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Offshore Banking Services - The Privacy Trap (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Canadian Government offers a wide range of Canadian grants to its national residents. There are a variety of options available and you should be aware of some of the facts that play an important role.
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Celestial Junk (Free subscription) | yesterday
The political world is made up of visionary and bold leaders, skulldugerous power seakers, and slimy weasels that simply play the middle in order to survive. India, not Canada, is offering bold and visionary leadership on climate change : Jairam Ramesh, India's environment minister, released the controversial report in Delhi, saying it would "challenge the conventional wisdom" about melting...
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Ismailimail (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... work on refugee settlement at a ceremony in Toronto. Read at: http://www.theismaili.org/cms/904/Canadian-Government-honours-FOCUS-and-the-Ismaili-Council-for-Canada
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Canada Immigration Visas (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Chief executive officer of Microsoft corporation Steve Ballmer praised the Canadian immigration system in his recent speech in Toronto. Ballmer came to Canada to reassure the Canadian technology industry that heavy investment even during the global recession is the right path to follow. “You cut costs because you have to and the money you have left [...]
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EXCESS COPYRIGHT (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... of Canada. The USC and the Copyright Board are both, ironically, involved in the redistribution of Canadians’ money. However, unlike the volunteer contributions to the USC, Copyright Board tariffs have the force of law and are often referred to as “taxes”. Many of these tariffs are deeply hidden but lucrative such as those on broadcasters or businesses that utilize “background...
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Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
On Monday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected Maher Arar's attempt to hold federal officials responsible for his "extraordinary rendition." Arar, a Canadian telecommunications engineer, was detained during a 2002 layover in New York based on mistaken suspicions that he had ties to Al Qaeda. After holding him for two weeks, American officials shipped him off to Syria,...
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Vlad Tepes (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Arar has his what was it? Ten Million Dollars without the bother of a trial from the Canadian government already. It pays to be a terror suspect these days. H/T GOV From the BBC News: The Canadian government formally apologised to Mr Arar in 2007 A New York court has ruled against allowing a Syrian-born Canadian to sue [...]
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Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
# 3944 I’ll leave it to a far more qualified Crof over at Crofsblog to weigh in on the growing debate over the Canadian government’s handling of the H1N1 crisis ( and Canadian politics in general). I have enough trouble ignoring American politics. This Auditor General’s report, however, is certain to add fuel to the fire. AG targets weakness in government's...
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News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Today, Canada has formally requested consultations at the World Trade Organization. This attempt to overthrow the EU seal product ban was met with derision today by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org). "Apparently the sky's the limit when it comes to bailing out special interests like commercial seal clubbing. Canadian politicians seem to have no problem spending...
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1853 Chairman (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
November 2, 2009 http://detnews.com/article/20091102/AUTO01/911020395 GM spent $6.5B on Delphi, pensions, Canadian subsidiary ROBERT SNELL AND DAVID SHEPARDSON The Detroit News General Motors Co. has spent $6.5 billion paying off obligations related to Delphi Corp.’s exit from bankruptcy, funding pension plans and buying shares in a Canadian subsidiary. In a filing made late this...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
A Canadian engineer cannot sue the United States after being mistaken for a terrorist when he was changing planes in New York a year after the 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal appeals court ruled
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
A federal appeals court says a Canadian engineer cannot sue the United States after being mistaken for a terrorist when he was changing planes in New York a year after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
A federal appeals court says a Canadian engineer cannot sue the United States after being mistaken for a terrorist when he was changing planes in New York a year after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
NEW YORK -- A federal appeals court says a Canadian engineer cannot sue the United States after being mistaken for a terrorist when he was changing planes in New York a year after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Detroit News Online (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
General Motors Co. has spent $6.5 billion paying off obligations related to Delphi Corp.'s exit from bankruptcy, funding pension plans and buying shares in a Canadian subsidiary.