14. Canada's northern region O a. accounts for most of the factory production of the country
b. consists mostly of sparsely populated rural areas
c. contains most of the country's infrastructure

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

explanation:

i have ni idea

if i am correct the answer is going to be a) the federal program of reconstruction ended.

i am 99% sure that the increase of goods was because of nafta nafta stands for the north american free trade agreement to lift tariffs