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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is warning taxpayers to beware of a recent scam where some Canadians are receiving a letter fraudulently identified as coming from the CRA and asking for personal information. The letter is not from the CRA. A PDF version of the letter is available on the CRA Web site at www.cra.gc.ca/alert.
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Special Features
New Cabinet charged with protecting Canada’s future in a time of global economic instability
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today appointed a new federal Cabinet charged with protecting Canadians in a time of increasing global economic instability.
“While the fundamentals of Canada’s economy remain stronger, more stable and more durable than those of many other nations, it is clear that we are not immune to what happens outside our borders,” said the Prime Minister. “That is why the central responsibility of our new mandate will be to ensure that Canada’s businesses and families have the security they need to weather any global economic storm.”
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Canada Celebrates United Nations Day
Friday, October 24, 2008
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Government of Canada today released the following statement commemorating the 63rd anniversary of the founding of the United Nations:
Since 1945, the UN has been the central forum for promoting international peace and security, human rights, democracy and the rule of law—the fundamental principles of global stability and security.
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Shale and Tight Gas Prospects Improve Canadian Natural Gas Deliverability Outlook
Friday, October 24, 2008
National Energy Board
Conventional natural gas production is expected to decline by approximately seven per cent between now and 2010, but further development of shale and tight gas prospects in northeast B.C. may be able to offset this decline, says a National Energy Board (NEB) report released today.
The report, Short-term Natural Gas Deliverability 2008-2010, presents three possible scenarios for deliverability based on the different levels of drilling investment that may occur - a reference case, a low case and a high case. While all three scenarios take into account the development of shale and tight gas prospects in the Horn River and Montney plays of northeast B.C., the high case scenario projects a higher level of investment in this area.
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International News
PM must connect with U.S.: expert
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Joanne Paulson, The Star Phoenix
The global economic crisis is "a seismic event" that will affect everyone substantially -- especially those in resource production, says an expert in global politics and law.
Michael Byers, Canadian Research Chair for Global Politics and Law at the University of British Columbia -- who was born in Saskatchewan -- addressed the Canada Trade Summit at TCU Place Tuesday.
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L'ambassadeur des États-Unis au Canada à la défense de l'ALENA
Mercredi 29 octobre 2008
Catherine Handfield, La Presse
Le prochain président des États-Unis devra maintenir l'Accord de libre-échange nord-américain (ALENA), a averti hier l'ambassadeur des États-Unis au Canada, David H. Wilkins.
M. Wilkins, qui donnait une conférence à Montréal, a ainsi indirectement pris position contre le protectionnisme prôné par le candidat démocrate à la présidence, Barack Obama.
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Ontario premier leads companies on 'speed-dating' mission to China
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Aileen McCabe, Telegraph-Journal
Updating the old Team Canada concept, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was in China on Monday leading 30 companies from the province's growing environmental sector on a "speed-dating" mission.
Corey Diamond, president of Summerhill Group in Toronto, laughs at the handle, but not the concept.
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Canadian troops to take aim at Taliban opium labs
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Dave Pugliese, The National Post
Canadian troops in Afghanistan will soon target opium-processing laboratories and high-level drug barons in an effort to cut off funding for the Taliban, says Canada's top soldier.
But Canadian Forces personnel will not conduct operations to eradicate poppy fields, says General Walter Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff.
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Trading places
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Markus Ermisch, The Calgary Sun
As Alberta's energy companies are tightening their belts in anticipation of leaner years, some players in the oil and gas service industry are looking outside North America to grow their business.
One region being considered is the Middle East.
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Putting Canada on world stage RIM co-CEO Balsillie's latest passion play
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Chris Johnston, Telegraph-Journal
It's hardly surprising that Jim Balsillie, one half of the entrepreneurial Canadian duo that taught the world to type with their thumbs, has been rubbing elbows of late with some of the planet's most powerful movers and shakers.
This time, though, it's not about expanding the reach of the revolutionary BlackBerry or resurrecting Balsillie's own controversial, on again-off again bid to own a National Hockey League franchise.
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Business and Trade
Canadian economy faring better than U.S.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Eric Beauchesne, Calgary Herald
Canada's economy remains in better shape than the U.S. economy in a variety of areas, and recent indicators suggest the gap between the two has been widening, according to a Statistics Canada analysis Thursday.
As well as a more resilient housing market, the federal agency says Canada also has much stronger employment, financial and auto markets.
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Canada still strong
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Kristine Owram, The Toronto Sun
Although there seems to be no end in sight to the carnage on financial markets, Canada's finance minister isn't wavering from the message that Canada is uniquely positioned to weather the global economic storm.
"The World Economic Forum assessed Canada's economic performance to be the most sound in the world," Flaherty told the chamber of commerce yesterday in Niagara Falls.
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Loonie soars as commodities rebound
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Eric Beauchesne, Canada.com
The Canadian dollar soared nearly three cents to almost 81 cents US Wednesday morning amid a rebound in world commodity prices, including oil, which jumped over $5 US a barrel to nearly $68 US.
The rebound helped extend this week's rally in Canadian stock markets, with Bay Street's resource-heavy benchmark index the TSX showing another triple-digit gain, following further gains as well in Asian and European markets.
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Royal Bank strengthens presence south of border
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The Gazette
Canada's largest bank is taking advantage of Florida's popularity among retired baby boomers and snowbirds as well as depressed prices for U.S. real estate to build its brand south of the border.
RBC Bank, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada, offers a wide range of financial services and advice including residential and commercial mortgages, deposit accounts, investments and mutual funds, credit and debit cards, and personal and business loans.
