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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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05VANCOUVER1503 | BRITISH COLUMBIA IS GLOBAL LEADER IN FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY [...] Summary. British Columbia (BC) has the world's largest concentration of fuel cell and hydrogen technology research and expertise. CG and DPO recently visited Ballard Power Systems, a private company, as well as the National Research Council Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, and Fuel [...] | 2005-11-29 21:02:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ENRG CA EIND |
05VANCOUVER1521 | ALIEN SMUGGLING OPERATION THWARTED [...] U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) personnel arrested a group of twelve people attempting to enter the U.S. near Oroville, Washington, on December 1. The group, consisting of seven women and five men, was arrested in a van near the Washington-British Columbia border minutes after entering t [...] | 2005-12-02 21:26:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM CVIS KWMN CA KS |
05VANCOUVER1524 | MARIJUANA FLOURISHES IN B.C. AS METHAMPHETAMINE CRISIS [...] Summary: The number of individual marijuana grow operations, or grow-ops, in British Columbia has leveled-off since 2000, but they continue to increase in size and sophistication, according to a June 2005 RCMP report and a study by the University College of the Fraser Valley's Department of [...] | 2005-12-05 19:07:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED | CA SNAR PREL ECIN |
05VANCOUVER1558 | UTAH AG SEEKS ALLY IN B.C. AGAINST FDLS [...] (U ) Summary: On December 8, 2005, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff met in Vancouver with British Columbia Attorney General Wally Oppal. Shurtleff traveled here to discuss the possibility of mutual cooperation in matters related to the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS). [...] | 2005-12-09 23:18:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PHUM KWMN PGOV PREL CA |
05VANCOUVER1614 | CSI VANCOUVER: RUNNING SMOOTHLY WITH CANADA'S FULL SUPPORT [...] (U) The Port of Vancouver was one of the US Department of Homeland Security's original Container Security Initiative ports in 2002. US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials explained that out of 10,000 or so shipments that come into the port per month, only about 2 to 3 percent are stoppe [...] | 2005-12-22 00:26:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED | CA KCIP SNAR |
05WELLINGTON792 | 60TH UNFC: NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Largely because of frustration over the lack of progress in the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, the New Zealand government supports the draft resolution in the UN First Committee that would establish Ad Hoc Committees under the UN General Assembly. However, New Zealand does not want the [...] | 2005-10-13 02:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL MNUC CA MX NZ |
06ANKARA2446 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: JOINT COMMISSIONS, ARMENIAN [...] (S) The Foreign Ministry continues to analyze the Armenian response to Turkey's March 10 proposal on joint commissions. We are encouraging a positive Turkish response and early re-engagement with Yerevan. The MFA is also considering how to respond to the Canadian Prime Minister's statement on [...] | 2006-05-03 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PHUM AM CA FR TU |
06ANKARA2800 | TURKEY/CANADA/FRANCE: TENSIONS OVER ARMENIAN [...] (C) Turkey has reacted to Canadian PM Harper's recognition of the Armenian genocide by pulling out of a joint military exercise and officials have hinted further measures may be taken against Ottawa. At the same time, French draft legislation that would penalize denial of the genocide has com [...] | 2006-05-17 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CA AR FR TU |
06ASTANA90 | KAZAKHSTAN: CANADIAN OIL COMPANY WEATHERS LEGAL [...] (C) Summary: The Canada-based "NationsEnergy" oil company, whose Kazakhstani subsidiary, "Karazhambasmunai JV" (KBM),owns a 50,000 barrel per day oil field, recently won an appeal in Kazakhstani court against an individual claiming nearly 50% of KBM by virtue of a dispute with former Nations [...] | 2006-10-16 08:56:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ CA |
06BANJUL583 | THE GAMBIA: GOTG ISSUES INITIAL OIL EXPLORATION [...] (SBU) Local media have announced a September 8 agreement between the GOTG and a Canadian oil company, Buried Hill Energy Company (BHEC),whereby the latter obtained an oil exploration license covering two of six blocks in the GOTG-designated offshore exploration zone. Issuance of the explorat [...] | 2006-09-19 17:33:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PGOV OPIC EXIM USTDA GA CA |
06BEIJING21795 | CANADA'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE ON HOLD; CUT BACKS [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian Embassy has halted preparations for its next round of human rights dialogue with China pending clarification of Canadian Parliamentary Secretary Jason Kenney's unconfirmed statement that the dialogue has been "suspended." Separately, China told the British Embassy it [...] | 2006-10-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH CA UK |
06BEIJING24470 | DECEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume on December 18 with the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005 forming the basis for negotiations. -- Trade issues with the United States can be resolved through dialogue and China has worked in "ea [...] | 2006-12-12 11:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON KN IS AJ CD CA CI LO KZ CH |
06BERLIN3507 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin jointly delivered the Global Initiative (GI) draft Plan of Work and accompanying documents (ref) to officials from the German MFA's Division for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy December [...] | 2006-12-14 17:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL ASCH CACM GM AS CA CH |
06BRATISLAVA904 | DEATH OF SOLDIER IN IRAQ MAY AFFECT SLOVAK [...] (u) This is an action recommendation. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Reacting to the death of a Slovak soldier in Iraq on November 10, Prime Minister Robert Fico said over the weekend that the death would influence the decision of the Slovak Government about NATO's request to reposition its engi [...] | 2006-11-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF IZ UK CA LO |
06BRUSSELS1512 | (C) BELGIANS CONCERNED ABOUT DETAINED IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 15:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR BE AU CA |
06DHAKA6179 | QUAD AGREEMENT ON BANGLADESH ELECTION THRESHOLDS [...] (C) On October 4, the U.S., U.K., Australian, and Canadian heads of mission met and gave final approval for the UK-drafted elections threshold paper and the U.S.-drafted caretaker government engagement framework (see below). The heads of mission also discussed efforts to promote dialogue and [...] | 2006-10-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BG UK AS CA |
