Canada





Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - says globalisation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

 

 

 

 

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  • "must work for - ordinary people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "economic globalisation - failed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

 

 

 

 

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  • "there must be a better regulation - with common rules !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "that work for the middle class - and for ordinary people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the majority government of Justin Trudeau - has an ambitious platform !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "that includes reducing inequality - more social justice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and to lead on - climate protection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the announcement of a national carbon price - is a key part of the environmental policy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and initiatives that include - investments in clean tech !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and to phase out - federal subsidies for oil - and gas companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Trudeau’s Canadian government strikes a balance - between environmental protection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "a more justice economy - and a better relationship with Indigenous peoples !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "but the approvals of two pipelines - that would enable Alberta’s oil sands - have sparked broad opposition !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "but it was a sharp contrast to the previous Stephen Harper - data showed !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "that Canadians were ashamed - and embarrassed - about their image - at that time !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "with that performance on climate - on Israel - or security !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the government of Justin Trudeau - now pumps billions of dollars - into infrastructure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and it has raised taxes - on the top 1% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "these are the challenges - from democratic renewal - to justice - to climate protection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Canada Report - BBC: LINK ¤ B B C

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  • "Canada has its own place - and its own standing - in the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Canada is a - social society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "for example its health - and education - is much better !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and cheaper - than in the US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Canada pursues a foreign policy - that is very distinct from that - of the US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( like in Iraq !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Canada consists of relatively independent - 10 provinces - and 3 territories !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "it is officially bilingual - at the federal level - English and French !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "French-speaking Quebec - has wide-ranging cultural - and linguistic autonomy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "most Canadians live in the southern parts - which means that Canada contains vast expanses of wilderness !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Canada has a strong environmental protection - and wants more in the US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Canada's indigenous peoples - make up more than 4% - of the population !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the way in which provincial governments - share land !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and natural resources - with native groups - is an ongoing issue !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Canada's Elections - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "the place of Canada - is sometimes taken for granted - by many nations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "who should be more grateful - for its help - and mediation in the past !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "now it was heading toward an election - whether a continued conservative Stephen Harper !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "or whether it can recover some of the verve - and originality - that marks its politics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Stephen Harper had - money-driven negative campaigning !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "at odds with the courtesy - that is one of the most attractive - of Canadian qualities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "so the election result matters - obviously for Canada itself !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "but also for the world - that waits for the special role !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "it used to play - on the international scene !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "money did run - through Stephen Harper’s time !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "his Conservative party had been breaking electoral laws - on spending during that campaign !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "he tried to change Canada’s system - of political party subsidies ! - ( more private ! )"

 

 

 

 

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  • "reduced government spending - privatised - cutted public health - and a new internal security law !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "during the international fiscal crisis - Canada’s prudent and well-regulated - banking system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and its stable housing market - insulated it - from the worst effects !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "but none of this was Harper’s doing - his own instincts were antiregulatory !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and money in the shape of tar sands - influenced his decision - about the Kyoto protocol !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "a balanced budget - at a time when the economy - needed stimulus !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "as well as had given tax breaks - to the better-off !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Thomas Mulcair - leader of the New Democratic party !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "remembers on the - social democratic tradition - of Canada !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Canada must be an - open society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the political contest in Canada - was difficult to predict !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "but we may be permitted - to hope - there is now a chance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "that something of the traditional Canada - wins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "committed to moderation - and multiculturalism - at home !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 


 

 

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  • "and to multilateralism - and cooperation - abroad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tar Sands - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "Canada’s conservative Stephen Harper - spent several million dollars !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "on a tar sands advocacy fund - documents revealed !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "C$ 30 million over two years - on public relations advertising - on Alberta’s tar sands !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Stephen Harper also partnered with the IEA - about unconventional fuels - like fracked shale gas !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "which several Canadian provinces - have passed moratoriums against !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "it would be more sound economics - to support the clean energy sector !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "which provides more employment - in Canada - than oil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "investment in clean energy - can provide 6 to 8 times more jobs - than similar investment in oil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "scientific studies show - that for the climate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 


 

 

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  • "85 percent of the tar sands - should stay in the ground !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Buy American - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09OTTAWA84

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  • "the "Buy American" provisions - in the US economic stimulus bill !"

 

 

 

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  • "have received widespread critical attention - in Canada !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "countries around the world - were expressing grave concern - about some of these measures !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "the US had obligations - and the US had before lobbied !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "other countries - against such measures !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Energy - US cable - 2003: LINK ¤ 03OTTAWA1924

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  • "since the 1980's - Canada has been !"

 

 

 

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  • "the single largest foreign supplier - of energy to the US !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "at Prime Minister Chretien's - initiative !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "Canada formally ratified - the Kyoto Accord - at the end of 2002 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "oil and gas companies had lobbied - against it !"

