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Special Features
Van Loan and Napolitano to Hold First Formal High-Level Border Meeting
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Public Safety Canada
During their recent meeting in Washington, D.C., Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan and Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, agreed to establish a formal mechanism of twice yearly high-level meetings to manage issues on the shared border, a process that did not previously exist. The first of these meetings will take place May 26th in Detroit, Michigan and May 27th in Ottawa.
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Harper Government Launches $1-Billion Clean Energy Fund, Invests in New Technology, Creates Jobs
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Natural Resources Canada
Canada will further demonstrate its leadership in the development and advancement of clean energy technologies thanks to the launch of the $1-billion Clean Energy Fund, announced today by the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, during an address to the University of Alberta.
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Canadians Matching Hope With Action at AfghanistanChallenge.ca
Friday, May 15, 2009
Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan
The people of Afghanistan had endured decades of suffering in a country that had become one of the poorest in the world. From the devastation of war to a lack of even the most basic of services such as jobs, education and water, the people of Afghanistan were without hope.
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International News
U.S. Homeland Security boss to make Canadian visit
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Sheldon Alberts, CanWest News Service
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is planning to make her first visit to Canada next week amid lingering concerns in Ottawa over statements that raised questions about her understanding of security issues along America's northern border.
While details of Napolitano's trip are still being finalized, officials at Homeland Security and the Department of Public Safety have been trying to finalize a border security deal that would make permanent a little-known—and potentially controversial—pilot project allowing the RCMP and the U.S. Coast Guard to conduct joint armed patrols of shared waterways.
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Clinton softens U.S. view of Canadian border
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Mitch Potter, Toronto Star
The United States is not singling out Canada for especially harsh scrutiny as it moves to impose strict new border rules, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday.
Clinton, addressing a Toronto Star question during a rare encounter with foreign journalists in Washington, dismissed the notion that Americans view their northern border as a particularly troublesome entry point for terror.
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EU relaxes ban on Canadian beef—sort of
Monday, May 18, 2009
Laura Rance, Winnipeg Free Press
The U.S. beef industry is working hard to save face in the compromise it has reached with the Europeans over a particularly contentious production practice.
“In no way, shape or form would I characterize this as some sort of revelation or breakthrough,” Gregg Doud, chief economist of the U.S. National Cattlemen's Beef Association, told Reuters. “I would characterize it more as a good first step, an ability for the EU and the U.S. on agricultural trade issues to make progress.”
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MacKay visits troops in Afghanistan, talks about post-combat role
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
Canada will still have lots to do in Afghanistan even if its combat role ends as planned in 2011, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Monday at the end of a visit to Canadian forces.
The focus will be on aid and governance, something that is already occurring as 200 new U.S. soldiers arrive every week to this ever-expanding military base in southern Afghanistan with a renewed mission to subdue a bloody insurgency
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U.S. sets pace on fuel
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Paul Vieira and Carrie Tait, Financial Post
Ottawa intends to largely fall in line with the tough national automobile-emission standards Barack Obama, the U.S. President, introduced yesterday—rules that would add US$600 to the cost of producing a U.S. car and improve fuel efficiency by an average 5% per year starting in 2012.
Implications for the Canadian industry are not clear, but one analyst said it would be nearly impossible for Canada to achieve what Mr. Obama has outlined. It is also unclear whether some provinces, notably Quebec, will go along.
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Canadians credited with thwarting pirates
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
CanWest News Service, Edmonton Journal
The Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg likely deterred a Somali pirate attack against the Maltese cargo ship MV Sea Pride in the Gulf of Aden on the weekend, NATO said Monday.
HMCS Winnipeg is currently involved in an anti-pirate NATO mission called Operation Allied Protector.
In a news release, NATO spokeswoman Shona Lowe said around noon local time on Sunday, HMCS Winnipeg responded to distress calls from the Sea Pride by dispatching a helicopter to the scene.
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Pakistan to ask Canada for disaster team
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Rick Westhead, Toronto Star
Pakistan plans to ask Canada's military to send its disaster-response team to treat displaced civilians caught in the crossfire of battles between the military and Taliban militants, a Pakistani government official says.
Abdul Basit, spokesman for Pakistan's ministry of external affairs, told the Toronto Star the request would be made today in Islamabad during a meeting between Pakistani Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar and Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay.
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Un moment « émotif et difficile » pour la communauté tamoule de Montréal
Mardi 19 mai 2009
Daphne Cameron, La Presse
La capitulation des Tigres tamouls dimanche au Sri Lanka a eu l'effet d'une bombe au sein de la communauté tamoule de Montréal. Plusieurs centaines de manifestants ont accueilli avec tristesse et colère la fin du conflit civil qui a fait plus de 70 000 morts et 250 000 réfugiés depuis 1983.
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Business and Trade
Ottawa ready to fight U.S. pulp mill subsidy
Friday, May 15, 2009
Gordon Hamilton, Times Colonist
Ottawa is responding to a multi-billion-dollar U.S. black liquor subsidy to pulp mills by looking at support for Canadian pulp producers, Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt said yesterday.
