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  • Macleans

    UN Head Denied 2nd Term

    It does not help Boutros Boutros-Ghali that he has a name some Americans seem to find hysterical. All David Letterman has to do for an easy laugh is work the secretary general of the UNITED NATIONS, yet again, into one of his Top 10 lists.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 2, 1996

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  • Macleans

    Uncertainty Follows Referendum

    At first in the House of Commons last week, it seemed that all the major players in the Quebec referendum had decided to go back to the future and behave as though one of the most divisive campaigns in Canada's history never happened.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on November 13, 1995

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  • Macleans

    Undergraduates: Their Future

    Behind the desk of Emöke Szathmáry hangs a century-old photograph of a native Canadian woman, her eyes fixed firmly on the camera, an infant held tightly in her arms. "To me, she symbolizes strength," says the new president of the UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on November 25, 1996

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    Underground Economy in Canada

    The underground economy is defined by the Canada Revenue Agency as “economic transactions in goods or services which are unreported, resulting in failure to comply with tax laws administered by the Canada Revenue Agency.” (See also Taxation in Canada.) Statistics Canada reported that the annual 2021 estimate for the underground economy was $68.5 billion. This accounted for 2.7 per cent of Canada’s total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2021. (See also Economy.)

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    Underground Railroad

    The Underground Railroad was a secret network of abolitionists (people who wanted to abolish slavery). They helped African Americans escape from enslavement in the American South to free Northern states or to Canada. The Underground Railroad was the largest anti-slavery freedom movement in North America. It brought between 30,000 and 40,000 fugitives to British North America (now Canada).This is the full-length entry about the Underground Railroad. For a plain language summary, please see The Underground Railroad (Plain-Language Summary).

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    Underwater Diving

    The first workable diving suit was developed by Augustus Siebe of England about 1839. This waterproof suit had a detachable helmet connected to the surface by a hose through which air was pumped.

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    Unemployment in Canada

    Unemployment is the unused supply of labour in the labour force. The unemployment rate measures unemployment and is expressed as a percentage of the total labour force, which is the total number of people who are 15 years of age and over who are either employed or unemployed. The unemployment rate is calculated by dividing the number of unemployed people by the number of people in the labour force. The unemployment rate is considered an economic indicator, an economic statistic that is used to interpret or understand the health of an economy. There are several types of unemployment and their causes are often debated by economists. The unemployed are not a fixed collection of individuals but an ever-changing group, most of whom might be unemployed only briefly.

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    Unemployment Relief Camps

    During the Great Depression, the federal government sanctioned the creation of a system of unemployment relief camps, where in exchange for room-and-board, single men did physically demanding labour. The government was criticized for establishing the camps rather than addressing the need for reasonable work and wages.

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  • Macleans

    Unfamiliar territory

    Author J.B. MacKinnon’s latest explores our ever-shrinking, increasingly unnatural worldThis article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 3, 2014

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  • Article

    Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces

    On 1 February 1968, the Canadian Forces Reorganization Act (Bill C-243) came into effect, and the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force ceased to exist as separate entities. The three previously separate armed services were combined into a unified Canadian Armed Forces. Liberal Minister of Defence Paul Hellyer drove the change. Its merits were widely debated before and after the Act came into effect. By 2014, many of the changes introduced by unification had been reversed. 

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    Uniform Law Conference of Canada

    Uniform Law Conference of Canada was created with the object of promoting uniformity of legislation throughout Canada in areas of the law where that is desirable. It does this through the development of model legislation that it recommends for adoption by the provinces and territories.

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    Union Centrals, District and Regional

    Union Centrals, District and Regional, organizations which unite trade unions from different industries and occupations in the same city, province or region; usually formed in periods of intensifying industrial conflict, notably 1870-90, 1910-20 and 1935-50.

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    National Union Centrals

    The common interests of workers belonging to different unions have found expression over time in a succession of union centrals. The main functions of these central labour bodies have been to co-ordinate the activities of member unions.

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    Union Centrals, Quebec

    Quebec has 4 central labour unions: the Confederation of National Trade Unions, the Quebec Federation of Labour, the Quebec Labour Congress and the Congress of Democratic Trade Unions. The Quebec Federation of Labour is the largest trade union association in Quebec.

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    Union Government

    Union Government In early 1917, during WORLD WAR I, recruitment for the CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE fell to a very low level. PM Sir Robert BORDEN, opposed to any reduction in Canada's commitment to the war effort, announced on 18 May 1917 that the government would introduce CONSCRIPTION to Canada.

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