Vancouver Economic Development

In 1896 to 1919 Canada was in a time of social change, this included racism, immigration, and other factors contributing. Immigrants came from all over the world, this included USA, Europe, and Asia. People from the Americas were looking to settle in big cities like Toronto because of the affordable electricity, which was part of Canada's urbanization and economic uprise. people in Europe settled in the prairies to farm, we wanted them because they were known to be hardy and could farm in harsh conditions. People from Asia were coming to Canada to work on the most treacherous parts of the railroad. There was plenty of discrimination against the Chinese people, this can be characterized by the head tax placed on the Chinese. It started at $50 and then went to

own growth but from its participation as a member of the Empire of nations of the

Halifax is a West Yorkshire town in the borough of Calderdale that has a rich history in confectionery and woollen manufacturing, as well as finance (the Halifax banking chain was founded in the city). Jobs in Halifax centre on the commercial sector, with the town having long been established as the commercial hub of Calderdale. Some 35,000 people work in Halifax, making it the area with the largest workforce in the borough, according to council figures. The cost of living in the town is slightly higher than surrounding cities with a consumer price index of 97.26 (Numbeo), meaning that many prefer to commute into town.

Not only does the Americanization of the Canadian economy change the way Canadians live and conduct business, it also destroys the distinct Canadian culture that Canadians have worked so hard to create. The Americanization of the Canadian economy has lead to the American control of the corporate structure of Canada, high levels dependance on American capital and to the state of the Canadian economy being a mirror image of the state of the American economy. With the high number of American investments in Canada, it is seen as to what a great extent the corporate world of Canada is being controlled by Americans. This leads one to wonder whether or not the Canadian economy ever become independent, or will it forever be dependant on the American economy for

Around the mid-19th to early 20th centuries, British Columbia was in a period of economic explosion. Those who were willing to work hard could find many opportunities. At this time, gold was found in British Columbia and Canada became dependent on workers to finish making the transcontinental railway. Many lumbering, coal mining and fishing business were not experiencing enough growth to match the needs of the society. This portrayed Canada as a place of opportunity and settlement for Asians whose homelands were becoming overcrowded. Sadly, the early pioneer years were extremely difficult for Asian immigrants due to the extensive racism and barriers keeping them from full participation of the Canadian

In Canada, an important economic transformation accelerated as Britain was wholly supplanted by the United States as Canada's main economic partner. By the middle of the decade, economic development started to soar in Europe and the Roaring

During the era of Pre-Confederation Canada, Upper Canadians and Lower Canadians showed very different views on the state of Canada. Notably, Upper Canadians struggled to hold fast to social class, down-right refusing to remove barriers of social class in order to remain within the jurisdiction of the privileges of Britain. Consequently, a common view on the country at the time wasn’t that of Canada – an individual colony on its own, but as a wasteland to be conquered. Hence, Upper Canada was focused on construction and urban development, rather than industry.

The 1920’s meant prosperity for Canada. Canadians living in the 1920’s were freer in values, less disciplined, and concerned with material things more than ever before. Many people wanted to get rich quickly, and stock markets in New York, Toronto, and Montreal shot up. On October 24, 1929, many people wanted to sell stocks through the New York Stock Exchange. More stocks

The manner, in which these labourers were treated, goes beyond the authentic ideologies of binding a nation and coincides with those of initiating the doctrine of separation instead. With British Columbia having agreed to join Confederation under the condition that a railway be built within ten years, an adequate labour supply was essential to the fulfilment of the obligation. Though the politicians and electorate were in favour of immigration from the British Isles, Sir John A. MacDonald approached a new line of thought. The Prime Minister contended upon the use of Chinese labour to minimize costs for the project, initiating the first paramount of inequality and exclusion. “It is simply a question of alternatives: either you must have this labour or you can’t have the railway.” Accordingly, over 17,000 Chinese labourers migrated to Canada between 1881 and 1884 to aid in the development of Canada’s newfound project. Having arrived in the hopes of a well-nourished future, a large mass of these labourers encountered an inimical reception within British Columbia instead. Although the late 1850s period of the Gold Rush had already passed, the Chinese population was widespread in the region; nonetheless, racism against Chinese individuals remained expansively eminent. They [Chinese] were favoured over Caucasians in terms of employment;

In the early decades of the 20th century, over one in five people living in Canada were immigrants. As immigrants were introduced to the freshly structured land and economy of Canada it began to show that immigration was essential to the financial structure of Canada. Some of the reasons that immigration was important to the Canadian economy in the early 20th century is that it prevented American expansion, Railway Business benefited from providing service to western Canada, immigrants started new businesses in Canada and industrialization and urbanization.

Our historical overview also shows that Canada’s industrialization occurred later and was shaped by its colonial status; that immigration was a major factor in creating a workforce; and that resource industries played a cen- tral role.

During the time period many Indian immigrants came to B.C in search of jobs. Many of the jobs the Indian immigrants received were tough and dangerous and the wage these people had to live of was next to none. Due to the amount of immigrants most employers were making almost double what they did when employing the average white worker. Therefore improving B.C’s economy.

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,

After the investigation of the impacted site was completed two decisions were made between Columbia/TransCanada and the contractor being used to remediate the site. The first being giving the amount fluid over the area meant that mostly just vegetation was impacted with little to no soil being impacted under grass sod. Since the release had proven to be superficial in nature. Decision was made that in any area where grass was greater in one foot in length that simply cutting the grass down to the ground was sufficient to remove any contaminant. This was accomplished via a disc mower and loading the mown grass into a roll off. In areas where grass was one foot or shorter the grass was first mown down to the ground and remove in the same fashion

In Vancouver the impacts of tourism is shown through cultural issues related to economic growth and through the analysis of social issues. It is how the city of Vancouver copes with their mistakes and strives for improvement that the world is able to understand the true importance that tourism can have on any destinations.