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Special Features
Joint Statement from Prime Minister Harper and President Obama: Accelerating economic recovery and job creation
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Office of the Prime Minister
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper today discussed common approaches to accelerating economic recovery in North America and globally. Unprecedented fiscal stimulus in both countries has helped to stabilize demand and avert deeper levels of economic contraction and job loss, but it is important to remain vigilant. They agreed to work with other countries at the upcoming Pittsburgh Summit to lay the foundation for balanced and sustainable growth and to further the reform of financial regulations and international institutions to reflect the realities of the global economy.
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Fifth Quarterly Report on Afghanistan Released
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Chair of the Cabinet Committee on Afghanistan, today released the Government of Canada’s fifth quarterly report on Canada’s engagement in Afghanistan. This report, for the quarter ending June 30, 2009, highlights Canada’s signature projects.
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U.S.-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Office of the Prime Minister
President Obama and Prime Minister Harper: When you met in Ottawa in February 2009, you set out an ambitious plan for our countries to begin to build a new low-carbon energy economy together. Central to your vision was bilateral cooperation on continental environmental protection and energy trade and technology. You created a U.S.-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue, and gave us responsibility to report on ways our countries could work together on key clean energy science and technology issues.
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International News
Goodwill at White House
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Lee-Anne Goodman, Canadian Press
Flanked by the man who once declared the war in Afghanistan unwinnable, President Barack Obama said yesterday the U.S. has yet to decide on the best strategy for the ongoing conflict and won’t send any more soldiers there until it does. “We have lacked as clear of a strategy and a mission as is necessary in order to meet our overriding objective, which is to dismantle and disrupt and destroy al-Qaida,” Obama said following an hour-long White House meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Harper asks Congress to fight Buy American
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sheldon Alberts, National Post
Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday urged Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress to fight protectionist legislation that threatens to shut Canadian companies out of the American marketplace. In a rare visit for a Canadian prime minister to Capitol Hill, Mr. Harper pressed Canada’s case for an exemption to Buy American provisions that have been inserted into several pieces of legislation, most notably the US$787-billion economic stimulus bill.
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Canadian PM says he won’t extend Afghan mission
Monday, September 14, 2009
Robert Gillies, Associated Press
Canada will not extend its mission in Afghanistan even if President Barack Obama asks him to when the countries’ leaders meet this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office said Monday. Harper spokesman Dimitri Soudas reiterated in a briefing Monday that Canada will withdraw its troops in 2011.
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U.S., Canada Map Edges Of Continent On Seafloor
Friday, September 11, 2009
Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post
A joint American-Canadian cruise exploring the frigid Arctic Ocean has mapped broad swaths of the extended continental shelf for the first time, scientists reported Thursday. While the researchers divulged few details, saying it will take time to analyze the data, they said they had discovered a massive seamount and what could be an extinct underwater volcano during the 41-day mission.
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Canada will open doors to Afghan support workers
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Mike Blanchfield, Canwest News Service
In the face of unprecedented violence, Canada will open its doors to hundreds of Afghan workers who have risked their lives to assist our military and diplomats in their war-torn country. That upbeat initiative, announced Tuesday, came as the government tabled its latest report card on progress in Afghanistan -- one that concluded security conditions reached an all-time low this year.
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Vols nolisés dans la LNH: à quelques jours d’une entente, dit Harper
Mercredi 16 septembre 2009
Hugo de Grandpré, La Presse
Le premier ministre Stephen Harper estime que le Canada et les États-Unis pourront en arriver à une entente très bientôt au sujet des vols nolisés de clubs de hockey de la ligue nationale. À cause de nouvelles restrictions aux arrêts multiples de ces types de vols, les équipes pourraient avoir de la difficulté à disputer deux parties en deux soirs aux États-Unis, par exemple.
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Air Canada fights ruling on team flights
Friday, September 11, 2009
Paul Waldie, Globe and Mail
Air Canada is suing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood over his department’s decision to ban the airline’s sports team charters from making multiple stops in the United States. The decision, made last month, has sparked retaliation by Transport Canada and created a nightmare for the National Hockey League, which is about to start its season. If the dispute is not resolved, NHL clubs will not be able to play more than one game in the U.S. or Canada without first returning to their home country. The dispute also affects the National Basketball Association and has disrupted baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays.
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Business and Trade
Protectionnisme: Obama ouvert à la proposition d’Harper
Mercredi 16 septembre 2009
Hugo de Grandpré, La Presse
Barack Obama s’est montré ouvert à la proposition du Canada pour combattre le protectionnisme, mercredi, au terme de la visite de Stephen Harper à la Maison-Blanche. Le premier ministre canadien et le président américain ont terminé leur première rencontre à Washington par un point de presse tenu dans le bureau ovale. Les deux hommes se sont dits heureux de leur discussion d’environ une heure, qui a porté sur l’environnement, l’économie, l’Afghanistan et l’Iran.
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Canada-U.S. trade yet to recover from 9/11 damage
Friday, September 11, 2009
Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun
What happened on Sept. 11, 2001, has disrupted the Canada-U.S. relationship in devastating and quantifiable ways, damaging living standards for citizens on both sides of the border. Policy analysts in the two countries agree, continental trade and travel have yet to recover from the fallout of the terrorist catastrophe
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Bank of Canada says economy bouncing back
Friday, September 11, 2009
Julian Beltrame, The Daily Gleaner
The Canadian economy is bouncing back from the recession stronger than previously believed, despite ongoing worries about the impact of a strong dollar, the Bank of Canada said Thursday as it left interest rates untouched at the lowest level practicable. In July, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney appeared to go out on a limb in declaring the recession over — one of the first to do so — but now the central bank says even Carney underestimated the rebound.
