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What do geographers believe?

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Despite claims to the contrary, it is not culture, religion, language, ethnicity, race that is dominant feature of civilization. It is place

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What do equalization payments and territorial transfer payment designed to do

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ensure consistent standard of living across canada
- future of these payments is heavily dependent on Ontario economy

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What is Ontarios strength and weakness

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  • most favourable conditions for economic growth, industrialization, agriculture, trade w/ US
  • weakness:
  • manufacturing economy has an uncertain future due to continued globalization
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What is QC strength + weakness

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strength: home to extensive hydroelectric resources + has access to St. Lawrence Seaway

Weakness: struggle to maintain its culture and language in English dominated continent

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Strngth + weakness of BC

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strenght: cultured centered around ecotopia and growing population w/ expanding links to Pacific Rim

weakness: lower demand has weakened forestry industry

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What is Ecotopia

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focus on green living w/ emphasis on quality of life and sustainability

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Strength + weakness of Prairie Provinces

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Strengh: abundance of natural resources and fertile soil

Weakness: sense of alienation from core developed partly due to actions of past fed govts

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Strength and weakness of Atlantic Provinces

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Strength: offshore petroleum deposits provided revenue; fishing industry likely improve in future

Weakness: isolated geographically, has stagnant population, lacks employment opportunites

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Strengths + weakness of Territorial North

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Strength: rich in natural resources and has growing pop from natural increase

Weakness: climate change dramatically impacting the region; social problems evident in Inuit settlements

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What is the Spatial Framework of Canada?

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Core regions: ON, QC
3 types of periphery regions:
1. Upward transitional (BC, Prairie Provinces)
2. Downward transitional (Atlantic Provinces)
3. Resource frontier (Territorial North)
- spatial frameworks are not rigid, they can always be adjusted

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what are Canada’s faultlines?

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Centralist/ Decentralist

Indigenous/ Non-Indigenous

English/ French

Newcomers/Old-Timers

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How has the entry of China into world trade organization impact on Canadian economy?

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  • manufacturing sector has slowly eroded; low-cost goods imported from China have become common
  • Resource industries have expanded to meet growing demand from Asia
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What is the future for Canada

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  • economy slowly shift toward quaternary sector
  • greater share of quaternary sector employment found in large cities
  • mid-sized cities grow larger make choices:
    1. automobile traffic or rapid transit
    2. suburban expansion or development of downtown cores
  • most oil and natural gas exports still flow to US, but increasing the amt flowing to Asia
  • BC and ON gain more seats in house of Common in future federal elections
  • Uncertainties relate to oil prices, manufacturing industry in ON and impacts of climate change on Territorial North
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what are the national goals for the future

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  • greener urban country; creative class encouraged + flourishes
  • indigenous Peoples become more represented in Canada’s parliament and moving toward self-govt in Nunavik and other areas
  • even more pluralistic society where tensions arise quickly subside
    -more open border with US for which trade relationships can grow + expand
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What is a creative class

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people who are attracted to cities that have a progressive and diverse culture

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Pluralistic society

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society that values multiculturalism