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Freer Trade between Canada and U.S
In 1898 Canada and U.S signed an agreement for freer trade. Many Canadians were urging the Prime Minister to work out a deal for freer trade with U.S and Canada. Some members of the Congress in U.S were arguing for protectionism. The president of the United States at the time really loved freer trade. Free trade was an important issue in the 1988 federal election in Canada, the prime minister, and Brian Mulroney supported free trade making his government win the election. -
Part 2: Freer Trade between Canada and U.S
Short Term: By Canada and U.S signing the freer trade agreement, this immediately opened new areas of trade with the U.S. Making Canada and U.S closer.
Long Term: Over the years of the Freer Trade between Canada and U.S the total expansion of free trades includes Chili, Mexico, Columbia, Peru and Costa Rica. -
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Canadian History Timeline
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OKA Crisis
In the spring of 1990 a village called Oka, Quebec decided to expand a golf course which expanded into the land that the Mohawks own, to stop the expansion, Mohawk protesters set up a barricade and the standoff began. When the Quebec provincial police tried to storm the barricade, violence accrued. Shortly Quebec government called in their army, and on September 26, the crisis ended. -
Part 2: OKA crisis
Short Term: July 11, when the violence erupted, shots were fired and a police officer was killed. Many of the protesters faced criminal charges but most were not found guilty. Long Term: The federal government later bought the Mohawks the disputed land and turned it over for them. Some of the land has been used for a Mohawk cemetery. Despite all that, the relationship between the Mohawks and Quebec’s government and army is now ruined. -
Yugoslavia
Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence in 1992. The Serbians who lived in Bosnia wanted to unite with Serbia and the Serbian government supported them. The Serbian troops and the Bosnian Serbs fought to gain control in Bosnia, making Serbia start the war, Hundreds of thousands of Bosnians, Albanians but mostly Muslims got driven away from home, and if they refused; death was the answer. Canada’s role was to bring in peacekeepers into former Yugoslavia. Bosnians got sent to live in Canada. -
Part 2: Yugoslavia
Short Term: Hundreds of thousands people died in the war, but no one really won the war but Bosnia and Herzegovina got their independence. Bosnians now were everywhere in Europe finding a new home. Long Term: Canada, United States, Australia and more are now filled with refuge Bosnians. Bosnia and Herzegovina is now an independent country, but both Serbia and Bosnia still have hate towards each other. -
Arctic Sovereignty
Canadians have always claimed the Arctic to be a part of Canada. The Northwest Passage is a northern water route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Since Canada claims to own the Arctic this makes the NorthwestPassage an internal Canadian water way. But this has been challenged by other countries such as U.S which says that the passage way is in international waters and should be open to all naval and commercial ships.The melting icecap also is a possibility of 25percent of the world’s oil -
Part 2: Arctic Sovereignty
Short Term: The oil hiding under the melting Arctic icecap is still under and is kept safe from anyone yet. Long Term: Canada is not fully protected up north. If Canada loses this land, the oil underneath the Arctic is now gone, which mean that Canada will be suffering to make money for their own land now. -
Part 2: The Kyoto Protocol
Short Term: By Canada signing the Kyoto Protocol, gave Canadian recognition as a country that truly cared about the plant and everything that is happening to our earth. Long Term: A huge percentage of the environmental industry bloomed after this agreement, creating new jobs for Canadians. -
The Kyoto Protocol
At a 1997 UN-sponsored conference in Kyoto, Japan, Canada and 140 other countries signed an agreement also known as the Kyoto Protocol. The agreement was to set targets for reducing green house gas emissions. Canada focused on requiring industries to reduce green house emissions, encouraging voluntary emission cuts and supporting alternative energy sources. The Alberta government predicated that the Kyoto would mean losing 450 000 jobs. -
The Nunavut addition to Canada.
Short term: More recourse has been opened to Canada by making Nunavut into a territory. Long Term: Creating Nunavut makes Canada have more peace with the Natives. Canada now made all of the natives happy. Also Nunavut can no protect the oil! -
The Nunavut addition to Canada.
On April 1st, 1999 Nunavut was an official territory in Canada. After years of negotiation, Nunavut, was taken out of the Northwest Territories, and made into a new territory. Nunavut covers one-fifth of Canada, but only has 31000 people living in it. The creation of Nunavut enables Inuit to develop a form of self-government. Inuit signed no treaties with Canadian or British governments and plenty continued to follow their tradional way of life, until the 20th century because of global warming. -
Septemeber 11
On September 11, 2001 four American commercial flights were hijacked over the U.S. Two planes were used to destroy the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The death toll was 2752 including 24 Canadians. Osama bin Laden, the leader of the al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack, which has highly been known to this day as 9/11. -
Part 2: September 11
Short Term: After the World Trade Center was crashed, the United States went bankrupt due to the job loss. Long Term: The security in both United States and Canada have larger increased, making it less than impossible for this event to happen all over again. -
Joining Karate
My main reason why I chose to join karate was to learn the obvious, self defence. Karate teaches you how to protect yourself from attacks, as well as how to incapacitate an attacker as quickly and easily as possible. Also, Karate training not only improves your mental ability, increases your reflexes and response time, but it also takes a good deal of physical exertion just to make it through the training every day. -
Part 2: Joining Karate
Short Term: During this period of time, each year I learned a new way and better way to defend myself. I also was in really good shape, keeping myself strong and healthy.
Long Term: Eventually, I ended up getting my black belt. I now feel very safe to walk anywhere I want too. I now am teaching younger children than me, and teaching them what I was taught to be a black belt. -
Lumber Dispute
Despite the North American Free Trade Agreement, the U.S raised its tax on Canadian softwood lumber in 2002. The United States can’t produce enough softwood lumber to supply the countries needs every year. Also they import one third of its softwood from Canada. That means more that $10 billion in Canadian softwood lumber enters the United States every year. -
Lumber Dispute
Short Term: After the taxes were raised, tens of thousands of jobs were lost in the logging industry, British Columbia was hardest hit. There, about 15 000 workers were laid off. Long Term: In 2006, the U.S agreed to rise the taxes and refund about 80 percent of the more than $5 billion in taxes collected from Canadian companies, while only keeping $1 billion, -
Moving to Hamilton.
I lived in Regina Saskatchewan for 10 years. My family decided to leave Regina and move all the way to Hamilton Ontario. We moved due to religion, money reasons. -
Part 2: Moving to Hamilton.
Short Term: It changed my life dramatically. I lost all of my friends. I was in a whole new province. Everything was absolutely new to me. Long Term: At the end, Hamilton turned out the better place for me. I would have been with bad influences, but now I’m starting to be young, successful women. Hamilton is a better place.
