What are the economic, environmental, and cultural consequences of viewing Nunavut of the Territorial North as “Canada’s last frontier
What are the economic, environmental, and cultural consequences of viewing Nunavut of the Territorial North as “Canada’s last frontier
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- What are the economic, environmental, and cultural consequences of viewing Nunavut of the Territorial North as “Canada’s last frontier?” Are the frontier and homeland views of this region compatible with one another? P365 of textbook
- Only region not heavily populated. 3.9 million square kilometers only 100,000 people
- Resource frontier means the economy is prone to boom/bust cycles dependent on global markets. Currently in a low point.
- Minerals, energy exploitation and megaprojects for oil including mailed Mackenzie Gas Project
- Frontier of gold, klondike river, diamond, lead, zinc, oil & gas.
- Homeland is view of indegenious groups where they can flourish on the land without outsiders effecting their way of life and reliance on the land.
- Gives them profound pride & sense of place
- They protest megaprojects because they feel it can affect wildlife and environment
- To what extent can/should Atlantic Canada depend on megaprojects to improve the region’s economic fortunes? What other avenues offer potential as far as future economic growth is concerned?
- Most mega projects deal with energy resources in Atlantic Canada
- Muskrat Falls Atlantic Loop megaproject on pause until 2030. Spend 11.4 billion on the cost of the project.
- Too large of a project for the cold environment & too large for energy needs of Atlantic Canada
- Churchill Falls sells power to Quebec
- “One month consumption of 1,346 kWh Montreal resident would pay $97, yet Halifax would pay $210.
- Bay du Nord Oil Newfoundland megaproject
- Covid-19 heavily impacted project
- The megaprojects have negative impact on Indigenous people
- Also, offshore oil pipelines in Nova Scotia can have lasting effects on fishing industry & environment
- Future economic growth is in advanced technology, shipbuilding, offshore oil in Newfoundland.
- Equalization payments paid were 3.7 billion in 2015.
- Atlantic Canada heavily reliant on those equalization payments
- https://www.apec-econ.ca/covid/industry/construction/
- Other future economic growth can be in global demand for fish products
- Lobster and fish markets seem to grow recently and less environmental pollution can keep this industry going for future years to come
- Compare and contrast Western Canada’s economy with that of British Columbia. To what extent is Western Canada’s reliance on agriculture similar to the role of the forest industry in BC?
- Contrast is that the supply for wood will be needed for future building of homes and infrastructure into the future in B.C. Price of wood/timber has steadily increased with increased demand for building materials.
- Western Canada has more of boom/bust economy of the core from oil.
- Oil dependency around the world can either trigger or deplete economy when it comes to core cities.
- Calgary/Edmonton were booming when oil boom was also occurring from 2006-2014.
- The potential oil demand will be lower in the future
- Vancouver has focused economy on tourism, imports/exports, and tertiary job markets.
- Also has higher immigration then Western Canada core cities because of weather and other factors.
- Agriculture will be needed if Canada’s population continues to grow as the need for meat and total food increases.
- Much of the crops grown in Western Canada are used to feed domesticated animals.
- Speculate as to British Columbia’s future as a region of Canada. In 25 years, will it be classed as a core region or as a periphery region? What factors will impact on the region’s future development?
- British Columbia has seen a sharp rise in tertiary jobs since the 1950’s
- Heavy logging industry now replaced with centers of finance
- Not having extreme weather plays a role in immigrants/other Canadians wanting to move to B.C.
- Vancouver real estate was more expensive in 1994 compared to 2001. Since 2001 it has seen over a 200% increase. Average home prices in Vancouver have increased to 1.8 million
“Increasingly, the economy of British Columbia is becoming divided between two distinct segments : the service-oriented urban economy of metropolitan Vancouver and the resource-based hinterland economy of the remainder of the province, particularly the interior of B.C. (i.e., the rest of the province excluding Vancouver Island, which is dominated by the public-sector oriented economy of Greater Victoria). This difference in economic structures between the two regions gives rise to the possibility of incipient divergence in the economic evolution of the metropolitan region and the peripheral regions of the province.”
- This quote is from 1989
- Only has further accelerated into the 21st century and into the next 4 decades.
- This quote was from 34 years ago, safe to assume into the future this will only continue to amplify.
- Strong divide between core (Vancouver) periphery (remainder of province)
Davis, H. C., & Hutton, T. A. (1989). The two economies of British Columbia. BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly, (82), 3-15.
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