The Economy and Environment of Canada
1. The expression "official area of Canada" refers to the actual landmass
of the country, thereby including all inland bodies of water, whereas
"Greater Canada" includes external peninsular and coastal bodies of water
(e.g. Hudson and James Bay).
2. As Hamelin stated, Canada has been both blessed and cursed by isolation
and accessibility. Settlement was not possible in Canada until a relatively
recent historical period. The Canadian coastline, at any point, is too
great a distance to allow for regular trade via sea, thus creating an
economic dependancy on the United States, Canada's oldest and original
trading partner. This, however, has given Canada a relative amount of
safety, being too inaccessible in historic battles. Given Canada's great
expanse, it was forced to create an extensive communication/transportation
network, the first wind from the bellows of Canadian industry. Because of
Canada's size there are a variety of industries available for cultivation,
however because of this diversity no one particular industry is focused
upon and none are truly achieving their economic potential.
3. The average Canadian's view of Canada is one of a giant land mass
extending from west to east, capped by hundreds of archipelagoes. The
extent northward is often taken for granted given the practically
nonexistant population (there are no large centres in the north) and the
severed land.
4. There are few people living in the area north of 60 degrees for a few
very obvious reasons. The sheer isolation is enough to drive any person
from the area. There are no major commercial centres, and trade
international trade is near impossible. The distance from Canada's single
largest trading partner (The U.S.) is practically imeasurable. Even if that
were not the case, sources of income are hard to come by given
encironmental conditions. Mining and other resource based industries must
deal with insurmountible cost and risk.
5. The most obvious agreements between the US and Canada are the FTA and
the impending NAFTA. These economic agreements superficially remove trade
barriers by eliminating tariffs and allowing the free exchange of goods,
however the deal is much deeper than most realize. In the original FTA
there are practically no environmental safeguards; we have all but sold our
life blood (natural resources, most notably water) to the USA. It appears
on the surface to be an act of sheer economic desperation designed to hold
firm the trust and support of America with little thought for future
stability. The NAFTA will see a surge of industry head south in search of
cheap labour and lower taxes; the effect on the Canadian
The Great Depression was a devastating event that brought misfortune to many people as a result of the stock market crash on Black Tuesday. This paper will seek to explore the impact and effects on the agriculture industry throughout the province of Prince Edward Island, herein referred to as P.E.I. Furthermore; it will analyze critical events and ask questions as to how people during this era reacted to the change in economic uncertainty.
Last year, Canada received 443 billion dollars in revenue from exporting goods throughout the world. Almost 54% of that was covered by Canada’s three major exports (Stat Can.) - mineral products, transportation items, and electrical equipment and machinery. While preparing theses resources for export may be difficult, it is worth it. This essay will review the large role exports play in Canadian economy by being a immense source of income, allowing Canada to maintain robust trade routes and relations throughout the world, and providing Canadians with many jobs.
To give some suggestion of a background to this piece, The Bluest Eye is told from the perspectives of two reflective women, Claudia and Frieda MacTeer, as they reminisce about their childhood, and the images of their friend, Pecola Breedlove as they all grew up through the years at hand in this book. Is this a coming of age story? Quite literally, but it is a dissonant one, apart from so many others-- and serves to further the message as stated above. If only to compliment it, then, puberty and growing into sexual prowess are developed by the same things that make up one’s moral sophistication– parents, one’s school environment, and their social environment. Pecola’s parents, her home life; none of it is the least bit welcoming, the least bit inviting. She cannot express herself as she grows into her body because she will be beaten for it. Her mother thinks her a liar, and her father is too plagued by his own mental images to care much for anyone apart from himself. He takes out his stresses on Pecola, as the reader will see in the last leg of the book; Spring respectively. This environment that Pecola grows up in is indefinitely “not the right way.” She is denied too much of herself, and this is why she goes insane, partially.
Canada; known for peacekeeping, multiculturalism and having one the largest ecological footprints in the world. What is an ecological footprint? The ecological footprint is a measurement of the amount of greenhouse gases produced by the activities in a person's daily life. One main source of greenhouse gas is burning fossil fuels. That includes the gas in a person's car and the coal burned at the power plant. Scientists have concluded that humans are producing more greenhouse gases than ever before. These gases trap heat in our atmosphere, causing our planet to warm up and changing our climate. The ecological footprint, therefore, measures the amount of potential impact a person's daily life has on the environment. By reducing the amount of greenhouse gases produced by people's lifestyle, they can reduce the footprint and help slow climate change on Earth. Canadian's are starting to get accustomed to using a surplus amount of energy when it is never needed and throwing garbage on the ground because the trash can is too far away for them reach. Canadian's are also using up the little natural resources left on this planet for sustainability. Crops, oil, trees are being used so much, that there might not be enough for the future generations. Canada must realize that this is a situation that must be taken seriously and that must be executed properly by meeting the social, environmental and economical standpoints. To reduce the ecological footprint and to regain sustainability, there are many things Canadian's can do to change the current situation. Ecological footprints can be reduced by using alternative energy sources, reducing energy consumption and by using cleaner transport to reach destinations.
