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DID YOU KNOW?
Canada is among the top donor countries helping the Afghan people to build a free, democratic, and peaceful country by providing aid, police, security, justice, human rights, and personnel; Afghanistan receives more Canadian development aid than any other country. (Haiti is second.)
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CD SPOTLIGHT
This month, Diana Krall’s hot new release, Quiet Nights, is reviewed.
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| WELCOME TO THE MAY ISSUE OF CANADA WATCH,
a monthly digest from the Consulate General of Canada (New York) chronicling noteworthy political, economic, business, science, and culture news from Canada.
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On April 22, two Canadian diplomats – UN envoy Robert Fowler and his aide Louis Guay – were released after four months of captivity in Niger. The two men had vanished in December, along with their UN driver, after a visit to a gold mine in the region. Their abandoned car was found later, 35 miles northeast of Niamey, Niger’s capital. The release, brokered by African allies to Canada, prompted a statement from Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wherein the Prime Minister called the development “wonderful news” and expressed great relief at the outcome. The Prime Minister’s statement follows:
"Tonight we are greatly relieved to receive confirmation from the President of Mali that the two Canadian diplomats, Robert Fowler and Louis Guay, have been freed by their captors. Both are now in the hands of Malian authorities, and they are being transferred to our care as quickly as possible.” For full story»
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Announce Loans to Support the Restructuring of Chrysler
The governments of Canada and Ontario are co-operating to provide loans to support Chrysler Canada Inc. and Chrysler LLC in order to further the companies’ efforts to restructure while maintaining Canada’s 20 per-cent production share in the North American market.
“One month ago, we set very stringent conditions that Chrysler and its stakeholders would have to meet in order to receive additional government loans,” said Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who was joined by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Federal Minister of Industry Tony Clement, and Ontario Minister of Economic Development Michael Bryant in making the announcement. “Chrysler’s management, unions, and financial institutions have made the sacrifices required to meet our conditions. While the situation is difficult for everyone involved, these concessions are necessary for Chrysler to be viable going forward.” For full story»
Prime Minister Harper Pleased with Progress Made at the 2009 Summit of the Americas
Following the conclusion of last month’s Summit of the Americas, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that he was pleased that the Summit provided a forum for making progress to fight the impact of the global recession on the Western Hemisphere.
“We sought to keep the focus on the global economic crisis, and I am pleased with the substantive discussions I had with my counterparts on ways we could work together as part of the global response,” said the Prime Minister. “I am also pleased that, for the most part, leaders were in agreement that maintaining open markets is critical to a regional and a global recovery.” For full story»
Minister Day Works with Provincial and Territorial Partners to Promote Trade
Canada’s Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway Stockwell Day Day last month concluded a successful meeting with provincial and territorial trade ministers in which they discussed ways to advance Canada’s international trade and investment agenda.
“During this economic downturn, my colleagues and I are working together to expand trade opportunities for Canadian exporters and create more jobs across Canada in a wide range of sectors, from agriculture and forestry to aerospace and information technology,” said Minister Day. “We want to build new partnerships with emerging markets in China and India, support continued free trade and investment with the United States, and deepen our commercial ties with the European Union.” For full story» |
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A Canada Watch Exclusive
ImpreMedia’s John Paton Becomes the First Canadian to Assume the Mantle of E&P Publisher of the Year
John Paton, the Scottish-born, New York-based Canadian who was recently named “Publisher of the Year” by Editor & Publisher magazine, has a lot on his mind.
In 2003, he and his then-partner Doug Knight (another Canadian), established impreMedia, which, according to Editor & Publisher, has quickly become “the first successful nationwide Hispanic newspaper, print, and online publishing company in the United States.”
Backed by private equity funds Clarity Partners, ACON Investments, and Halyard Capital (itself backed by the Bank of Montreal), impreMedia’s opening salvo stateside was the acquisition of New York’s El Diario La Prensa, and, continuing with Spanish-language newspapers in Los Angeles and Chicago, among other cities, impreMedia’s national footprint now includes publications in 16 markets and a reach that takes in 62 per cent of US Hispanics. For full story» |
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Canadian Forces Announces the Successful Completion of High Arctic Operation
Canadian Forces soldiers, sailors, airmen and airwomen, and members of the Canadian Rangers successfully completed their missions last month and returned to the Command Post at Eureka, Ellesmere Island, signaling the end of Operation Nunalivut 2009.
Nunalivut, which means “land that is ours” in Inuktitut, is one of three major sovereignty operations conducted every year by the Canadian Forces in Canada's North. From April 4th to 17th, patrols of Canadian Rangers endured cold temperatures and rough terrain, traveling to the furthest reaches of Alexandra Fiord on the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island and circumnavigating Axel Heiberg Island along the western coast. For full story»
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