GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Toronto Pearson International Airport, Northern Ontario, Greater Toronto Area
25 Aug 2016
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The toronto region sees 2 different but interrelated movements: goods, people. The region is strategically situated at the crossroads of rail and roads network that connect it to: northern ontario, quebec, atlantic canada, western canada, u. s and mexico. They reach that place from somewhere else, some goods come from other parts of ontario, or u. s or even from china. In toronto region, this movement is significant because of the specific location of where toronto is located. It is the centre of canada, it allows us to have a lot of connections. For example, with northern ontario, we continuously ship goods there. Provincial gov"t is working on the centennial trade corridor connecting provinces. Ontario is well connected to both the east and western places of canada. Canada, u. s and mexico are tied by nafta, allows free trade among the countries. Most of our exports today go to the u. s.
