 Canada 首都オタワ |
Canada 首都オタワ |
Canada
カナダ（英・仏: Canada）は、北アメリカ大陸北部に位置する連邦立憲君主制国家。イギリス連邦加盟国で、英連邦王国の
一つである。10の州と3の準州からなり、首都はオタワ。 国土面積はほぼ、1,000万平方キロメートルあり、ロシア連邦に
次いで世界で2番目に広い。 国土の南側はカナダ＝アメリカ合衆国国境が走り、北西部でもアメリカ合衆国アラスカ州と
国境を接する。西は太平洋、東は大西洋に面する。北辺は北極圏で、北東にデンマーク領グリーンランドがあるほか、
北極海と挟んでロシア連邦と向かい合っている。1867年3月、米国がロシア帝国からアラスカを買収した時期に、アメリカ
によるカナダ併合の危機が高まったため、英国議会はカナダを統一の目的で、1867年7月1日に英領北アメリカ法を制定し、
自治領カナダ政府を成立させた。
The signing of the Alaska Treaty of Cessation in 1867
［L］New and old National flag ［R］The land of Canada
"Flag Debate" と呼ばれる大議論の末、1965年に新しい国旗が制定された。左右の赤で太平洋と大西洋を表していて、白は
カナダに積もる雪をを表している。メイプルリーフは１８世紀以来伝統的にカナダのシンボルとされてきたものである。
Ottawa, Ontario
Ontario is a province located in the east-central Canada, the largest by population. The great majority
of population and arable land in Ontario is located in the South, which contrasts with its relatively small
land area in comparison to the North. The capital of Ontario is Toronto, the most populous city in Canada.
Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is located in Ontario as well. Population of Ontario isestimated 13,150,000
in 2009. Ontario is the leading manufacturing province accounting for 52% of the total national
manufacturing shipments in 2004. Ontario's largest trading partner is the American state of Michigan.
A whole land of Ontario covered by an autumn color of yellow and red leaves.
(L) Fairmont Hotel Ottawa and a Parliament Hill ( Photographed in October 1962.
(R)Peace Tower, Parliament Hill in 1962.
(L) Octagonal Library of Parliament( Photographed in October 1962.
(R) Parliament Hill in 1962.
Ottawa, the Capital of Canada. Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Home of the federal government.
Centennial Flame since 1967.
Fairmont Hotel Ottawa ( Fairmont Chateau Laurier ). The exterior and a pathway. A ballroom in the left of a passage.
No-smoking sign plate on the wall.
(L)A very valuable historic photography is displayed in the corridor of the Fairmont Hotel Ottawa.
No smoking sign plate on the wall.
(R) The Wellington Street in front of Parliament Building ( A view from the Fairmont Hotel Ottawa ).
The Fairmont Chateau Laurier has the 25 smoking rooms which locate on the first floor.
The hotel's total guest rooms are 427, and the percentage of the smoking room is 5.9%.
カナダの首都、オタワの宿泊した Fairmont Hotel Ottawa は1912年にオープンし、チャーチル、ルーズベルトなど、
多くの著名人の宿泊した。このホテルには427室があるが、そのうち25室が喫煙ルームで１階にある。
2023年現在はフェアモント シャトー ローリエ（Fairmont Chateau Laurier）となり、全館禁煙となった模様
The Smoke-Free Ontario Act (2006)
The BasicsCondominiums, Apartment Buildings and College and University Residences
- The Smoke-Free Ontario Act came into force on May 31, 2006.
- The act prohibits smoking in enclosed workplaces and enclosed public places
- in Ontario in order to protect workers and the public from the hazards of second-hand smoke.
Smoking is prohibited in common areas of condominiums, apartment buildings
Responsibilities of Proprietors
and college and university residences. Examples of common areas include
elevators, stairwells, hallways, parking garages, laundry facilities, lobbies,
exercise areas and party or entertainment rooms.Enforcement
- Ensure that everyone is aware that smoking is prohibited in common areas.
- Remove ashtrays and any object that serves as one.
- Ensure no one smoke in the common areas of these residences.
- Post 'No Smoking' signs at all entrances, exits, washrooms, and other appropriate locations.
Local public health units will carry out inspections and investigate complaints in
Penalties
apartments, condominiums and college and university campuses in order to enforce the act.There is no maximum corporate fine listed for contravention of this section of the act, meaning the fine amount
would be left up to a justice of the peace. An individual could be subject to a maximum fine of $5,000.
(L) No smoking sign plate at the entrance of McDonald's. The name of 'Ontario' on the left lower corner of the plate.
(R) Interior of the Macdonald's,located near Ottawa.
Quebec
A roadside harvest shop, selling pumpkins to prepare for Halloween.
This photo was taken in the roadside near Montreal.
Provincial Highway No.40 Heading for Montreal.
The road junction of Canadian Highway 10. The left line for Sherbrooke and Vermont, the right line for New York.
(L) A signboard to show that the penalty for smoking in a guest room is $200.
(R) Agreement for not smoking in a hotel room, which is requested for all hotel guests.
At a check-in time, a guest is asked from the hotel receptionist to sign the oath stating not to smoke and
to pay $200 if violate the rule. The photos show the $200 penalty notice and the written oath, at the
Hotel le President, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
An old French-style general store and a peaceful scene of Magog & Lake Memphremagog,
near the Quebec and Vermont border.
The boundary line district between the Vermont,United States and Quebec,Canada.
(L) American site custom office near Stanstead, Quebec. Highway 143 in front.
(R) Beebe Plain in the town of Derby, Vermont.
Smoking Ban in the states of Vermont and New Hampshire
オンタリオ州から再びケベック州に入り、モントリオールの東、約150キロにある都市、Sherbrooke のホテルに
宿泊したが、ここのフロントデスクには 喫煙行為に対し200ドルの罰金を科すとの表示があり、さらに罰金を
支払うとの念書にサインさせられた。オンタリオ州はニューヨーク州とも隣接しているが、今回はケベック州を
経由して米国に再入国した。
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Smoking Restriction at Hotels in the World: Actual Survey
The ratio of a non-smoking guest room to the total hotel rooms was calculated,
based on-the-spot investigation.
Photography: Quebec and Ontario 2007
States in USA and Province of Canada, including smoking restriction
USA and CANADA 2007
Arrival to Boston
USA and CANADA 2010
Canada 2011
首都オタワ
執筆 医学博士 宮本順伯
写真撮影 2007年10月 2007年10月執筆 2009年11月 英文加筆 2010年10月 索引加筆 2023年12月 情報加筆
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This information was provided by the Smokefree Hotel and Travel.
All photographs were taken in October 2007, unless otherwise described.
The article was written in October 2007, and finnaly revised in December 2023,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
Copyright (C) 2007 Junhaku Miyamoto, PhD. All right is reserved.
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