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California Nurse-Patient Ratio, 2006.
A review of the history of the mandatory nurse-patient ratio legislation in Canada.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 6 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses how the nursing shortage and repercussions in nursing attrition and compromised patient care led to numerous attempts at forcing mandatory nurse-patient ratio legislation in California until finally, the bill was signed into law in 1999. This paper reviews the bill including the history and ramifications of the legislation and focuses on implications for the nursing profession and others.
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"In 1999, California became the first state in the union to impose mandatory nurse-patient ratios (Sabin, 2004; Wilson, 2004; Dumpel, 2005; Gedhill, 2005; "Hospitals struggle," 2005; Evans, 2006). The legislation requires that med-surg nurses would no longer be responsible for more than five or six patients each, during the phased in approach to the bill. According to research, the bill required that as of January 1, 2004, no more than six patients per nurse be assigned and that by January 1, 2005 the number be reduced to the assignment of no more than five patients per nurse (Sabin, 2004; Gedhill, 2005; "Hospitals struggle," 2005; Evans, 2006). Governor Gray Davis signed the California Staffing Ratio Law, AB 394 into law on October 10, 1999, although attempts to pass such legislation dated back to 1193 with the introduction of AB 1445 that was defeated (Dumpel, 2005). "
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Why Can't We Do It Now?, 2006.
A review of the question 'why not now' with respect to Canadian bureaucracy.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses how it is often true that simple quotes can capture in a line or two the essence of people things or phenomena. In the case of the Canadian bureaucracy the quote at the top of the last page neatly captures the frustration of one prominent liberal cabinet member with the glacial slowness of Ottawa's multitudes of mandarins. With this in mind the following paper explores the meaning of the quotation and provide the writer's own support or lack thereof for the use of the quote by Reg Whitaker.
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"Why we can't do X or Y now. Or, why does it take six months, why can't it be done now?" It is often true that simple quotes can capture in a line or two the essence of people, things or phenomena. In the case of the Canadian bureaucracy, the quote at the top of the last page neatly captures the frustration of one prominent liberal cabinet member with the "glacial" slowness of Ottawa's "multitudes of mandarins".
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Hurricanes in Florida Report, 2006.
A review of a report regarding the viability of offering hurricane insurance coverage by the Gouge Insurance Company of Canada.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, $ 71.95
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This report addresses some specific issues put forward by the Gouge Insurance Company of Canada, which is considering getting into the business of Hurricane insurance in Florida. The company has specific area of interests that cover the nature of Hurricanes, the history of hurricanes in Florida, hurricane damage and preventive measures. The paper concludes with recommendations.
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Politics and the Mass Media, 2006.
A discussion reviewing the roots of voter apathy, focusing primarily on mass media.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses how recent decades have seen an alarming decline in voter turn out and enthusiasm in Canada. The following paper explores this declension by looking at the contribution of the mass media to such an unhappy state of affairs. Particularly the paper looks at how the mass media, by which I mean newspapers and television, outlets focus upon superficial and trifling things while simultaneously perpetuating biases, most notably towards women that marginalize and ultimately alienate large groups of voters.
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How Will Climate Change Change Atlantic Canada?, 2006.
A discussion regarding Atlantic Canada and the unusual climatic changes.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses how more and more scientists are now accepting that the world is undergoing unusual climate change. This paper examines the most important and likely ways that Atlantic Canada will be affected by climate change. The paper shows how climate change has the potential to have a devastating effect on the forests, farms and economy of Atlantic Canada. Natural Resources Canada reports that the latest analysis provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides more scientific proof that climate change really is happening.
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Canadian Studies: Hockey, 2006.
A discussion regarding the role of women in ice hockey.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses how ice hockey was once identified as a quintessentially Canadian sport and at the same time a key figure in the domain of masculine sports. However over recent years hockey has garnered strength as an international sport and has expanded its membership to include that of women. The paper further dicusses how att the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, the Canadian women's hockey team won gold whilst their male counterparts failed to reach the medal round. What relevance does this result have for Canada involvement in international competition, and what does it mean for the role of women in traditional male dominated sports?
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A Look at Banking Regulations, 2006.
A discussion regarding Canadian banking regulations and why they are necessary.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper reviews the Canadian banking regulations. In particular, the paper explores what they are, when they started, why they exist and how they work. In the process of so doing, the paper shows that banking regulations in Canada serve a vital function even if they are generally misunderstood by the public.
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The Media and the Americanization of Canadian Culture, 2006.
A discussion regarding how Canadian culture is being Americanized.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 9 sources, $ 89.95
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The following assignment discusses the Americanization of Canada through the media. The paper argues that because American media products dominate in Canada, that Canadian culture is being Americanized. The argument looks at culture, symbolize, signs and the role of media.
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"There has been a great deal of debate on the effects of the media upon culture. Many researchers argue that the media is contributing to a process of cultural homogenization. For example, in "Ecumenical America" Orlando Patterson argues, The modern process of global cultural interaction has repeatedly been subjected to two criticisms. The first is that it threatens the diversity and particularism of the world's cultures, resulting in a deadening homogenization of the human cultural experience. The other is that this growing global uniformity results from the dominance of America's culture --that, in effect, global culture is nothing more than American cultural imperialism (Patterson 103)."
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Globalization and the Canadian Labour Market, 2006.
A review of the effect that globalization has had on the Canadian labour market.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 12 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses how the Canadian labour market is currently experiencing a perfect storm of circumstances that is creating an environment conducive to some of the best employment data in decades. The paper further discusses how analysts point out that the low unemployment figures, between 4 and 5 percent, have fuelled housing related spending as well as benefited from the high prices of natural commodities where those industries have greatly expanded operations over the last 5 years. Yet, in spite of such strong economic support for continued employment strength, analysts are also quick to note that continued inflationary pressures combined with global market related factors related to competitive labour practices are sure to affect an overall increase in unemployment figures over the next several years
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Benchmarking Office Depot in Canada, 2006.
