Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: North American Free Trade Agreement
28 Mar 2018
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The national policy (1879) contributed to the core of canada being located where it is today (12 years after we became a country) This policy created a canada-wide market for canadian goods; how: through the implementation of tariffs (tax) and restricted trade on outside goods this is so we can grow our own manufacturing industry. It prevented canadians from purchasing cheaper goods from the us. It favoured further economic and manufacturing growth in ontario and quebec (centralized) since this is where transportation costs were minimized. It has a negative impact in the west because they had to purchase expensive goods from. Ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s (cid:272)ore (cid:271)ut they (cid:449)ere selli(cid:374)g staple goods to the us at low prices. The agreement was signed in 1988 the tariffs got removed and it opened up the market for both countries. It helped the peripheries by providing cheaper products to purchase and also providing a larger market for staple products.
