POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: National Energy Program, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Kyoto Protocol
23 Jan 2017
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The distinctive areas within such a large spatial unit provide the main elements of the canadian regional challenge. Many of canada"s political institutions were constructed with the presence of regionalism in mind the. Senate, house of commons and supreme court all have regional requirements within their membership. In terms of economic regionalism, certain parts of the country have been much more reliant on specific industries. A few examples include the fishing industry in atlantic canada, the textile industry in quebec and the auto industry in ontario. While canada is home to distinct and unique regions which help the dynamism of the country, distribution is far from equal. The notion of representation by population has been a consistent theme since the fathers of confederation met in charlottetown to discuss the idea of a new country. Population distribution is highly concentrated not only in a handful of provinces (ontario, quebec, alberta, british columbia) but increasingly urban and close to the canadian/american border.