06DHAKA6184 | QUAD AGREEMENT ON BANGLADESH ELECTION THRESHOLDS [...] (C) On October 4, the U.S., U.K., Australian, and Canadian heads of mission met and gave final approval for the UK-drafted elections threshold paper and the U.S.-drafted caretaker government engagement framework (see below). The heads of mission also discussed efforts to promote dialogue and [...] | 2006-10-06 03:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BG UK AS CA |
06GEORGETOWN710 | GUYANA: RESPONSES TO DEMARCHE ON GOVERNANCE REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: US, UK, Canada and EU chiefs of mission delivered demarche on governance reforms to President Jagdeo July 13, Opposition Leader Robert Corbin July 14, the upstart Alliance For Change (AFC) July 17, and the ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP) July 18. Jagdeo generally agreed w [...] | 2006-07-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OAS GY UK CA |
06HALIFAX11 | THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ATLANTIC CANADA: IS THE [...] SUMMARY: With the Liberals and Conservatives neck-to-neck in Atlantic Canada, election-watchers are pointing to the large number of undecided voters as key to whether the Liberals are able to hold onto their grip in the region. U.S. interests in the campaign revolve around promised increases [...] | 2006-01-19 21:37:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
06HALIFAX112 | NOVA SCOTIA ELECTION: INCUMBENT CONSERVATIVES BACK WITH [...] SUMMARY: Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald will serve another term in office following the June 13 provincial election, but once again, as the leader of another minority government. MacDonald's Progressive Conservative Party failed to get enough seats to capture a clear majority and the [...] | 2006-06-14 10:02:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CA |
06HALIFAX115 | NOVA SCOTIA'S NEW LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR [...] (U) Prime Minister Harper has named Mayann Francis to be the next Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, replacing Myra Freeman. Francis has been since 1999 CEO of the province's Human Rights Commission, where she has developed a reputation as an effective manager and advocate for human rights. [...] | 2006-06-21 13:16:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL CA |
06HALIFAX120 | ATLANTIC CANADA: OFFSHORE ENERGY EXPLORATION COSTS BECOMING [...] Although there have been some major strides in reducing regulatory delays and costs for offshore energy exploration, most drilling expenses for companies looking for energy off Atlantic Canada are outside of the control of regulators, the Chair of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Boar [...] | 2006-06-23 20:25:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD CA |
06HALIFAX167 | BIO DATA REPORT: FRANCIS, MAYANN, NOVA SCOTIA'S NEW [...] (U) Per reftel Prime Minister Harper has named Mayann Francis to be Nova Scotia's new Lieutenant Governor. Following is biographic material on Ms. Francis who will be sworn in on September 7, 2006. 2. (U) NAME: Mayann Elizabeth FRANCIS 3. (SBU) DATE OF BIRTH: February 18, 1946 4. (U [...] | 2006-08-30 18:04:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL CA |
06HALIFAX206 | CONSULAR OUTREACH TO AMERICAN CITIZENS IN NEWFOUNDLAND [...] SUMMARY: In early October CONOFF and ACS assistant traveled to St John's, Newfoundland to provide services for American citizens living in the region. CONOFF met privately with nearly 50 American citizens to provide consular services normally available only in Halifax and to discuss issues ran [...] | 2006-10-24 20:16:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CPAS CA |
06HALIFAX215 | MAINE LNG ISSUES - NEW BRUNSWICK COMMITTED TO STOPPING LNG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Liberal government in New Brunswick is continuing the fight to stop liquified natural gas (LNG) tankers from transiting through Passamaquoddy Bay, which lies between Maine and New Brunswick. New Consul General (CG) was briefed by a senior member of the New Brunswick civ [...] | 2006-11-08 18:48:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EWWT PBTS PGOV PREL PINR CA |
06HALIFAX216 | ROOKIE NEW BRUNSWICK PREMIER TOUTS STRONG U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) Shawn Graham, Canada's newest Premier, is ready to implement a U.S.-friendly agenda that is focused on expanded trade to the United States, especially energy sales. While electricity exports have been the primary focus, the new Liberal government is looking at how Irving Oil's growing in [...] | 2006-11-22 19:39:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG PREL PBTS PTER EPET ETRD EIND CA |
06HALIFAX34 | ATLANTIC CANADA: REACTIONS TO THE NEW HARPER CABINET [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Harper's decision on who will be representing Atlantic Canada in his cabinet has generally received a positive reaction here. There have been many accolades for the three MPs the Prime Minister selected: Nova Scotia's Peter MacKay (Foreign Affairs),Greg Thompson of N [...] | 2006-02-10 19:22:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EFIS PREL ENRG CA |
06HALIFAX35 | NOVA SCOTIA'S TORIES GO FOR YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives opted for generational change February 11, choosing a 34 year old member of the legislature from Cape Breton as the next Premier of Nova Scotia, replacing 67 year old John Hamm. Rodney MacDonald is well known to us and has his predecessor [...] | 2006-02-13 14:14:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA |
06HALIFAX57 | PROVINCIAL POLITICS IN ATLANTIC CANADA: WHO'S IN TROUBLE AND [...] SUMMARY: With spring legislative sessions due to start soon in Atlantic Canada, we have taken a political snapshot at each of the four provinces to see just where each of the four governments (all currently Tory blue) stand. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with their minority governments, pre [...] | 2006-03-21 17:47:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
06HALIFAX70 | ENERGY: MOVING LABRADOR'S LOWER CHURCHILL PROJECT TO [...] SUMMARY: Suitors have lined up for a chance to be part of the long-anticipated project to develop the hydroelectric resource of the Lower Churchill River in Newfoundland-Labrador. A tough but calculated business plan by Premier Danny Williams, coupled with new market dynamics, has economists [...] | 2006-04-07 15:03:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PGOV CA |
06HALIFAX90 | NOVA SCOTIA GOVERNMENT AIDS PULP AND PAPER COMPANY ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conservative Premier Rodney MacDonald of Nova Scotia is calculating that his government's C$65 million offer of assistance to an ailing paper exporter to the United States will pass the subsidy test. However, this cash infusion could be only the first step in providing additi [...] | 2006-05-05 19:21:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB PGOV CA |
06HALIFAX92 | NOVA SCOTIANS OFF TO THE POLLS IN A JUNE PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conservative Premier Rodney MacDonald has called a provincial election for June 13. Issues of potential bilateral interest will be: offshore energy and liquefied natural gas (LNG) policies, subsidies to forest products companies, legislation aimed at shielding personal data f [...] | 2006-05-14 03:48:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ECON CA |
