Chat with AIExam 3: Regionalism
What policies have been used to address regional economic concerns? How effective have these policies been at reducing regional conflict?
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VerifiedNumerous governments have used two policies in order to address region economic disparities-equalization payments and regional economic development programs. Equalization payments are annual cash grants to the have-not provinces that are designed to allow them to raise their services to an acceptable national level but can be spent for any purpose. In other words, they are unconditional grants, with no strings attached. Equalization payments are highly contested by both "have" and "have-not" provinces. For instance, Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia, recently claimed that for every dollar these two provinces took in from offshore petroleum revenue, 70 cents was clawed back by Ottawa by reducing their equalization payments.The second means of reducing regional economic disparities is to establish federal regional economic development programs. The basic thrust of these programs was to designate those parts of the country that needed economic assistance (essentially the whole country except Ontario's Golden Horseshoe-that is, Toronto and westward around the head of Lake Ontario), and then to provide grants to firms that would locate or expand existing operations in such areas. The frequent reorganization of economic-development programs is probably an indication of their recognized deficiencies. Many cases could be documented of corporations receiving money without being in need of it, or taking the money and not living up to their commitments to create jobs.
Which of the following best exemplifies a public-private partnership (P3)?
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Which statement best reflects the main goal of the Trans-Canada Pipeline?
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What are the main differences between historic and recent regional conflicts?
(69) The Prairie provinces succeeded in gaining control of their public lands and natural resources in 1905.
(86) John A. Macdonald's 1879 National Policy saw free trade with the United States as a means of promoting and protecting the industrial heartland of Ontario.
(81) Globalization is one of the reasons for a decline in the manufacturing industry in Ontario.
(96) About 75 percent of Canada's population lives in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
(64) Which theory emphasizes the importance of natural resources to the Canadian national economy?
(90) Describe two of the following historical economic complaints for Western Canada: ownership, taxation and regulation of natural resources, banking, tariffs, and transportation.
(88) In the 1980s, Newfoundland fought the federal government over the ownership of fish stocks.
(84) Compare and contrast the economic regional concerns of two of the following: the Atlantic provinces, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies, British Columbia, and the North.
(83) Which province has profited from offshore petroleum revenues?
(75) State-centred theorists emphasize the predominance of Ontarians in decision-making positions in Ottawa.
(90) Crown corporations are created for the purpose of public-private partnerships.
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