803 Week 5 Reading Reflection

Since the country’s conception in 1867, Canada has lived in the shadow of it’s southerly neighbour, the United States of America. Through the years, what started out as a country with very distinct culture has morphed and become Americanized. Historically speaking, American influence has had a great economical impact on Canada. Speaking about the Americanization of Canada, Pierre Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada, has said, “Americans should never underestimate the constant pressure on Canada which the mere presence of the United states has produced…” This pressure has changed the way Canadians live and conduct business. This pressure has Americanized the Canadian economy. American culture has a very far reaching effect on Canada with many trickle down effects. Americanization of the Canadian economy has lead to the American control of the Canada’s corporate structure, Canadian dependence on American capital, turned the Canadian economy into a mirror image of the American economy, and has led to loss of

Canada is currently sitting at a population of over 30 million people and is ranked 11th in the world in terms of exports (Canada: Economic Freedom, 2017). The economy in the country seems to be thriving very well with many skilled workers and plenty of jobs for most individuals in the civilian labor force. For the most part, Canada has always done pretty well in terms of having a successful economy. Starting in the early 50s Canada was thriving primarily off of the waterways unlike today the country thrives off selling petroleum, cars, and other things other countries need and want. Although this shift from a farm based economy too much more industrialization did not happen until after the Great War, it wasn't until the 1920s until Canada

Canada is a democratic country. Canadians elect the parliament and the Prime Minister. But because Canada is a market economy, jobs, prices and the economic situation depends on big businesses. The fact that American companies own such a huge part of Canadian industry that it puts them in control of business in Canada. In other words a straight economical dependence, where Canadian people are no longer in control of things in their own country. A good example is a situation when American corporation buys a Canadian company. They take Canadian workers only for low paid positions. Most of the managers, accountants, sales executives who really control big business operations in Canada are Americans. Most of the times the specialists who work in American owned companies in Canada are also brought from America on contracts. In this case Canada is too depended to act the way it wants without support from the U.S.

There is a real separation between the outstanding material resource created by the Canadian economy and the increasing monetary weakness of Canadians. we must always create conclusive move to build a certifiable economy that benefits all Canadians over the long-term.

What most surprised me this week was just how similar, by the 1980s, the Progressive-Conservatives and the Liberals when it came to government policy. It is also an interesting commentary on the historical narrative when comparing how Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney in contemporary historiography.

As Canada became progressively independent, as a country we went through certain events which defined us as who the majority of us are. These events, whether positive or negative have made a lasting impact on our country. Consider when the FLQ became an issue, leading into the October Crisis, the War Measures Act (temporarily) as well as the Canadian Charter Rights of Freedoms being put into place. An example of an overall, mostly positive impact was Terry Fox with the “Marathon of Hope” which he came close to completing before he unfortunately passed away.

The article takes up an audit event that dominated Canadian national politics for the first three quarters of the year 2000. The proximate cause

Brian Mulroney was Canada’s 18th prime minister and he had helped trading with America easier by trying to improve the relationship between the two countries . He won the election as the leader of the Progressive Conservative in June 1983. Brian had a lot he wanted to change,one of those things was making trade easier with Canada so that Canada’s economy would improve or at least stay stable. As a prime minister Brian had spent a lot of time helping Canada improve and since his election date,this took place between the years 1984 to 1993. Brian Mulroney became prime minister because people voted for him as well as the promises he had brought in with him being prime minister.

New Canada is a shell of what it used to be before its great depression and eventually WWIII. The Canadian depression started in 2033 with what historians are now calling “The Great Sellout.” Historians have no idea what initially caused it, but the act was that all businesses in Canada relocated and outsourced to foreign countries leaving millions of Canadian citizens unemployed and Canada without industry. Canada suffered the largest deficit ever to be had by a country at the time and the record only grew higher every year after. In its desperation, Canada sold itself out to China in 2039 in an attempt to improve the lives of its citizens. China took over what used to be car factories and turned them into weapon manufacturers. Only one year after the colonization of Canada, China invaded the U.S.

