POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: National Energy Program, Canadian Magazine, Canadian Content
23 Jan 2017
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Canada is linked to the rest of the world by all sorts of political, economic, defensive, technological, cultural, demographic, and individual ties: global environment of the canadian political system. Make decisions every day that have effects on canada: deliberate and unintentional. Influence other countries" policies: expand external trade, promote joint objectives with other states. Organizations canada belongs to: united nations (un) Must pay share of budget and answer call for peacekeeping. Have criticized canadian quebec language legislation, labour laws, treatment of aboriginals and women, poverty: world trade organization (wto) An international organization that has the power to disallow national policies and practices that it deems discriminatory against companies from other states. Huge impediment to the pursuit of canadian government policies in a wide range of sensitive fields (page 209 for examples: north atlantic treaty association (nato, north american aerospace defence command (norad) Puts pressure on member countries with respect to national deficits. 1991 against raises for public servants.
