Canada, Canada

History With RCS: O Canada, I trust that these notes are factual. I believe that they belong among those doings and happenings that are making Canada, Canada:

~ The Quiet  Revolution of the 1960s did much to effect modern Canada.

~ Canadians use the metric system.

~ Canadian arctic climate seems to be changing faster than the arctic climate elsewhere.

 
~ Canada is the fifth largest producer of energy in he world. It produces 6% of the energy use in the world.

~ It is the largest produce of natural uranium.

~ It is the world's lading producer of hydroelectric energy.

~ Canada's oil sands have been in the news.

~ Only Russia, the People's Republic of China, Saudi Arabia and the US produce more energy.

~ 98% of Canada's energy production goes to the US. US credit is still good among its closest friends.

~ The structure and function of the governmental affairs of Canadians continue to evolve. It seems that governmental budgetary information, at all levels, is more readily available to Canadian citizens than it is to US citizens.

~ "Canada" had its origin in the language of the Iroquois.  It meant something like villages and as once used as the name for Stadacona, an Iroquoian village that had stood where Quebec City now stands. 

~ Basque and Portuguese fishermen were early arrivals in Canada along with the French. I suspect that the Basque and the Portuguese were very early.

~ The War of 1812 greatly effected the development of Canada.



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