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Special Features
Minister Day Promotes Canada–U.S. Trade Ties in Visit to Washington, D.C.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today began a successful visit to Washington, D.C., where he discussed trade issues with United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. Tomorrow, the Minister will also address the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Statement by Ministers Day and Ritz on Human Swine Influenza
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, today issued the following statement on human swine influenza and the measures being taken by Canada to safeguard the health of Canadians and the Canadian pork industry:
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Minister Cannon Highlights Canadian Leadership on Arctic Issues at Arctic Council Meeting in Norway and Announces Creation of Canadian International Centre for the Arctic Region
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today successfully concluded his participation in the Sixth Arctic Council Foreign Ministerial Meeting, held in Tromsø, Norway. The Honourable Floyd Roland, Premier of the Northwest Territories, the Honourable Eva Aariak, Premier of Nunavut, and the Honourable Elaine Taylor, Deputy Premier of the Yukon, were also part of the Canadian Delegation.
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International News
Airlines, tour operators cancel flights to Mexico
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Scott Deveau, National Post
Travel to Mexico was abruptly curtailed yesterday following an edict from Ottawa to limit non-essential trips to the country because of an outbreak of swine flu that has killed more than 150 people.
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U.S. troops to make 'positive impact'
Friday, April 24, 2009
Kathleen Harris, Winnipeg Sun
Canada's mission in Afghanistan is on the "cusp" of a significant transformation with the influx of thousands of U.S. troops, says a top military official.
Brigadier-Gen. Jon Vance said the addition of U.S. boots on the ground will help tackle problems caused by the porous region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Punching above Canada's weight
Monday, April 27, 2009
Matthew Fisher, National Post
Canada's most influential ambassador does not reside in Washington, New York, London, Tokyo or Beijing.
It is Canada's man in Kabul, Ron Hoffman, who lives behind blast walls and bulletproof glass in a fairly modest house at the end of a street that has swarms of armed guards and several metal barriers that look as if they could stop a tank. Mr. Hoffman's status has been won militarily, diplomatically and with a fat wallet.
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Bombardier à la chasse aux pirates
Lundi 27 avril 2009
Marie Tison, La Presse
Des versions spéciales des appareils de Bombardier (T.BBD.B) , qui servent déjà à effectuer de la surveillance et à participer à des sauvetages en mer, sont appelées à accomplir une nouvelle mission: traquer les pirates.
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Operation Diplomat
Friday, April 24, 2009
Colin Freeze, Globe and Mail
A rotating team of three dozen Canadians worked tirelessly in West Africa over the past four months to secure freedom for two Canadian diplomats, sources say. Drawn from the ranks of the foreign service, Mounties, spies and other agencies, they ran the most sophisticated rescue operation Canada has ever known.
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Mentoring Afghans beneficial to Canadian police officers
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Patrice Bergeron, The Chronicle Herald
Police officers from Canada’s major multi-ethnic cities are finding there’s a lot they can learn from mentoring their counterparts in Afghanistan.
Some 30 Canadian police officers involved in training the Afghan police are themselves learning much about culture, integration and community policing—lessons that can serve them well on the rough districts of Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver.
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Business and Trade
Canada challenging U.S. meat-labelling laws, Day says
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Lee-Anne Goodman, Canada.com
Canada is filing a formal complaint to the World Trade Organization about a U.S. country-of-origin meat-labelling law that International Trade Minister Stockwell Day says is devastating the Canadian livestock industry.
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Oilsands impact not an issue: Prentice
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
The impact of Alberta's oilsands on climate change is not an issue for Canada's trading partners and the suggestion that the government is fighting to win them a loophole from environmental regulations is “preposterous,” says federal environment minister Jim Prentice.
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Flaherty presse les grandes économies mondiales d'agir rapidement
Samedi 25 avril 2009
La Presse
Le ministre canadien des Finances a appelé samedi ses homologues à mettre en oeuvre rapidement leurs promesses de consolider leurs systèmes bancaires.
Jim Flaherty était à Washington samedi, où il rencontrait ses homologues ainsi que les gouverneurs des banques centrales des pays les plus industrialisés de la planète.