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Recession’s over in B.C: report
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Marke Andrews, Vancouver Sun
If recovery comes in baby steps, then Central 1 Credit Union’s latest report has the B.C. economy standing shakily on its feet and tottering forward. Credit 1’s Coincident Economic Index (CEI), released Wednesday, shows the province’s economy recorded a 0.5-per-cent month-over-month rise in June, and a 7.1-per-cent second-quarter (April-June) increase at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). The SAAR takes the quarter-to-quarter change in the economy and multiplies it by four to reach an annual rate. “Our index is indicating the recession is over,” said David Hobden, economist for Central 1. “No one knows what the future holds for certain, but we’re not expecting a double-dip recession.”
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Canadian Assets - punching well above their weight on World Stage
Friday, September 11, 2009
Keir Clark, Telegraph-Journal
Investing in Canada is particularly interesting at this time, according to a recently published report by Scotia Capital’s portfolio strategist Vincent Delisle. Even though Canada currently generates a meagre 1.9 per cent of world GDP (ranked 11th in the world) and it’s equity market capitalization weight represents only 3.7 per cent of the MSCI World index, it makes sense for Canadian and global investors to invest here.
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Chinese businesses see Canada as open
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Eric Lam, Financial Post
Chinese businesses see Canada as one of the most open countries in the world when it comes to foreign investment despite frosty relations between the two countries’ governments in the past few years, a new survey released Tuesday said. The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, partnered with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, surveyed Chinese businesses between December and February and found that companies consider Canada to be the second most receptive country in the world to investment from China after the United States.
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Canadian News
Minister warns complacent Canadians, terror threat remains
Friday, September 11, 2009
Kathleen Harris, Ottawa Sun
Canadians have become complacent about the deadly threat still posed by al-Qaida and other terrorist groups, Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan warned as the world marks the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Van Loan said the public should be assured the government has done much to beef up security and thwart terrorist plots. But Canada remains at risk and pulling out of Afghanistan in 2011 won’t make our country any less of a target, he said.
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Dollar hits highest mark in 11 months
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Jennifer Kwan, Reuters
The Canadian dollar reached its highest level in 11 months against a generally lower U.S. currency Thursday, spurred by firm equity markets. It hit an overnight high of 94.29 cents (U.S.), then extended those gains by midmorning to touch 94.42 cents, as the price of oil and strengthening equity markets lent support.
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P.E.I. exploring tidal power waters
Thursday, September 17, 2009
CBC News
An experiment in harnessing the power of tides in the Bay of Fundy is generating interest from the P.E.I. government. Premier Robert Ghiz would like to like to see a test done for tidal power potential off the shores of P.E.I.
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TIFF is underway
Friday, September 11, 2009
Amy Verner, Globe and Mail
George Clooney, Jennifer Connelly and Ellen Page sightings have been reported, which means the 34th Toronto International Celebrity Festival is under way. But last night at two early cocktail receptions toasting the film festival, guests reflected on TIFF’s origins and what it represents today.
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Legault: «Le Grand Prix reviendra dès 2010»
Lundi 14 septembre 2009
La Presse
Le président et chef de direction du Grand Prix F1 du Canada, Normand Legault, a annoncé ce matin avoir résolu le différend commercial qui l’opposait à Formula One Administration. Ce conflit, qui durait depuis l’automne dernier, avait mené à l’annulation du Grand Prix du Canada à Montréal en 2009. Bernie Ecclestone, le patron de la FOA, estimait que des sommes lui étaient dûes relativement à des ententes commerciales contractées lors des trois dernières présentations de la course montréalaise.
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Bob Barker fights for elephant in Edmonton zoo
Thursday, September 17, 2009
CTV News
Former game show host Bob Barker still wants an Edmonton elephant to come on down to his home state of California, so that it can live out the rest of its days in an elephant sanctuary. Barker arrived in Edmonton this week to lobby for Lucy, an elephant that has been living at the city-owned Valley Zoo for more than 30 years.
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Opinion/Editorial
Two leaders, three issues, one alliance
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Winnipeg Free Press
Some commentators say that the meeting between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday was some kind of sop from the U.S. leader to his Canadian acolyte, that there was no real reason for the meeting to take place other than for Americans to placate their northern neighbours.
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The virtues of single-payer
Friday, September 11, 2009
John Kay, The News & Observer
Opponents of health-care reform have tried to twist the idea of a single-payer system into some sort of threat to the American way of medicine. They are wrong. As someone who spent half my working life in Canada and half in the United States, I’ve been covered by two single-payer health systems, one in Canada and now under Medicare. They both work.
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Why we remember Sept. 11
Friday, September 11, 2009
Winnipeg Free Press
If you were to ask any Canadian the exact date that Canada declared war on Germany at the start of the Second World War, she would probably respond with a look of blank puzzlement. Perhaps this week the looks would not be so universally puzzled, because the date was actually yesterday, Sept. 10, 1939, and all the newspapers have been full of that fact, but two weeks from now, no one is likely to recall it.
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