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Canadian Dimension Articles (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
This article appears in the latest edition of Socialist Project’s Relay On November 5th, Manitoba’s new New Democratc Party (NDP) premier, Greg Selinger, heard the shouts of hundreds of students organized by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) demonstrating outside the Manitoba Legislative Building demanding concrete action be taken against poverty. Had he graced the protestors with...
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
If you aren't high profile you don't exist ... and other helpful tips for new envoy Gary Doer
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Kootenay Rockies - News (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Anyone concerned about climate change and clean energy will applaud the choice of Manitoba’s long-time NDP premier, Gary Doer, as Canada’s new ambassador to the U.S. He has proven his credentials.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
By banning logging, mining and oil drilling in an area twice the size of California, Canada is ensuring its boreal forests continue to soak up carbon In the far north latitudes, buried within a seemingly endless expanse of evergreen forests, the authorities in Canada are building up one of the world's best natural defences against global warming . In a series of initiatives, Canadian provincial governments...
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Gary Doer warns Canadian firms not to expect a quick fix to dispute of protectionist measures in U.S. stimulus package
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thoughts from podunk (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Canada's most reactionary ever politician, Prime minister Stephen Harper, has been forced to send Manitoba's Gary Doer, a socialist working class union leader and NDP politician to Washington as its Ambassador because of mounting pressure from the labor, peace and progressive movements in Canada looking for more sane international relations and complementing the international hopes for a new U.S. foreign...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
This week, Gary Doer will present his credentials to U.S. President Barack Obama, and in so doing, become Canada’s next ambassador to the United States of America. But it won’t be all diplomatic cocktails and black-tie receptions in Georgetown: A variety of issues and potential crises threaten to sweep him away if he loses focus. From the “Buy American” mentality to environmental...
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Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
After a decade as premier of Manitoba, Gary Doer is no stranger to the occupational hazard of constant quotability. But diplomacy is different. Half the art of diplomacy, as historian Will Durant put it, is "to say nothing, especially when speaking."
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Give Gary Doer a break. No seriously, the outgoing Manitoba premier barely had time Sunday to hand over the reins of power in Manitoba to his NDP successor, Greg Selinger, before he was packing his bags for Washington. Doer is catching a flight Monday morning to the U.S. capital, where he’ll officially take up his duties as Canada’s new ambassador. In between bidding farewell to his beloved...
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Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
As Greg Selinger accepted the accolades associated with being Manitoba's premier-elect yesterday, opposition parties started counting down the days.
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Outgoing premier praised at dinner as province's NDP gears up for vote to replace longtime leader
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Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Canada's longest serving current premier and ambassador for New Democrats across the country is counting down his final hours in office. Manitoba Premier Gary Doer is being feted by his party tonight before it selects a new leader this...
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Wisconsin Technology Network (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Wisconsin and Manitoba, Canada, have entered into an agreement that promotes a working relationship between Wisconsin and Manitoba and builds upon current efforts to advance emerging technologies and enhance the mid-continent knowledge “IQ” corridor. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and Manitoba Premier Gary Doer signed the memorandum of understanding at a Thursday ceremony in the state Capitol.
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