GGR246H1 : Canada's Industrial Economy
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Regional concentration y government policy (supported centralist region, especially southern ontario, because of its importance) y y. Population concentration (this is vital, cuz it provides, labour force, it also facilitate by the progress of immigration force, 2nd, it produces local goods, and then 3rd the creation of urban population. Proximity to us manufacturing belt (it becomes be important in the beginning of 20th century, part of gov t policy, the protection of manufactures, therefore, us made branch plants, in canada, which helped y. Primary is the resource activity (smaller in ontario and quebec, larger in other provicnes) Secondary the manufacturing activity ( is the the opposite, larger in ontario. ) Hallowing out? (over the past 2 decades, manufacturing companies and so on , couldn t afford the labour force, because they had to pay a lot of money, so technology helped.