Abstract
The paper discusses how Canadian forest ecosystems and resources are threatened because of intensive forestry operations, especially clear-cutting. The paper also looks at how forests have been poorly managed across Canada with some badly designed solutions to the problem of disappearing forest resources. The paper shows how the proposal to export in quantity is a very damaging one under present conditions. The paper is of the opinion that Canada's forest industry needs a new perspective based on balance and diversity, specifically, an ecosystems approach.

From the Paper
"Forestry resources in Canada a few decades ago were available in great abundance. These resources are poorly managed and definitely should not be exported in quantity. Forest covers nearly fifty percent of the total surface area are in Canada. These forests supply about one-fifth of the total world's demand for timber. Forest resources are seen as a renewable resource and they have been exploited. At the same way, forests have been seen as inexhaustible and therefore they have been exploited intensively. For decades, there has been no concern about how these resources might be renewed. Forest resources cannot be renewed and made available without any limits, at least not with present methods."

Tags:clear-cutting, timber, wood, exploitation, exports, ecosystems

Abstract
This is a take home examination that responds to three set questions on (1) the regional imprint of the high Canadian dollar and its special effects in primary resource industries, (2) possible governmental responses, monetary policy, and the link between high dollar and inflation as seen in 1970s, and (3) discussion of the Ontario Forestry Association as an example of an interest group helping to shape governmental policy. The paper discusses how in northern Ontario, previous policies damaged wood industries before the arrival of the high dollar; a failure to listen to advice from within the region created a situation whereby Ontario now pays hundreds of millions to correct results.

Tags:high dollar, cause/effects, policy

Abstract
This paper analyzes forestry as one of Canada's most important natural resources and focuses on the questions whether or not Canada?s forest resources can supply the world?s increasing demand for wood and wood products in a sustainable manner and what effect it will have on the Canadian economy.
Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. History

3. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Resource

4. Key Processes and Relationships of the Resource

5. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Resource Demands

6. Factors Influencing Resource Demands

7. Resource Use Patterns and Management Systems

8. Biophysical, Social and Economic Impacts of Use

9. Use Sustainability.

From the Paper
" The social impacts from the use of forests as a resource are also of major concern. There are many groups in Canadian society whose interests in the forest are based more on long term rather than short-term economic considerations. Included among such groups are aboriginal people, nature based tourism operators, rural water users, ranchers, trappers, small business owners in forest based communities, wilderness users, scientists, artists, educators and future generations of Canadians (Draper, 1998). Governments are expected to manage forests for the long term to benefit all of these people. If this does not happen the implications for these groups of people will be catastrophic. Already land settlement claims are pervasive throughout Canadian courts as aboriginal people attempt to claim the land they require to maintain their culturally distinct lives. "

Tags:clear, conservation, cut, cutting, ecosystems, environment, environmental, forest, growth, old, natural, paper, recreation, timber, wood, lumber, tree

Abstract
The following paper will look briefly at the major resource industries in the province of British Columbia. In so doing, a number of things will become apparent: British Columbia is still very dependent upon forestry (especially forestry), mining and even energy commodities; the province's economy is actually more resource-dependent than the economies of many other provinces; and British Columbia has a hegemonic position when it comes to the production and export of forest products within Canada. In the final analysis, British Columbia is not alone among Canada's ten provinces in being dependent for its vitality upon extractive resources - but its vulnerability to sudden downturns in a few key industries is significant even by Canadian standards.

From the Paper
Regional Geography: British Columbia The following paper will look briefly at the major resource industries in the province of British Columbia. In so doing, a number of things will become apparent: British Columbia is still very dependent upon forestry (especially forestry), mining and even energy commodities; the province's economy is actually more resource-dependent than the economies of many other provinces; and British Columbia has a hegemonic position when it comes to the production and export of forest products within Canada. In the final analysis, British Columbia is not alone among Canada's ten provinces in being dependent for its vitality upon extractive resources -

Tags:regional, geography, bc

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses a case about the Canadian Pacific and International Bank that involves an audit that shows that while the bank has been meeting its goals in breaking through the glass ceiling for women, it has not been meeting its goals for the hiring of Aboriginal and persons with disabilities. The writer maintains that the bank should have employees in these groups in the same proportion as in the population at large, but it has been falling short.

From the Paper
"Mary Keddy has to give this issue the same attention she gave to the glass ceiling problem before and needs to do so soon. She needs to develop a program to attract and hire more Aboriginal people and more people with disabilities. Among the ways of doing this that might be considered are the following: Create a liaison with local educational institutions to attract students from these two groups. This approach does limit the number of people who can be reached, but it has the advantage of finding potential employees with sufficient education to fit into the needs of the bank."

