James Bay Project Pros And Cons

To begin with, in 1869, The Government of Canada, Great Britain, and the Hudson's Bay Company sign an agreement whereby Rupert's land is sold to the Dominion of Canada. Métis, Indians, and settlers are not consulted. And this event affects at least 10,000 Metis and other people who already living in Rupert’s land.

The Ipperwash crisis of 1995 was not the sole conflict over that particular piece of land, and is only the tip of the iceberg for aboriginal history. In fact, this has been an issue since 1760, when the British decided to conquer Canada. Prior to this, Ipperwash was populated by Native people know then to the British as the Kettle and Stony Point people, who had lived there long before any documentation. When the British first established themselves, Ipperwash was a designated area for aboriginal people and was left untouched by the British. However, in 1812, the British decided they wanted to colonize Upper Canada and approached the Native Indians, asking them to cede the land they possessed. This negotiation continued for nine years (1818-1827). Details

However, the aboriginals within Canada had believed that they were not represented in the Accord, like many other items such as the White Paper proposal in 1969, which forced all FIrst Nations people to assimilate into Canadian cultures and cities. Elijah Harper wanted change, and he believed that the Meech Lake Accord did not represent the Aboriginals and their needs, which was disrespectful to his people. During the negotiation on passing the accord, Elijah stalled the accord from going through, by saying “no”, as the agreement needed to have been unanimous. While stalling the accord may seem small and insignificant, Elijah Harper proved that Aboriginals have a place in Canada as equals, and that they deserve a place in Canada and its constitution. This act by Elijah Harper makes him deserving to be on a list great Canadian for the role he played in the Meech Lake accord, and how he shaped the Canadian views on aboriginal that still holds

“Hydro-Quebec building dams to solve U.S. nuclear woes” is a The Globe and Mail article written by Joe Ryan and Jim Polson on October 13, 2017. The article writes about Hydro-Quebec’s plan to build a series of dams about the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is a $52 billion project on the Romaine River that is a part of an effort to promote using hydroelectric power, which is cheap, clean and dependable. This project will help Hydro-Quebec increase its profits (as a crown corporation often the capital invested exceeds the profit earned) and will provide electricity for more than one million homes. However, there have been many concerns that these dams will lead to flooding of over 100 square miles of forest. The crown corporation has denied

The BC treaty process has produced few if any satisfactory compromises, accommodations or negotiated agreements. Regrettably, it seems that only direct action such as road and railway blockades makes the powers that be - big business and government - sit up and pay attention to the demands of First Nations and their non native

The Canadian Energy Strategy was posed in 2012 by the then current premier Alison Redford. The goal of the initiative was collaboration with the rest of the provinces to help increase transportation capacity of oil-sands bitumen and crude for exportation. There was much objection from environmentalists and Frist Nations communities. This strategy was propagated as a fundamental phase of growth not only for Alberta, but all

1. Why was the building of the dam first proposed in 1919 and by whom?

The official website of The Grand Council of the Crees (GCC) explains their legal struggle against the Great Whale project. The province of Quebec decided in 1986 to build the Great Whale River hydro-electric project to dam and divert almost every major river running into James and Hudson Bays.

Something that a flood can do is that it can eliminate the plant population . With the absence of plant population, than animals that live in that population will die because of the absence of their food. Fish will also die because of the chemicals that the flood gives gets into the water. This is bad because this would stop fish reproducing because they are all dead in that damaged area. This affects the living and nonliving factors in ecosystems population because by not having fish reproduce then there will be less food for

Some of the future problems may include the animals drinking the water and falling ill and infecting the population. The illness could become so bad that it starts killing the population. The plants may also die because most roots are connected directly to the river.

7). Trudeau is aiming to: invest $100 million into clean energy companies, remove current subsidies from fossil fuels and put them towards clean power, put $2 billion towards carbon reducing energy projects, work with the private sector to encourage venture capitalism, and to increase taxes for carbon producers while developing green energy. (Dinshaw, 2015, para. 6). In essence, the carbon taxes will impact Alberta in its current state, but government support is available to help Alberta pursue nuclear energy with the clean energy budget plans. Furthermore, having the Canadian government encouraging the private sector to support clean energy with investments is a good stepping-stone and a motivating factor for nuclear energy since high profits can be achieved with nuclear

The current government has lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs while adding 300,000 new gov’t jobs. Unwilling Hosts for Turbines

The Great Lakes are one of the largest freshwater systems in the world, and Lake Superior is the largest and the deepest of the five lakes. But in 2007, water levels almost reached a record low, causing unease and uncertainty among the local population. Due to the decline of the water levels, it is evident that Canada should invest more funds into improving the Great Lakes system, as there is much more Canada can and should do to lessen economic and environmental impacts.

The water quality of the U-High creek was determined to be excellent. However, not all areas of water have an excellent water quality. One way humans can negatively impact the water quality of an area of water can include using large amounts of fertilizers for the farming purpose of growing crops. These fertilizers end up draining into rivers and increasing the concentration of chemicals like nitrates and phosphates, thus causing the buildup of algae and blocking sunlight from providing energy to the organisms and plants in the water. Another way humans can impact the water quality negatively involves using chemical waste products in factories because chemicals like cyanide, zinc, copper, lead, and mercury in these products can get into rivers and kill off animals living in the water. Additionally, these chemicals can invade rivers so much that they affect the food cycle to the point where the tertiary and quaternary consumers

Much of what the public knew about small hydro facilities was based on media coverage noting incidences of fish kills. One environmental group stated that “run-of-river hydro projects are killing fish - and the problem is not isolated.”