HISTORY 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Haida Gwaii, Free Trade Area Of The Americas, Lucien Bouchard
4 Apr 2017
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The collapse of the liberal consensus: canada into the 1990"s: the rise of neo-conservatism/neoliberalism. Deregulation:reduce government regulation of things that could diminish profits, such as banking, environmental, and labour legislation: 2. Privatization:selling state-owned enterprises, goods and services to private investors: 3. Reduction of the size and expense of government: eliminate redundant jobs, curb public expenditures for social services, and cut taxes. Brian mulroney - progressive conservative pm 1984-1993: wins largest majority government in canadian history, 1984, unites social conservatives of the west, quebec nationalists, and fiscal conservatives from. Ontario and the maritimes: promises a course correction to canada, undo decades of liberal corruption. Mulroney and the neoliberal economy: mulroney inherits a recession and huge debt, he declares canada is open for business . Replaces fira with investment canada, which has aim of encouraging foreign investment. Privatization: ends a couple of major canadian symbols - sells air canada and petro canada.
