Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chinook Wind, North American Free Trade Agreement, Pleistocene
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It recognizes that collective experiences have led to shared aspirations, concerns, goals, and values. The 6 regions of canada: territorial north, british columbia, western canada (prairie provinces, ontario, quebec, atlantic canada. Ontario + quebec = 62% of canada"s population implications for voting. Compare ontario population vs all the territories Gdp = economy (40% of canada"s economy lies in. Just after canada became a country, 1/3 lived in quebec - today, only 1/4 do. Every consensus, it decreases (concern because less people speaking french) It is based on a theory that capitalist economics result in regionally uneven development economic relationship with its periphery (resource hinterland) In canada, the core is southern ontario and southern quebec. In general, as one moves from a core toward a periphery : population decreases, median income decreases, unemployment increases (ex. Nova scotia: note: not always the case ontario > alberta in regards to increase in income. Urban and densely populated, home to corporate headquarters.