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U.S. protectionism risks retaliation: Day
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Sheldon Alberts, Ottawa Citizen
International Trade Minister Stockwell Day on Tuesday warned that rising protectionism in the United States threatens to trigger retaliatory measures in Canada, with “cascading effects”on both economies as North America tries to emerge from recession.
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Softwood at the bottom?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Brenda Bouw, Hamilton Spectator
The leader of one of Canada's largest softwood lumber companies believes the beleaguered industry is at the bottom and predicts a "significant rebound" as a result of record low interest rates and cheap housing in the key U.S. market.
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California green law NAFTA issue
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Reuters, Edmonton Journal
California's new low-carbon fuel rules may violate NAFTA and World Trade Organization provisions because they would unfairly limit exports of crude from Canada's oil sands to the state, a prominent Canadian trade lawyer said Friday.
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EU, Canada trade talks worth US$27-billion
Monday, April 27, 2009
Reuters, National Post
European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to launch talks on a bilateral trade pact with Canada worth about US$27-billion a year.
The launch of talks between Brussels and Ottawa is widely seen as giving a political boost to falling world trade during the global economic crisis.
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Term 'swine flu' misleading: pork industry official
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Joanne Paulson, Star Phoenix
The illness being called the swine flu could have a devastating impact on western Canadian hog producers, who are already struggling with difficult trade and market conditions, longtime industry authority Florian Possberg said Wednesday.
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Canadian News
Canadian who has lived a life of firsts makes history again
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Mary Ann Colihan, Globe and Mail
She attended a two-room public school for black children in North Buxton, Ont., and was the first black woman elected queen of the Beaux Arts Ball at the Ontario College of Art in the 1940s.
She has painted portraits of movie stars, captains of industry, presidents and first ladies, including Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton and Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy. She has made sculptures of Rosa Parks and Stevie Wonder.
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Flaherty a de nouvelles mesures dans sa manche
Vendredi 24 avril 2009
Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse
Le ministre des Finances Jim Flaherty songe à faire sa mise à jour économique et financière annuelle dès septembre, soit deux mois plus tôt que prévu, si l'état de santé de l'économie canadienne continue à se détériorer.
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Toronto film fest to maintain its scope despite recession
Monday, April 27, 2009
Cassandra Szklarski, Canada.com
Organizers for the Toronto International Film Festival say they won't be scaling back because of the recession.
Festival director Piers Handling says the same number of titles will unspool when the annual movie marathon gets underway in September.
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Alberta's grizzly debate
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Kevin Libin, National Post
Grizzly bears are creatures of legend in Alberta. They once roamed, some say, from the Rockies across the great plains, ambling over bald prairie and swampland, moseying across its glaciers, muskeg and its deserts, presiding over wild Alberta like kings; tens of thousands of them, some believe. Today, there is a fraction of that number in the province. Perhaps a few hundred. No one knows for certain, though the government has just spent $2-million to find out.
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Penser la ville en vert
Jeudi 30 avril 20092009
Léa Méthé Myrand, La Presse
Pas « glamour » la gestion municipale? Le développement urbain gagne du panache lorsque les villes s'engagent dans le tournant vert. Le salon Americana, qui a eu lieu à récemment à Montréal, présentait une sélection des technologies et stratégies proposées pour relever les défis environnementaux du 21e siècle.
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Opinion/Editorial
Our Obama opportunity
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
William Watson, National Post
In his first 100 days in office, President Barack Obama favoured us with a visit, said very gracious things about us, made supporting our Afghan mission politically respectable again, offered to help out our economy by buying maple leaf cookies for his daughters and hit approval ratings not seen since Trudeaumania. On the other hand, no sooner had Air Force One landed back in Washington than his Agriculture Department announced new meat-labelling rules that will hit our exporters hard.
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Canada vindicated at Durban II
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Pierre Poilievre, National Post
We Canadians are often too polite to say, “I told you so.” But 16 months after we told the world that the Durban “anti-racism” conference was anything but, we have been vindicated. Canada was the first nation to pull out of the Durban II conference and to cut off funds for NGO participation. Countries like Italy, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Israel and the United States of America followed us.
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