CMN 3155 Study Guide - Final Guide: National Energy Program, Petro-Canada, Pierre Trudeau
9 Jan 2018
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Post 1968 election, never wins a seat left of manitoba (won with ontario and east seats) Aka: west didn"t have many cabinet seats. Concept of western alienation is flamed by: Gov"t buys companies and merges to make petro, makes gov"t mass oil producer. Good for eastern provinces, but not for west bs when prices rise they can"t charge at market value. Gov"t agency to approve foreign money coming into canada. Hurts those trying to scout for oil, aka west bc it"s capital intensive. Gov"t set heavily standardized gas prices, buy supply and move to east at heavyly subsidized prices. Wanted to use bank of canada for inflation. 1) mulroney"s promise to lower deficit and national debt. Ye boy didn"t do a great job. Driven by rural albertans, spreading from there. Causes: concern about economy, taxes, debt, wanted smaller gov"t. Things were a lot better 40 years ago . Multicultural policy: not needed to recognize diff. groups.
