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PAGE 3 A Briefing of Canada Canada is located in the north of North America.It occupying forty one percent of the continent.Canada is the worlds second largest country(9,984,670 k㎡) . It extends from the HYPERLINK /wiki/Atlantic_OceanAtlantic Ocean in the east to the HYPERLINK /wiki/Pacific_OceanPacific Ocean in the west and northward into the HYPERLINK /wiki/Arctic_OceanArctic Ocean.Canada has a small population ,which is only thirty-three million one hundred and forty-three hundred (2008),and more over 70% people live in near the southern of the United States. The population growth rate is moderate,although the positive growth rate is chiefly due to immigration. Canada has a liberal immigration policy that goes to great lengths to accept refugees and asylum seekers from around the world.Canada is the multicultural society which results from the diversity of its people.English and French are the two important languages spoken in Canada with diversity of people.Such as the United States of America which has turned into an ethic melting pot,for Canada not only contains a variety of cultures but promotes and preserves them.Many laws are set up to protect the various cultures from becoming extinct.Canada has taken action to stop racism.The Canadian government was the first to manage a campaign commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.Canada helps the rest of the world unite and experience a variety of different ethnic backgrounds trying to eliminate racism. The living standard in Canada is very high.The welfare state has developed a wide range of health and social services intended to promote health and well-being.The ownership at home in Canada is in its most unaffordable state since the housing recession in 1990. The constitutional arrangement for education in Canada is a provincial responsibility because there is no Department of Education at the federal level and no integrated national sys