06KABUL1828 | PRT/KANDAHAR - RECENT ATTACKS ON CANADIAN-LED [...] (S) SUMMARY. At 07:30 April 22 near Gumbad in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar Province, an improvised explosive device (IED) killed three Canadian soldiers immediately and one perished later at a military hospital. Three Canadian soldiers were wounded, but not seriously. The four vehicle [...] | 2006-04-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER MARR ASEC AF CA |
06KATHMANDU2597 | NEPAL: THREE VULNERABLE BHUTANESE REFUGEES LEAVING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CVIS CA BT NP |
06KIRKUK87 | IRAQI OIL CO. TALKS CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi businessman and CEO of KAR Group Baz Karim said that the Iraqi national government and the Kurdistan Regional Government were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, even though it was not yet in effect. Karim also said the two sides had recently [...] | 2006-04-12 10:48:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ENRG ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ NO CA |
06KUWAIT348 | KUWAIT EAC ON AVIAN INFLUENZA (01/31/2006) [...] (SBU) Summary: On 31 January 2006, the DCM convened a full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss Embassy Kuwait's contingency planning for Avian Influenza (AI) due to reports by the World Health Organization (WHO) of animal to human transmission of the H5N1 virus in Iraq. This transmissi [...] | 2006-01-31 14:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT ASEC CA KU TBIO KFLU |
06MANAGUA1630 | CEDULA CRISIS FORCES EDG TO RECONSIDER PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Elections Donor Group (EDG) decided to reconsider releasing a public statement regarding the electoral process after leaders of the NGO Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) gave a presentation on their recent investigation revealing that large segments of the population a [...] | 2006-07-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM GM CA DA SP FI JA NO NL SW |
06MEXICO6275 | CALDERON WOOS, WOWS, OTTAWA [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Felipe Calderon's October 26-27 visit to Ottawa exceeded expectations on both sides, with Calderon winning over both his public and private sector interlocutors. Canadian embassy contacts tell us he impressed his Ottawa contacts with his energy, intelligence and [...] | 2006-11-03 23:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MX CA |
06MONTREAL1063 | SNAPSHOT OF A BORDER COMMUNITY: MONTREAL WHTI [...] (SBU) Recently, as part of an ongoing WHTI outreach program, Consul General Montreal and Econoff visited small towns along the Quebec/US border to view how integrated the border communities are, and discuss the impact of WHTI. An example of completely integrated towns is the Stanstead, Quebec [...] | 2006-10-05 20:01:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | CA CASC CMGT CPAS ECON KPAO PREL KTRD |
06MONTREAL1205 | CANADA'S LIBERAL LEADERSHIP RACE: DION EMERGES AS [...] (C/NF) Former Environment Minister Stephane Dion emerged the surprise winner of the Liberal Leadership convention, held in Montreal from November 30-December 2, coming from fourth place to beat frontrunner Michael Ignatieff, 2521 to 2084 delegate votes. Ignatieff, though an eloquent and passi [...] | 2006-12-04 21:38:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR EINV CA |
06MONTREAL1219 | Camcording in Montreal theaters: perspectives [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Associations (CMPDA) Montreal anti-piracy division and the Montreal division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) gave two different perspectives on the scope and impact of camcording in Montreal theaters to Econcouns [...] | 2006-12-12 12:32:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
06MONTREAL1220 | Camcording in Montreal theaters: perspectives [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association's (CMPDA) Montreal anti-piracy division and the Montreal division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) gave two different perspectives on the scope and impact of camcording in Montreal theaters to Econcouns [...] | 2006-12-12 15:50:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
06MONTREAL255 | MONTREAL-BASED TELEMARKETING SCHEMES TARGET [...] (U) Summary. Montreal's relatively cheap labor and energy costs combined with strict privacy laws and lax telemarketing regulations have made it an attractive location for contact centers of all kinds, and the city now finds itself second only to Toronto for the dubious title of "telemarketin [...] | 2006-03-01 20:26:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL ECON CASC CA |
06MONTREAL365 | IPR in Montreal Part 1 - An International Hub for [...] (U) Summary. As of May 2005, nearly 50% of the world's pirated movies, and 78% of illegal camcording in Canada, could be traced back to seventeen Montreal theaters. The combination of first-world release dates, simultaneous bilingual release of movies, sophisticated camera technology, and [...] | 2006-03-28 21:07:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
06MONTREAL436 | IPR in Montreal Part 2 - Music Fans and Industry [...] (U) The strength and popularity of Quebec's music and film industries have made them attractive targets for illegal file sharing and pirating. Quebec music and films are routinely pirated and sold at Montreal-area flea markets along with internationally recognized music and films. Although l [...] | 2006-04-11 18:07:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
06MONTREAL518 | Montreal Outreach on WHTI [...] Summary. The visit of DHS US-Visit Director Jim Williams and Department of States Ann Barrett, Managing Director of U.S. Passport Services, gave post an opportunity to get our message about WHTI out to a number of influential audiences and journalists in Montreal. Exports to the U.S. are extr [...] | 2006-05-03 20:00:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CPAS CASC KTRD KPAO PREL CA |
06MONTREAL572 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ICAO'S TCB DEPUTY DIRECTOR ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request (para 9): The Deputy Director of ICAO's Technical Cooperation Bureau (TCB) Bachar Hakim, visited the Ambassador on May 17, 2006 to inform him of TCB's recommendations to Syrian Arab Airlines on the replacement of ten aging Boeing aircraft, which are currently [...] | 2006-05-18 19:18:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ECON PREL ICAO CA SY UNDP |
06MONTREAL616 | Visit of NASA Deputy Administrator Dale to the [...] (U) Summary: On May 23, NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale and NASA Assistant Administrator Michael F. OBrien met with the Acting President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Carole Lacombe and a team of CSA experts to discuss current and future areas for U.S.-Canadian space cooperation. E [...] | 2006-06-01 12:59:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA CA |
06MONTREAL622 | UPDATE ON HYDRO-QUEBEC'S ENERGY PLANS [...] (U) Summary: On May 23, Embassy Ottawa EMIN Brian Mohler and ConGen Montreal Econoff Anne Coleman met with Marie-Jose Nadeau (please protect),Hydro Quebec's Executive Vice-President for Corporate Affairs, at the utility's Montreal headquarters. Ms. Nadeau provided an overview of Hydro Que [...] | 2006-06-02 18:03:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR CA |
