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Special Features
PM announces financial support for the restructuring of General Motors
Monday, June 01, 2009
Office of the Prime Minister
The governments of Canada and Ontario are co-operating to provide financing to General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) and General Motors (GM) Corporation to support the companies’ efforts to restructure while maintaining Canada’s production share in the Canada–U.S. market and making a significant investment in research and development.
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Fourth Quarterly Report on Afghanistan Released
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Government of Canada
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade, Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Chair of the Cabinet Committee on Afghanistan, today released the Government of Canada’s fourth quarterly report on Canada’s engagement in Afghanistan. In particular, the report for the quarter ending March 31, 2009, outlines progress in advancing the rule of law.
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Ambassador Wilson's virtual outreach — Michigan State University
Monday, June 01, 2009
Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.
On April 22, 2009, Ambassador Wilson participated in the first in a series of video conference partnerships with U.S. universities.
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International News
Oilsands drawbacks solvable: energy czar
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Edmonton Journal
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Monday he believes technology can solve environmental problems associated with Canada's oilsands and that the huge nearby resource contributes to U.S. energy security.
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Obama pal likely to be next envoy to Canada
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Sheldon Alberts, Calgary Herald
With Chicago lawyer and top Democratic fundraiser David Jacobson rumoured to be President Barack Obama's pick for the next U.S. ambassador to Canada, the president is coming under fire from critics who say he has abandoned a pledge to reward more career diplomats with plum foreign ambassadorships.
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Study of Arctic oil and gas show bonanza for Russia
Friday, May 29, 2009
Randy Boswell, National Post
The first detailed scientific analysis of potential oil and gas deposits in the Arctic confirms that significant resource wealth could accrue to Canada, the U.S. and other northern nations, but identifies Russia as the biggest winner in the polar petroleum sweepstakes.
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L'OTAN débarque à Québec
Mardi 2 juin 2009
Jean Francois Néron, La Presse
Québec est sur un pied de guerre avec la visite cette semaine d'une quarantaine de généraux des pays membres de l'Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord (OTAN). Une occasion de faire le bilan et d'exprimer le rôle que chaque État compte assumer dans l'avenir.
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NUI Galway to repatriate Maliseet canoe to Canadians
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Lorna Siggins, Irish Times
NUI GALWAY is to repatriate a 180-year-old birch-bark canoe, built by native Americans and acquired by an Irish soldier serving with British imperial forces in Canada.
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Federal ad campaign targets foreign cash
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Campbell Clark, Globe and Mail
The federal government is launching an international advertising campaign to woo foreign investment, using the stability of Canadian banks as a lure.
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Business and Trade
Business groups want new trade deal to combat U.S.'s 'Buy American' laws
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Julian Beltrame, New Brunswick Business Journal
Canada and the United States need to negotiate a new free-trade agreement on government procurement to head off a trade war over the Buy American issue, business leaders said Monday.
Two Toronto-area firms have complained they are being shut out of the U.S. market. In the case of Ipex, the firm’s plastic pipe was ripped from a sewage line in California after it was found to be made in Canada.
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NAFTA emissions plan needed: Charest
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Kevin Dougherty, Leader Post
Canada, the United States and Mexico should adopt a common position on greenhouse gases, Quebec Premier Jean Charest, hosting a meeting of Canadian premiers and governors from American and Mexican states, proposed Wednesday.
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Loonie leaps almost 8 cents
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Malcolm Morrison, Chronicle Heral
The Canadian dollar is bulking up again, winding up the month of May with an eight-cent runup against its American counterpart to almost 92 cents US, its highest level since early last October.
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GM's Canada sales outperform the industry
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Nicolas van Praet, Financial Post
General Motors Corp., reorganizing under U.S. bankruptcy protection with US$60-billion in public aid, outperformed the industry in Canadian sales last month with a 12% decline as rival Chrysler LLC saw its volumes plunge by half.
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Magna expects Opel profit by 2011
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Ryan Chilcote and Andreas Cremer, Financial Post
Magna International Inc., the Canadian car-parts maker chosen to rescue General Motors Corp.'s European division, plans to revamp the model lineup and return the business to a profit by 2011.
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China seeks energy alliance
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Claudio Cattaneo, National Post
China's state-controlled energy giant, China National Petroleum Corp., is proposing a strategic alliance with Canada—and particularly Alberta—to help meet its energy needs, while helping Canada develop a new market for its oil.
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Canadian News
Jack Layton to spread virtues of Canadian universal health care to White House
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Tamsyn Burgmann, Guelph Mercury
Armed with the virtues of Canadian health care, Jack Layton is heading to Washington this week, hoping to bolster President Barack Obama's intentions to reform the American health system.
The federal New Democrat leader is to spend two and a half days meeting with White House officials and members of Congress.
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Inuit adore Governor General
Monday, June 01, 2009
Alexander Panetta, Telegraph Journal
It may have bombed in Brussels, but Michaëlle Jean's seal-skinning performance has earned her rock-star status on the tundra.
The Governor General was given a hero's welcome in Arctic hamlets, and on Friday two provincial-territorial governments publicly congratulated her.
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Ottawa looks to redefine rules for Indian status
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Campbell Clark, Globe and Mail
The Conservative government says it will rewrite the 19th century Indian Act this summer with "willing" aboriginal groups, opting not to challenge a court ruling that struck down the law's definition of Indian.
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Bill will let terror victims seek compensation
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
CanWest News Service
Victims of terrorism would be able to seek compensation from foreign states, organizations or individuals that are deemed supporters of terrorism under legislation tabled Tuesday by the Conservative government.
More details were provided by the government about the Justice for Victims of Terror Act, a bill Prime Minister Stephen Harper said would be introduced this week.
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Guy Laliberté volera dans l'espace
Mercredi 3 juin 2009
Mario Cloutier, La Presse
Le Cirque du Soleil confirme que Guy Laliberté sera le premier explorateur privé canadien lors de la toute « première mission sociale et poétique » dans l'espace à destination de la Station spatiale internationale.
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Regina nurse named to UN agency
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Anne Kyle, Leader Post
A Regina nurse's local and international work on HIV/AIDS education has earned her a berth on a United Nations' committee.
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High-speed rail between Vancouver and Portland requires improved or new corridor
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Doug Ward, CanWest News Service
There will be no high-speed rail between Vancouver and its sister Pacific Northwest cities unless the B.C. and Canadian governments finance an improved or new rail corridor north of the border, says an official with the Vancouver Board of Trade.
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Opinion/Editorial
Better to engage than complain
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Globe and Mail
Today, the new passport requirement comes into effect at the Canada–U.S. border—a change that surprised even former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, speaking together in Toronto on Friday, and will doubtless startle many forgetful Canadians when they present themselves at the border in the coming days and weeks.
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