Tag: Canada

• Wednesday, March 16th 2016 - 07:04 UTC

  Minister Hugo Swire: “The Commonwealth is no relic of the past”

  

  Minister of State Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP blogs on the importance of the Commonwealth following his visit to New Zealand and Canada.Sometimes the Commonwealth is seen as a relic of the past. I argue passionately that it is nothing of the sort. The test is always the same – would we invent the Commonwealth today? The answer is that we would. It is an important organisation for the present and the future.

• Monday, January 4th 2016 - 07:20 UTC

  Canada opens its market to Argentine boneless fresh and frozen beef after 13 years

  

  Canada finally made official the opening of its market to Argentine boneless beef, both fresh and frozen. This happens after thirteen years of negotiations, according to an end of the year release from the Argentine ministries of foreign affairs and agriculture and livestock, and the Argentine animal sanitary office. The decision became effective last 17 December.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:21 UTC

  UK expects new Canadian government will continue to support Falklands

  

  The UK government is looking forward to working with the new government of Argentina and hopes the people of the Falkland Islands will not suffer the bellicosity shown by the current administration, said Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire in Parliament.

• Thursday, November 5th 2015 - 07:17 UTC

  Liberal chief Justin Trudeau, 43, takes office with a gender-balanced cabinet

  

  Justin Trudeau was sworn in Wednesday as Canada's prime minister, ending 10 years of Conservative rule. Trudeau led his Liberal Party to a commanding victory in parliamentary elections last month, taking 184 seats compared with 99 for Stephen Harper's Conservative Party.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2015 - 07:21 UTC

  Liberals sweep into office with Trudeau: compassionate Canada is back

  

  Canadian Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau has confirmed he will withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. He informed US President Barack Obama of his decision hours after leading his Liberal party to victory in the polls.

• Friday, October 9th 2015 - 07:05 UTC

  Guyana looks forward to Canadian support in territorial claims with Venezuela

  

  The government of Guyana will be looking forward to Canada’s support against the territorial claims by Venezuela even as it seeks to strengthen its ties and bilateral agreements with the state, through new Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Pierre Giroux.

• Wednesday, August 19th 2015 - 06:30 UTC

  Scotland, Canada, Chile and Norway committed to a sustainable aquaculture industry

  

  Scotland, Canada, Chile and Norway will work together to promote and grow the aquaculture industry sustainably. The four countries are the world's main exporters of farmed salmon.

• Monday, August 3rd 2015 - 08:16 UTC

  Canada will hold elections next October; conservatives could lose office

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a parliamentary election for Oct. 19, kicking off a marathon 11-week campaign likely to focus on a stubbornly sluggish economy and his decade in power. Polls indicate Harper's right-of-center Conservative Party, which has been in office since 2006, could well lose its majority in the House of Commons.

• Wednesday, July 1st 2015 - 02:57 UTC

  US opens its market to Argentine fresh beef imports; lemons still pending

  

  Argentina announced that the United States APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) has allowed fresh beef imports from Argentina, lifting a 15-year ban which Buenos Aires had always considered 'unjustified' and bluntly 'protectionist' and as such had claimed before the WTO. In the same vein Argentina also anticipated it expected a similar decision from the US regarding Argentine lemons.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 06:01 UTC

  Canadian tobacco companies ordered to pay 12bn dollars for failing to warn health risks

  

  A Canadian court has ordered three tobacco companies to pay 15.5bn Canadian dollars ($12bn), the largest award for damages in the country's history. The plaintiffs were Quebec smokers who said the firms failed to warn them of health risks associated with smoking.