06MONTREAL676 | MONTREAL REACTIONS TO THE TORONTO ARRESTS [...] (C) Montreal has a diverse population, receiving 88% of the province's immigrants. According to the 2004-05 report from the Quebec Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities, 27.6% of the Island of Montreal's residents are foreign-born. The greater-Montreal area has an estimated Musl [...] | 2006-06-16 18:56:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CPAS CVIS CA |
06MONTREAL820 | Montreal Hosts the First Ever OutGames [...] Montreal is set to host the 1st World OutGames from July 26-August 5. An offshoot of the Federation of Gay Games (held this year in Chicago),which has traditionally focused on providing a venue for homosexuals to openly engage in sports competitions, the OutGames has added a three-day inter [...] | 2006-07-28 13:00:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI CASC CA |
06MONTREAL826 | QUEBEC GOVERNMENT STRATEGY PURSUES KYOTO TARGETS, [...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 15th, the Quebec Government released its Climate Change Strategy, including plans to improve public transportation systems, adopt California,s fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles and impose a carbon tax. This announcement follows some five months after Montreal h [...] | 2006-07-28 19:28:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ENRG CA |
06MONTREAL922 | Montreal Celebrates OutGames Success - Part 2 of 2 [...] The 1st World OutGames, held in Montreal June 26-August 5, drew some 500,000 spectators, 10,248 athletes, and 5,200 volunteers and has been touted by officials, media, and human rights activists alike as a success. The three-day conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Huma [...] | 2006-08-24 20:16:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI CASC CA |
06MONTREAL993 | Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License End-Use Check, [...] (SBU) Econoff contacted Venga Aerospace Systems, Inc. President Hirsh Kwinter on August 31 to verify the information requested (reftel). Venga Aerospace Systems has both aerospace and 3-D graphics divisions. Kwinter runs the company from his residence in Montreal. The company has no facilitie [...] | 2006-09-17 11:56:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC CA |
06OTTAWA1029 | CANADA OUTLAWS LTTE/TAMIL TIGERS [...] (C) Summary: Canada's Conservative-minority government domestically designated the LTTE/Tamil Tigers under Canada's Criminal Code on April 10, 2006. As a result of this listing, participating in Tiger activities (including fundraising) is a criminal offense and financial institutions must [...] | 2006-04-10 21:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CE |
06OTTAWA1031 | TERRORISM FINANCE: OTTAWA RESPONSE ON JI-4 UN [...] (S) Despite high-level approaches, the Government of Canada still will not co-sponsor the four JI individuals. As requested by email and in reftel A, Embassy Ottawa raised the profile of the JI-4 cosponsorship request, with Deputy Chief of Mission John Dickson making the request to Department [...] | 2006-04-11 13:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | ID KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC CA |
06OTTAWA105 | CANADA FULLY SUPPORTS REPORTING IRAN TO THE UN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL CA IR IAEA |
06OTTAWA11 | PROTECTING THE WATER SUPPLY; POINTS OF CONTACT [...] With respect to information requested reftel: The Canadian federal government contact is Paul Pagotto at Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC). He has agreed to be the Canadian government point of contact for this effort. In addition, you will also find the contact details o [...] | 2006-01-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO PINS EAGR CA |
06OTTAWA119 | CANADA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 21:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB CA KTDB PGOV NAFTA |
06OTTAWA120 | CANADA'S CONSERVATIVE PARTY HAS SOLID LEAD AS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With ten days to go before election day, Stephen Harper's Conservative Party of Canada seems to be heading for victory. Most commentators now believe a minority government is in his grasp; a few are beginning to speculate about a possible Conservative majority (Comment: unlike [...] | 2006-01-13 21:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA PGOV PREL |
06OTTAWA1245 | CANADA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Ottawa recommends that implementation of Title III of the Libertad Act continue to be suspended for Canada on grounds of national interest and prospects for further cooperation on transition to democracy in Cuba. While Canada has a long history of economic engagement wit [...] | 2006-04-26 23:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL CA |
06OTTAWA1317 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO 2006 SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION [...] Econ officers presented the Special 301 decision to officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Intellectual Property division on April 28 with follow-up on May 1. Although DFAIT Intellectual Property Director Doug George reiterated Canada's annual objectio [...] | 2006-05-02 20:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA KIPR ECON ETRD |
06OTTAWA1322 | HARPER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST BUDGET DELIVERS TAX [...] Tax cuts for households and businesses, breaks for families with children, and investments in defense and security were the key features of the Harper government's first budget, which was unveiled in Parliament on May 2 and is widely viewed as targeting middle class voters. Crucially for this [...] | 2006-05-03 17:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
06OTTAWA1323 | U/S DOBRIANSKY AND CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON [...] (U) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman Connaughton visited Ottawa April 24/25 at the direction of the President and at the request of the Canadian Government to discuss a number of significant environmen [...] | 2006-05-03 17:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG TBIO CA |
06OTTAWA133 | CANADA AGREES WITH US "98 PERCENT" ON UN REFORM [...] (U) Ambassador David Wilkins delivered reftel points to David Malone, Assistant Deputy Minister for Global Issues, and Ferry de Kerckhove, Director General for International Organizations, at Foreign Affairs Canada on January 17, 2006. POL M/C and Poloff also attended. ------------------- [...] | 2006-01-17 19:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR ADCO CA UN |
06OTTAWA1369 | CONGRESSMAN JAMES SENSENBRENNER SPEAKS WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman James Sensenbrenner, Republican Member of Congress from Wisconsin and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, visited Ottawa April 23-25, 2006, accompanied by Judiciary Committee Chief of Staff and General Counsel Phil Kiko. The Ambassador joined the Chairman's [...] | 2006-05-05 19:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ASEC PREL KIPR CA |
06OTTAWA137 | CANADA/AFGHANISTAN: GOVERNMENT SHOWS RESOLVE IN [...] (C) Summary: Canada lost its first diplomat in fifty years in Kandahar on Sunday when a suicide bomber killed its PRT chief and seriously wounded three soldiers. Canadian officials are resolute in the face of the casualties about continuing with the mission, but the Canadian public (despite b [...] | 2006-01-17 22:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR AF CA NATO |
