GEOG 3210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Relate

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 3210
• Professor: Robin Roth

Document Summary

Part ii - position as producer of raw resources. Online unit this week is an activity, exploring governments environmental. Posted wednesday, getting a sense of petition processing. First blog due in a few weeks, look at news items you may want to use - info on courselink. Relate something in the news to course material, ask questions, extend it further. The harper-trudeau transition; now trying to address both constituencies. The promotion/ reliance on export/success of export will determine health of economy. Speaking in the context of historic relationships. A staple: raw or unfinished resource commodity (i. e. no added value) Canadian energy summit: canadian crude export increased 2014. Raw log export reach all time high: research. People relying on forest sector are not okay with this, taking away jobs. The sense that we are missing out by doing this. This is what is a called a staple economy (??)