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."
. The Technical School Board was created
to oversee
a single school
the Toronto Technical School
Classes were first offered
in 1892
in St
Lawrence Hall
but when enrollment exceeded expectations they were moved
to Old Wycliffe Hall
now part of
the University of Toronto campus
in 1901
classes were moved
to
the Stewart Building due
to growing enrollment
Finally
the school moved
to its current location
in 1915 and
is now known as
the Central Technical School due
to
the construction of addition technical schools
in
the board
Members of
the Technical School Board were also appointed but by
a different process than members of
the Collegiate Institute Board
Members of
the Technical School Board were appointed
by municipal council
the Architectural Guild
the Trades
and Labour Council
and
the Association of Stationary Engineers. After amalgamation
in 1904
members of
the board became part of
a special committee of
the Toronto Board of Education
Dr
A.C
McKay was an early champion of technical education
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The Huron Tract lies
in
the counties of Huron
Perth
Middlesex
and present-day Lambton County
Ontario
bordering
on Lake Huron
to
the west
and Lake Erie
to
the east
the tract was purchased by
the Canada Company
for resale
to settlers
Influenced
by William "Tiger" Dunlop
John Galt
and other businessmen formed
the Canada Company
the Canada Company was
the administrative agent for
the Huron Tract
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as Kia Training Ground)
and academy
in Downsview Park
in 2013
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