06OTTAWA1455 | CANADA: TRANSPORTATION SECTOR HAPPY WITH GOVERNMENT OF CANADA'S MAY 2 BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 19:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELTN ETRD ECON EINV CA |
06OTTAWA1522 | IPR TOOLKIT: A MODIFIED APPROACH FOR CANADA [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Ottawa's IPR Working Group (IPR WG) suggests a smaller, streamlined IPR toolkit to help U.S. companies facing IPR problems in Canada. The main way the Embassy can improve the IPR climate for U.S. businesses in Canada is through encouraging the GOC to update its copyrigh [...] | 2006-05-18 20:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON CA |
06OTTAWA153 | ECONOMIC POLICY IN CANADA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] While the governing Liberal Party has highlighted its own strong economic record, and while both they and the leading Conservative Party have made various spending promises, economic policies have been less significant in this campaign than other issues such as crime and political corruption. [...] | 2006-01-18 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI EFIN PGOV CA NDP |
06OTTAWA154 | CANADIAN ELECTIONS: TRANSITION MECHANICS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On Monday, January 23, Canadians will go to the polls and elect a new Parliament and, presumably, a new Prime Minister. The likely Conservative minority government would bring the Tories to power for the first time in 13 years and so we can expect some hiccups along the transi [...] | 2006-01-18 22:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV CA |
06OTTAWA1634 | DEMARCHE: USG RESPONSE TO ECUADOR'S ACTIONS ON [...] (C)Econ officers spoke to DFAIT officials Flavie Major (Ecuador desk officer) and Gilles Gauthier (Director for Investment Trade Policy) about our concerns over Ecuador's actions against Occidental Petroleum, and noted that we were making these points to other trading partners as appropriate. [...] | 2006-05-26 22:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET ETRD PREL EC CA |
06OTTAWA1685 | THE HARPER GOVERNMENT'S "MADE IN CANADA" CLIMATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) As the domestic debate intensifies on Canada's climate change policies, details are slowly emerging on the Harper government's "Made in Canada" climate programs, which will include enhanced public transportation, increased ethanol production, cle [...] | 2006-06-01 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG PGOV CA |
06OTTAWA1702 | IPR: PROSPECTS BRIGHTER FOR CANADIAN IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Ambassador Wilkins, two key ministers of the Harper government have described Canada's implementation of the WIPO Internet treaties as a joint priority of their respective departments, but their subordinate officials are still split on key issues. We hope tha [...] | 2006-06-02 19:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR CA |
06OTTAWA1869 | CANADA: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 19:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CAC EFIN KID OPIC PGOV CA |
06OTTAWA1904 | Northwest Passage Conference in Ottawa Offers Bold [...] Sensitive But Unclassified, not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Panelists at an Ottawa conference on Canada's arctic waters called for Canada and the U.S. to open talks on the Arctic route because the increasing melt rate of Arctic sea ice could allow significant su [...] | 2006-06-19 21:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PBTS MARR CA |
06OTTAWA1925 | CANADA: PM HARPER ANNOUNCES MORE DETAILS ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY FUNDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-21 21:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELTN EWWT ETRD ASEC EINV CA |
06OTTAWA194 | CANADA'S NEW GOVERNMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Unless the polls are badly mistaken, Canada's Conservatives will win today's election and Stephen Harper will be asked by the Governor General to form a minority government. The election of a new government, after thirteen years of Liberal rule, presents opportunities for advancing [...] | 2006-01-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CA |
06OTTAWA1978 | TERRORIST FINANCING TRACKING PROGRAM DEMARCHE: [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador Wilkins briefed Foreign Minister MacKay on the substance of the Terrorist Financing Tracking Program during a telephone conversation on June 26 and discussed the matter with Justice Minister Toews during a breakfast on June 27. He tried unsuccessfully to [...] | 2006-06-27 20:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN CA |
06OTTAWA2021 | POTENTIAL FOR IPR PROGRESS: CANADA'S PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC has proposed a two-regulation package (significantly different from its 2004 proposal) consisting of data protection for the innovative pharmaceutical industries and "Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance)" for the generic drug industries, a combination designed to [...] | 2006-06-29 19:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON TBIO CA |
06OTTAWA2060 | CANADIAN REACTION TO THE U.S. TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY In response to June 23's U.S. press articles disclosing the existence of the Terrorist Financing Tracking Program, the press reports that Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner has decided to investigate whether the USG improperly obtained the banking records of Canadians. [...] | 2006-07-06 15:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA PTER EFIN |
06OTTAWA2149 | CANADA PLANS STRONGER LAW ON MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: The GOC plans to introduce legislation this fall designed to tighten its protections against money laundering and terrorist financing. The bill could allow greater information sharing by GOC tax and financial agencies with law enforcement, features which will no doub [...] | 2006-07-14 21:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
06OTTAWA2158 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON PRIVACY AND TRANS-BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner found in a report released June 20 that while the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has systems and procedures in place for managing and sharing personal information with other countries, it needs to improve its management of priv [...] | 2006-07-17 20:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON EFIN EAIR ECPS |
06OTTAWA2208 | CANADIAN RESPONSE -- APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] Ginette Martin, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)'s Haiti Division, informed Embassy Ottawa on July 21 that the Government of Canada will pledge C$520 million (roughly US$460 million at today's exchange rate) over five years for development assistan [...] | 2006-07-21 19:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HA EAID ECON EFIN CA |
06OTTAWA2237 | CANADIAN DISAPPOINTMENT OVER SUSPENSION OF WTO [...] (U) Summary: Shortly after the WTO announcement that the Doha Trade Round negotiations would be suspended indefinitely, Canada's International Trade Minister Emerson and Agriculture Minister Strahl issued a statement expressing their "disappointment." Emerson said that Canadian farmers as w [...] | 2006-07-25 19:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD WTO WTRO CA |
