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WTO to Hear Canada’s Challenge to U.S. Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labelling

Ottawa, Ontario, November 19, 2009 — Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, announced that the World Trade Organization has established a dispute settlement panel to hear Canada’s challenge to U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL).

News release


Canada's North the Spotlight of February Meeting of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors

Ottawa, Ontario, November 18, 2009 — Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, and Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced that Iqaluit, Nunavut, will be the site of the Meeting of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on February 5-6.

News release


Canada Supports Afghan Government in Fight Against Corruption

Ottawa, Ontario, November 13, 2009 — Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued a statement regarding corruption in Afghanistan.

News release


Lest we forget

Remembrance Day

Ottawa, Ontario, November 11, 2009 — Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement to mark Remembrance Day.

Statement


Ambassador Doer's speech at PNWER's Annual Economic Leadership Forum in Regina, SK

Ambassador Doer at PNWER's Annual Economic Leadership Forum

Washington, D.C., November 6, 2009 — Ambassador Gary Doer delivered a keynote address at the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region's (PNWER) Annual Economic Leadership Forum in Regina, SK. He took the opportunity to highlight four priority advocacy issues to an audience of key U.S. and Canadian interlocutors: (a) Sustainable Economic Recovery; (b) Energy, Environment, and the Economy; (c) Agriculture and the Integrated Supply Chain, and; (d) Border Issues & Trade Policy. PNWER is a forum for collaborative bi-national planning involving both the public and private sectors and offers leadership at the state/provincial level in Salem, Olympia, Boise, Helena, Juneau, Edmonton, Regina, Victoria and Whitehorse, and at the national level in Washington, D.C. and Ottawa.

Ambassador's speech