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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.
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The University of Toronto Computer Centre developed Canada’s first operational computer called the University of Toronto Electronic Computer (UTEC) in 1951
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Canada was fed up with the CF-100 because it was not reliable so they started designing the Avro Arrow
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Canadian's cheered as they saw the airplane roll out of the hangar
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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
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Prime Minister Diefenbaker was fed up and chose the Bomarc missles over the Avro Arrow
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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.
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Prime minister Lester B Pearson and President Lyndon B Johnson signed the automotive trade agreement
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Conservatives left nuclear missles stay idle in Canada and did not use them. Liberals came to office and took immediate action
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7% of vehicles made in canada sent to USA. 2% of cars purchased in canada came from USA
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60% of cars made in canada were sent to the USA. 40% of cars bought in canada came from America.
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designs of various space shuttles were presented to several countries, including Canada.
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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.
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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.
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Auto pact gave 125,000 people jobs in the industrial work
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It first moved and flexed its muscles as the cargo bay doors of the “Columbia” opened.
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The Canadarm was signed over to NASA in Toronto where it was originally built.
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The CUSFTA is a trade agreement between Canada and the United States of America
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The North American countries have a conference with all the leaders ad agree to pursue the idea of NAFTA
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Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space aboard the U.S. space shuttle Discovery
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The leaders of the North American countries have a meeting about the issues of labour and environment incorporated in the NAFTA agreement.
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NAFTA was signed by all leaders of the North American countries and into law but had not come into full effect.
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NAFTA has been introduced as a trading method with no tariffs in North America
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WTO is signed by 123 nations set to take place on january 1st 1995.
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GATT becomes the WTO with 100 more nations involved
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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”.
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Gordon MCGregor and Wallaoe Cambel, along with a handful of workmen produced 117 model c fords
