Question 1

What policies have been used to address regional economic concerns? How effective have these policies been at reducing regional conflict?

Accepted Answer

Numerous 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.

Question 2

Which of the following best exemplifies a public-private partnership (P3)?

Accepted Answer

A)  the creation of Trans-Canada Airlines
B)  the Construction of the Confederation Bridge
C)  the National Energy Program
D)  the Creation of the Trans-Canada highway B

Question 3

Which statement best reflects the main goal of the Trans-Canada Pipeline?

Accepted Answer

A)  It delivers Hibernia oil and Nova Scotia gas to central Canada.
B)  It delivers Western natural gas to Eastern Canada.
C)  It delivers Western oil to central Canada.
D)  It delivers services that are similar to a Crown corporation. B

Question 4

What are the main differences between historic and recent regional conflicts?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

The Prairie provinces succeeded in gaining control of their public lands and natural resources in 1905.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Globalization is one of the reasons for a decline in the manufacturing industry in Ontario.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

About 75 percent of Canada's population lives in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which approach does the staples theory best overlap with?

Accepted Answer

A)  pluralism
B)  political psychology
C)  class analysis
D)  rational choice theory

Question 10

Which theory emphasizes the importance of natural resources to the Canadian national economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Keynesian economic
B)  public choice
C)  metropolitan-hinterland
D)  staples

Question 11

Describe two of the following historical economic complaints for Western Canada: ownership, taxation and regulation of natural resources, banking, tariffs, and transportation.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

In the 1980s, Newfoundland fought the federal government over the ownership of fish stocks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Compare and contrast the economic regional concerns of two of the following: the Atlantic provinces, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies, British Columbia, and the North.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Why are Crown corporations created?

Accepted Answer

A)  for a public policy purpose
B)  as a regulatory agency
C)  with the intention of maximizing their profits
D)  with the hope of becoming privatized as quickly as possible

Question 15

Which province has profited from offshore petroleum revenues?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nova Scotia
B)  Newfoundland and Labrador
C)  Prince Edward Island
D)  New Brunswick

Question 16

Which province leads the forestry industry?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ontario
B)  Quebec
C)  New Brunswick
D)  British Columbia

Question 17

State-centred theorists emphasize the predominance of Ontarians in decision-making positions in Ottawa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What does the Crow rate refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  the unequal economic relationship between inner and outer Canada
B)  a subsidized freight rate that disadvantaged the West
C)  a subsidized freight rate that advantaged the West
D)  a means of encouraging the Prairies to export their wheat via British Columbia

Question 19

The Reform party's initial slogan was "The West Wants In."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Crown corporations are created for the purpose of public-private partnerships.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Regionalism

What policies have been used to address regional economic concerns? How effective have these policies been at reducing regional conflict?

Which of the following best exemplifies a public-private partnership (P3) ?

Which statement best reflects the main goal of the Trans-Canada Pipeline?

What are the main differences between historic and recent regional conflicts?

The Prairie provinces succeeded in gaining control of their public lands and natural resources in 1905.

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.

Globalization is one of the reasons for a decline in the manufacturing industry in Ontario.

About 75 percent of Canada's population lives in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

Which approach does the staples theory best overlap with?

Which theory emphasizes the importance of natural resources to the Canadian national economy?

Describe two of the following historical economic complaints for Western Canada: ownership, taxation and regulation of natural resources, banking, tariffs, and transportation.

In the 1980s, Newfoundland fought the federal government over the ownership of fish stocks.

Compare and contrast the economic regional concerns of two of the following: the Atlantic provinces, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies, British Columbia, and the North.

Why are Crown corporations created?

Which province has profited from offshore petroleum revenues?

Which province leads the forestry industry?

State-centred theorists emphasize the predominance of Ontarians in decision-making positions in Ottawa.

What does the Crow rate refer to?

The Reform party's initial slogan was "The West Wants In."

Crown corporations are created for the purpose of public-private partnerships.