06OTTAWA2254 | CANADA ON PROPOSED G8 BTEX FOOD DEFENSE TABLETOP EXERCISE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO PINS EAGR EUN CA |
06OTTAWA2294 | CANADA TAKES STEPS TO ESTABLISH SOVEREIGNTY OVER [...] (U) Summary: The GOC is taking steps to secure sovereign rights over seabed resources that extend to the edge of the continental shelf. On July 20 the GOC announced a C$2 million effort to identify and map the outer edge of the continental shelf. Under the UN Convention on the Law of the S [...] | 2006-07-31 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EMIN EPET PBTS PREL SENV DE UN |
06OTTAWA2315 | CANADIAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE TO 61ST UNGA [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Minister Peter MacKay will attend the 61st UNGA and be present for some of the General Debate. It is also a possibility that Josee Verner, Minister for International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages Minister w [...] | 2006-08-01 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CA |
06OTTAWA2321 | PROBLEMS LOOMING FOR SOFTWOOD LUMBER DEAL [...] (C) Summary: There is growing widespread and persistent Canadian lumber industry and provincial dissatisfaction with the July 1 U.S.-Canadian agreement to settle the longstanding and contentious softwood lumber dispute after a July 21 U.S. federal court decision in Canada's favor which encour [...] | 2006-08-01 21:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL CA |
06OTTAWA2356 | Canadian Coast Guard to conduct Seismic Surveys in Disputed [...] Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in a telephone conversation on August 3, informed the Embassy that the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis St. Laurent is proceeding to the disputed area of the Beaufort Sea where its crew will conduct seismic studies ove [...] | 2006-08-04 17:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS EMIN EPET PREL SENV UN CA |
06OTTAWA2361 | CANADA: VIEWS ON AVIATION SECURITY, DIPLOMATIC POUCH AND VCDR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-04 19:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ADPM EAIR AORC ICAO KTIA CA |
06OTTAWA2372 | CANADA DESIRES MOVE FORWARD ON 2006 DRUG THREAT [...] (U) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, Poloff discussed the USG inter-agency FY 2007 certification procedures (reftel A) and related methamphetamine production issues (reftel B) with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Crim [...] | 2006-08-08 19:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR CA |
06OTTAWA2388 | AMERICAN LOW COST CARRIERS SERVICE TO CANADA SET TO INCREASE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 21:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CA |
06OTTAWA2391 | OTTAWA LAUNCHES IPR TOOLKIT [...] The Mission Canada IPR Working Group is pleased to announce that the Canada IPR Toolkit is now available on Embassy Ottawa,s general website, in response to Ref A. The toolkit is designed to assist smaller businesses in locating the information necessary to protect their IP in Canada. As no [...] | 2006-08-09 21:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA KIPR ECON |
06OTTAWA2406 | CANADIAN RESPONSE: SEEKING CO-COMPLAINANTS FOR [...] (SBU) This is an action message: see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) On August 9, EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Intellectual Property Director Doug George to discuss reftel and other IPR issues (septel). George said he was t [...] | 2006-08-10 22:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA CH KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO USTR |
06OTTAWA2407 | CANADA'S MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO COMBATING TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative government has recently taken several concrete steps to address the problem of human trafficking in Canada, making this effort a law enforcement priority and highlighting to the Canadian electorate its efforts as an illustration of government effectiveness. L [...] | 2006-08-10 22:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG CA KS |
06OTTAWA2420 | THE PROSPEROUS CANADA-CUBA ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada,s economic relationship with Cuba began in the late 19th century, long before the U.S. embargo. Today, Canada-Cuba economic ties continue to be strong. The annual two-way trade between the countries is around $1 billion USD. About 22 percent of Cuban exports (mostly n [...] | 2006-08-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR CU CA |
06OTTAWA2439 | CRUNCH TIME COMING FOR SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In his vigorous efforts to garner industry support for the July 1 softwood lumber agreement, International Trade Minister Emerson and other senior Ministers met with top Canadian lumber officials in Toronto on August 9 to hear their concerns about several of the deal's provisio [...] | 2006-08-15 17:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD CA |
06OTTAWA2458 | CANADA'S PRIVACY COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE JUNE 23 U.S. PRESS ARTICLES DISCLOSING THE EXISTENCE OF THE USG'S TERRORIST FINANCING TRACKING PROGRAM AND THE COOPERATION IT RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL "SWIFT" BANK TRANSACTION MESSAGING SYSTEM HAVE RESULTED IN THE AUGUST 14 ANNOUNCEMENT OF TWO INVESTIGATIONS OF SWIFT B [...] | 2006-08-16 22:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECPS ECON PTER CA |
06OTTAWA2467 | PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES NEW LEBANON RELIEF FUND [...] (U) Summary: On August 16, Prime Minister Harper announced that Canada will give C$25 million to Lebanon reconstruction and relief efforts. C$15 million will be largely directed to UN agencies and the ICRC and C$10 million will support stabilization efforts and provide civilian support for i [...] | 2006-08-17 19:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PREF PGOV LE CA |
06OTTAWA2484 | CANADA RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON TOP U.S. TRADE, [...] (U) Summary: On August 16, EMIN and Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials to discuss reftel, which had been provided to them in late July. DFAIT was represented by outgoing Deputy Director for APEC Christopher Burton, his replacement Karen [...] | 2006-08-18 22:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON APECO CA |
06OTTAWA2550 | STOCKHOLM DONORS MEETING: CANADIAN AID TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) On August 25, EMIN presented ref A demarche to Douglas Williams, Director General, Middle East and Maghreb Directorate, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),which is Canada's counterpart to USAID. According to Williams, Canada's delegation to the August 31 Stockholm Confer [...] | 2006-08-25 21:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID LE PREL SW |
06OTTAWA2555 | TRANSBORDER USE OF VERY LIGHT JETS [...] Summary: For frequent business travelers, Very Light Jets (VLJs) offer important advantages, including less time spent on the ground before flights, direct flights that avoid multiple legs that often occur under the hub-and-spoke model, and the ability to land on shorter runways than other jet [...] | 2006-08-25 22:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAIR |
