Deck 10: Canadas External Environment: The United States and the World

Question 1

U.S. branch plants first proliferated in Canada following the introduction of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.

Answer 1

False
U.S. branch plants first proliferated in Canada following the introduction of the National Policy of 1879.

Question 2

Which of the following is a Crown corporation?

A)National Energy Program
B)Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
C)Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
D)Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following strongly supported the Free Trade Agreement?

A)organized labour
B)western resource industries
C)the federal Liberal party
D)nationalist groups

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of globalization?

A)comprehensive free trade agreements
B)mega-mergers of large transnational corporations
C)removal of state controls on corporate behaviour
D)decreasing the mobility of capital

Question 5

An act or threat of violence perpetrated by an ideological group that is intended to produce fear or change is called terrorism.

Question 6

Chapter 21 is the clause in the NAFTA treaty that allows a foreign company to sue a country on the ground that government policies reduced its profits.

Question 7

Which international organization ordered Canada to discontinue a federal excise tax and postal subsidies following a complaint by the American government?

A)World Trade Organization
B)International Monetary Fund
C)G8
D)G20

Question 8

By 2014, Canada exported the most to the United States.

Question 9

The principle government response to the Gray Report was the creation of The National Energy Board.

Question 10

Which statement is a criticism of foreign investment?

A)Less capital may leave the country than was initially invested.
B)Research and development occurs outside the parent plant.
C)It lowers the standard of living for Canadians.
D)It increases the number of jobs in sciences in Canada.

Question 11

GATT replaced the Foreign Investment Review Agency in 1984.

Question 12

Which Prime Minister entirely dismantled the National Energy Policy?

A)Pierre Trudeau
B)Brian Mulroney
C)Jean Chrétien
D)Paul Martin

Question 13

In 2003, which department were Canadian border personnel consolidated into?

A)Department of Public Works
B)Department of Public Security and Emergency Preparedness
C)Canada Border Service Agency
D)Department of National Security

Question 14

The Canadian Auto Workers union was originally part of the United Auto Workers Union.

Question 15

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is a Crown corporation.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a means of combating the extent of U.S. ownership of Canadian industry?

A)Crown corporations
B)the Free Trade Agreement
C)regulatory and funding agencies
D)tax incentives

Question 17

According to the CRTC, what percentage of Canadian content is required to be shown by television stations?

A)25
B)50
C)60
D)90

Question 18

The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement was not supposed to affect existing cultural programs.

Question 19

What is the dispute-settlement mechanism?

A)a provision of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement to settle trade disputes
B)a provision of the Parliament of Canada Act to settle disputes between the House of Commons and the Senate
C)a provision of the Canadian Constitution to settle federal-provincial disputes
D)a provision of the UN Charter to settle disputes among nation states

Question 20

Canadian Anglophones spend about 72 percent of their television viewing time watching local programs

Question 21

How has the United States influenced Canada, in terms of economic and cultural influences?

Question 22

What are some of the benefits for Canada to establish a free trade agreement with the U.S.?

Question 23

What have been the results of the Free Trade Agreement and NAFTA for Canada?

Question 24

Name five of the principle characteristics of globalization.

Question 25

How have international terrorism events, such as 9/11, affected Canadian domestic and foreign policy?