10.E1.3

describe some key trends and/or developments in the Canadian economy since 1982, including those affecting First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities (e.g., the decline of the manufacturing sector, the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement [FTA] and the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA], the decline of East Coast fish stocks, recessions, the bursting of the tech bubble, consumerism, online shopping, economic growth in western and northern Canada, fluctuations in interest rates, the European Union ban on sealskin products), and compare them to earlier trends/developments