Stephen Harper, the leader of the Canadian conservative party, promised that if re-elected he will protect the national security of Canada by criminalizing trips to certain regions. The main goal of his promise is to prohibit travelling to regions where Islamic groups enroll and train people. According to Harper, the threat is real and only with this legislation, Canadian security could be ensured. Harper also promised that some exceptions would be made for people that prove that they are travelling to “terrorist hotspot” for legitimate purposes i.e. journalists or aid workers. The leaders of the other parties had different reactions to the promise made by Harper. For instance, Justin Trudeau is convinced that Harper talks about security in order to distract people from the conservative’s failure in the Canadian democracy. While Tom Mulcair thinks that Stephen Harper decided to announce his legislation at the same time as Mike Duffy’s trial in order to turn aside the scandal in which conservatives are involved.
Canada and The United States do have a lot in common for sure, except their type of economy is quite different. Canada has a mixed economy where the government and the civilians both have a say in things that happen around the country. While The United States have a Market economy where the government has little involvement in the country while civilians have most say in important decisions. But in the end a mixed economy does have less disadvantages and more advantages to the system.
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A social issue Toni Morrison emphasizes in the bluest eye that majority of people believe whiteness as the symbol of beauty and disdain those who are different. Sometimes people do discrimination without realizing that and hurt others’ feelings. Morrison shows this by telling how light skin people feel that they are superior to those of darker skins even in the same race. First, Morrison uses the symbol of white doll, white God, and white movie actresses to reveal that whiteness is the symbol of beauty. Second, Morrison shows people’s crucial and unrespectable behavior towards those who have darker skin. Finally, Morrison shows that people feel proud if they have light skin as opposed to others in their race and how much important they feel
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Livestock in this region include cattle, pigs, poultry, etc. There are also vegetables such as wheat, barley, oats, flax, canola, mustard, potatoes, corn, and sugar beets. In the Interior Plains, during winter it is cold and lasts long. In summer, it is hot and lasts short. Winters in the Interior Plains can go as cold as -30°C and summers can be as hot as 30°C. The reason why it can get very cold in winters is that this region is near a cold ocean current. Interior Plains get the least precipitation in comparison to the other regions of Canada. This is because the westerly winds travel in the direction of west to east and the majority of the Interior Plains region is on the leeward side of the mountain. When moist air is forced to rise, it causes precipitation on the windward side. However, after the precipitation on the windward side occurs, there is only a little moisture in the air on the leeward side. This causes low precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain, where most of the Interior Plains are, especially south-western areas. Approximately, the amount of precipitation in this region is between 300mm and 500mm. South-west Interior Plains is the driest area of the region. On average, there
With a coastline of over 202 000 km and over a fourth of the world’s freshwater resources, it is no wonder why Canada’s fishing industry is a huge part of its economy.1 Canada exports more than 75% of its fish to over 130 countries worldwide. Many of the 7 million people who reside on the coast depend on the ocean’s resources. In total, Canada’s entire fishing industry is worth around 5$ billion dollars a year, being one of the world’s most valuable. However, the coasts have not been treated by respect; overfishing, over consumption, and wasteful practices has deteriorated, not only the industry, but the ecosystems and fish populations. This is a huge global issue; the worldwide collapse of fisheries has been project for 2048. Slowly, as the trends continue, we will inevitably see many fish species start to disappear. In fact, the ill-treatment of species on the Canadian border has already devastated a large specie, the cod.
Canadian Natural Resources is an oil and gas exploration, development and production company with its corporate head office in Calgary, Alberta. CNR is Canada’s largest oil and gas company and one of the world’s largest independent oil and gas producer. CNR was founded in Calgary, Alberta in 1989 but there is no specific man or women who have found the company. The company started off with drilling shallow gas basin, which is a big contributor of their success. Slowly they shifted into bitumen and crude oil. CNR headquarters are located in Calgary, Alberta and all the other offices are located in Alberta except for one, Fort St.John which is located in British Columbia. Their factories and offices are located in Alberta because Alberta is the
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Throughout The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison includes a number of background stories for minor characters along with the main plotline in order to add dimension to the novel and further convey the intense racial prejudice felt by almost all African Americans. Her main story tells of the outrageous landslide of wounding events that Pecola Breedlove experiences, a young black girl constantly patronized by her peers, and the things that eventually make her go crazy. The struggle for a deep black skinned person can be significantly different from what a lighter skinned black person feels, and Toni Morrison adds secondary story lines to stress that difference, and the extremes that racism can force people into. The back-story of Geraldine expresses the desire to be white supported by social circumstances, the comparison of how much easier whiter life could be on Pecola and her family, but also the poor results that can come from shying away from one’s own nature and history.
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