Energy and Mines 10, 20, 30
Examine the marketing and economic value of coal in Saskatchewan.
Indicators for this outcome
| (a) | Explore how the political stability of Canada attracts investors to the coal industry. |
| (b) | Identify the top coal importing countries based on total tonnage. |
| (c) | Analyze the factors which influence coal prices such as product supply and demand, importing and exporting countries, economic conditions, government policies and societal changes. |
| (d) | Investigate Canada’s trade agreements with respect to the purchase and sale of coal, the impact on coal corporations and supply management. |
| (e) | Summarize the connection of the coal industry to support industries. |
| (f) | Research how the coal industry has a significant impact on local communities and provincial and federal governments through resource and personal taxes, labour force and royalties. |
| (g) | Explore the economics of coal marketing, including the systems governing price setting and government incentives. |
| (h) | Explore the history of successful and unsuccessful alliances between coal companies and Indigenous companies and communities. |
| (i) | Debate how successful and unsuccessful alliances affect the treaty relationship between the parties involved. |
| (j) | Explore the role of government incentives in the economic development of a coal project in a booming and down turning market. |
| (k) | Compare the cost of production of coal in Saskatchewan to the cost in other parts of Canada and the world. |
| (l) | Analyse the impact of world events (e.g., war, major disaster and economic recession) on the coal market and local economy. |
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