PO334 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cultural Mosaic, Bilingual Education, Real Change
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Immigration as key national building block and domestic politics driver. Refugee poli(cid:272)(cid:455) as (cid:862)refle(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of (cid:449)ho (cid:449)e are(cid:863) Foreign policy deployed to mould canadian identity or to appeal to specific segments of. Single largest export market (jobs) in 30 states, including key marginal states of ohio, Mi(cid:272)higa(cid:374), wis(cid:272)o(cid:374)si(cid:374), illi(cid:374)ois, pe(cid:374)(cid:374)s(cid:455)l(cid:448)a(cid:374)ia a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ost (cid:862)(cid:271)lue states(cid:863) (me(cid:454)i(cid:272)o, outh(cid:449)est, Principle source of energy oil, gas and hydro. Key source of skilled workers, students and tourists. Crucial to any american debate on free/fair trade and industrial policy global supply chains and intra-firm trade. Dominant source of exports to the us of states surrounding the border. Major export for the us goods for over half of the us rely on selling their goods and services to canada. Canada as small, social democratic polity an interesting source of political experiments: health care, same sex marriage, medical marijuana, bilingual education, banking and housing.
