NewsCan: For October 5-11, 2007
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Canadian Passports: New guarantor policy in effect
The Connect2Canada Team
Demand for Canadian passports has more than doubled over less than a decade. In 1999-2000, Passport Canada issued 1.7 million passports. In 2006-2007, it issued 3.6 million passports and this fiscal year, the figure is expected to reach more than four million. On October 1, the Minister of Foreign Affairs announced a new guarantor policy for Canadian passports. This new policy allows most Canadian adult passport holders residing in Canada or the U.S. to act as guarantors for passport applications. Now, any family member as well as any individual residing at the applicant's address may act as guarantor, provided he or she meets the requirements.
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Team Montreal at the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C.
The Connect2Canada Team
The Solar Decathlon joins 20 college and university teams from North America and Europe in a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house. This international competition, organized by the United States Department of Energy, is aimed at promoting innovation in the design of autonomous residential buildings that are architecturally appealing and highly energy-efficient. From October 12-20, the National Mall will be transformed into a solar village for the hosting of the competition.
Team Montreal, the only Canadian team in this year's edition of the Solar Decathlon, is a consortium of some 40 bilingual students — 15 women and 25 men — from three universities in Montreal. Engineering students from the École de technologie supérieure and Architecture students from McGill University and Université de Montréal worked together as a team to build a house that is self-sufficient and ecologically solar-powered. Best of luck to Team Montreal!
Special Features
Canada's New Government Reinforces its Commitment to Families and Food Security in Afghanistan
Sunday, October 7, 2007
The Government of Canada announced today that it is contributing $25 million to United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to meet the emergency food needs of Afghanistan's most vulnerable families. The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, and the Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, made the announcement on the occasion of their recent visit to Afghanistan.
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Prime Minister Harper Bolsters Arctic Sovereignty With Science and Infrastructure Announcements
Friday, October 5, 2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced a series of scientific and infrastructure projects to help bolster Canada's Arctic sovereignty.
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Prime Minister Harper and Nova Scotia Premier MacDonald resolve disputes over Atlantic Accord
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald today announced that they have resolved Nova Scotia's concerns related to interpretation of the Atlantic Accord. In accordance with the principles of the 2007 federal budget, Nova Scotia will be able to opt into the new equalization arrangement without risking any of the benefits it would have received from the 2005 Accord.
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International News
Canada ranks 5th for helping developing world
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Canadian Press, ctv.ca
A respected U.S. policy group ranks Canada fifth among 21 wealthy countries when it comes to supporting development in poor nations.
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Ottawa to review 'national security' provisions of foreign investments
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Stephanie Levitz, Canadian Press, Canadianbusiness.com
Considering "what's in it for Canada" will form part of a review into whether new guidelines are needed on the takeover of Canadian companies by foreign state-owned enterprises, Industry Minister Jim Prentice says.
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Border bigger barrier than buck
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Eric Beauchesne, Ottawa Citizen, Canada.com
Canada's international trade minister views the post-Sept. 11 security mentality that has gripped the United States as a greater threat to Canada's access to the rich U.S. market than the strong Canadian dollar.
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La France dévoile sa contribution
Mardi 9 octobre 2007
Radio-Canada.ca
La France a dévoilé lundi, à Paris, la teneur de sa participation aux célébrations du 400e anniversaire de la fondation de la ville de Québec.
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UN relief operation spurs rebuilding efforts
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Steve Chase, Globe and Mail
Trucking food aid into Afghanistan is getting riskier as the war-torn country grows more insecure, but a United Nations relief program is reporting small victories in using rations to spur rebuilding efforts.
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Canada needs to explore national space policy: Garneau
Friday, October 5, 2007
cbc.ca
Canada's first man in space is calling for the federal government to form a national space policy before its "ad hoc" attitude leaves it lagging far behind others carving out their own spots in the sky.