06OTTAWA2562 | CERTAIN CANADIAN INDUSTRIES' INPUT ON POSSIBLE WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) head Graham Henderson (protect) on August 24 to discuss IP, specifically the USG's role in encouraging GOC to pass legislation implementing the WIPO Internet Treaties. Henderson also briefed us o [...] | 2006-08-28 18:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA CH KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO USTR |
06OTTAWA26 | FY 2006 U.S. SPEAKER REQUEST: Former Congressmen [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests two former U.S. Congressmen, one Republican and one Democrat, as U.S. Speakers for a program to include Carleton University faculty and students in Ottawa, Parliamentary staff, and government officials, media and academics in other Canadian cities via video [...] | 2006-01-05 18:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP CA |
06OTTAWA2615 | CANADA'S VIEWS ON AMERICAN IMSO DG CANDIDATE STEVEN LETT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-01 16:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS CA |
06OTTAWA2766 | CANADA "HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION" ON JOINING [...] On September 11 the Ambassador discussed the Secretary's invitation to participate in her press event on the Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) with Foreign Minister Peter MacKay, urging that Canada join CAWT and pressing MacKay to attend the September 22 event in New York. Althoug [...] | 2006-09-13 21:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV UNGA CA |
06OTTAWA28 | CANADA: "YES" TO UN RE-HATTING BUT "NO" TO NATO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel on 6 January to Wendy Gilmore, Director of the Sudan Task Force at Foreign Affairs Canada. After noting the value of regular weekly conference calls with DOS, UK and EU counterparts, she characterized the GoC's immediate efforts prior to the January 12 meeting as [...] | 2006-01-05 19:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO CA SU UNSC NATO |
06OTTAWA2837 | VISIT OF USTR AMBASSADOR SUSAN SCHWAB TO OTTAWA, [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab visited Ottawa on September 11-12 to sign the U.S.-Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement, which will be voted on by the Canadian Parliament during the week of September 18. Prior to the signing ceremony at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Intern [...] | 2006-09-18 21:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON EAGR CA CH KS |
06OTTAWA2945 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On September 27, Economic Minister-Counselor presented reftel demarche to Chantal de Varennes, Deputy Director, Francophonie Affairs Division, Foreign Affairs Canada (DFAIT),and Alain Tellier, Deputy Director, Criminal, Security and Treaty Law Division, DFAIT. Both were familiar with t [...] | 2006-09-27 22:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCRM SNAR CA |
06OTTAWA2977 | NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONALIZE EFFORTS [...] (U) On September 29, Economic Minister-Counselor discussed ref A demarche with Sarah Taylor, Director, Development Policy and Institutions Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and with Glynnis French, Deputy Director, Strategies and Partnerships Sector, Financial Tr [...] | 2006-09-29 22:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM CA |
06OTTAWA3010 | CANADA'S TAKE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) On October 4, Janice Fitchett (Senior Nuclear Non-Proliferation Advisor at Foreign Affairs) provided POL M/C with initial Canada's comments on the GI draft documents, which she said had been widely cleared throught the Department. She confirmed that these comments were also being shared [...] | 2006-10-04 20:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS CA |
06OTTAWA3015 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) In the Ambassador's absence, A/DCM met on October 3 with Colleen Swords, Department of Foreign Affairs Political Director. Canada shares our outrage and concerns regarding North Korea's declaration that it planned to test a nuclear weapon. The Foreign Affairs spokesperson immediately de [...] | 2006-10-04 22:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM KN CA |
06OTTAWA3026 | THAI COUP: CANADIANS WERE NOT AMUSED [...] (C) Pol M/C delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. reaction to the Coup in Thailand to Foreign Affairs Office Director Deborah Paul (Southeast Asia and the Pacific Region) on October 5. Paul said our approach was very timely, as she was heading an interagency task force that was seeking ways [...] | 2006-10-05 21:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TH CA |
06OTTAWA3042 | CANADIAN RESPONSE TO PREPARATIONS FOR UNSC ACTION [...] (SBU) On October 6, A/DCM discussed preparations for UN Security Council action on North Korea with Michael Small, the DFAIT (Foreign Ministry,s) Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) for Global Issues and International Organizations. He also followed up with ADM/Political Director Colleen Swords, [...] | 2006-10-06 22:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC KN CA |
06OTTAWA3089 | ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) On October 12, Economic Minister-Counselor presented reftel diplomatic notes to Bill Graham, Director, International Telecommunications Policy and Coordination, Industry Canada and Jim MacKenzie, Senior Advisor, International Telecommunications Policy and Coordination (Canada/United States [...] | 2006-10-12 17:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS AORC ITU CA |
06OTTAWA3121 | CANADA REACTION TO NOTIFICATION OF U.S. ARMS [...] (C) At an October 13 follow up meeting to our September 27 demarche (reftels),Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Export Controls Division (ECD) Deputy Director Steven Goodinson told us that arms transfers from Canada to Venezuela were infrequent, that his office was [...] | 2006-10-13 20:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PARM PREL OTRA VE CA |
06OTTAWA3123 | CANADA ON 2007 UN PANEL OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Missile and Export Control Policy Officer Jean-Christian Brillant on September 29, and at a follow up meeting on October 13. Brillant responded that the GOC supported the USG position, [...] | 2006-10-13 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM UNGA PREL CDG CA |
06OTTAWA3164 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: POLDIR TO LEAD CANADIAN DEL TO [...] (SBU) We joined our Russian counterpart to convey reftel to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Nuclear Cooperation, Compliance and Export Control Shawn Caza, and Senior Adviser Janice Fitchett. Caza reaffirmed earlier word that DFA [...] | 2006-10-18 21:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP PREL MCAP IAEA CA |
06OTTAWA3172 | CANADA SOLID ON GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA VOTE [...] (C) On October 19, POL M/C discussed the standoff in the UNSC with Patrick Wittmann, Director of the United Nations Division at Foreign Affairs Canada. Wittmann said he was following the UNGA closely and was amazed and frustrated by Venezuela's persistence in the face of Guatemala's clear lea [...] | 2006-10-19 21:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC CA |
