The name of the town also changed from Bytown to Ottawa about fifty years later. The future of the town permanently changed when Queen Victoria decided to change the capital to the city in 1857 for the entire United Province of Canada. Then came the fires and "The Great Fire of 1900 started in Hull, turned into an inferno at the lumber mills and crossed the river into Ottawa." (History of Canada's Capital Region) This fire cut down half of the town and destroyed the main source of occupation for the town - lumber mills. It also destroyed over 2000 houses. Again the fire struck in 1916 and this time the attack was at Parliament Hill. Everything was destroyed and the only item left was the library of the Parliament. Yet the town was destined to be the capital and in 1958, the full area of 4,600 square kilometers was declared as the capital region. This included Quebec, Ontario and 27 other municipalities including Ottawa and Hull. (History of Canada's Capital Region)
The English speaking Canadians came from the American colonies between 1775 and 1783 and fifty thousand of them settled in Nova Scotia meaning Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island of today; Ontario and Quebec. The reason for their travails was the support for the British and this made them loose their properties in America. This changed the future of Canada, and helped in the continuation of monarchy in Canada for over 200 years. (the History of Republicanism in Canada) the departure of French Canadians continued from Canada and even during the period of 1840 to 1930 there were 900,000 persons who left Canada to settle in United States. This matter is no longer taken seriously by the present residents of Quebec. The movement was indeed surprising since the French language is dominant only in this part of the continent, and there have not been many more departure subsequently. (French Canadian Emigration to the United States, 1840-1930)
Does the French speaking part have separate media? Do they have to pay for it? Do they receive funds from the Canadian government?
The Canadians of English speaking type and French speaking type have specific stations which cater to their needs. These stations also air group opinions "regarding regional, provincial, national and international events." (the Bonding and Fragmenting of Canada - in terms of Mass Media) the presentation and value judgments differ with the group that the presentation is being made to. This sort of differential treatment according to language occurs in Canada in all spheres, and yet "It seems to fragment Canada yet simultaneously it preserves our nation as a multicultural country and provides support for some cultural identity on a regionalized or provincial level." (the Bonding and Fragmenting of Canada - in terms of Mass Media) Regarding the government, we have seen that they also follow this principle with regard to their television channel.
How effected is Canada by globalization? How much is the local industry acting and investing?
In Canada there has been a predominance of cultural fare from United States for more than a century. According to Mary Vipond author of the Mass Media in Canada "by 1914 almost every Canadian city and town had a movie theatre and more than 60% of the movies shown in them were American, the rest were from Britain and France." (on guard for Canada's culture) This was reflected even 1920s when there were large sales of magazines like Saturday Evening Post and ladies Home Journal in Canada. There was also the practice of listening to broadcasts of American drama and musical radio broadcasts. It is clear that there was widespread distribution of American culture for 90 years and the driving forces were first marketing strategies and then globalization in the present era. It is easy to transfer American culture to Canada - "70% of Canadians share a common language with Americans and almost 80% live within 100 kilometers of the U.S. border." (on guard for Canada's culture) There are also some justifications provided for use of American TV programs, and the main logic provided is that this provides TV programs at much cheaper rates than preparing Canadian programs. The viewer ship is also...
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