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Special Features
Statement by Prime Minister Stephen Harper for Remembrance Day 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Canada News Centre
This Remembrance Day, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Canada, as a nation, will pause and remember.
We will remember that this day 90 years ago, when the First World War ended, was a day full of emotions—great relief and joy that the fighting had finally come to a victorious end—and immense sorrow to realize the cost of peace in human terms.
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"Boring" Canada's Financial Tips for the World
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Department of Finance Canada
The following guest column by the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, appeared in today’s Financial Times. In it, Minister Flaherty outlines Canada’s five-point plan to restore stability to the international financial system.
"The financial crisis that began 14 months ago in the US has intensified and spread around the world, threatening to roll back economic progress that has been made over the past two decades. Governments have been responding in a co-ordinated fashion and will continue this work in the lead-up to the summit of the Group of 20 leading economies.
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Canada Welcomes Announcement of Ceasefire in Darfur
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding the announcement by the President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, of a unilateral ceasefire in Darfur:
“Canada is encouraged by the Government of Sudan’s announcement of its unilateral ceasefire in the Darfur region. The Sudanese government must now fully implement this ceasefire and resist all provocation. Canada urges rebel and other armed groups to cease hostilities as well, in the interest of the security of Darfuri civilians.
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International News
PM to press G20 to act on economy
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Les Whittington, The Toronto Star
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will press for the world's major industrial and developing nations to take steps to stimulate the hard-hit global economy when he meets with leaders of the Group of 20 countries in Washington this weekend.
An aide to Harper said the Prime Minister wants leaders to concentrate on how to pull the world out of its economic slump – the worst in many decades – rather than focus on "rear-view mirror" issues of how the international financial meltdown came about.
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Les citoyens divisés sur le rôle du Canada dans le monde
Mercredi 12 Novembre 2008
Acadie Presse
Alors que s'ouvre demain un colloque sur la place du Canada dans le monde, un sondage révèle une fracture profonde dans l'opinion publique à travers le pays sur le rôle que doit jouer le Canada dans les affaires internationales.
Le sondage, mené par la firme Environics pour le compte de la Fondation Trudeau et de l'Université Laval, fait état de résultats très polarisés en ce qui à trait notamment à l'environnement, à la prison de Guantanamo et aux relations diplomatiques avec la Chine.
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PM moves fast to build bridges with Obama
Friday, November 07, 2008
Campbell Clark, The Globe and Mail
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday he will stress to Barack Obama that Canada's relationship with the U.S. is its most important, and that he will make energy and the environment a top priority for dealings with the new administration.
And Mr. Harper, who often strived to place public distance between himself and President George W. Bush, was not reluctant to express goodwill to Mr. Obama - an association that paints the Conservative Prime Minister as more centrist.
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Dying not an option, says kidnapped CBC journalist
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The National Post
Mellissa Fung, the Canadian journalist who was kidnapped in Afghanistan and held in a cave for four weeks, said she was stabbed in the shoulder as she struggled to break free from her captors.
Ms. Fung, 35, was working for CBC-TV when she was abducted a month ago near the Afghan capital of Kabul. She said she was stabbed during the struggle as some men grabbed her and tried to put her into a car.
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U.S. ambassador supports NAFTA
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Mike Blanchfield, The Winnipeg Free Press
It would be a bad idea for the U.S. to retreat into protectionism, Washington's envoy to Canada said Wednesday as he defended the North American Free Trade Agreement.
"This is simply no time for my country to disengage from you, our best friend and ally, or from the rest of the world," said Ambassador David Wilkins.
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Research boosts Canada's Arctic claim
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Randy Boswell, The Vancouver Sun
The federal scientist heading Canada's bid to claim thousands of square kilometres of Arctic Ocean seabed under a UN convention says a joint U.S.-Canada mapping mission to the Beaufort Sea this fall yielded "very promising" results that could vastly extend this country's territory in one of the polar region's richest target zones for offshore oil and gas.
"The quality of the data is astonishing," Halifax-based geoscientist Jacob Verhoef told Canwest News Service. "We haven't analysed it all, but what we found is that the entire Beaufort Sea -- all the way up to the north -- is covered with significant amounts of sediments, which makes our case look very promising."
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Canada's tourism brand ranked 2nd in international survey
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
CBC News
An international survey has ranked Canada as the second-strongest national brand in the world.
But that doesn't mean it's the country most people want to visit — that honour went to Italy and Canada ranked eighth.
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Business and Trade
Canada adds 9,500 jobs, U.S. loses 250,000
Friday, November 07, 2008
Jamie Sturgeon, The National Post
The Canadian jobless rate held up remarkably well compared to the United States in October, as one country managed to add jobs while the other suffered yet another steep decline, new data showed on Friday.
Canadian employment rolls remained largely unchanged in October after September's surprising gains, however, a federal election that briefly added more than 40,000 jobs may have veiled mounting weakness elsewhere.
