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This discussion paper has highlighted issues for law and law-making raised by the uneven process of legal globalization. In so doing, it points to issues that will only become more pressing with time, as global links increase and deepen. “Redefining national boundaries and the violent upheavals that sometimes accompany it, the opening of markets, the speed and convergence of our systems of communication, mean that the map of the world is changing day by day, before our eyes, and that some countries may be wondering about where they fit in. The stakes are high: they include taking part in increasing globalization while at the same time protecting features that enrich humanity with our own perceptions of the world.” Canada, “Installation Speech – The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada on the occasion of her Installation” (Ottawa, 27 September 2005). The changing world – and the accelerated global engagement it requires – also has implications for the way our system of democratic law-making functions, and for law and justice in Canada. It is time for Canadians to voice their views on these issues. We invite all Canadians to respond to the matters and questions raised in this document. Please write, fax, e-mail or phone the Law Commission at: By Mail: Law Commission of Canada Suite 1124, 222 Queen Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0H8 By Telephone: (613) 946-8980 By Fax: (613) 946-8988 By E-mail: info@lcc.gc.ca

“We are the students for teaching peace. A group of over 30 students from Nova Scotia and across Canada travelling to Serbia to attend a peace conference”…“There’s a lot of ignorance about this country and this part of the world, so one of the things that I’m really hoping to do when I go back home is to try and educate my friends, my peers and people in my school about this country and… to tell them the truth about it” …“We took our holiday and we did something and that makes me so happy. I never want to be a do-nothing person again.” Students for Teaching Peace, Eastern Shore District High School, Musquodoboit Harbour, NS