Globalization

Why Kyoto Failed in Canada

As Canada prepares to enter into negotiations for a climate change pact, it is critical to examine the factors which made Kyoto a failure in this country. The new climate change treaty should only be signed if emission targets are flexible, and responsive to changing demographic and economic conditions.

Growing Heartlandia

There is growing interest in the Great Plains and western Great Lakes regions of the United States and Canada for the concept of Heartlandia, an economic region straddling the middle of the North American continent – a North American central economic region spanning Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, North and South Dakota and Minnesota.

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Globalization Improves the Lives of the Poor

Absolute poverty has fallen drastically in the past century. According to the World Bank, only 20 percent of the world’s population lives on less than $1.08 per day compared to 65 percent 100 years ago. In fact, the proportion of the world’s population living at a subsistence level has fallen more in the past 50 years than during the preceding 500.