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N.B. poised to be energy hub - U.S. ambassador
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Stephen Llewellyn, The Daily Gleaner
David Wilkins, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, says New Brunswick has a bright future as an energy exporter to our southern neighbour.
"I think New Brunswick is poised to be the new energy hub, certainly in this part of North America," he said in an interview Tuesday. "It already supplies ... 80 per cent of the home-heating oil for Maine.
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Canadian border cities brace for drop in U.S. shoppers
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Scott Anderson, The London Free Press
There’s unlikely to be a rush of bargain-hunting U.S. shoppers flooding into Canada to take advantage of a rapidly weakening Canadian dollar because tough times at home will keep them away.
While the low-cost loonie, the Canadian currency’s nickname, has been a draw for American shoppers in the past, things are different now due to the U.S. housing crisis and general economic malaise. It hardly matters that the value of the Canadian dollar has slipped more than 20 per cent this year, and that it was about 79 centsUS yesterday — its weakest point against the U.S. dollar since September 2004.
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L'économie américaine recule moins que prévu
Jeudi 30 octobre 2008
La Presse
Le produit intérieur brut des États-Unis a reculé de 0,3% à un rythme annuel au troisième trimestre, selon les chiffres publiés jeudi par le département du Commerce.
C'est le premier recul du PIB depuis le quatrième trimestre de 2007. Au deuxième trimestre, la croissance de l'économie américaine avait été de 2,8% en rythme annuel.
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Canadian News
Parliament to resume Nov. 18
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Canada.com
Parliament will resume sitting Nov. 18, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed Wednesday.
Governor-General Michaelle Jean will deliver the speech from the throne opening the new session Nov. 19.
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Immigrants to Quebec must respect province's common values: Government
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Canada.com
All immigrants coming to Quebec will have to sign a declaration saying they will respect Quebec's common values, the provincial government said Wednesday as it announced several measures to help immigrants better integrate into Quebec society.
Starting next January, immigrants must promise to learn French and respect the fact that Quebec is a secular society where men and women have equal rights.
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Country's largest wind farm slated to be developed in Ontario town
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The National Post
A southwestern Ontario town council has approved a controversial proposal for what would be Canada's largest wind farm. More than 100 farmers and homeowners packed the community centre in Comber, Ont., for a three-hour meeting that heard passionate arguments both for and against wind power. In the end, the town council voted 6-4 in favour of Brookfield Renewable Power, which hopes to win a contract from the Ontario Power Authority to start building its $600-million wind farm next year. About 111 of the 120-metre-tall turbines would be built in Lakeshore, on the shore of Lake St. Clair, and another 37 would be put up in nearby parts of Kingsville, on the shores of Lake Erie.
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Case marks important victory for Ottawa
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Ian Macleod, The National Post
Canada's government has won more than guilty verdicts in the Momin Khawaja case: It has survived an epic battle that challenged its authority to radically alter the country's legal landscape in the name of post-9/11 national security.
As the first major test of the hard-hitting Anti-terrorism Act of 2001, the Khawaja case set off a marathon of pre-trial skirmishing among defence, prosecution and government lawyers that wound through some of the highest courts in the land.
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Canadian Blood Services says reserves low, asks for more donors
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The Canadian Press
Canadian Blood Services is putting out a call for more blood donors, saying its inventory has dropped 40 per cent in the last two months.
At one point this week - on Tuesday - the emergency reserve had dropped to two days on hand for the most common blood types. Normally, four to six days' supply of blood is on hand.
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Charest défie l'opposition
Jeudi 30 octobre 2008
Malorie Beauchemin, La Presse
Le premier ministre Jean Charest a refusé, hier, de répondre à l'appel de l'opposition qui le sommait, dans une ultime tentative, de ne pas déclencher d'élections et de se concentrer plutôt sur l'économie.
La chef du Parti québécois, Pauline Marois, et le leader adéquiste, Mario Dumont, ont tenté pendant un débat de deux heures de convaincre les troupes libérales qu'il fallait adopter rapidement des mesures économiques pour prévenir la crise, devant une ministre des Finances, Monique Jérôme-Forget, qui a répété que le Québec tirait son épingle du jeu.
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Opinion/Editorial
Wise to watch south of border
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Walter Robinson, The Ottawa Sun
In six days, Americans will elect their 44th president. He will inherit two wars, an economy in a troubling recession, and a diminished international reputation amongst friends and foes -- and these are just a few of the many challenges for the next occupant of the Oval Office. Moreover, the expectations that will be placed upon the new president to steer the U.S. out of this morass are, in a word, mind-boggling.
While recent national polls have tightened giving Republican Sen. John McCain a degree of momentum against Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, electoral college votes -- where the White House contest is won and lost -- are counted state by state, and it's here where Obama has real momentum with new traction in Colorado, Virginia and Nevada. And the big name, big vote states like Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and even North Carolina, will likely go Democrat. It's not looking good for McCain.
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C'est quoi, les «valeurs québécoises»?
Dimanche 26 octobre 2008
Alain Dubuc, La Presse
Dans le bilan qu'il a fait de la campagne électorale, le chef du Bloc québécois, Gilles Duceppe, a attribué les succès de sa formation à sa capacité d'incarner les «valeurs québécoises» dans un contexte où il y a «deux visions, celle du Québec et celle de Harper».
M. Duceppe avait pas mal raison sur le premier point, mais il avait tout faux sur le second. Cette façon de diviser le monde en deux, le Québec d'un bord et Harper de l'autre, est simpliste et ne se vérifie pas dans les faits, car les valeurs que M. Duceppe a défendues avec éloquence ressemblent étrangement à celles d'une majorité d'Anglo-Canadiens.
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