Report Underscores Urgent Need for Decisive Action to Conserve Canada’s Boreal Region
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Industrial Development Proposals Leave Canada’s Boreal Region At Risk
The vast and intact state of Canada’s Boreal region makes it the world’s greatest conservation opportunity says a new report by the Canadian Boreal Initiative. According to The Boreal in the Balance: Securing the Future of Canada’s Boreal Region, this important region faces an uncertain future because [...]
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Students Call For Collaboration on Post-Secondary Education Funding
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Canadian Federation of Students Urges All Levels Of Government To Work Together
Provincial and territorial ministers of finance are meeting with federal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale today in Ottawa, and post-secondary education is expected to be on the agenda. With that, the Canadian Federation of Students is urging provincial governments to work with the federal government [...]
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Institute Urges Canadians To Realize Canada’s Prosperity Potential
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Canada’s Economic Success Second Only To The United States
Canadians have built one of the world’s most prosperous economies, but we are still not realizing our full prosperity potential. To do this, individuals, businesses, and governments must work together to increase our investments for future prosperity and to strengthen market structures that stimulate innovation and upgrading.
This [...]
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Coalition Calls On Government To Get Greenbelt Legislation Right
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The Greenbelt Coalition Weighs In On Ontario Greenbelt
The Greenbelt Coalition Advisory Council, which is a new organization of leaders in land-use planning, environmental management, municipal law, home building and land economics have come together to publicly urge Premier Dalton McGuinty to make changes to the proposed Greenbelt Act. The group believes that through sound planning [...]
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Rice’s Imminent Confirmation Bad News For Latin America
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Rice As Secretary of State - Unilateralism Stunning In Its Arrogance And Ignorance
Ever since President Bush made his much-anticipated announcement that National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice would succeed Colin Powell as the Secretary of State in the President’s second term, Dr. Rice’s confirmation by the Senate has never been in doubt, given the newly enhanced [...]
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Court To Decide If Nafta Violates Constitution
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Council of Canadians and Canadian Union of Postal Workers Request Ruling
Today, the Council of Canadians and Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) are asking Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice to rule that NAFTA investment rules are unconstitutional.
This is the first time a court will consider the constitutionality of international trade rules that allow foreign corporations [...]
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Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Signed
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Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Becomes The First Of Its Kind In Atlantic Canada.
In Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, representatives from the Labrador Inuit Association (LIA), Government of Canada, and Government of Newfoundland and Labrador signed the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement (Agreement). Representing the LIA was President William Andersen III.
Representing the Government of Newfoundland and [...]
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Less Of The Same: Lackluster U.S.-Latin American Relations To Continue Under Second Bush Administration
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Relations Between U.S. Government And Latin America Have Little Hope For Improvement
Yesterday George W. Bush officially began his second term in office and those familiar with U.S.-Latin American relations have little hope for improved ties between Washington and its traditional “backyard.†Ever since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the region has been all but [...]
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Tuition Hike Would Break Liberal Election Promise: OCUFA Poll
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Ontarians Want Their Liberal Government To Keep Election Promise On Education
A poll released today finds that a whopping 81 per cent of Ontarians would view the Liberal government as breaking a key election promise if it significantly raises tuition fees following a two-year freeze.
The poll, commissioned by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) [...]
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Are Canadians Sitting On A Debt Time Bomb?
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Report Finds Vulnerability To Economic Shocks Is On The Rise Due To Growth In Household Debt
In Canada, household debt has been rising twice as fast as disposable income over the past 15 years, and faster than growth in household assets since the beginning of the decade. Canadians are now 7 per cent more indebted than [...]
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