Money flowing into American pulp companies is already distorting pulp markets, she said.
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Washington walks fine line with free trade
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Barrie McKenna, Globe and Mail
The Obama administration is vowing to be a much tougher global cop on trade as it battles mounting economic insecurities and protectionist sentiment at home.
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk told a leading U.S. business group yesterday that the recession is making it harder than ever to convince skeptical Americans of the benefits of free trade.
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Buy American ‘could hurt U.S.’
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Sheldon Alberts, Times Colonist
Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement yesterday slammed the Democratic-led U.S. Congress for expanding “injurious” Buy American rules that bar Canadian firms from bidding on American economic-stimulus projects, suggesting Capitol Hill lawmakers are ignorant to the potential for their actions to backfire on the U.S. economy.
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Oil Sands Key to U.S. Needs
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Peter Koven, Financial Post
Output from Canada's oil sands could rise to as much as 6.3 million barrels a day by 2035, a nearly fivefold increase above current levels, according to a landmark study released yesterday.
It was one of the findings by energy consultancy IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) in a study called Growth in the Canadian Oil Sands: Finding a New Balance.
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Croissance nulle des exportations
Vendredi 15 mai 2009
Le Devoir
Selon les prévisions provinciales d'Exportation et développement Canada (EDC), les exportations du Québec connaîtront une baisse de 15 % en 2009 avant d'effectuer une modeste remontée de 2 % en 2010.
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TransCanada pipeline sale raises US$395M
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Eric Lam, Financial Post
Energy producer TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) has sold one of its U.S. natural gas pipelines to TC PipeLines for US$395-million in cash and shares.
The deal gives the Calgary-based energy producer a 43% stake in TC PipeLines, which is managed by TC PipeLines GP, itself a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of TransCanada.
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Canadian News
Architect Arthur Erickson dead at 84
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Vancouver Sun
Internationally renowned Vancouver architect Arthur Erickson, who mingled with the world’s artistic, corporate and political elite during a marathon career that lasted more than half a century, has died. He was 84.
During his career, Erickson designed unique mansions, libraries, universities and other massive buildings. He first achieved international acclaim for his award-winning design for Simon Fraser University and his work can be seen around the world.
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American brains are Canada's gain
Monday, May 18, 2009
Elizabeth Church, Globe and Mail
Libby MacCarthy had never been to Canada when she applied to Dalhousie University at the suggestion of a friend. After a campus visit during a cold snap in April, the Maine native was still undecided about the merits of a Canadian education.
But when the offer from her top U.S. choice arrived without a promise of financial aid, the annual $25,000 (U.S.) difference in cost made up her mind.
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Jean Charest veut tisser des liens avec l'administration Obama
Dimanche 17 mai 2009
Sylvain Larocque, La Presse
À l'occasion de sa première mission politique et commerciale aux Etats-Unis depuis l'entrée en fonctions de Barack Obama, le premier ministre Jean Charest tentera de tisser des liens avec les collaborateurs du nouveau président américain.
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Worst of flu outbreak 'over' in Canada
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Caroline Alphonso, Globe and Mail
Canada's chief public health officer expressed cautious optimism yesterday that the country has seen the worst of a new virulent flu strain for the season and told Canadians that they no longer need to postpone travel plans to Mexico, the epicentre of the disease.
“It looks at this point like we're over the worst of it in Canada for this season. But again, I'm going to hedge my bets on that,” David Butler-Jones said, “because we're watching very closely… you could see a second spike. But so far we've not seen that.”
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Key mission to map Arctic successful
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Randy Boswell, National Post
Days after a Russian government report raised the spectre of military conflict over Arctic oil, Canadian scientists have accomplished a key mission to help secure this country's claim to a vast section of the polar sea floor—and its potential petroleum riches.
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Mega hydro project underway in Quebec
Friday, May 15, 2009
Lynn Moore, New Brunswick Business Journal
In Havre-Saint-Pierre, near one of Quebec's last great untamed rivers, Canada's biggest infrastructure project was launched Wednesday with the toss of a few shovelfuls of dirt.
The controversial $6.5-billion Romaine hydroelectric complex will see the construction of four dams on the Romaine River, jobs for thousands of workers, and, when complete in 2020, will provide enough power annually to service about 450,000 households
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Opinion/Editorial
Letter to the Editor: On guard for our true north
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Lawrence Cannon, Toronto Sun
Re “Russians grabbing our Arctic” (Alan Parker, May 20): Canada is committed to working peacefully in cooperation with all of our Northern neighbours, both bilaterally and through institutions like the Arctic Council, to help build a region that supports economic growth and trade, environmental protection and vibrant, healthy communities.
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U.S. food Labeling needs overhaul
Friday, May 15, 2009
MIchael Armstrong, Hamilton Spectator
Canada said this week it will file a World Trade Organization complaint over strict U.S. country-of-origin Labeling requirements which are hurting Canadian meat exports. But Brock University professor Michael Armstrong says COOL is, if anything, a half-measure that should be expanded for quality—or cut back for simplicity.
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