 

 

 

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  • "their argument was a - competitive disadvantage !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alaska Gas Pipeline - US cable - 2003: LINK ¤ 03OTTAWA503

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  • "the project of the - Alaska gas pipeline !"

 

 

 

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  • "was clearly not - in Canada's national interest !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alaska Gas Pipeline - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05OTTAWA695

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  • "in the project of the - Alaska gas pipeline !"

 

 

 

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  • "the US embassy expected - that Exxonmobil !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "would seek every possible opportunity - to pressure the Canadian government !"

 

 

 

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  • "for a permitting decision - favorable to their interests !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "including lobbying the US embassy - for a more interventionist stance !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Energy - US cable - 2003: LINK ¤ 03OTTAWA566

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  • "Canada's oil sands contained - 170 to 300 billion barrels - of oil !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Energy - US cable - 2003: LINK ¤ 03OTTAWA1812

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  • "Canada was the world's largest producer - of uranium !"

 


 

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  • "also for the US - from northern Saskatchewan !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SWIFT Investigation - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06OTTAWA2458

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  • "Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner - OPC - officially launched an investigation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "to disclosure of personal banking data - about Canadians - to the US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication - SWIFT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "which operates as a worldwide messaging system - for transmitting bank transaction information - in more than 200 countries !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the OPC has received a complaint - against Canada's six largest banks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US sub-prime Mortgage Crisis - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07TORONTO430

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  • "the Canadian non-bank asset-backed commercial paper market - ABCP - was frozen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "Canada's market for ABCP - sold by non-bank dealers - grounded to a halt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "after ABCP sponsors failed to roll over - their maturing ABCP debt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "because of fears of exposure - to bad credit - in the US sub-prime mortgage market !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "ABCP holders have been left - carrying billions of dollars - of commercial paper - they could not redeem !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US Investment - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06OTTAWA119

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  • "65% - of the foreign direct investment - in Canada !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Aviation - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06OTTAWA3455

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  • "the conservative government wanted - to open !"

 

 

 

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  • "Canada's skies to foreign competition - Open Skies !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the US embassy lobbied - for an "Open Skies" agreement - with Canada !"

 

 

 

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  • "that would remove final - vestigial - restrictions - on transborder operations !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Canada's Copyright Bill - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08OTTAWA945

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  • "stakeholders told the US embassy - about Canada's copyright bill !"

 

 

 

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  • "the Canadian chamber of commerce - was for the Bill C61 !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and the Canadian motion picture distributors association - and the Canadian recording industry association !"

 

 

 

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  • "the opposition parties - and grassroots levels - have been critical !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Intellectual Property Rights - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07OTTAWA765

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  • "for the US embassy - intellectual property rights - in Canada !"

 

 

 

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  • "had become - a top priority !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bombardier - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05OTTAWA3095

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  • "Bombardier is the transportation - and aircraft company - in Canada !"

 

 

 

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  • "the firm - and its suppliers - are the flagship industry in Quebec !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the US embassy would like to see - but saw little prospect !"

 

 

 

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  • "that subsidy levels to Bombardier - in Canada would decline !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the firm's political connections - will survive any foreseeable change - in government !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WTO Ruling on GMO - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06OTTAWA3480

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  • "the WTO's ruling - World Trade Organization - against the EU's treatment !"

 

 

 

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  • "of imports of genetically modified organisms - GMOs !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Canada's agricultural industry - described the ruling - as a win !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US Investment - US cable - 2003: LINK ¤ 03OTTAWA2002

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  • "the US embassy lobbied - for open foreign investment !"

 

 

 

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  • "in the banking - insurance - and securities brokerage sectors !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "unlike the - US !"

 

 

 

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  • "Canada has barriers - to foreign access - to retail banking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US Investment - US cable - 2010: LINK ¤ 10OTTAWA60

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  • "US foreign direct investment - in Canada - was subject to NAFTA ! - ( north America free trade agreement )"

 

 

 

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  • "Chapter 11 of NAFTA - future regulation of US investors - in Canada !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "resulted in treatment - no different than that extended !"

 

 

 

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  • "to domestic investors - national treatment !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oil Sands - the Pembina Institute: LINK ¤ PEMBINA INSTITUTE

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  • "there must not be - too much oils sands !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "the environmental implications - of Canada's oils sands !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Alberta's water resources - must be protected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Canada's forests - people - and wildlife - must be protected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "and greenhouse gas emissions - in Canada - must be reduced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CANADA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ CANADA

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  • "Canada is a state - and a federal parliamentary democracy !!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

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CANADA - Wikipedia FR: LINK ¤ CANADA
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