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Special Features
North American Leaders’ Summit
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The fifth annual North American Leaders’ Summit took place in Guadalajara, Mexico, on August 9 and 10, 2009. The Summit provides an opportunity for the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States to discuss key bilateral, North American and global issues.
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Government of Canada Provides Additional Support to Displaced Civilians in Pakistan
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
The Government of Canada will provide an additional $25 million to support current humanitarian efforts in the North West Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister for International Cooperation and Vice-Chair of the Cabinet Committee on Afghanistan, announced today after visiting the Jalozai Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in Pakistan.
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Statement by Minister Cannon on Niger Referendum
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding the referendum in Niger.
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International News
Harper books September visit to Washington
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Les Whittington, The Star
Stephen Harper's summit meeting with President Barack Obama and Mexico's Felipe Calderon in Mexico tomorrow and Monday now looks more like a prelude to the Prime Minister's upcoming visit to the White House.
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Obama entame son premier sommet nord-américain
Lundi 10 août 2009
Sophie Nicholson, Agence France Presse
Le président mexicain, Felipe Calderon, a accueilli hier le président américain, Barack Obama, et le premier ministre canadien, Stephen Harper, à Guadalajara, au Mexique. La relance économique, la grippe A, les changements climatiques et la situation au Honduras figurent à l'horaire de ce sommet de moins de deux jours des leaders nord-américains.
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Obama downplays threat to Canadians of Buy American
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Andrew Mayeda, Canwest News Service
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday downplayed the threat to Canadians posed by Buy American policies while rejecting the notion Canada should be seen as a health-care "bogeyman."
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Harper announces aid for Mexico drug war
Monday, August 10, 2009
Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press
The Mounties will play a role in Mexico's fight against violent drug cartels, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Sunday
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Ottawa bolsters aid to Pakistan
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Campbell Clark, The Globe and Mail
Canada will expand aid to Pakistan, notably to bolster the weak public school system that has left a void to be filled by fundamentalist madrassas, as Ottawa increasingly views the country's stability as key to success in Afghanistan.
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Business and Trade
Premiers back federal plan to combat 'Buy American'
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Jennifer Graham, The Canadian Press
Canada's premiers say the provinces are prepared to open their doors to American businesses to fend off protectionism in the United States.
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Harper announces free-trade agreement with Panama
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press
Canada's flurry of free-trade deals proceeded apace as Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the conclusion of a trade pact with Panama yesterday.
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Canadian Trade Deficit Narrows More Than Forecast
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Greg Quinn, The Canadian Press
Canada’s trade deficit narrowed more than economists predicted in June from the previous month’s record, as U.S. demand for crude oil boosted exports.
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Canadian manufacturers find new markets to replace U.S.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Louise Egan, Reuters
The global economic crisis may be the best thing that ever happened to Canadian businessman Lorne Janes.
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Flaherty turns page with mission to China
Monday, August 10, 2009
Kevin Carmichael and Tara Perkins, The Globe and Mail
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is set to lead the highest-profile delegation to China in more than four years, signalling a new chapter in the Harper government's relationship with the world's fastest growing major economy.
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Bombardier entend tirer profit des ambitions ferroviaires d'Obama
Mardi 11 août 2009
Sylvain Larocque, Presse Canadienne
Les investissements massifs de Washington dans des projets de trains rapides pourraient être l'occasion pour Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) d'accroître ses parts de marché aux Etats-Unis et de gonfler les carnets de commandes de ses usines de La Pocatière et de Thunder Bay.
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Canadian News
Well-regulated, well-managed Canadian banks
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Mia Rabson, Winnepeg Free Press
TD Economics senior vice-president Don Drummond got a phone call recently from a friend who was standing in front of an enormous green TD sign in the heart of New York City. There, with a prominent place in the financial capital of the planet, was a branch of Canada's second-largest bank.
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The benefits of Boeing
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Brett Bundale, Telegraph-Journal
A Moncton aerospace and defence firm is gearing up for a piece of the $1.2-billion contract awarded Monday to Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) by the Canadian government for 15 Chinook helicopters.
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Canada to conduct anti-sub exercises in Arctic
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Randy Boswell, Canwest News Service
Just a month after two nuclear-powered Russian subs cracked through sea ice near the North Pole to test-fire two long-range missiles, the Canadian military will conduct "anti-submarine warfare" exercises during its annual Arctic sovereignty operation, which began this week near Baffin Island.
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The Olympics' tailor-made security blanket, unwrapped
Monday, August 10, 2009
Susan Krashinsky, The Globe and Mail
When the world descends on Vancouver in six months for the 2010 Winter Olympics, another kind of convergence will quietly be taking place.
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Michaëlle Jean salue la jeunesse acadienne
Jeudi 13 août 2009
Radio Canada
La gouverneure générale du Canada, Michaëlle Jean, prend le pouls de la jeunesse acadienne. Elle participe au Grand rassemblement jeunesse du Congrès mondial acadien, qui se déroule à Tracadie-Sheila, au Nouveau-Brunswick.
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Stopping among statues
Monday, August 10, 2009
Robert Sibley, The Ottawa Citizen
Monuments are stories in stone and bronze that reflect who we are and where we came from. Here in Ottawa, we're so used to these memorials that we no longer see them.
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Opinion/Editorial
Fight protectionism in U.S. and Canada
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The Record
Prime Minister Stephen Harper quite rightly spoke out against the controversial Buy American rules on Monday as he, Obama and Mexican president Felipe Calderon met at a leaders' summit in Guadalajara.
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Time to depart
Monday, August 10, 2009
Times and Transcript
The Canadian government is correct to reject the idea that it should stay in Afghanistan in a fighting role with NATO forces after 2011, a position taken by the secretary-general of NATO.
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Fini l'exception québécoise
Dimanche 09 août 2009
Jean-Pascal Beaupré, Cyberpresse
Depuis le début de la récession, le Canada s'en tire mieux que les États-Unis. Et le Québec faisait meilleure figure que le reste du Canada. Ce n'est plus vrai. Au chapitre de l'emploi, à tout le moins.
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