Canada’s infrastructure plays a major role in contributing to the success of the economy and business’. The rate at which roads, multi-story buildings and entertainment facilities are being built has never been quicker and the heavy machinery industry plays a major role. For instance, the biggest construction company in Canada, Aecon, has increased in size every year since it was created. However, the company would never have been started if it was not for a Scottish immigrant, Adam Clarke, who started the business just as a plumbing and gas fitting company in 1877 in Hamilton, Ontario. From there, the brand expanded substantially by investing into heavy machinery in order to be able to develop and build roads, bridges and structures. Today,
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Municipal control or an alternative delivery method? This is the question that has intrigued all levels of local government and created intense debates between taxpayers across municipalities. The services that municipalities provide are often vital to the existence of a local area. The issues of accountability, cost savings, quality of service and democracy often arise when choosing the best options to deliver services to a municipal area. In recent years the concepts of privatization, alternative service delivery and public-private partnerships are often promoted as ways cut down on overburdened annual city budgets and promote a higher quality of service to citizens. Municipalities have historically always provided basic services such as fire protection, water purification/treatment and recreational facilities. However, would private companies or another municipality be able to better deliver the same services more efficiently or at a lower cost? The city or town often provides a political grass roots approach to most local problems. Municipalities are better positioned and have a wider scope to provide services to their constituents in order to ensure quality of service that does not erode accountability and transparency, or drive the municipality deeper into debt.
The Keystone XL Pipeline is a proposed pipeline project, by TransCanada Pipelines Limited, involving the transportation of up to 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico area in Texas. “The United States portion of the pipeline would begin near Morgan, Montana, at the international border of the United States and extend to delivery points in Nederland and Moore Junction, Texas. There would also be a delivery point at Cushing, Oklahoma” (Environmental 5). The delivery points would grant access to multiple other pipelines and refineries located all around the United States. “The Keystone XL pipeline would consist of approximately 1,711 miles of new 36-inch-diameter pipeline, with approximately 327 miles of pipeline
Before the war, Canada’s most important sector in its economy was agriculture. However, this was changing drastically after and during the war as industry began to take over as being more important. Canadian production of war material, food supplies, and raw materials had been crucial during the war. After the war, it was only natural that big investments were being made in mining, production, transportation, and services industries. Canadian cities were becoming very important contributors to the economy. This was also bringing in waves of post-war immigration, the backbone of Canada’s multicultural society we know today.
Canada became an emerging country after the Second World War. There was a need for Canada to identify themselves as a distinct nation from Britain and the United States. The Trans Canada Highway became a visible nationalistic figure that set apart Canada from other countries. The Trans Canada Highway was a significant structure built in 1949 through 1961 that emerged as a result of a newfound unity and nationalistic view in Canada. Although there were many different political, personal and economical standpoints on the building of the highway, the finalization of the construction of the highway brought a unique unity that could be appreciated by all Canadians.
In 1958 Alberta gas finally reached Toronto and imports of Texas gas ended. Canada 's population was booming during the 1950s, and energy scarcities were becoming challenging. Canadian company TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. was incorporated in 1951 to undertake the creation of a natural gas pipeline across Canada. The financing of the project was split 50-50 between American and Canadian interests. This was a substantial operation in Canada because extra work was temporarily available to be able to create the pipeline. Canada has now become a self-sufficient country and stopped relying so much on other countries for oil. This was the activation of not only the Alberta oil industry booming and thriving, but also a nation as a
Canada’s automotive industry was officially declared in 1914. At this point in time, Canada did not have its own car companies. Instead Canada assembled and sold cars for the US who had established their own automotive industry just a few years before Canada. By the 1920s, the automotive industry in Canada had really hit its stride and was well on its way to success. It had grown so rapidly that Canada became the second largest producer of vehicles in the world. This success came about because Canadians were buying tens of thousands of cars. Canada wasn’t just making them for Canadian citizens, but for the world. At times, nearly fifty percent of Canada’s vehicle output was exported.
The economic progress Canada made after the war lead to the growth of the country. New industries emerged from innovations of products like automobiles, radios, television, digital computers and electric typewriters (Aitken et al., 315). Canadians quickly adapted back to the “buy now, pay later” strategy rather than careful budgeting during the Great Depression (Liverant). Almost everything that Canadians did was influenced from new inventions; television was the most influential. Canadians conversations, humour, and lifestyle were influenced from television (Aitken et al., 315). Trade relations between the United States and Canada had become more efficient due to the St. Lawrence Seaway. The mass development of the St. Lawrence Seaway, in 1954, was to provide a large wate...
The tenth largest populated municipality in Canada is Hamilton. Hamilton is known for its most important economic provision, manufacturing, and evidently is the most industrialized city in the country (Houghton 6). George Hamilton, a Canadian politician, purchased some land after the War of 1812. The land expanded, first with a courthouse and later a jail was built. Prominent buildings began to surface and eventually the expanded land became the city of Hamilton (Weaver 15-16). Through the examination of Hamilton’s economic growth and development, long term prospects of major industries, and how the city fares with recessions, it can be seen that Hamilton has grown significantly within the last two centuries.
... hiring more workers to drill wells operate machinery and build and maintain pipeline in both the United States and Canada.
To see industry establishment trends see appendix 3 and 4 also Canada has been a major contributor in the dental industry. For example
First on our discussion of Canada’s international relationships is the aspect of Canada’s effort to define a global role and purpose during and after the Cold War. I view this as an overlying theme of Canada, as it affects the entirety of Canada’s international relationships. Immediately following World War II, Canada experienced a golden age of foreign policy. This was due to the various countries affected by World War II with depressed economies and other various countries such as China in political disarray. Although Canada played a decisive role in World War II, Canada was geographically shielded from the conflict, which meant that Canada came out of WWII disproportionally strong and having the capability of exerting influence on various developments in the international sphere.
Canadian Natural Resources is an oil and gas exploration, development and production company with its corporate head office in Calgary, Alberta. CNR is Canada’s largest oil and gas company and one of the world’s largest independent oil and gas producer. CNR was founded in Calgary, Alberta in 1989 but there is no specific man or women who have found the company. The company started off with drilling shallow gas basin, which is a big contributor of their success. Slowly they shifted into bitumen and crude oil. CNR headquarters are located in Calgary, Alberta and all the other offices are located in Alberta except for one, Fort St.John which is located in British Columbia. Their factories and offices are located in Alberta because Alberta is the
Ancol Ltd. is Canada’s leading metal fabrication company. This case study is focused on the Jonquiere, Quebec plant which is the smallest of Ancol’s 15 operations across Canada. This plant has approximately 250 production employees. Paul Simard is hired as the new manager at Ancol Ltd in Jonquiere, Quebec.
The shortage of skilled workers in the coming decade poses a serious threat to all aspects of the Canadian economy. Like all others, our economy is comprised of three major elements: primary products, secondary goods and services. My research indicates that primary products constitute just over 7% of Canada's GDP, secondary goods account for 21%, and the services comprise 72%. This distribution although heavily in favor of the service industry still shows the importance of the secondary/manufacturing industry in Canada's modern day economy. Taking into fact that since the late nineteenth century, Canada's centre of manufacturing is focused in two provinces, Ontario and Quebec. Consistently, year after year, Ontario contributes about 50% of the Canadian total of manufactured goods produced, measured by value, and Quebec 25%.