GEOG 162 Lecture Notes - Universal Health Care, Canadian Cultural Protectionism, Canadian Alliance

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 162
• Professor: Michele Wiens

Document Summary

For bc, western canada, atlantic canada, and the territorial north, there"s a need to. For bc and other regions, there"s a need to. Negotiate land claim agreements with aboriginal peoples to settle past obligations and remove uncertainty over land ownership. Work at resolving and modifying issues/challenges in resource based industries. Achieve acceptable compromises with provinces, aboriginal peoples, and francophone majority in quebec. Maintain competitiveness in manufacturing and resource industries to rival other parts of. Be cautionary in north-south trade alignment and dependency on the us. Define its economic place within the north american and global markets (like ontario. Quebec is part of the industrial heartland of canada and an important industrial area of north america) Provinces are challenging the strong tendencies toward centralization by rallying for more power. The canadian debate is not just about language but also concerns the preservation of francophone culture in the context of a largely anglophone nation.