Not all of the influence of immigration in Canada is negative. Indeed, there are positive impacts that benefit the country. Studies show that immigrants attribute 35% of research chairs in Canada. Also, the same study showed that immigration has a significant impact on Canadian trade. It states that a 1% increase in immigration of a specific country is connected to a 0.1% increase of exports to that same country. This is due to the international networks that the immigrants bring with them, as well as the demand for their home countrys goods (The Globe and Mail, 2012).
The James Bay Project.
The James Bay Project was a development designed to harness the power from all rivers that flowed into the James Bay from Quebec. The projects mission was to take massive areas of water and use it as energy. This hydroelectric power development was to be built in two phases. It was to target three separate river basins: La Grande, Great Whale, and the Nottaway-Broadback-Eastmain-Rupert basins. The Quebec government was thrilled to be hosting a major project that would benefit the nation as well as the environment. Hydroelectricity plays a beneficial factor in the world. The James Bay Project is important to Quebec and the Canadian Heartland for two major reasons:.
- The numerous benefits it brings.
- The settlement it brought between Aboriginals and the Quebec government.
Canada currently has 2 of the 6 largest hydroelectric power stations in the world (the James Bay Hydroelectric plant being one of them). Canada also has the largest hydroelectric capacity in the world. A major benefit that hydropower has in the ability to produce energy without producing greenhouse gases or other air pollution. Hydropower also accounts for 97% of electricity generated by renewable sources. In addition, hydropower can convert 90% of the energy it is presented into electricity (Canadian Geographic, 2014).
Controversy began during the first phase of the project.