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GATT signed, October 30th 1947
signed by 23 nations in Geneva Switzerland on October 30th 1947. said to be the result the meeting between the 23 nations, even though it came from many different aspects of world trade. -
Canada’s first operational computer
The University of Toronto Computer Centre developed Canada’s first operational computer called the University of Toronto Electronic Computer (UTEC) in 1951 -
Design work began for the Avro Arrow
Canada was fed up with the CF-100 because it was not reliable so they started designing the Avro Arrow -
First Avro Arrow was built
Canadian's cheered as they saw the airplane roll out of the hangar -
Avro Arrow first flight
A very proud moment for Canadian's in history. 2 fighter jets accompanied the Avro Arrow 1 had a photographer in it and the other had someone to inspect it to make sure the Avro Arrow was performing accurately -
Avro Arrow cancelled
Prime Minister Diefenbaker was fed up and chose the Bomarc missles over the Avro Arrow -
Avro Arrow is cancelled and Bomarc missles are in
The decision of the Conservative government in 1958 to cancel the Avro Arrow and deploy two squadrons of the American Bomarc missile caused a crisis in Canadian defence policy. The jet was taken out of use and the missles were immediately put into use. -
Signing of the Auto Pact
Prime minister Lester B Pearson and President Lyndon B Johnson signed the automotive trade agreement -
Liberals win over Conservatives in election
Conservatives left nuclear missles stay idle in Canada and did not use them. Liberals came to office and took immediate action -
All time low on Canada-USA car trades
7% of vehicles made in canada sent to USA. 2% of cars purchased in canada came from USA -
All time high of car trades
60% of cars made in canada were sent to the USA. 40% of cars bought in canada came from America. -
Space Shuttle's are shown to various countries for purchasing
designs of various space shuttles were presented to several countries, including Canada. -
Canada is offered it's very own Space Shuttle
Thomas Paine, who was at the time Administrator of NASA, approached Canada with an idea. The idea was to help the United States build its brand new Space Transportation System, the “Space Shuttle”. After Canada received this offer, they reviewed their capabilities and decided to manufacture the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) otherwise known as the Canadarm. -
Canada agrees to build the first Shuttle Remote Manipulator System
Spar, CAE and DSMA Atcon formed the industrial team, with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to oversee the project. It would be Canada's contribution to NASA's shuttle project. -
More INdustry Jobs
Auto pact gave 125,000 people jobs in the industrial work -
First time Canadarm was used
It first moved and flexed its muscles as the cargo bay doors of the “Columbia” opened. -
Canadarm was signed over to NASA in Toronto
The Canadarm was signed over to NASA in Toronto where it was originally built. -
CUSFTA came into effect
The CUSFTA is a trade agreement between Canada and the United States of America -
Free Trade goes into affect
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Canada, USA and Mexico agree to pursue NAFTA
The North American countries have a conference with all the leaders ad agree to pursue the idea of NAFTA -
First Canadian woman in space
Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space aboard the U.S. space shuttle Discovery -
Agreements on labour and the enviroment are negotiated
The leaders of the North American countries have a meeting about the issues of labour and environment incorporated in the NAFTA agreement. -
NAFTA was signed into law
NAFTA was signed by all leaders of the North American countries and into law but had not come into full effect. -
NAFTA comes into effect
NAFTA has been introduced as a trading method with no tariffs in North America -
WTO is signed by 123 nations across the world.
WTO is signed by 123 nations set to take place on january 1st 1995. -
WTO comes into play GATT agreement exempted.
GATT becomes the WTO with 100 more nations involved -
First Canadian uses the Canadarm
The first Canadian to ever use the Canadarm was Chris Hadfield in November of 1995, when he attached a 5 tonne-docking module to the “Atlantis” so it could link up with the Russian space station “Mir”. -
Model C Ford
Gordon MCGregor and Wallaoe Cambel, along with a handful of workmen produced 117 model c fords
