Historically, Canadian aboriginals are the earliest inhabitants in Canada, the owner of this land. The Canadian government gives much respect to the Canadian first nations. Only the first nation people are allowed to live in the residential areas of aboriginals. The government does not have the right to perform business activities, open up mines, establish factories or collect taxes in these reserved land. But some first nations do not always cooperate with the government. For instance, the government of the B.C. province decided to establish a large-sized hydro-electric power project to develop the petroleum, natural gas and mining industries in the area. The project would go through many protection areas of the first nations, therefore the aboriginals obstructed the project with reasons like impairing their rights to fish and hunt as well as the ceremonial purposes of the area. They refused to cooperate with the government. They also sent a chieftain delegation to negotiate with the government, impeding the economic development of the B.C. province.

As a result, the cooperation of first nations play a really important role in the development and progress of a company. Regarding the first nations, it allows them to earn an interest by providing the reserved land. If the aboriginals establish a friendly cooperation relationship with companies and firms, it will be a very wise decision, favor the development of companies and benefit both sides.

Reference: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/First+Nation+chiefs+stage+Site+showdown/10215965/story.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/background-the-indian-act-1.1056988

Recently, this ‘umbrella revolution’  has become a hot topic among people. As is read in Cherry Zhu’s blog, Instagram joined the list of social networking services blocked in mainland China as lots of users shared images of Hong Kong protest.  In addition, WeChat, a messaging app, was down in Hong Kong, and the search results of ‘Occupy Central’ and ‘Hong Kong Protest’ was banned from Sina Weibo, China’s main microblogging platform.  Also, Chinese authorities had blocked a variety of Google services such as Google search and gmail in China in June.

I agree Cherry ’s opinion that running a media business in China is not really easy. Chinese censorship have restricted so much resources that people can access to the freedom of speech. Under the control of the Party, the reports of issues like protest and ethnic strife will be blocked for sure, because the Party and the government does not want to incite social unrest. Chinese government has also steer online conversations away from sensitive topics.

Chinese internet companies are regularly issued with lists of restricted keywords, and often censor blog posts and other content to avoid trouble with the authorities. For example, if Sina Weibo does not restrict the term like ‘Hong Kong Protest’ , the authorities will exert pressure on the sina leader and may affect the operation of the website system.

Link:  https://blogs.ubc.ca/cherryyijingzhu/2014/10/01/blockage-of-instagram-in-china/

A Dunkin’ Donuts employee Maria Fernandes never woke up after taking a quick nap in her car. She has been desperately struggled in three part-time jobs for a long time.Her death have highlighted people the difficulties of part-time workers. Most part-time workers have two or three jobs at one day and it is possible that they have to lie about their other jobs or hide the fact that they have children. Most of them live in a tough life and they desire a full-time job as well as benefits.

This calls on the government and society to establish the labor union to protect the welfare of part-time workers. The company management never takes the initiative to improve work conditions, welfare and salary. They are only concerned with profit maximization to get bonus at a time. The real problem is the conflict between worker’s salary and company’s interest.

People need work to make a living and support their families. Only a few employers are willing to pay enough wages for their employees to perform their duties. Most of workers, even in developed countries, not to mention the rest of the world, still need to depend on employers to earn a living. Besides, the company needs those workers holding these positions. If the labor union is founded, the part-time workers at least have a chance to fight for the decent salary and primary welfare. 

Reference:  http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/sep/30/maria-fernandes-dunkin-donuts-part-time-work-hours-schedule-crisis#start-of-comments

In the early September, Apple released its new line of iPhones to the world, both of which are larger and thinner than the previous ones. The entire world queues for iPhone6; even some people were camping outside the Apple Store.10 million phones were sold in the first weekend, breaking the previous record set last year by the iPhone 5S and 5C.

However, iPhone 6 Plus owners have turned to report that their smartphones were bending under the pressure of pants.

What is the one needed to be blamed? Skinner pants? Or the technology of the thinner devices?  While it’s definitely possible that the thinner, larger iPhone 6 Plus may be bent after being crumpled in your pocket for a long time, all we’ve seen so far are early reports from a few people.Also, Apple has responded to the reports of bent iPhone 6 Plus, indicating that it is “extremely rare”, and in fact, only nine people out of all customers have complained.

After the thing like bent iPhone 6, Apple’s priority should be improving the quality of its product and in this way, people are more willing to purchase Apple’s product without caring how it would be bent.

Link:    http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-plus-bending-issue-2014-9