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Harper accélérera les investissements dans les infrastructures
Mardi 11 Novembre 2008
Joël-Denis Bellavance et Malorie Beauchemin, La Presse
Le premier ministre Stephen Harper s'est engagé hier à accélérer les investissements prévus par Ottawa dans les infrastructures comme mesure pour stimuler la croissance de l'économie canadienne alors que toute la planète affronte une tempête financière.
M. Harper a pris cet engagement durant sa rencontre de plus de trois heures avec ses homologues provinciaux dans la capitale fédérale pour faire le point sur l'état de santé de l'économie dans les diverses régions du pays.
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Ottawa boosts mortgage plan, cuts insurance fee
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The National Post
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said the Conservative government will buy up to $75-billion worth of Canadian mortgages, boosting a previously announced plan by $50-billion.
The government is also reducing by 50 basis points the premiums banks need to pay to participate in the secured lending facility announced last month.
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Flaherty lauds strategies to stimulate economies
Monday, November 10, 2008
Les Whittington, The Toronto Star
A massive economic stimulus package announced by China yesterday offers hope that world leaders can agree on common action to combat the onrushing global recession, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says.
“Certainly, we support the move that China has taken,” Flaherty said yesterday in a telephone news conference from Sao Paulo, Brazil, after a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers.
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A ray of hope emerges for retailers
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Derek Abma, The Vancouver Sun
Notwithstanding plunging stock markets and economic growth at a near standstill, there are signs this holiday shopping season might not be a total bust after all.
Still, there are indications consumers will be cautious about their spending in the coming weeks even though economists at one bank recently said Canadians have an extra $10 billion to spend this holiday season -- amounting to about $300 per person -- due to lower energy costs.
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Plenty of jobs in tourism sector, official says
Monday, November 10, 2008
Brian Morton, The Vancouver Sun
A looming recession may be giving B.C. businesses the jitters, but the tourism sector is still putting out the welcome mat for foreign workers.
According to go2, the B.C. tourism industry's human resources association, projections for potential in the tourism sector indicate there will be a shortage of 30,000 workers by 2015 and 64,000 in 2025.
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Canadian News
Deux Américains d'origine aspirent au titre de meilleur Canadien
Mardi 11 Novembre 2008
Dan Ralph, La Presse
Ils sont tous deux nés aux États-Unis et ils résident chacun au sud de la frontière pendant la saison morte. Mais les demis insérés Ben Cahoon et Kamau Peterson ne veulent laisser aucun doute sur leur identité: ils sont des Canadiens jusqu'à la moelle.
Après tout, ils sont tous deux conscients de l'importance du café, des beignes et de terminer chacune de leurs phrases par «eh», un tic typiquement canadien.
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Canadian named to head Johns Hopkins
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tracey Tyler, The Toronto Star
It's famous for its powerful lacrosse team, which happens to be called the Blue Jays. But for most of its 132-year history, the Canadian connection at Johns Hopkins University has been relatively obscure.
That changed yesterday, when Toronto-born Ron Daniels, 49, described by friends as "a passionate Canadian," was named president of the prestigious Maryland institution, the richest research university in the United States.
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Female soldiers on front lines in today's Forces
Monday, November 10, 2008
Ethan Baron, The National Post
Canada's iconic Remembrance Day image of a grey-haired, male veteran of the Second World War is changing as the nation's soldiers wage war against the Taliban. With every troop rotation, the number of women who have exposed themselves to wartime death is growing.
In Afghanistan, Canadian women and men work together on the front lines, in combat and in support. Some fight with the infantry, some drive armoured semi-trucks for resupply, some treat the wounded and some administer the war effort.
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Canadians win Japan's Kyoto Prize
Monday, November 10, 2008
The Toronto Star
Two Canadians have been honoured with Japan's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
Toronto-based biologist Anthony Pawson and Montreal philosopher Charles Taylor received their awards, known as the Kyoto Prize, at a ceremony in Kyoto, Japan, on Monday.
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Experimental HIV vaccine developed by London, Ont. scientist
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The National Post
An experimental vaccine aimed at combating the HIV/AIDS virus has been developed by a researcher with London's University of Western Ontario and is ready to be put through a key testing phase, the university announced Wednesday.
The experimental vaccine, developed by virologist Dr. Chil-Yong Kang, will now go through toxicology tests to ensure it could safely be tested on humans.
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Opinion/Editorial
A new chapter in Canada–U.S. relations
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Maryscott Greenwood, The Vancouver Sun
In just 10 weeks, the United States will inaugurate its 44th president, Barack Obama, and the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper will enter the New Year reinvigorated from its fall election.
There is little doubt the fact that there are two new governments offers a rare opportunity to re-energize the unique cross-border relationship shared by no other countries in the world.
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Des gains importants à réaliser
Jeudi 13 Novembre 2008
Mathieu Laberge, La Presse
Le ralentissement économique mondial qui sévit actuellement constitue une opportunité à saisir pour les Canadiens. Alors que plusieurs autres pays pourraient connaître une récession, le commerce interprovincial devrait devenir une «voie de contournement» de la crise pour l'économie du Québec et des autres provinces.
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