History 1BB3: America and the World: The Twentieth Century

Dr. Stephen M. Streeter

McMaster University, Winter 2002

 

Canada, the United States, and the Culture Wars

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I. Empire By Invitation?

factors that have facilitated the rise of U.S. hegemony in Canada
factors that have promoted Canadian resistance to U.S. hegemony

II. Rise of U.S. Hegemony in Canada

US investment in Canada
American unions in Canada
brain drain from Canada
Canadian cooperation with the United States in the Cold War
growing trade between Canada and the United States [see "trade and investment"]

III. Culture Wars

cultural industries
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (predecssor of the CBC) (1932)
Massey Commission (Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences)
Canadian Radio and Television Commision (CRTC)
Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC, later renamed Telefilm)
split-run magazines
Cancon
Bill C-58, Bill C-103, Bill C-55

Further Reading

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