 050 people were living with HIV (plausible range 54,600 – 70,500). Among those living with HIV, an estimated 87% (plausible range 81-93%) were diagnosed.
Education is one of the highest priorities for the Canadian government. The education in Canada Is generally divide into primary education followed by secondary education. The percentage of the population literacy rate is around 99%. People attend to school from the age of 5 to 18. Children in Canada are legally required to attend to school from 9 am to 3 pm. Monday to Friday from September to June. Elementary school in Canada is free for all student in the Canadian public school system, Post- secondary and colleges are not free
Canada official language are French and English. English is the most commonly spoke language at home in Canada the second is French. A multitude of languages are used by Canadians, with English and French (the official languages) being the mother tongues of approximately 56% and 21% of Canadians, respectively. As of the 2016 Census, just over 7.3 million Canadians listed a non-official language as their mother tongue. Some of the most common non-official first languages include Chinese (1,227,680 first-language speakers), Punjabi (501,680), Spanish (458,850), Tagalog (431,385), Arabic (419,895), German (384,040), and Italian (375,645). Less than one percent of Canadians (just over 250,000 individuals) can speak an indigenous language. About half this number (129,865) reported using an indigenous language on a daily basis. Additionally, Canadians speak several sign languages; the number of speakers is unknown of the most spoken ones, American Sign Language (ASL) and Quebec Sign Language (LSQ), as it is of Maritime Sign Language and Talk There are only 47 speakers of the Inuit sign language Inuktitut. Other language is mandarin, Cantonese and Punjabi. Canada have a mixed of ethnic stating with a 32.3% of Canadians considered their ethnic origin to be Canadian. Other major groups recorded were English 18.3%, Scottish 13.9% and fresh 13.6%. A 55% of Canadian adults say that they are Christian, 29% catholic and 18% who are protestant. The common Races in Canada is French with a total of 13.6%. The 2011 Canadian census reported that 67.3% of Canadians identify as being Christians; of this number, Catholics make up the largest group, accounting for 38.7 percent of the population. The largest Protestant denomination is the United Church of Canada (accounting for 6.1% of Canadians); followed by Anglicans (5.0%), and Baptists (1.9%).About 23.9% of Canadians declare no religious affiliation, including agnostics, atheists, humanists, and other groups The remaining are affiliated with non-Christian religions, the largest of which is Islam (3.2%), followed by Hinduism (1.5%), Sikhism (1.4%), Buddhism (1.1%), and Judaism (1.0%).
The economy system in Canada is a highly developed mixed economy. It is the 9th largest GDP by nominal and 15th largest GDP by PPP in the world. Canada most important natural resource is water. Canada currency is Canadian dollar. The Canadian dollar is popular with central banks because of Canada's relative economic soundness, the Canadian government's strong sovereign position, and the stability of the country's legal and political systems.
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