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Some Forms That Nation-Building Initiatives Take

Some Forms That Nation-Building Initiatives Take. Land: Securing or providing Infrastructure ( e.g., roads, canals, railroads, seaway, research capacity) Assembling The Component Parts Accommodations & Creation or Recognition of Rights

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Some Forms That Nation-Building Initiatives Take

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  1. Some Forms That Nation-Building Initiatives Take • Land: Securing or providing • Infrastructure (e.g., roads, canals, railroads, seaway, research capacity) • Assembling The Component Parts • Accommodations & Creation or Recognition of Rights • Reduction of Inequality or Injustice / Opening of Opportunity Structures • Conferring Symbolic Recognition or Worth • Building Social Solidarity (national identity)

  2. Some Key Nation-Building Statutes in Canada Constitution Act, 1791 BNA Act, 1867 and Additions of Provinces in 1870, 1871, 1905, 1949 Dominion Lands Act, 1872 Treaties with First Nations Natural Resources Transfer Act, 1930 Creation of CBC, 1931 Creation of the Welfare State Official Languages Act, 1969 National Energy Policy, 1980 and subsequent accords (W & Atlantic) Constitution Act (incl. equalization & Ab. Rts.) & Charter of Rights & Freedoms, 1982 Free Trade Agreement & NAFTA, 1989-94 Creation of Nunavut (1991) & Other Land Claim Settlements

  3. Other Nation-Building Initiatives • Macdonald’s National Policy, 1879 and Sifton’s Immigration Drive • Granting Vote to Women & Natives 1918,1960 • Tran-Canada Highway (1950s & 1960s) • Adoption of “The Ottawa Valley Line” • Adoption of the Multiculturalism Policy, 1971 (Importance of seeing self reflected in the symbolic output of the state) • Meech Lake & Charlottetown Accords, 1987, 1992 • Permitting turbans in RCMP • Creation of Millenium Scholarships and Canadian Foundation for Innovation, 2000 • Same-sex Marriage, 2003

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