Contending Nationalist Loyalties Social 20 2 evaluate the

Contending Nationalist Loyalties Social 20 -2 evaluate the importance of reconciling contending nationalist loyalties

Quebecois Nationalism Language loyalties Bill 101

Inuit Perspectives Connection to land Lifestyles change for services Self-determination

National Loyalty Dual Citizenship pro’s con’s Government officials loyalty? Contemporary

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National Loyalty Government officials loyalty? Contemporary

NON-Nationalist Loyalties Religious loyalties Hutterites

NON-Nationalist Loyalties Regional loyalties Canada World examples

Competing Regional and National Loyalties �Often expressed by actively promoting the interests of a person’s region �What would be some interests that Alberta specifically would be wanting to promote?

Oil, Gas & Regional Loyalty � 1970’s - Canada and other countries experienced inflation �Inflation is the rise in prices and drop in the purchasing power of money � 1973 – War between Israel & some oil-rich Arab countries �These oil-rich countries stopped selling oil to Western countries that supported Israel which caused a worldwide shortage of oil and increased oil and gas prices

Oil, Gas & Regional Loyalty �Prices of many other manufactured products also rose �Due to high energy bills, there were lost jobs in many provinces �Alberta – high oil prices brought profit for some companies, higher tax/revenues for provincial government and more jobs for Albertans

Oil, Gas & Regional Loyalty � 1973 – Trudeau froze Canada oil prices and started taxing oil from Western Canada �This would help Eastern provinces

A Clash of Loyalties �Belief that the government favored Central to Western Canada �Alberta produced 86% of Canada’s oil and fixed prices and added taxes meant less income �This relationship struggled from the 1970 to 1980 s (federal vs. provincial government)

The National Energy Program � 1980 – NEP was designed to protect Canada from rising world oil prices and help to produce as much oil as Canadians needed and increase ownership �Created government owned Petro – Canada company �NEP hurt the economy, making many foreign countries pull out of Canada completely, causing many Albertans to lose their jobs

The National Energy Program �Sept. 1981 – Lougheed and Trudeau reached an agreement that gave Alberta more control �Petro-Can sold to private shareholders �How do you think the NEP created contending loyalties in the hearts of Albertans? Of Canadians in other regions?

The Oil Sands & Loyalties � 1990 s – 2000 s Alberta was booming and the price of oil was going up �Opened vast areas of province to oil development �People moving to province caused housing costs to rise and people had trouble finding living space

The Oil Sands & Loyalties �How would Alberta environmentalists feel about cutting down forests and using water? �Would they have any contending loyalties?

The Oil Sands & Ideological Loyalties �Ideology – a set of beliefs, system of ideas, way of thinking �Influenced by culture, language, heritage and values �EX: political and religious beliefs and value systems

The Oil Sands & Ideological Loyalties �People who support oil sands development may be inspired by regional and nationalist loyalties �May believe developing oil sands benefits both Alberta and Canada �May believe that price of developing oil sands is too high due to the damage it does to the environment, strip mining 3000 square kilometres of boreal forest

The Oil Sands & Ideological Loyalties �Imagine that as an Alberta, you join Green Peace. �Do you have any contending loyalties? �Is there any way they can be reconciled? �If so, how?

The Oil Sands & Cultural Loyalties �Threatened traditional First Nations way of life �Provides jobs, but takes away from traditions such as fishing, hunting and trapping �Pollution of water, loss of resources �We need to find sustainable solutions and safeguards

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