The document discusses the history and impact of communications technology in Canada. It describes how communications has evolved from early inventions like writing to modern technologies like television, phones, and email. The communications industry plays an important economic role in Canada by creating jobs, selling products domestically and internationally, and bringing money into the country. However, it also faces challenges like high energy use and pollution from manufacturing facilities. The industry is expected to continue growing and creating new technologies and jobs in the future.

1. By Lauren and Dora

2.  Communications is the system that carries
information throughout Canada.
 Communications technology is used around
the world.
 Communication began thousands of years ago
with the invention of writing, but has, since
then, changed drastically.
 Communications technology is used to make
communicating with people easier.
 The telegraph, radio, and television are all
examples of communications technology.

3.  Some examples of communications are:
 Talking to someone in person
 Listening to the radio
 Watching television
 Talking on the telephone
 Sending an e-mail
 Sending letters in the mail
 Reading the newspaper

4.  Canadian telecommunications companies
provide services to countries all over the world.
This brings money into Canada’s economy.
 Cellphones and other devices are sold
domestically.
 Communications also creates jobs for people in
many different industries such as sales,
engineering, repair, and development.

5.  If a new type of Communications technology is
developed and provides 100 jobs for engineers,
it will also provide 300 jobs for salespeople.
This is how the multiplier effect impacts other
industries.
 There is a fairly large work force for
communications because there are so many
aspects to the industry such as development,
sales, and engineering.

6.  One problem would be that it takes up a lot of
energy and electricity to power all the
communications technology.
 Pollution is another problem. As the demand
for more technology increases so does the
amount of factories needed
to create the technology.
The more factories
created, the more
pollution there is.

7.  This industry is constantly changing and
improving.
 In the future there will be new technology and
new ways to communicate over longer
distances with ease.
 Communications will continue to create jobs as
the industry expands.
 It could also bring more money into the
Canadian economy if people continue buying
Canadian-made products and working with
Canadian engineers.

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