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Business and Trade
Le dollar canadien franchit le cap des 102 cents US
Vendredi 5 octobre 2007
Presse Canadienne, Cyberpresse.ca
Le dollar canadien a défié la loi de la gravité vendredi, se hissant au-dessus de la barre des 102 cents US, après avoir reçu un coup de pouce en matinée de la part des plus récentes données sur le marché canadien de l'emploi, qui a témoigné d'un niveau de chômage à son plus bas en 33 ans en septembre.
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Economists see easing credit crunch and little chance of U.S. recession
Friday, October 5, 2007
Canadian Press
Canada's economy will not be seriously hurt by the U.S. subprime-mortgage debacle if the American economy avoids recession as expected, the Conference Board of Canada predicts.
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Housing starts rise 19.6%
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Greg Surridge, Financial Post, Canada.com
Condo construction in large cities helped the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts surge 19.6% in September, according to data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released on Tuesday.
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Montreal Exchange Introduces New 30- Yr Bond Futures Contract
Monday, October 8, 2007
Canadian Economic Press
Montreal Derivatives Exchange announced on Friday the introduction of a new 30-year Government of Canada Bond Futures Contract
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Miller, Coors join in U.S.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Dana Flavelle, Toronto Star
One of Canada's oldest and largest brewers is joining forces again, this time with the makers of Miller Lite, to better compete in the U.S. market against the leading Budweiser brand, made by Anheuser-Busch Cos.
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Retailers tell Canadian Mint: Get rid of the penny
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Canadian Press, ctv.ca
Canadians have given the Royal Canadian Mint more than their two cents worth about what they can do with that ubiquitous brown coin filling jars around the house.
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Canadian News
Williams wins second majority in N.L. election
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
CTV.ca
Progressive Conservative Leader Danny Williams trounced his rivals in the Newfoundland and Labrador election Tuesday, easily winning his second straight majority government.
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A majority built on faith
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Brian Laghi and Karen Howlett, Globe and Mail
Ontario Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty cruised to a majority last night on a crest of anxiety over faith-based schools as voters gave him a second mandate to continue his middle-of-the-road reforms to the health and education systems.
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Canadian doctors would come home if asked: CMA survey
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Canadian Press, cbc.ca
A new survey says more than 10 per cent of doctors who moved to the United States after graduating from a Canadian medical school would seriously consider returning home to Canada to practise.
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Infrastructures: Québec veut redorer son image
Jeudi 11 octobre 2007
Denis Lessard, La Presse
Le gouvernement Charest abat ce matin une carte importante de son plan d'action destiné à retrouver la faveur des Québécois. Jean Charest et la ministre des Finances, Monique Jérôme-Forget, annoncent où iront les 30 milliards d'investissements dans les infrastructures, annoncées dans le budget de mai dernier.
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Mickey Mouse view of Canada revised
Monday, October 8, 2007
Jack Lakey, Toronto Star
There'll be no more cringing Canucks at Walt Disney World's Epcot centre, with the unveiling of a new film that captures present-day Canada much better than its hockey predecessor.
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Canadian Sitcom Gets Humanitarian Award
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Associated Press, New York Times
"Little Mosque on the Prairie," a Canadian sitcom about a Muslim community in a fictional town in central Canada, is getting the Search for Common Ground Award.
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Opinion/Editorial
Free trade has been vindicated
Monday, October 8, 2007
Derek Burney, Ottawa Citizen
In the fall of 1987, the Canada-U.S. free-trade negotiations hovered between success and failure. Time was running out. U.S. president Ronald Reagan's authority to negotiate a free-trade agreement on a "fast-track" basis was scheduled to expire in early October.
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On this day, Canadians have a lot to be thankful for
Monday, October 8, 2007
L. Ian McDonald, Montreal Gazette, Canada.com
There is much for Canadians to be grateful for on this Thanksgiving. We live in a time of plenty. Our country is experiencing an exceptional period of harmony. Our governments in Ottawa and Quebec are in minority postures, which are notionally unstable but surprisingly functional most of the time.
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The U.S. economy is on a slippery slope
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Jay Bryan, CanWest News Service, Canada.com
I t was only last summer when stock markets plunged nearly 10 per cent, shocked by a sudden credit crunch emanating from the implosion of the American housing bubble.
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