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What is the number of geographical regions that make up Canada?
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There is 7: the cordillera, the interior plains, the Canadian Shield, the Appalachians, the Hudson Bay lowlands, the Saint Lawrence lowlands, and the arctic lowlands, Bye Nicholas Poitras
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Does it make sense to say I were born in Canada or you born in Canada?
No. The correct English is "I was born in Canada" and "You were born in Canada."
Why is regionalism a major problems for Canada?
Regionalism in Canada refers to the fact that Canada is a Confederation of many nations from many different regions, each with their own culture, history and political aspirations or objectives. Large groupings are often used when referring to regions, Atlantic Canada, Northern Canada, Western Canada, Quebec or Central Canada (which is actually in Eastern Canada). There are many smaller regions within these larger groups. For example Western Canada has regions within that grouping. The Lower Mainland of BC has very different political objectives than upper BC or "The Island". Alberta will have different political concerns than Lower Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba is far away from their Maritime north with their ocean port. The concerns of regions was to be addressed using the Senate. Each region or nation or province would be assigned seats in the Senate and the Senate would have to agree to any bills being passed by the House. Our Senate has never lived up to those promises and today finds itself unelected, unrepresentative, unimportant in anything other than a ceremonial way or for the proportioning of pure political patronage. Instead the House of Commons has set up a competitive system in which regions must make their case to a system that answers to the Prime Ministers Office, which is always controlled by Ontario or Quebec. Regionalism has the Federal government taking from some regions and giving to others. The very nature of many federal programs have regionalism built in. For example our Employment Insurance system is used to transfer billions of dollars from Western Canada to Eastern Canada. This is very clear in the different rules for claiming or accessing EI funds for the different regions. Being unemployed in some regions of Canada can result in EI funds while being unemployed in others may result in no funds. An even clearer example of regionalism that still affects Canada today is the National Energy Program of the 1970's and 1980's. The NEP was specifically designed to transfer money from Alberta to Eastern Canada and had massive support, still has massive support in those regions that benefited. The problem was it took billions of dollars from one region, Alberta, created a massive decline in their largest industry, put thousands out of work, drove up debts, and made it very clear to all Western Canadians that they are still considered the colonies of Canada they once were. Today there can be no discussion of Western Energy or Oil without the lurking specter of the NEP. Which reminds me of an even clearer example yet. Our Federal Government gives cash, taken from some regions, to other regions under the guise of trying to equalise the wealth. These equalisation payments amount to many billions of dollars a year. They were never meant to be part of Confederation. Basically our founding fathers felt that those spending the money had the duty to collect it. Without that connection it is not possible to have representative and responsible taxation or spending. And our Equalization program shows just how true that is. Our "have not" provinces, mostly in the East, mostly Quebec, have Canada's best funded social programs. The largest recipient of these transfers between the regions is Quebec. A province with the lowest education fees, an infamous $10 a day daycare, and much better healthcare than the have province they get billions of dollars a year from. Our transfer system is regionalism in action. Politically powerful regions tend to feed off weaker regions. Of course those "winning" from regionalism feel it is great and continue to support programs using it but it comes with costs. Regionalism is one of the factors making our Confederation unsustainable. We need to change the Constitution to address those issues but due to regionalism, our Constitution cannot be changed even if every region outside of Ontario and Quebec wanted to update it. In a way regionalism doesn't affect Canada, Canada is regionalism in action.
Does Canada make planes?
Yes, there are multiple plane factories located around Canada.
Did Canada make Club Penguin?
no, china did
Why might the role of the senate to represent minorities be important to governance in Canada?
Right now Canada's federal system does not represent minorities, or regions outside of Ontario and Quebec very well. Ontario has a history of "Rep by Pop" which is basically a claim that minorities or rather their concerns, should be subservient to the majority. Which would be OK except Canada is a Confederation with many regions, cultures, histories and members, all of them with less people than Ontario and Quebec. The Senate could be used to give equal power to all members of Confederation and make the Confederation more sustainable. Of course that would require those currently winning from Confederation to give up their special status and power, and why would they do that?
How many geographical regions make up Africa?
5
Which regions make up North America?
Canada, USA and the Arctic
What is the maximum number of regions you can make in a plane using six lines?
22
What is the geographical make-up of Japan?
forget it
How many regions make up the us?
7 regions make up the United States
What are some state names of Nunavut?
The short answer is:There are no states in Nunavut.The long answer is:Just as the USA is divided into regions called "States", the nation of Canada is divided into regions which are either called "Territories" or "Provinces".Nunavut is the name of one of the Territories that make up the nation of Canada and so there are no "States" that make up Nunavut.Some more information:Nunavut covers a very large area in Northern Canada, but because it is so far north it has a very small population of only about 30,000 people.
What is the Dustomer Service telephone number?
In the US and Ca, customer Service telephone number usually starts with the numbers, 1800,1888,1886 or 1887. The owner of the number is charged for the calls you'll make. These prefixes varies with every geographical region around the world.
Does an arctic hare live in holes underground?
Arctic hares inhabit the tundra regions of Greenland and northernmost parts of Canada. They are known to dig holes or make burrows in the ground to keep them warm.
How do regions solve the problem of a lack of resources?
By trading with other regions to make more goods available.
How much does a chief executive make?
The answer depends on the company and its geographical location.
How many regions make Asia?
Did Canada make it into the FIFA World Cup?
Canada did not make it into the world cup.
