unit 2 trudeau vs mulroney Flashcards
trudeau’s thoughts on autonomy
decrease US dependence
“like sleeping with an elephant”
identity = middle power
mulroney’s thoughts on autonomy
increase US dependence
best friends with the president
trudeau on the cold war
canada as a middle power
- bridging gaps between rich-poor, communist-captialist
- trade links with the communist (russia)
developed:
cida,tied aid, colombo plan, trade and aid
trudeau on the cold war
CIDA 1968
canadian international development agency
-boost foreign aid to less developed countries
trudeau on the cold war
tied aid
when booting foreign aid to less industrialized countries, the countries receiving aid would have to agree to buy products manufactured in canada
trudeau on the cold war
colombo plan
1950
provide money and aid to the less developed countries in the organization
bridge gaps (rich/poor and east/west)
inviting international students
sending experts to give technical assistance
most colombo plan aid of canada went to india
pakistan
francophonie countries
trudeau on the cold war
traid and aid
rich nations assist poor so that they can develop their economies and trade with the assisting country
with a better economy they will improve their own living conditions
trudeau’s gap filling plans
1970
placed canada in the middle of the capitalist/communist divide
via recognizing the communist government of china
1st NATO leader to visit cuba’s fidel castro since the cuban missile crisis
trudeau on the arms race
decreased the participation in the nuclear arms race
(to ease cold war tensions)
removal of nuclear missiles in canadian NATO forces in europe
bomarc missile sits were dismantles
cut national defence budget
redduce canada’s NATO presence in europe to 50%
turdeau
FIRA
1973
foreign investment review agency
to block foreign investment that is not in canada’s interest
protect canadain industries from being dominated by foreign influences
strategic arms limitation talks
salt 1
1979
tensions between the US and the soviet union eased slightly due to trudeau
- both countries agreed to reduce their number of nuclear weapons
- both signed ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE TREATY (abmt)
not listening to salt 1
1979
soviet uniton invaded afghanistan and sent medium range missiles to eastern europe
NATO responded by deploying advance missiles in europe
this boycotting the 1980 olympic games in moscow
Muroney and US relations
FTA
1989
free trade agreement
goods produces in canada or the US can cross boarders tariff-free
Muroney and US relations
NAFTS
north american free trade agreement
FTA extended to include mexico
Muroney and US relations
investment canada
no more FIRA
replaced with investment canada
-encourage suitable foreign investment
Muroney
NATO
Gulf War
1990
operation desert storm
iraq invaded kuwait
canada was part of the 27 countries at the time that was a part of the UN
sent out:
-a squadrom of fighter bombers
-units of the canadian army
-ships from the canadian navy to patrol the persian gulf
(prevent supplies from reaching the iraqi troops
Muroney
Somalia
operaation restore hope
civil war in somalia left the country in starvations
UN launches a mission to send aid
-fees and acre for the starving civilians
crisis in canada’s armed forces:
-canadians shot at somali intruders at a canadian compound
-canadians arrested a somali teen who was tortured and beaten to death
(one canadian took trophy pictures of the torture = seen as a racist crime)
tarnish on our rep
Muroney
Rawanda
1994
civil war
hutus vs tutsis
worst genocides in history
1993 UN peace keepers sent under major general romeo dallaire
job:
make not an only hutu-lead government
give govt positions to the tutsis
death of 10 belgain peacekeepers cut dallaire’s forces from 3000 to 500
failure of the international community to protect it’s people
Muroney
former Yugoslavia
1991
ethnic wars between
serbs
croats
kosovars
canadian peacekeepers were first to arrive in BOSNIA_HERZORIA
no peacekeeping helped
war continued
Muroney
former Yugoslavia
1995
croats managed to clense the serbs
genocide
Muroney
former Yugoslavia
1999
UN failed to control the situation
NATO threatened to end the fighting by air strikes
- canadians involved
- UN security council did not authorize NATO’s military actions
- NATO bombed Yugoslav military and communication targets anyways
-serbian president agreed to cease fire after hearing NATO’s launches
