Regional Diversity Flashcards
Regional identity
A sense of self that is closely linked to a region
Creation of Nunavut
Little interaction with colonists
Nunavut land claim agreement
Granted Inuit legal title to Nunavut
Gave them greater control of their lives
Have their own system of government
MPs elected in choose primer then chooses cabinet
All made by general consensus
Northwest passage
Northern water route between the Atlantic and pacific oceans
More access due to ice melting it is domestic
America believes it should be international
Attic sovereignty
Attic has many resources
Controlled by Russia us Canada Denmark Norway
Canadian rangers
Part time army reservists who sign up to provide military presence in the nirth
Gather local data
Report anything suspicious
Yo to 5000 rangers rn
Reasons for tensions in central
Economy well established due to history
Many seats in the parliament
Central recession
2998 by 2009 Ontario was a have not need a transfer payment extra payments from the governments
Ban gave provinces control of resources
Ontario qualifies for equalization federal uses tax revenue to distribute
Atlantic boom
Oil discovery in 2008
Reform party
The west wants in
Preston Manning was the first leader
Later resolved and became the Canadian alliance was united by Steven Harper
Alberta boom
Large oil industry
High wages low unemployment
Low tax low public service