The largest moral and legal issue that is applicable to both cases as well as most other scandals and affairs in the government is a lack of transparency (Aucoin, 2006). In the Pacific scandal, Macdonald went behind the backs of the people of Canada and many people in his government and wrongly sold the rights to the railway. This demonstrates a lack of transparency because the public was unaware of what he was doing. It is unquestionably crucial to our democratic system that the public has unwavering faith in their leader who can be trusted to uphold a certain degree of morality. There was also a lack of transparency in the Sponsorship scandal because Chretien chose to direct the program from the PMO (Prime Ministers Office) and bypassed the procedures that the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Governmental Services Canada (PWGSC) generally are expected to follow (Aucoin, 2006). Furthermore, the Deputy Minister of PWGSC failed to provide any safeguards that would prevent the misuse of the funds in the program (Aucoin, 2006). Due to blatant lack of administrative control, it is not surprising that a scandal

He demonstrates his idea in Canada’s relationship with the US, and speaks on how American presidents have always stepped up to the challenge of presidency, like Lincoln, and Roosevelt. He delves into this idea that the reason Canada prosperity is related to their relationship with America, most precisely that the US has been less of an influence on us in later years, causing us to be more independent and prosper accordingly. Black engages into what Canada should be able to do, from what we are right now. He considers that we must move from a “’Middle Power’ politely tugging at the sleeve of the Americans, into a fully formed G7 country.” Consequently Black explains how to do this further on in his article, explaining that Canada needs to become a “world leader in innovative legislation and in the reform of international organizations, explain the impending transformation of Canada into a country of quiet, justified and confident people, not braggarts.” He then gives an example of three presidents, John A. Macdonald, Wilfrid Laurier, and Pierre Trudeau stirred the country’s imagination and moved it up the ladder of

Veering away from Laurier`s classic laisse-faire economic idea, Bennett introduces Canada to Keynesian economics, as Laurier`s version was deemed unsuccessful with dealing with the depression. Bennett`s `new deal` is Canada`s version of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt`s `new deal. ` The deal endorses progressive taxation, regulations on working conditions, unemployment insurance, health and accident insurance, an old-age pension plan, and agricultural support. For those few who are employed, work week maximums and a regulated minimum wage can improve the lives of men and their families. The Wheat regulation board was created to equalize the price of wheat throughout the Canada. Although controversial, Bennett`s approach to dealing with the depression surly isn’t something Canada has experienced

Canada’s economy was once solely reliant on the exportation of raw materials, such as furs and timber, to Great Britain and Western Europe. Aside from this exportation of raw materials, Canada was largely agricultural in nature. By the time of Confederation, fifty-percent of labour remained agriculturally based (Krahn, Lowe, Hughes, 2008). Changes occurred around 1900; the industrial era replaced the once mainly agricultural and small-scale local production of times past by way of new technologies in the form of electricity, steam powered engines, railways, water wheels, etc. These tools allowed for the re-organization of work from piecework and compensation, based on individual output, to one of large manufacturing plants, high-production, specialized workers, and hourly pay. This industrial era has now morphed into one of new technologies and new careers; careers based in services. The dominance of a service-based economy is prevalent as around 75% of all employment in Canada was in services circa 2005(HRSDC,

As the 20th century comes to an end, Canada is a transcontinental nation whose interests and representatives span the face of the globe and extend into every sphere of human behaviour. However this was not always the case. When the four colonies of British North America united to create Canada on July 1, 1867, the new country's future was by no means secure. Canada was a small country, with unsettled borders, vast empty spaces, and a large powerful neighbour, the United States. Confronting these challenges was difficult for the young country. Though Canada was independent in domestic matters, Britain retained control over its foreign policy. Over the next fifty or so years, Canada's leaders and its

     Over the past few years, Canada's economy has done comparatively well and has demonstrated some resilience to the fluctuating global economy. However, Canada remains to be relatively less competitive with respect to other developed countries. In this paper I will attempt to take a closer look at Canada's position in the global economy today and examine the relevant issues.