The Future Geopolitical Role of Canada :: Economy

The Future Geopolitical Role of Canada Canada is currently sitting in an economic catastrophe, our unemployment is high, production low, and our deficit is increasing at a rapid pace. We are one of the few first world countries, and we need to strengthen our economy. Once we fortify our economy, our geopolitical role will increase. Geopolitics is defined as the study of a two-way relationship between political beliefs and actions on one side and any of the usual concerns of geography on the other. As we move into the future, our geopolitical role may be broken down into many groups. As we can tackle the burden alone, we must join forces, and increase our geopolitical role. As we administer towards the future, the concept of acting locally has slowly dissipated, and acting globally has emerged distinctly. "One word constantly encountered in any decision about the 1990s is 'global'". (Toronto Star, 09/11/89) We must all work together by shattering the trade boundaries, and acting as one. Currently, we are seeing concrete steps forward, as Mexico, United States and Canada are almost finished the signing of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). With this trade agreement, all three countries (Mexico, United States, and Canada) will virtually become one of the best trading partners in the world. With the vast differences that exist in the demographics, all three countries will find that trading with each other will bring prominent economic reform. Canadian and American capital, technology, and management expertise, will create many jobs for everyone, hence raising the standard of living. The Canadians speciality in financial services, software, and infrastructure will have wondrous impact on Mexico. With the Americans and Canadians help in vitalizing Mexico, l strongly believe we will all become one single country in the future. Since the United States is the strongest of all three, the new country will be named the United States of North America. Becasue the United States is currently the biggest and only superpower of the world, the addition of Canada (vast resources and open land), and Mexico (substantial labour power), the United States of North America will be one of the largest dominating forces in the world. However, this will not be used against the other countries unjustly, but harmoniously. Moreover, we will not be the only countries of present day to join together, as many countries around the globe will do the same. This will help us erupt out of our boundaries and help all nations of the world.