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Balado: Vaccin expérimental contre l’Ebola utilisé sur un humain
L’equipe LienCanada
Lorsqu’une chercheure allemande s'est infectée accidentellement avec le virus d’Ebola, un vaccin expérimental a été envoyé d’urgence d’un laboratoire au Manitoba. Dans notre dernier balado, Dr Frank Plummer nous parle du vaccin canadien qui a été utilisé pour sauver sa vie.
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Le PM salue le succès du Sommet du G-20 à Londres
Vendredi 3 avril 2009
Cabinet du Premier ministre
Le Premier ministre Stephen Harper a salué aujourd’hui les mesures rapides, coordonnées et sans précédent prises par les leaders du G-20 afin de rétablir la croissance économique et la confiance dans l’économie mondiale.
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Le Canada se dit très préoccupé par le lancement d’une roquette de longue portée par la Corée du Nord
Dimanche 5 avril 2009
Affaires étrangères et Commerce international Canada
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères, l’honorable Lawrence Cannon, a déclaré aujourd’hui qu’il était très préoccupé par l’utilisation d’une roquette de longue portée, par la Corée du Nord, dans le cadre d’une tentative de lancement d’un satellite le 5 avril.
« Le Canada est très préoccupé par le fait que la Corée du Nord ait décidé de lancer une roquette de longue portée, a déclaré le ministre Cannon. Cette mesure malavisée ébranle la confiance dans l’intérêt que porte la Corée du Nord à la paix et à la sécurité. »
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Le gouvernement du Canada investit 2 millions de dollars pour renforcer la sécurité du Canada
Lundi 6 avril 2009
Défense nationale
L’honorable Peter Gordon MacKay, ministre de la Défense nationale et ministre de la Porte d’entrée de l’Atlantique, et l’honorable Peter Van Loan, ministre de la Sécurité publique, ont annoncé aujourd’hui que le gouvernement du Canada investit 2 millions de dollars dans dix nouveaux projets de recherche qui rehausseront la capacité du Canada de prévenir et d’affronter les menaces pour sa sécurité et pour la sécurité de ses citoyens, que ces menaces soient attribuables à des actes terroristes ou criminels, à des accidents ou à des catastrophes naturelles.
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International news
U.S. supports Arctic treaty in turf battle over oil riches
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Sheldon Alberts, Edmonton Journal
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said the Obama administration is “committed” to ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, touting the decades-old treaty as the best way for Arctic powers to resolve competing territorial claims over the Far North’s resource-rich seabed.
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Canadian warship thwarts Somali pirate attack
Monday, April 6, 2009
Katie DeRosa, National Post
A Canadian warship based at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt thwarted a pirate attack in the Arabian Sea Saturday and on Sunday came to the rescue of Somali refugees.
HMCS Winnipeg, part of a NATO-led counter-piracy mission known as Operation Allied Protector, saw three small pirate skiffs closing in on an Indian merchant vessel, the Pacific Opal, in the Gulf of Aden.
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’Unprecedented’ international co-operation hailed at economic forum
Friday, April 3, 2009
Times & Transcript
Prime Minister Stephen Harper couldn’t resist a little Canadian bragging yesterday as leaders of the world’s biggest economies agreed to prime the recession pump and put some constraints on unfettered banking giants.
“I think we’re back to where Canada has been all along,” Harper told a news conference after the two-day Group of 20 economic summit concluded.
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NATO leaders blast Afghan ‘rape’ law
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Allan Woods, Toronto Star
As their two-day summit ended yesterday, NATO leaders, one by one, went to the microphone to denounce a controversial law that proposes to restrict the rights of some Afghan women.
“I think this law is abhorrent,” said U.S. President Barack Obama of the Taliban-style law, which reportedly legislates when Shiite women must have sex with their husbands and confines them to the home without a male escort.
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Canada’s role ‘crucial’: General
Monday, April 6, 2009
Matthew Fisher, National Post
The American general overseeing the influx of 20,000 to 30,000 U. S. troops into southern Afghanistan is convinced the war can be won and believes that Canada’s forces in Kandahar have a crucial role to play in “the toughest place to fight in Afghanistan.”
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Les hélicoptères canadiens devront s’adapter aux changements
Lundi 6 avril 2009
Patrice Bergeron, La Presse
Après avoir charrié des dizaines de tonnes de matériel et des milliers de soldats au cours des trois derniers mois, le groupe d’hélicoptères canadiens posté à Kandahar devra maintenant s’adapter à l’arrivée massive des renforts américains.
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Business and trade
Les manufacturiers canadiens plus rentables que les américains
Mercredi 8 avril 2009
Rudy Le Cours, La Presse
Depuis l’entrée du Canada en récession cet automne, la rentabilité de ses manufacturiers s’est maintenue tandis que celle de leurs concurrents américains s’est affaissée.
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Auto sector no longer “too big to fail”: Clement
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Paul Vieira and Nicolas Van Praet, Globe and Mail
The federal government is bracing Canadians for the possibility that General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC will slide into bankruptcy, unveiling plans to guarantee warranties on all new cars and trucks the automakers sell and boosting protection for auto-supplier shipments by $700-million.
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Deal reached on Churchill hydro power
Friday, April 3, 2009
Paul Delean, Montreal Gazette
After years of friction on the hydroelectric front, Newfoundland and Quebec have concluded what Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams called a historic transmission agreement.
