POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Rachel Carson, Hectare, Sustainability
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* land policy of canada: agriculture: farming, growing crops. * canada has a large land base for its population, second largest country in the world by landmass. * federal land in territories, indigenous reservations, military, federally owned ports, airports ( is in three territories and is administered mainly through aboriginal affairs and northern development canada. ) Only 4% of land in provinces is federally owned which consists mostly of national parks, first nation reserves, and military bases. It is through leasing rights to the natural resources of crown lands that the provincial and federal governments profit. Crown lands can be leased for logging and mineral or oil extraction. * provinces have a significant responsibility for developing land use policies federalism matters: * sometimes there is joint responsibility, where the governments at these two levels must work together to develop and deliver agriculture policy. * need to grow food for people to survive.
