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May 31
Montreal Climate Exchange starts trading
Activity on Canada’s first carbon-trading market kicked off Friday with the launch of the Montreal Climate Exchange.
A joint venture between the Montreal Exchange and the Chicago Climate Exchange, the new exchange will allow the trading of futures contracts on greenhouse gases.
Each contract is equal to 100 […]

Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity)
31 May 2008
Good Intentions Eclipse New Funding at Biodiversity Meet
Stephen Leahy, IPS
BONN - The world community took some ever-so-careful steps towards slowing the biodiversity crisis at a major U.N. meeting in Bonn, while emphasising the need for urgency and action.
Biofuels were the most intensely debated issue in Bonn with […]

 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, ECONOMICS, TRADE AND APPROACHES TO GOVERNMENT

Remarks by Hon. David Kilgour. J.D.
Canadian International Council/Conseil International du Canada, Victoria Branch
Changing Dynamics in Canada – U.S. Relations
Dunsmuir Lodge, Victoria May 12-13, 2008

Published in The MetropolitaIn as International security, trade and governance Vol.I No 3 31 May
According to a legend, in creating […]

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May 30
From the German point of view: Canada’s hypocritical stance on climate change
By Bob McDonald, host of the CBC science radio program Quirks & Quarks.
There might have been a few hidden smirks among delegates in Germany this week, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper boasted about Canada’s commitment […]

May 30
Rousseau to leave Caisse; changing of guard stirs debate
BERTRAND MAROTTE
MONTREAL — Henri-Paul Rousseau’s surprise departure as head of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is not just another executive job change. It’s a springboard for a heated debate over the role and management of the province’s most powerful economic institution.
Opposition politicians used the […]

…the first principle of Arctic sovereignty is: Use it or lose it
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Resolute Bay, August, 2007

M. Cpl. Kevin Paul/Canadian Forces The Canadian flag flies from the back of a snowmobile at sunset during a 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group patrol of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, March 29, 2008.
 
Background: “Polar vision or tunnel […]

An unexpected treat … Chil Heward will be bringing his son Geoffrey, Senior Vice-President and Director of G.F.G. Heward.
Geoff began his investment career over 25 years ago working in London England as an Equity Dealer on the London Stock Exchange for Cazenove and Co, returning to Canada with Merrill Lynch […]

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May 28
We have been waiting for the New York Times to pick up this story. It was worth waiting for the positively lurid headline, though the accompanying photo makes Mr. Bernier look more repentant than we think he is.

Canadian Official Quits Ahead of Ex-Lover’s Interview
First Maxime Bernier lost […]

May 30
UNITED NATIONS: CANADA DEMANDS ACTION FOR WORLD HUMANITARIAN AID
(RCI) Canada is demanding a tougher international response to countries that block humanitarian aid.  Canada told the United Nations Security Council that these countries should be punished for their delaying tactics. Canada’s ambassador to the UN, John McNee, described the situation in Burma as a matter […]

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May 24
Report exonerates Brodie over memo leak but confirms chat likely led to NAFTA furor
(Toronto Star) OTTAWA–An investigation of a leak from Stephen Harper’s office that hurt U.S. Senator Barack Obama’s political hopes confirms that the affair probably arose from comments by the […]