GEO 607 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Nb Power, North American Free Trade Agreement, United States House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform
Document Summary
Government activities that control flows and connections across the national border: e. g. policies on immigration, trade or climate change. Policies can result in markets becoming global or isolated. Canada, historically each policy was debated, now we have trade policies that cover large swathes of the economy. Population has continued to grow in the focused locations (big urban centres). Natural growth rates are not sufficient to keep up to demand. Immigration has become one of canada"s dominant urban policies: overloaded housing markets, excess local labour. Current travel connections have more and more limited impacts because canada"s major cities are so well connected. ex. train routes future: national electric grid or expanded alternative energy projects have the potential to support growth in canadian cities. Government activities, particularly public expenditures to impose a common way of life and uniform living standards. Distribution of health care services, pensions and labour regulations. Mechanisms include: direct funding of services, transfer payments among governments.
