POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: David Suzuki, Price Fixing
3 Apr 2018
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Allocation and distribution of scarce resources or different values. Struggle among different groups in society who want different thing. Conflicts about power, money, allocation of money, equity, values. Exports 2 million barrels to the us a day. Creates aprrox. half a million jobs for people across canada: expected to grow to 800k jobs by 2028. Industry expected to pay . 5 trillion in provincial and federal taxes and provincial royalties in the next 25 years. Environmentally destructive, uses a lot of energy: uses a lot of water, disturbs the quality of water, causes cancer, deformities in a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al"s aquatic life, increase in toxic metals in water, one of the dirtiest forms of fuel. Government the conflict manager: resolves conflicts among groups, specialized activity of those individuals and institutions that make and enforce decisions. Government is for oil sands: wants to make it more sustainable and responsible through advances in science and technology.
