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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
AMHERST, NOVA SCOTIA (MARKET WIRE) Scott Armstrong, Member of Parliament for Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley, and Brian Skabar, MLA for Cumberland North, will attend an important transit event for Cumberland County.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
Maziar Bahari meets with Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon today after international pressure helped secure his release
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Government of Canada announced today that Canada is taking important steps to help reduce air and water pollution from ships in Canadian waters, and ensure the safety of vessels, goods and workers.
Law is Cool (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Colvin a protected `whistleblower,’ Cannon says The Canadian Press: Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says diplomat Richard Colvin had a right to make his explosive allegations about Afghan prisoners. He says Colvin exercised his prerogative as a whistleblower by saying Ottawa ignored his warnings that Canadian soldiers were turning Afghan detainees over to torture.
Rob Cottingham (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
MPs from all parties professed to support the idea, including then transport minister Lawrence Cannon.But behind the scenes, his office was pleading with the airlines to launch a lobby campaign to defeat the motion, according to documents obtained by Canwest News Service.While Cannon was promising to bring in a travellers’ bill of rights, a key [...]
The Gazetteer (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
SellingCanadiansDownTheirOwnPrivate CrazyRiverVille From the Big Willbowski: The story starts in 2008. Liberal MP Gerry Byrne prepared a motion calling on the government to introduce an airline passenger’s bill of rights. Travellers would be guaranteed remedies for lost bags, unreasonable delays or overbooked flights. The model was similar to protection in Europe... {snippety-doo-dah} ...MPs...
GayandRight (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Good for Canada to show continued leadership on the world stage... Iran claimed effective victory over Canada at the United Nations on Friday as a majority of world countries refused to support a Canadian-led bid to censure the Islamic republic over its human rights record. The vote in a key 192-member committee of the UN General Assembly passed with 74 countries in favour, 48 against with 59 abstentions....
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Just a day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged that respect for women's rights is among his top agenda items, Afghan diplomats at the United Nations will oppose a Canadian-led bid to highlight serious human rights abuse in Iran. As if that's not enough, Afghanistan and other states will side with Iran's bid to avoid censure after votes in another part of the UN Thursday saw Arab and Muslim...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
More from Lawrence Cannon. The commanding Canadian general takes a slightly different position. The Canadian general who commands all forces overseas said Thursday in Kandahar City that he was not able to speak to Mr. Colvin’s specific charges because he was not in charge at the time. “What for me is important is that there is due [...]
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
This story reflects, perhaps, a reality of politics. Sometimes Ministers have to be publicly support policy that privately they disagree with. As a reality that is as reality but when the duplicity is revealed it looks awful: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html'id=2229584 Transport minister tried to kill passenger rights bill despite publicly supporting it Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News...
Bulletin.India (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his first-ever official visit to India are Foreign Affairs minister Lawrence Cannon, Minister for International Trade Stockwell Day and Parliamentary Secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Deepak Obhrai.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his first-ever official visit to India are Foreign Affairs minister Lawrence Cannon, Minister for International Trade Stockwell Day and Parliamentary Secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Deepak Obhrai.
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says lingering confusion over Canada's inspection system is to blame for South Korea's longstanding beef ban — and he's calling on the country to put science ahead of blind emotion.
Dawg's Blawg (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Ottawa's workers at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the War Museum have been on strike since September 21, with a 92% strike mandate from the membership. Wages (which lag behind those of other museum workers in the region) and contracting-out are in dispute. The union position is set out here , and it seems entirely reasonable to me: the workers want wage parity with other museum employees...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Canada will host the foreign ministers meeting of the G8 countries in March 2010 to prepare for a G8 summit later that year, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon announced Friday. The meeting will be held on March 29-30 in the city of Gatineau, which is located on the opposite side of the Ottawa River overlooking capital Ottawa and belongs to Quebec province, Cannon announced at a press conference in Gatineau....
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