POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Cultural Protectionism, Young Country, Consumerism
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We need to have an assumptions about individuals. These answers shapes understanding understanding of canadian politics. Canada is thought of as a north american society. North american society, elephant of the room is the us. Canadians lives beside country is more developed and powerful in terms of economy which is us. Canada in comparison of us is a miniscule. Canadian society is the largest economy in terms of worldwide terms. Canada depends on us for its own economy. 73% of canadian export goes to the us. 68% of canadian import come from the us compete with this massive economy. 1. 5 billion dollars of goods crosses canada-us border. Think about monumental impact that us economy has on our economy when we think of canada as north american society. Canada lives besides the military that the world has known. Blackberry is able to compete because they are getting incentives from the government as an example.