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Avro Arrow• State of the Art Jet: Designed to intercept USSR

Planes if they invade Canada/USA• Cancelled by Diefenbaker in 1959 due to high

costs

Benefits for Canada:

-Scraps the Avro Arrow (expensive)

-Instead, USA allows Canada to have Bomarc nuclear missiles stationed in Canada. (To intercept USSR)

-Instead of exploding over Canadian cities, could stop USSR higher in the arctic.

Auto Pact

• January 16, 1965, Canada–United States Auto Pact signed by PM & US President.

• American Car Companies set up Branch plants in Canada.

• Eliminated tariffs on Vehicles and Parts

• For every car sold in Canada, one had to be built in Canada.

• 1968, 60% of Canadian vehicles made were shipped to the United States, and 40% of the vehicles purchased in Canada were made in the United States

The agreement benefited Canadian workers and consumers:• Lower prices & larger selection of cars. • Created thousands of jobs in the automobile industry.

Strengthened Relationship Economically.

St. Lawrence Seaway

• Link Atlantic Ocean and Great lakes• Joint Canada-US project began• 1954-59

Strengthened Relationship Economically.

*Major feat of Engineering: Locks dams, Canals, islands created/destroyed, Rapids blown up.

*Showed that the USA and Canada could work together to better their economies.

*Partnership created.

DEBT CRISISHow each government dealt with the growing federal debt…

Mulroney’s government Chrétien's government

-cut back on the role of government in the economy-give large tax breaks to corporations-give large tax breaks to wealthy citizens-these groups would put money back into the economy to help everyone else-trimmed social programs-cut tax rates to stimulate the economy

-inherited staggering $466 billion debt-inject more money into economy-create jobs so workers would inject money into economy-public works created employment

-cut federal government spending-got rid of 40 000 civil service jobs-transfers for post-secondary and health care were cut substantially-subsidies to businesses were removed

UN MISSIONS

PEACE KEEPING PEACE MAKING

Negotiating settlements and keeping warring groups apart.

Use force to punish aggressors

PERSIAN GULF: KUWAIT• When: 1990 – • Where: Iraq invades oil-rich Kuwait. • Action Taken: 1991 – UN invasion led by USA

(Operation Desert Storm)

Drew a line in the sand.

Canada’s Role in Desert Storm: Squadron of CF-18 Fighter Bombers, Units of the Canadian Army, and ships in Canadian Navy patrol the Persian Gulf.

• Response: Saddam withdraws troops• Outcome: Kuwait remains its own country, but

second gulf war comes later.• So what: USE: only superpower left. Dominates

world affairs.

YUGOSLAVIA / KOSOVO

When: 1991

Where: Serbia/Bosnia

Background: Slobodan Milosovic wants to unite Serbians from surrounding areas and strengthen control over all of Yugoslavia.

Ethnic Groups: Serbs/Croats/Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina take offence. Fighting ensues

Action Taken: 1992 – UN arrives. Cannot keep peace. NATO steps in.

1995- NATO Strikes Serbian Forces in Yugoslav army. Causes ceasefire; US troops sent to help UN peacekeepers.

BUT IT DOESN’T END THERE… NATO BOMBING IN KOSOVO

• Background: Kosovo: 1998: Serbs move into Kosovo. To ensure it will remain under Serb Control.

• Milosevic's Actions: Army Murders/Persecutes/Displaces Albanians.• Most in Kosovo = Albanian Muslims. • NATO responds: Air Strikes bomb Yugoslavia.

• Significance: Canada involved in the controversial mission - undermined the UN. Led Canadians to question the need for the UN and whether NATO should have undermined it.

SOMALIA• Background: UN Launches “Operation Restore Hope”• Canadian troops give food/supplies to locals

Controversy: Canadians Torture/Beat a Somali teen to death. Cover-up is uncovered.Canada is disgraced.

Significance: In 1995 – Airborne Regiment Disbanded. Canadian reputation is damaged.

RWANDA• GO OUT AND RENT HOTEL RWANDA• Background: HUTU VS TUTSI • Genocide: HUTU Mass planned killings

(with Machetes) of Tutsis. • UN Response: UN Peacekeepers sent

Under Canadian Major General Romeo Dallaire.

• Required a massive UN force in order to stop the conflict. USA won’t send help. UN allows 260 soldiers to help.

• UN Soldiers instructed not to shoot anyone. • Result: Failures in Perian Gulf, Yugoslavia,

Africa cause people to wonder what the future of the UN will be.

* Estimated number of victims of the genocide 1,174,000 in 100 days (10,000 murdered every day, 400 every hour, 7 every minute).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-gpw4COogo&feature=related

A Question To You

• DOES THE WORLD STILL NEED THE UN?

• WITH THE FAILURE OF SOME UN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS WHAT WILL THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION BE?

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon