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Economic, Regional, and Environmental Trends in Canada: 1960s-1970s

Explore the economic challenges, regional disparities, and environmental movements in Canada during the dynamic decades of the 1960s and 1970s, marked by inflation, regionalism, government initiatives, and rising environmental awareness.

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Economic, Regional, and Environmental Trends in Canada: 1960s-1970s

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  1. Economic Challenges Canada in the 1960’s and 1970’s

  2. INFLATION • 1973: OPEC oil embargo • Arab-Israeli War • Increase in oil prices • Increase in wages  increased inflation • Increased unemployment • Increase in dual income families

  3. REGIONALISM • Regional disparity: economic gap between the poorer provinces and more prosperous province • Trudeau increased the transfer payments to poorer provinces • Western alienation: the feeling by Western Canada that federal policies favor Central Canada • National Energy Plan (NEP): • Decrease consumption of oil • Protect Canadians rising oil prices • Make Canada more self-sufficient in oil

  4. EXPANDING HORIZONS • Too much US influence on Can. economy? • Trudeau: new trading partners • G’ment tried to strengthen control over econ. and culture • NEP, CRTC, Foreign Investment Review Agency (FIRA) • FIRA: review all major proposed foreign investments to determine whether they serve Canada’s national interests

  5. ENVIRONMENT

  6. ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT • Environmental problems rooted in this era • Silent Spring by American Rachel Carson • Groundbreaking • G’ments and businesses resisted attempts to limit pollution • Public concern for the environment increased • Environmental groups established • Awareness increased, legislation changed

  7. Warriors for the environment • Est. in 1970 by BC activists • Draw attention to environmental concerns • 1971: set sail for Amchitka Island, AK • “bear witness “ to US underground nuclear testing

  8. THE FUTURE OF ENERGY • Result of the increased awareness about the environment • New technologies • Solar, wind, tidal energy

  9. SOME INNOVATIONS… • 1961: disposable diapers • 1967: first heart transplant • 1969: internet and first man to walk on the moon • 1971: microchip • 1976: flexible disk drive

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