YORK UNIVERSITY
ATKINSON FACULTY OF LIBERAL AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES
AK/ADMS 1010 3.0 ALL SECTIONS
BUSINESS IN THE CANADIAN CONTEXT
MID-TERM ASSIGNMENT – FALL 2005
WEIGHTING OF GRADES
FOR SECTIONS A,B,C,D,G,H & I
MID-TERM ASSIGNMENT 40%
FINAL EXAMINATION
60%
FOR SECTIONS E & F
MID-TERM ASSIGNMENT 35%
PARTICIPATION
10%
FINAL EXAMINATION
55%
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Your mid-term assignment should be ten (10) double spaced typed pages.
A Bibliography is required. Proper academic citation of sources is required
when using “another person’s ideas or writings as one’s own” to comply
with York University Senate Policy on Academic Honesty found on the
following web site
http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/legislation/senate/acadhone.htm
Number each question separately. Answer all three (3) questions
separately in as much detail as possible. Extensive use and visible
reference to course theoretical content are expected and necessary for a
satisfactory grade.
SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS FOR SECTIONS A,B,C,D,G,H & I: The midterm assignment is to be submitted at the beginning of class in the Seventh
Week of the course. Late submissions will suffer a 5 percentage point
penalty and will not be accepted beyond the Eighth Week of the course.
SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS FOR INTERNET SECTIONS E & F: The
mid-term assignment must be submitted on-line on the course web site or
must arrive at the Centre for Distance Education in Room 2120 of TEL
Building no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday,
October 25, 2005. Late submissions will suffer a 5 percentage point penalty
and will not be accepted beyond 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on
Tuesday, November 1, 2005.
ASSIGNMENT TITLE: FOREIGN TAKE OVER
QUESTION 1
What is the appropriate role for government to play in shielding Canada from the
deleterious effects of rising energy prices. Identify the ideological reasons that
support the role of government. (20 marks)
QUESTION 2
For a satisfactory grade, your answer to Question 2 requires extensive and
visible referencing of the following articles from Tom Wesson’s Canada
And The New World Economic Order as well as other appropriate research
sources.
The recent spike in oil prices has created concern in some sectors of foreign
takeovers of Canadian interests. Compare and contrast the commitments of
Canada, the United States and Mexico under the North American Free Trade
Agreement with reference to hydro carbon production. (40 marks)
To answer QUESTION 2, the required referencing of articles from Tom
Wesson’s Canada And The New World Economic Order are the following:
SECTION 1
• David Barrows and John A. Cotsomitis, “Canada’s Global Competitiveness”, pp.
3 – 33.
• Donald H,S, Brean, “Canada’s Economy: Structure and Performance”, pp. 34 –
57.
• Tom Wesson, “The Sectoral Structure of Canada’s Economy”, pp. 58 – 80.
SECTION 2
• Ed Hooven, “The New World Order: In a New Millennium”, pp. 101 – 143.
• David Barrows and John A. Cotsomitis, “International Trade and Investments”,
pp. 144 – 177.
• James M. Gillies, “Globalization and Canadian Economic and Industrial
Strategy in the Twenty-First Century”, pp. 178 – 204.
SECTION 3
•John Saywell, “The Socio-Political Environment: The Quest for
Accommodation”, pp 229 - 248.
SECTION 5
• Maude Barlow, “Global Showdown: The Future of Democracy in the Era of
Economic Globalization”, pp. 389 – 402.
• John H.G. Crispo, “Canada’s Prospects”, pp. 403 – 412.
• H.T. Wilson, “The Quagmire of Industrial Policy” pp. 413 - 420.
QUESTION 3
There have been reports that Chinese state-controlled companies are trying to
acquire North American companies in the natural resource sector. Using the
framework of interest groups presented by W.T. Stanbury and Sean Moore in
“Role of Interest Groups in Influencing Public Policy in Canada” in Diane
Jurkowski and George Eaton, Between Public and Private Readings and Cases
on Canada’s Mixed Economy, present an interest group that either supports or
opposes Chinese state-controlled companies take overs of Canadian natural
resource sector. (40 marks)