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Podcast: Explaining Economic Protectionism
The Connect2Canada Team
Professor Tamara Woroby elucidates the complicated issue of economic protectionism. Listen.
Special Features
New program to facilitate travel through Canada and encourage business at Canadian airports
Friday, July 31, 2009
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
The Government of Canada is making it easier for international travellers on their way to and from the United States to pass through Canadian airports. Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney, Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan, and International Trade and the Asia-Pacific Gateway Minister Stockwell Day announced the news today.
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Minister Day Announces Canada–Peru Free Trade Agreement
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today announced that the Canada-Peru bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) came into effect on August 1, 2009.
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Government of Canada Provides Support to Bombardier
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today reported that Export Development Canada (EDC) has made available up to $173 million in repayable loans to help Bombardier Inc. complete and deliver an order for up to eight of its Q400 and CRJ900 aircraft to Sweden’s Scandinavian Airlines (SAS).
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International News
Une première carte géologique
Mercredi 5 août 2009
Radio-Canada
L'Arctique est souvent évoqué actuellement, car il attire les convoitises de pays qui revendiquent leur souveraineté sur ce territoire aux énormes ressources potentielles.
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Russia surprised by icy reaction to Arctic jump
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Randy Boswell, National Post
Russia is expressing confusion over critical comments made by Defence Minister Peter MacKay about a planned Russian paratrooper jump at the North Pole next spring, insisting that the mission should pose no problem since the top-of-the-world drop site is beyond the jurisdiction of any country.
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West silent as Ahmadinejad sworn in
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Peter O Neil, Ottawa Citizen
A defiant Mahmoud Ahmadinejad mocked and ridiculed western leaders as he was sworn in Wednesday for his second term as president of Iran.
The U.S., Britain, Canada, France and Germany all said they wouldn't send congratulatory letters, and only Britain and the European Union sent diplomatic representatives to Wednesday's ceremony
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Radioactive Canadians a daily occurrence at U.S. border
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Jeff Lee, CanWest News Service
In an effort to catch "dirty" radioactive bombs and weapons of terrorists, the U.S. government has in recent years installed highly sensitive radiation sensors at all of its land, sea and air points of entry.
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Canada upholds military aid program with Honduras despite coup
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Jennifer Ditchburn, The Record
Canada is still providing training to members of the Honduran army, despite the military coup that sent the Central American country into turmoil late last month.
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Ottawa presses Ethiopia over Makhtal
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Campbell Clark, Globe and Mail
The Canadian government summoned an Ethiopian diplomat to a meeting in Ottawa to press for the release of Bashir Makhtal, the Canadian citizen now under a life sentence.
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American says 'arrogant ignorance' behind failure to declare guns at border
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Mike Mullen, Telegraph Journal
Vacationing Americans are continuing to learn the hard way that they must declare their firearms before crossing the Canadian border.
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Business and Trade
Premiers seek unity to fight Buy America
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Robert Benzie and Tanya Talaga, Toronto Star
Canada's provincial and territorial leaders gather today in Regina amid urgent calls for them to help Prime Minister Stephen Harper repel U.S. protectionist "Buy America" trade policies.
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'Buy American' qualms on the mind of next U.S. Ambassador
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Mitch Potter, Toronto Star
President Barack Obama's choice as the next U.S. Ambassador to Canada says he will work to calm frayed nerves over Buy American legislation as soon as his posting to Ottawa begins.
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Flaherty considers steps to slow dollar's rise
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Kevin Carmichael, Globe and Mail
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is taking a stronger stand against currency traders, blaming speculators for at least some of the foreign-exchange volatility that is hampering Canada's economic rebound.
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Cloned animals spark trade concerns
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen
Federal food officials expect cloned farm animals to reach U.S. markets in just two to four years, making some Canadians—and possibly foreign countries—question the safety of our own meat.
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Suncor shares rise on NYSE
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Calgary Herald
Suncor Energy opened the week on a high, jumping 6.6 per cent during its first day of trading south of the border after officially merging with Petro-Canada.
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Tim Hortons posts higher profit
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Financial Post
Tim Hortons Inc. announced a 3.7% increase in second-quarter profit Thursday, as the company continues its push into the United States.
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Bombardier signe des contrats
Mardi 4 août 2009
Le Devoir
Bombardier Aéronautique a reçu d'un transporteur aérien qui demandé à ce que son identité ne soit pas révélée, une commande ferme signée de cinq biturbopropulseurs de ligne Q400 NextGen.
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Canadian News
PM plans Arctic tour in late August
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Randy Boswell, National Post
Defence Minister Peter MacKay has issued a decidedly cool response to the Russian military's planned paratrooper drop at the North Pole next spring, suggesting Canadian fighter jets would scramble to "meet" any Russian aircraft "approaching" Canada's airspace.
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Saskatchewan makes pitch for big-money isotope reactor
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
James Wood, National Post
Saskatchewan made a formal pitch to the federal government last week to build a nuclear reactor that would help bridge a critical gap in the global supply of medical isotopes.
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Temps frais et flammes menaçantes
Jeudi 6 août 2009
Radio-Canada
Les températures plus fraîches depuis deux jours semblent aider les pompiers qui combattent des centaines de feux de forêt en Colombie-Britannique.
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Growing numbers of physician assistants to ease health care burden in Canada
Monday, August 03, 2009
Diana Mehta, The Canadian Press
When warrant officer Rob Andersen talks about his profession, it can take a bit of explaining. The 39-year-old is a physician assistant with the Canadian Forces, a profession which until recently has been relatively low key in Canada.
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Edmonton to Calgary in an hour: will it fly?
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Mike de Souza, Edmonton Journal
A new debate is emerging among Canadians about whether highspeed passenger trains are the answer to rising oil prices, traffic congestion, airport delays and environmental concerns.
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Meet Ottawa's new power couple
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Jane Taber, Globe and Mail
A friend calls them “Bernie and Sylvia Ostry for the iPod generation.” And in some ways Robert Fonberg and Yaprak Baltacioglu are a lot like the famed economist and her cultural bureaucrat husband, who reigned as Ottawa's power couple for years.
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The obscurity of a world champ
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Calgary Herald
He's one of Canada's most decorated athletes. And one of the least celebrated.
An 11-time world record holder, nine-time world title winner and eight-time Pan American Games gold medallist, he might be the greatest water-skier of all time.
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Opinion/Editorial
Borderline paranoia by Homeland Security
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
The Gazette
In this sad "security trumps trade" era of United States border protection, we in this corner have more than once used the word "paranoid" about certain government policies of our friends to the south. But the latest news from the frontier makes us seek even stronger language: "surreal" perhaps.
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Rencontre au sommet
Jeudi 6 août 2009
Gilbert Lavoie, Le Soleil
Créé à l'instigation de Jean Charest, en 2003, le Conseil de la fédération a beaucoup retenu l'attention des médias et du gouvernement fédéral à ses débuts. Tout ce qui est susceptible de créer de nouveaux rapports de force entre Ottawa et les provinces est généralement porteur de nouvelles importantes.
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Bang or whimper, downturn is history
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Jay Bryan, The Gazette
In Canada, the recession went out with a bang; in the U.S., with a whimper. But in both cases, it seems to be gone.
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