General Assembly (GA)

Canada

Jernimo Domenzain

Capital: Ottawa

Geographic location: Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic

Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the
north, north of the conterminous US. (CIA, s.f.)
Area: 9,984,670 sq km (CIA, s.f.)
Weather: varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north (CIA,
s.f.)
Natural resources: iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, rare earth elements,
molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum,
natural gas, hydropower (CIA, s.f.)
Environmental issues: metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle
emissions impacting agricultural and forest productivity; air pollution and resulting
acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; ocean waters becoming
contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry activities (CIA,
s.f.)

Type of government: federal parliamentary democracy (Parliament of Canada)

under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm (CIA, s.f.)
President: Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor General Julie Payette
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Chief of Justice Beverley McLachlin
Population: 35,151,728
Urban Density: 82.2% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 1.16% annual rate of change
Official language: English and French

Official currency: Canadian dollar

Activities by sector: "agriculture: 1.7%, industry: 27.5%, services: 70.8% (2016

est.)" (CIA, s.f.)

Agriculture: "wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products;

fish; forest products" (CIA, s.f.)
Industries: "transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed
minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum,
natural gas" (CIA, s.f.)

Poblacin general laboral: 19.44 million (2016 est.)

Agriculture: 2%
Manufacturing: 13%
Construction: 6%
Services: 76%
Other: 3% (2006 est.)

Religion: "Catholic 39% (includes Roman Catholic 38.8%, other Catholic .2%),
Protestant 20.3% (includes United Church 6.1%, Anglican 5%, Baptist 1.9%,
Lutheran 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.5%, Presbyterian 1.4%, other Protestant 2.9%),
Orthodox 1.6%, other Christian 6.3%, Muslim 3.2%, Hindu 1.5%, Sikh 1.4%,
Buddhist 1.1%, Jewish 1%, other 0.6%, none 23.9% (2011 est.)" (CIA, s.f.)
Independence of Catalunya

The spanish region known as Catalunya wants its independence. Carles

Puigdemont summoned elections for December, declaring that Catalunya was
independent. In response the spanish government used the article 155 of the
constitution to dissolve the catalan government.

Canada and its government does not recognize Catalunya as a free and
independent nation, it recognizes a united Spain. Catalunya is a fundamental part
of Spain and it should remain that way to benefit this country and to make the
possibility of continuing with their economic treaties possible. This declaration of
independence is unconstitutional and goes against the Spanish law, so it won't be
seen as an independent country which it is not.

Canada suggests that Spain and Catalunya remain as a strong and united country
so that the global and european economy is not affected.
References:

CIA. (2017, October 27). The World Factbook: CANADA. Retrieved November 06,
2017, from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
NM Noticias. (2017, October 27). Canad no reconoce la declaracin de
independencia de Catalua. Retrieved November 06, 2017, from
http://nmnoticias.ca/188248/canada-no-reconoce-declaracion-independencia-catal
una/
Mars, A. (2017, October 27). EE UU y Canad reconocen que Catalua es parte
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