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Ontario
Is Canada's Leading Manufacturing Province
Accounting
For 52% Of
The Total National Manufacturing Shipments
In 2004. Ontario's Largest Trading Partner
Is
The American State Of Michigan
As Of April 2012
Moody's Bond-rating Agency Rated Ontario Debt
At AA2/stable, While S&P Rated
It AA-. Dominion Bond Rating Service Rated
It AA(low)
In January 2013. Long Known As
A Bastion Of Canadian Manufacturing
And Financial Solvency
Ontario's Public Debt-to-GDP Ratio
Is Projected
To Be 37.2%
In Fiscal Year 2019�2020
Compared
To 26%
In 2007�2008
Mining And
The Forest Products Industry
Notably Pulp
And Paper
Are Vital
To
The Economy Of Northern Ontario
As Of 2011
Roughly 200,000 Ha
Are Clearcut Each Year; Herbicides
For Hardwood Suppression
Are Applied To
A Third Of
The Total. There Has Been Controversy Over
The Ring Of Fire Mineral Deposit
And Whether
The Province Can Afford
To Spend CAD$2.25 Billion On
A Road From
The Trans-Canada Highway Near Kenora
To
The Deposit
Currently Valued
At CAD$60 Billions
A Ship
In Hamilton Harbour
The City Continues
To Be
A Centre
For Steel Manufacturing
In Canada
An Abundance Of Natural Resources
Excellent Transportation Links
To
The American Heartland And
The Inland Great Lakes Making Ocean Access Possible Via Container Ships
Have All Contributed
To Making Manufacturing
The Principal Industry Of
The Province
Found Mainly
In
The Golden Horseshoe Region
Which
Is
The Largest Industrialized Area
In Canada
The Southern End Of
The Region Being Part Of
The North American Rust Belt
Important Products Include Motor Vehicles
Iron
Steel
Food
Electrical Appliances
Machinery
Chemicals
And Paper
Hamilton
Is
The Largest Steel Manufacturing City
In Canada Followed Closely
By Sault Ste
Marie
And Sarnia
Is
The Centre
For Petrochemical Production
Construction Employed More Than 6.5% Of
The Province's Work Force
In June 2011. Ontario's Steel Industry Was Once Centered
In Hamilton
Hamilton Harbour
Which Can Be Seen From
The QEW Skyway Bridge
Is An Industrial Wasteland; U.S
Steel-owned Stelco Announced
In
The Autumn Of 2013 That
It Would Close
In 2014
With
The Loss Of 875 Jobs
The Move Flummoxed
A Union Representative
Who Seemed Puzzled Why
A Plant With Capacity Of 2 Million Tons Per Annum Would Be Shut While Canada Imported 8 Million Tons Of Steel
The Previous Year. Algoma Steel Maintains
A Plant
In Sault Ste Marie
A Worker At
The Oakville Assembly Installs
A Battery
In An Automobile
The Automotive Industry Is
A Contributor
To
The Economy Of Ontario
Ontario Surpassed Michigan
In Car Production
Assembling 2.696 Million Vehicles
In 2004
Ontario Has Chrysler Plants
In Windsor
And Bramalea
Two GM Plants
In Oshawa
And One
In Ingersoll
A Honda Assembly Plant
In Alliston
Ford Plants
In Oakville
And St
Thomas
And Toyota Assembly Plants
In Cambridge
And Woodstock
However
As
A Result Of Steeply Declining Sales
In 2005
General Motors Announced Massive Layoffs
At Production Facilities Across North America
Including Two Large GM Plants
In Oshawa And
A Drive Train Facility
In St
Catharines
That Resulted
In 8,000 Job Losses
In Ontario Alone
In 2006
Ford Motor Company Announced Between 25,000
And 30,000 Layoffs Phased Until 2012; Ontario Was Spared
The Worst
But Job Losses Were Announced For
The St Thomas Facility And
The Windsor Casting Plant
However
These Losses Will Be Offset
By Ford's Recent Announcement Of
A Hybrid Vehicle Facility Slated
To Begin Production
In 2007
At Its Oakville Plant
And GM's Re-introduction Of
The Camaro Which Will Be Produced
In Oshawa
On December 4
2008 Toyota Announced
The Grand Opening Of
The RAV4 Plant
In Woodstock
And Honda Also Plans
To Add An Engine Plant
At Its Facility
In Alliston
Despite These New Plants Coming Online
Ontario Has Not Yet Fully Recovered Following Massive Layoffs Caused By
The Global Recession; Its Unemployment Rate Was 7.3%
In May 2013, Compared
To 8.7 Percent
In January 2010
And Approximately 6%
In 2007
In September 2013
The Ontario Government Committed CAD$70.9 Million
To
The Ford Plant
In Oakville
While
The Federal Government Committed CAD$71.1mn
To Secure 2,800 Jobs
The Province Has Lost 300,000 Manufacturing Jobs
In
The Decade From 2003
And
The Bank Of Canada Noted That "while
The Energy
And Mining Industries Have Benefitted From These Movements
The Pressure
On
The Manufacturing Sector Has Intensified
Since Many Firms
In This Sector Were Already Dealing With Growing Competition From Low-cost Economies Such
As China."
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OCAD offers
a Bachelor of Arts (Visual
and Critical Studies)
The school combines
a studio-based education with liberal studies
which
is recognised with
a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
a Bachelor of Design (BDes)
an Interdisciplinary Master's
in Art Media
and Design (MA
MFA or MDes)
a Master of Fine Arts
in Criticism
and Curatorial Practice (MFA)
a Master of Design
in Strategic Foresight
and Innovation (MDes)
an Executive Master of Design
in Advertising (EMDes)
a Master of Design
in Inclusive Design (MDes)
and
a Graduate Program
in Digital Futures (Graduate Diploma
and MA
MDes
MFA)
Research.
. . ; The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
is
the United Nations' global development network
it advocates
for change
and connects countries
to knowledge
experience
and resources
to help people build
a better life
for themselves
it provides expert advice
training
and grants support
to developing countries
with increasing emphasis
on assistance
to
the least developed countries
it promotes technical
and investment cooperation among nations
Headquartered
in New York City
the status of UNDP
is that of an executive board within
the United Nations General Assembly
the UNDP Administrator
is
the third highest-ranking official of
the United Nations after
the United Nations Secretary-General
and Deputy Secretary-General
The UNDP
is funded entirely
by voluntary contributions from UN member states
the organization operates
in 177 countries
where
it works with local governments
to meet development challenges
and develop local capacity
it works internationally
to help countries achieve
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
UNDP was one of
the main UN agencies involved
in
the development of
the Post-2015 Development Agenda
to accomplish
the SDGs
and encourage global development
UNDP focuses
on poverty reduction
HIV/AIDS
democratic governance
energy
and environment
social development
and crisis prevention
and recovery
the UNDP Human Development Report Office also publishes an annual Human Development Report (since 1990)
to measure
and analyse developmental progress
in addition to
a global Report
UNDP publishes regional
national
and local Human Development Reports
UNDP works with nations
on their own solutions
to global
and national development challenges
as they develop local capacity
they draw
on
the people of UNDP
and its wide range of partners
However UNDP offers
to help only if
the different nations request it
to do so
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