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The seal of the United States Department of Transportation. A department of transportation (DOT or DoT) is a government agency responsible for managing transportation.The term is primarily used in the United States to describe a transportation authority that coordinates or oversees transportation-related matters within its jurisdiction.
The diffusion of technology in what is now Canada began with the arrival of the first humans about 14,000 BC.. These people brought with them stone and bone tools. These took the form of arrowheads, axes, blades, scrappers, needles, harpoon heads and fishhooks used mostly to kill animals and fish for food and skins.
In 1965, the Canada–United States Automotive Products Agreement was enacted, a precursor to NAFTA that removed tariffs between the two countries. This led to increased auto manufacturing in ...
1966 – Department of Transportation established, Pub. L. 89–670, 80 Stat. 931; 1970 – Urban Mass Transportation Act, Pub. L. 91–453, 84 Stat. 962; 1970 – Rail Passenger Service Act PL 91-518; 1970 – Airport and Airway Development Act PL 91-258; 1973 – Federal Aid Highway Act PL 93-87; 1973 – Amtrak Improvement Act PL 93-146
In 1964, only seven percent of vehicles made in Canada were sent south of the border, but by 1968, the figure was sixty percent. [10] By the same date, forty percent of cars purchased in Canada were made in the United States. Automobile and parts production soon surpassed pulp and paper to become Canada's largest industry. From 1965 to 1982 ...
Transport Canada (French: Transports Canada) is the department within the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of road, rail, marine and air transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities (TIC) portfolio.
Metal mining also became significant industry during this period. The International Nickel Company was established in 1902 through the fusion of two companies.A refinery using the Orford process was built in Port Colborne, Ontario in 1918 and then moved to Copper Cliff, Ontario, where that technique was replaced by the matte flotation process in 1948.
The Fur Trade in Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Economic History is a book written by Harold Innis covering the fur trade era in Canada from the early 16th century to the 1920s. First published in 1930, it comprehensively documents the history of fur trading while extending Innis's analysis of the economic and social implications of Canada ...