A review of Office Depot in relation to big box retailing.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses how big box retailing has become more than a strategic operating format in the Canadian market. Recent studies verify what anecdotal evidence has been indicating for the last 10-15 years. That is, big box retailers are not only harming mall based retailing but are rapidly becoming the modus operandi for the majority of retailers regardless of specialty or segment.
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The Minimum Wage Debate in Canada, 2006.
A review of the controversy surrounding the issue of minimum wage.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 6 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses how an increase in the Canadian minimum wage to $10 an hour would be controversial as has been every increase in minimum wage since the first introduction of legislation in support of a minimum wage in Canada in 1918. This essay presents arguments both for and against raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour in Canada as a national standard. The paper shows how such an action will have some negative impact upon the Canadian economy in that it will increase labour costs and, as a result, may somewhat increase inflationary pressures.
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Critical Thinking about Minimum Wage, 2006.
A discussion regarding the controversial debate about Canada's minimum wage.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 5 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses how debate over increases to the minimum wage in Canada has been a commonplace since introduction of the Fair Wages Policy in the House of Commons in 1900. All provinces and territories in Canada have introduced minimum wage legislation and there is no national minimum wage standard across the country. Instead federal legislation generally reinforces provincial legislation in minimum wage. There exist wide differences in minimum wage legislation and levels between different provinces and even within the same province reflecting varying costs of living employment levels and even different legal traditions across the country.
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Economics: Exchange Rates, 2006.
A definition of exchange rate from the perspective of the Canadian dollar.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses how an exchange rate, in terms of the Canadian economy, is the value of the Canadian dollar as compared to the currencies of other countries (Bank of Canada website). The exchange rate has many functions, including the determination of the cost of imported goods and the money Canada receives for exported goods. The paper further discusses how in real terms, when the value of the Canadian dollar drops, imported goods become quite expensive. In effect, the volume of Canadian imports is reduced. However, when this occurs other countries pay less for Canadian products and export sales in the nation are increased (BOC).
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Study of the Canadian Automobile Industry, 2006.
A discussion regarding the nature of the Canadian automobile industry.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 124.95
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This study of the Canadian automobile industry reveals how this industry reflects, in many ways, the complex contradictions of economic development of Canada. While the automobile industry is one of Canada's major industries in terms of revenues and employees, it is not only geographically concentrated in Ontario (and, to a lesser extent, Quebec), but it is also almost entirely dependent upon and external market: the United States. The paper goes on to discuss how much like the Canadian economy as a whole, the Canadian automobile industry developed in a state of dynamic tension with the economic and political forces shaping the economic giant to the south. "
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Government Intervention and Oil Prices, 2006.
A review of the necessity of the Canadian government to lower oil and gas prices.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper presents a government intervention program for lowering Canadian prices in relation to oil and gas. The approach this paper takes is to lower federal taxes for a direct and immediate impact. Although there are follow-on effects that will have to account for the lost revenues, this approach will lower prices during the summer driving season, which is the goal of this intervention.
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Westjet and Corporate Espionage, 2006.
A discussion regarding the case of Westjet Airlines and it's unethical practices.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper reviews the incident of May 29, 2006 when Westjet Airlines ended a two year legal battle with its primary rival Air Canada by conceding that it had committed unethical business practices. The paper discusses how while Westjet's admission and apology together with its paying Air Canada's court costs of CAN $5.5 million and a donation of CAN $10 million to children's charities ended what in the view of the business community was an unprecedented bitterly public quarrel between the two companies, this dispute was widely regarded as a significant case in terms of Canadian business management ethics.
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A Comparative Analysis of Public Schools and Private Schools, 2006.
An analysis of public and private schools in Canada.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses how education is one of the most important goods in our society. A person's educational achievements to a large extent determine how their life will be, while the educational system a country fosters determines its economic outcomes to a large extent. The paper further discusses how that in Canada, most education is provided by the government and many people would argue that this is the way it should be, as it is only government that has the resources and expertise to take on this important role
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A Colonialism of the Mind, 2006.
A review of the experience of Canadians in Somalia as an example of the epistemological structures that shape our understanding of the world around us.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 5 sources, $ 97.95
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This essay interrogates the question of whether our academic study at York University of the politics of continental risks reproducing the processes of recolonization of the global South. The Canadian experience in Somalia is cited as an example of the critical necessity to look beyond our good intentions as Canadians, and to interrogate the epistemological structures that shape our understanding of the world around us.
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"The final decade of the 20th century opened as one of the most dramatic, and promising decades in recent human history. The Cold War was officially over; the "good guys" had won and the Soviet "evil empire" was on the verge of collapse. In South Africa the long-enduring abomination of apartheid was coming to an end, and Nelson Mandela was freed to near-universal acclaim. The United Nations had become important as never before in resolving conflicts around the world, and its peacekeeping forces - to which Canada was a leading contributor - had earned the respect of much of the world."
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Canadian Legislative Reform, 2006.
A review of the legislative reform that has occurred in Canada since the National Transportation Act of 1967.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses how the Canadian National Transportation Act of 1967 was seen by some as revolutionary. Certainly, it initiated a period of substantial legislative reform, and in the long term - substantial deregulation of the transport sector. This paper examines the legislative reform that has taken place in Canada since the passing of the National Transportation Act of 1967. The paper also pays attention to the Freedom to Move Plan, the 1987 National Transportation Act, the 1987 Motor Vehicle Transport Act, the 1993 National Transportation Act Review Commission, the 1994 paper entitled "New Directions for Transportation," the 1996 Canada Transportation Act, and the Review Panel of 2000.
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