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From: Nao Pross <naopross@thearcway.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 18:54:53 +0100
Subject: merged alan's work (production)

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-\chapter{Introduction}
-
-\section{History and culture of Canada}
-
-% [nao]
-\subsection{Foundation}
-Canada is one of the largest countries on the planet, in fact, it is the fourth
-largest country by land area with approximately 9 million square kilometers
-\cite{statscan:statarea}. Located in the northern hemisphere of the American
-continent, was first discovered by Europeans in 1497 with the expedition of
-John Cabot. The name ``Canada'' seems to have appeared first in the 16th century
-when Jacques Cartier, during his 3 voyages to the new world, heard a groups of
-natives speaking the Iroquoian language referring to a village as
-``Kanada''\cite{history}. During the following centuries both French and British
-colonies were established which led to numerous conflicts the two between 
-empires and the natives. The government of Canada was created with the 
-proclamation of the Constitution Act in 1867, but the present the nationals 
-were established only in 1999 because after since its first foundation the 
-dominion had expanded multiple times.
-
-\subsection{The Flag of Canada}
-\begin{wrapfigure}{r}{.4\textwidth}
-    \centering
-    \includegraphics[width=6cm]{res/images/flag_of_canada.pdf}
-    \caption{Current flag of Canada}
-\end{wrapfigure}
-The current flag of Canada was created in 1964, when the government had an 
-all-party parliamentary committee that prepare multiple designs. Before then 
-Canada didn't have its own official flag but instead used either the English 
-Union Jack or the Canadian Red Ensign, a red flag with a smaller Union Jack on 
-the top left and an ensign on the right side.
-\begin{figure}
-    \centering
-    \includegraphics[width=6cm]{res/images/canadian_red_ensign.pdf}
-    \caption{Canadian Red Ensign used before the introduction of the modern 
-    design}
-\end{figure}
-
-The simplest design was chosen by the parliament and the current flag was 
-adopted the 15 December 1964, just in time for the centennial celebration of 
-the confederation 3 years later.
-
-\section{Canadian Natives}
-Before the arrival of the Europeans the northern American continent was 
-populated by various groups of indigenous peoples which today are referred as
-First Nations or Premières Nations in French. There were 6 major tribes and 
-each one of them lived in a particular area of the continent, but they all 
-shared a similar culture and environment. First Nations lives were mostly 
-dependant on hunting and their social systems had evolved around it, each tribe
-had a defined territory in which they were allowed to hunt and they were
-socially connected through trading network. This situation was typical in the
-northern area in the dark boreal forests were agriculture was very difficult.
-On the other hand, tribes with settlements near the coast had a less nomadic
-lifestyle that depended on fishing
-
-
-
-First Nations lived off mostly from 
-hunting with an advanced social sistem around it that defined territories 
-for each tribe. There was also a system of social orders 
-% tribes:
-% iroquian          south         fertile, for agricolture
-% woodland          east          boreal forest
-% plains            ???           grassland, prairies
-% plateau           south/north   semi-desert, mountains, forest(north)
-% pacific coast     west          abundant salmon and shellfish, gigantic red cedar  for building huge houses
-
-% Mackenzie and Yukon River Basins    ???     harsh environmnent, dark forests,  barren lands, swampy
-
-\subsection{Nativi Canadesi}
-Prima della scopeta del continente Americano il Canada era un paese popolato da
-delle popolazioni native che oggi vengono chiamate "First Nations". Gli storici
-distinguono i First Nations in 6 trib\`u principali in base alle zone che
-occupavano 
-
-\subsection{Modern Canada}
-Today Canada is a powerful country with its own currency, the Canadian Dollar 
-(CAD), As 2016 one Canadian Dollar equals 
-\href{http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=CAD&To=CHF}{
-0.76 Swiss Francs}. Canada's GDP (as Q2 2015) is more than twice ours 
-(Switzerlands)\cite{swisseconomy} with a market price at 1'996'804 millions of 
-Canadian dollars \cite{statscan:ecoimpexps} which roughly equals to 1.54
-millions of millions of Swiss francs. 
-In Canada there are many cultures that are currently living one beside
-each other, the nations historic multicultural background shaped the society in
-a way that is very 
-
-
-Its major economic trade partners 
-are USA, UK and Germany.
-
-
-\section{Natural resources}
-
-% [nao]
-Canada's huge land area makes it one of richest countries from a natural
-resources standpoint. Indeed Canada has the third largest reserve of crude oil
-in the world and it is the second production of Uranium
-\cite{nrcan:energyfactsbook}. But Canada is also a leader in renewable energy
-production with a 18.9\% of total energy supply coming just from renewables
-\cite{nrcan:renewables}. Even if most of the energy produced can be considered
-eco-friendly Canada still relies heavily on non-renewable energy source as we
-will see in the next paragraphs.
-
-\subsection{Crude Oil}
-
-% [nao]
-Oil has become has been increasingly become a valuable resource, since the 
-discovery of oil sands extraction technology. The desire for oil 
-independence from the USA and many other NATO states has given a lot of funds
-for the development of this technology.
-But for the environment this is not a good, according to a study conducted in
-2014 \cite{statscan:ghgemissions}, GHGs (Greenhouse Gases) emissions caused by
-oil extraction industries have increased by 63.5 millions of tonnes in the last
-20 years.
-
-\subsection{Natural Gas}
-
-% [nao]
-Natural gas is the biggest energy source in Canada, mostly produced in Alta is
-also a major cause of Nitrogen and VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) pollution.
-Even though its extractions and refinement technologies are getting better, the 
-level of pollution has not gone down since 2010. In 2014 56.6 mega tonnes of GHGs
-were released on the atmosphere. Combined with the oil extraction this economic
-sector accounts for 26\% of total nation emissions \cite{statscan:ghgemissions}.
-
-\subsection{Coal}
-
-% [nao]
-Despite it makes up half of the world's energy source (mostly in China) and
-there's an abundance of it, coal represents a minor element in the national
-energy production, and almost half of the final product gets exported to Japan,
-China and South Korea. Currently scientists are discouraging its usage because
-of its high level of pollution and $CO_2$ emissions. Nonetheless the research in
-the field of coal refinement, to produce what is called ``Clean Coal'', is still
-being supported by the government in order to use the enormous quantity lying
-beneath the Canadian surface.
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