Geography 2010A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Primary Sector Of The Economy, Interior Plains, Renewable Resource
31 Mar 2017
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Wealth depends on its geographic location as canada"s trade window to the pacific, its natural resources and its rapidly expanding high-technology sector. Allowed for diversification of trade away from the us of exports including; coal, grain, potash and petroleum. 80% of exports from us, china, japan and south korea. Pacific rim trade represent new markets for bc and western canada commodities exports to asia lessen dependency on the us market. Asia-pacific gateway and corridor highway and rail corridors from western canada on bc"s coast. Forests, fish, minerals, petroleum, water power and physical beauty drive the primary and secondary sectors. Primary industry is declining as a portion of the total economy. Environmentalists are concerned with waste from fish farms. Overexploitation of fish stocks from; canadian commercial fisheries, american commercial fisheries, aboriginal fishery, sports fishery: tragedy of the commons; resource exploitation accelerates during periods of high global demand for natural resources.
