Nortel Networks Corporation was a huge Canadian telecommunications corporation that took off in the 1990’s; at its most successful the company accounted for over 37% of the Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index value, had a market capitalization in excess of $350 billion Canadian dollars, and was ranked as one of the largest firms in the world (Collins ,2011). Nortel was praised for having strength across the board in its product market, and for focusing on the fastest growing wireless and broadband
Canadian identity and presence in the realm of the film industry has experienced significant struggles. The most significant of obstacles is the geographical and language ties to the United States, the greatest economic investor in English-market movies. Because of this struggle, Canadians have sought to, and continue to seek, financial investments for production and distribution of Canadian films in order to become viable competitors in the arena of movie-making. One such institution, Telefilm Canada
Since the Canadian Wheat Board’s introduction early in the 20th century, it has been present on the world grain market, best known for its monopoly on the wheat market in Canada and influence on the world’s grain market. Its success during the few decades after its birth helped farmers stay on their feet. However as time went on many were unimpressed with the CWB’s tight hold on the wheat market. The Canadian Wheat Board was successful in its time and place but is nonetheless an old expired relic
"Mr. Rizzuto was able to forge alliances with other syndicates such as the Hells Angels, the Dubois brothers and the Irish-Canadian mobsters of the West End Gang." (Ha, 2013) There was no denying this man could manipulate people into doing what would benefit him. He knew what the job as leader of the Rizzzuto crime families entailed and found the best way to make it happen. He
The Significance of The Cancellation of The Avro Arrow Impossible is when something is unachievable, impractical, and hopeless, which is what the Avro Arrow was thought to be. When The Royal Canadian Air Force proposed the idea of a two-place, long range, twin-engine, day and night, all-weather, supersonic interceptor, aviation companies thought it was absurd and many refused to build it. In 1953, A. V. Roe Canada volunteered to build the interceptor to be used as a defense against the newly built
The issue of obesity is a huge public policy issue that continuously affects Canadians and also effects the federal government. In Canada "The number of obese citizens has tripled since the mid-1980s” (The Globe and Mail 2014). The rise in obesity within Canada has suggested that obesity is a condition that does not discriminate; it affects everyone including children and adults. Obesity on a basic level is a disease that results in the over production and accumulation of fat cells causing more severe