The deal, which took effect April 1, allows Newfoundland-owned power to be sold into the U.S. or Canadian market with Hydro-Québec acting as a conduit rather than a reseller.
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U.S. slaps 10% duty on lumber
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Roberta Rampton, Toronto Star
The United States will slap a 10 per cent duty on some imports of Canadian lumber after Ottawa failed to abide by a trade tribunal ruling, the U.S. Trade Representative said yesterday.
The new tax in the long-running bilateral dispute between the world’s two biggest trading partners comes amid growing concerns over nations around the world walling off their borders to protect jobs.
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Tighter rules feared if U.S. clampdown spreads north
Monday, April 6, 2009
Alia McMullen, National Post
Canadian businesses are facing the threat of tightened U.S. border regulations amid a growing concern stricter regulations aimed at Mexico would also be applied to Canada.
The issue is of increasing importance to Canada, which needs improved fluidity at the border in order to improve business relationships and trade, a panel of speakers said at a conference presented by the Richard Ivey School of Business and the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management in Toronto Monday.
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Exports at risk from U.S. climate change bill
Friday, April 3, 2009
Shawn McCarthy, Globe and Mail
Proposed U.S. legislation could slap import levies on a range of Canadian products — from steel and cement to paper and ceramics — if Washington deems Canada is lax in fighting global warming.
The climate change legislation also includes low-carbon standards that could drive up the cost of imports from the Alberta oil sands.
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Canada tops U.S. in direct investing
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Greg Quinn, Globe and Mail
Canada recorded its first ever surplus in bilateral direct investment with the United States last year, overtaking an economy 10 times its size.
Direct Canadian investment in the United States was $17.1-billion greater last year than U.S. direct investment in Canada, Statistics Canada said yesterday. In 2007, the balance of such investments favoured the United States by $62.1-billion.
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Canadian news
Ottawa injects $100M into cultural festivals
Monday, April 6, 2009
Martin Knelman, Toronto Star
The federal government announced details today of a new $100 million program to fund festivals and other annual events that draw tourists.
Diane Ablonczy, the minister of state responsible for small business and tourism outlined the goals and rules of the Marquee Tourism Events Program at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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First woman takes command of warship
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
HMCS Halifax was preparing to steam through the city’s harbour today under the control of Canada’s first female commander of a warship.
Cmdr. Josée Kurtz says she’s thrilled to be making her mark in history but adds that her gender doesn’t seem to make much of a difference to her crew.
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Job seekers swarming to Atlantic provinces
Friday, April 3, 2009
Tavia Grant, Globe and Mail
George Halliwell has been a headhunter in Charlottetown for the past seven years and has never seen such a wave of Canadians clamouring to move east.
“I’m searching for an engineer in Halifax right now — and everyone from the automotive industry in Ontario is applying for the job. They might make $60,000 in Toronto or Guelph, but they’re willing to take $50,000 here because of the housing costs, the way of life is a lot simpler, there are no traffic jams and it’s more family oriented.”
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Le Canadien aux enchères
Mardi 7 avril 2009
Jean-François Bégin et Denis Lessard, La Presse
Confronté à un fort endettement, le propriétaire du Canadien, George Gillett tente bel et bien de vendre le Tricolore et le Centre Bell et essaie présentement de faire monter les enchères afin d’obtenir le meilleur prix possible, qui pourrait atteindre, voire dépasser, les 400 millions de dollars.
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Mounties win right to form union
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Colin Freeze, Globe and Mail
An Ontario Superior Court judge yesterday awarded the Mounties the right to unionize in a landmark decision that may have huge implications for the RCMP, its culture, and government budgets across the country.
Mr. Justice Ian MacDonnell struck down a section of the RCMP Act that precludes unionization, finding the law unconstitutional. He gave the federal government 18 months to prepare for the decision to take effect, given that it could fundamentally alter the power structure of one or Canada’s most important institutions.
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Toronto’s Google Street View goes live within ‘weeks’
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Rob Roberts, National Post
Google will launch its Street View map of Toronto in a few weeks, even as the company’s vehicles criss-cross the GTA gathering additional street-level images.
Greater Toronto residents — and indeed anyone around the world — will soon be able to see everything from their front door to the sidewalk patio of their favourite restaurant on Google Street View, although the exact date has not been released. “We hope to launch it in the coming weeks,” said Tamara Micner of Google Canada.
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Opinion/editorial
Canada makes its mark on financial regulation for G20
Friday, April 3, 2009
Vancouver Sun
The final communique that emerged Thursday from the G20 summit in London may and may not help revive the ailing world economy. But the good work that has been done leading up to the meeting, particularly by Canada and India, should be acknowledged.
Working Group 1 was asked to make recommendations related to international standards in accounting and disclosure, prudential oversight and risk management and, more generally, on the scope and consistency of regulatory regimes related to financial systems.
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Stuck at the border
Friday, April 3, 2009
David Bradley, National Post
Two-thirds (by value) of Canada’s trade with the United States moves by truck. So, I often get asked the question: How are things at the border these days?
Before answering that, it is important to understand that North America — especially its manufacturing regions — has been in a freight recession for at least two years. Initially, the reduction in freight volumes — particularly a drop-off in southbound shipments — reflected the impact from the appreciation in the value of the Canadian dollar, and ongoing problems in the auto and forestry sectors.
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