Tags:bank, human, resources

Abstract
This paper explains that the issues surrounding the massive Canadian Arctic region vary but have a direct impact on sovereignty and circumpolar cooperation of countries with respect to environmental issues. The paper then discusses these issues and how they put Canadian sovereignty at risk. The paper argues that must assert a presence in the Arctic region to prevent damage to a very sensitive and valuable ecosystem. By pressuring the international community not to make the Northwest Passage an international strait, Canada will achieve its goal.

From the Paper
"The idea of military influence in the north was not only seen in this era. The Cold War, in the post World War Two era focused on the two super powers of the United States and Soviet Union. Because of their nearness to one another circumpolarly, the United States developed the Distance Early Warning system, better known as DEW. The DEW system was a development of a series radar station in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Alaska. It was set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers and missiles during the Cold War."

Tags:pipelines, non renewable resources, cooperation transboundary, boom bust cycle

Abstract
The writer discusses that water exportation has emerged as a serious matter for the Canadian government as the United States begins to cast covetous eyes northward. With that in mind, this paper looks at the environmental values in play, at the various government institutions at the heart of the matter, at the agencies/departments involved and at the relative strength of the present policy and what environmental policy tools were most likely used in its crafting. In the end, the writer notes that what should emerge from this study is the recognition that Canada may not have a perfect strategy, but at least a strategy of some kind is in place. The writer concludes that while the future is obviously still to be determined, Canada at least has a workable legislative framework in place to protect its water reserves.

Outline:
Environmental Values
Relevant (Government) Institutions
Pertinent Government Agencies/Departments
Relevant Organizations
The Quality of the Decision and the Environmental Policy Tools Used
Conclusion

From the Paper
"In any case, the 2002 amendments do follow a general pattern of greater federal involvement in the issue. For instance, the 2002 measure delineated above is actually an extension of prior amendments brought into effect the preceding year whereby the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act was modified in such a way that "bulk" water removal from the Canadian parts of the boundary waters - chiefly the Great Lakes - would no longer be permitted. Finally, a still-earlier report from March of 2000 (jointly written by the Canadian and American governments) entitled, Protection of the Waters of the Great Lakes, mandates that water removal from the Great Lakes should not proceed unless it can be satisfactorily proved that the ecosystem of the Great Lakes Basin will not be harmed. All in all, Ottawa has asserted itself on this matter and made it clear that it will use its legislative purview to establish laws protecting Canada's freshwater deposits; simultaneously, the Canadian government - as the chief international negotiator acting on behalf of all Canadians - has made a concerted effort to join with its American counterparts in deploring and discouraging the mass export of water from vulnerable boundary areas."

Tags:exportation, environmental, reserves, natural, resources

Abstract
This three-page paper is a business overview of Canadian Tire, which is a unique network of businesses that operate under a single umbrella corporation. From its beginning, the company has attempted to reach the Canadian public using innovative marketing and by providing services that their customers demand. Canadian Tire is a fixture in the Canadian marketplace, reaching the majority of the adult Canadian population in one capacity or another.

From the Paper
Canadian Tire: A Company Profile The Canadian Tire Corporation, Ltd. was founded in 1922. Although the original focus of the company was, as the name suggests, on tires, the current organization is self-described as "a growing network of interrelated businesses, engaged in retail, financial services and petroleum" (Canadian Tire "Business Overview"). The corporation employs 48,000 people in over 1000 locations throughout five divisions: Canadian Tire Retail, PartSource (auto parts), Canadian Tire Financial Services, Canadian Tire Petroleum, and Mark's Work Wearhouse (unisex business casual apparel). Since its inception, the company has developed a unique place

Tags:canadian, ontario, automobile

Abstract
In recent months, the furor over the release of Karla Homolka has sparked heated debate and calls for a review of the Canadian justice system. The following paper examines three contentious areas of the Canadian legal system that seem in desperate need of a reassessment. The first of these revolves around the growing perception that the Canadian judiciary is arrogant, perhaps even irresponsible, and simply unresponsive to the concerns of ordinary Canadians. The second area revolves around the treatment of aboriginal peoples within the Canadian justice system and the third and last area revolves around the difficulty that Canadian law-makers and justices are having in reconciling the somewhat amorphous multiculturalism they embrace in theory with the fundamental liberal democratic tenets that under-gird the Canadian justice system.

Tags:canadian, justice, system

Abstract
This paper reviews the Canadian film industry, one that is said to be a composite of three different unique bodies that have combined to create a dynamic film environment; albeit not a uniquely Canadian one. The paper goes on to discuss how while the indigenous Canadian film industry is still extant it might be described as moribund at best. If not for governmental support for the indigenous film industry, independent Canadian film making might already be extinct. The Canadian film industry is relatively healthy overall but the figures indicate strictly indigenous Canadian films, outside of one or two major production houses, may suffer revenue and market difficulties in the years ahead.

Tags:canadian, film, industry