06OTTAWA3179 | SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW: EMBASSY VIEWS ON [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada is starting to take important steps toward improving protection for intellectual property rights since USTR kept Canada on the "Special 301" Watch List in April 2006. The new Conservative government is more receptive than its predecessor to U.S. concerns and on October [...] | 2006-10-20 20:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON ETRD KIPR |
06OTTAWA3205 | MAPPING THE BORDER:NEW BRUNSWICK CAMPOBELLO/LUBEC [...] The Lubec Maine/Campobello Island, New Brunswick crossing is the easternmost land border port of entry on our northern border. The island -- in Canada is only accessible to the rest of Canada by road through the U.S., mirroring our westernmost port of entry in Point Roberts, Washington, a pie [...] | 2006-10-24 15:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA PTER PGOV CVIS PHUM |
06OTTAWA3224 | NEW TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ON CANADA'S CRIMINAL [...] (U) On October 24, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) announced that Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Faction of the Hezb-e Islami, the Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) has been designated as a terrorist organization under Canada's Criminal Code. 2. (U) All Canadian [...] | 2006-10-25 19:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PTER AF CA |
06OTTAWA3229 | 218TH MEETING OF THE CANUS PERMANENT JOINT BOARD [...] (SBU) On September 20-21, 2006, Canada and the U.S. convened the 218th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ottawa. U.S. co-Chair George Nethercutt and Canadian co-Chair Rick Casson led the meeting. Overview/Opening Remark [...] | 2006-10-25 20:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MX CA |
06OTTAWA3248 | APEC 2006: CANADA'S PRIORITIES [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada shares many of the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, Foreign Affairs Canada APEC Deputy Director Karen Garner told EMIN on October 26. Garner stated that Canada would urge APEC members to support an "ambitious, successful conclusion" to the Doha round, and said APEC refor [...] | 2006-10-27 11:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON PARM PTER TSPL APECO |
06OTTAWA3251 | IRAQ COMPACT PREPARATORY GROUP MEETING IN KUWAIT: [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 15:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN PREL EINV CA IZ |
06OTTAWA3253 | CANADA GIVES STRONG SUPPORT FOR U.S. SECURITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton met October 19-20 with FM MacKay, Public Safety Minister Day, Defense Minister O'Connor, and other senior officials from CIDA, PCO, PMO, DND, and DFAIT to thank Canada for the contribution it has made to U.S. efforts to improve securi [...] | 2006-10-27 17:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA IS KJUS PREL XF MEPI |
06OTTAWA3264 | CANADA SEEKS AFGHANISTAN SUCCESS AT RIGA, GOC WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canadian thinking on NATO enlargement tracks with U.S. policy. The GOC will seek consultations in Washington in early-to-mid November to discuss the broad range of topics on the Riga Summit agenda, including enlargement. Canada will continue to press its NATO allies to burd [...] | 2006-10-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL CA |
06OTTAWA3296 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO): [...] (C) This response on Embassy Ottawa's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers (TFCO) is keyed to para. 9 of reftel: a) Embassy Ottawa's TFCO is Brian J. Mohler, Economic Minister-Counselor, office phone: (613) 688-5214, email: MohlerBJ@State.gov; classified email: MohlerBJ@State.sgov.gov. [...] | 2006-11-01 19:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC ECON KTFN KVPR PREL PTER CA |
06OTTAWA3302 | CANADA SEEKS TO AMEND MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] (U) Summary: The Harper Government has introduced a bill (C-25) in Parliament to amend the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act to ensure Canada's global leadership in combating organized crime and terrorist financing. In his introduction of the bill on October 5, [...] | 2006-11-02 15:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PTER CA |
06OTTAWA3333 | Income Trust Tax Loophole Closed [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move that sent Canada's financial markets reeling, the Canadian federal government announced on October 31 that it would start taxing income trusts as regular corporations. The GOC took the action to stem lost revenue as more Canadian companies threatened to restru [...] | 2006-11-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD ECON CA |
06OTTAWA3373 | CANADA MIGHT CONSIDER FURTHER DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 19:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON EFIN IZ |
06OTTAWA3423 | CANADA'S CLEAN AIR ACT FACES TOUGH SLEDDING [...] (U) Summary: Less than two weeks after its introduction in the House of Commons the Tories' highly anticipated "made-in-Canada" environmental plan, the Clean Air Act, has been derailed from the standard parliamentary pathway. The bill will likely be subject to a massive redraft in an ad hoc " [...] | 2006-11-16 22:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON CA |
06OTTAWA3432 | CANADA UPDATE ON DONOR PLEDGE FOR SOUTH ASIA [...] (sbu) Econcouns received an update (per reftel) on Canada's disbursement of funds pledged for earthquake relief and reconstruction in Pakistan from Department of Foreign Affairs Pakistan Policy Officer Jon Bonnar and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Pakistan Analyst Stuart Lane [...] | 2006-11-17 22:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID PK PREL |
06OTTAWA3439 | DAS SUCHAN DISCUSSES ITAR WITH CANADIAN AUTHORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials and defense industry claim that U.S. refusal to authorize (under the ITAR) access to U.S. defense items by Canadian dual nationals of "proscribed countries" violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is jeopardizing Canada's multi-billion dollar p [...] | 2006-11-20 21:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MARR CA |
06OTTAWA3447 | CANADA: COUNTERING ANTI-IP PROPOSALS AT WORLD [...] (sbu) Econcouns delivered reftel points on countering World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat forays into intellectual property issues to Department of Interational Trade Intellectual Property Director Doug George and Senior Trade Policy Advisor Julie Boisvert. George had little immediate [...] | 2006-11-21 21:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON ETRD KIPR WTRO |
06OTTAWA3455 | Ottawa Studies Further International Aviation [...] (U) Summary: The Conservative government is set to announce a new international air policy in early 2007 that aims to open Canada's skies to more foreign competition and will focus on an "Open Skies" model. Some observers think the move promises to benefit consumers, but not necessarily the co [...] | 2006-11-24 16:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV CA |
06OTTAWA3458 | CANADA SUPPORTS UNIFIED APPROACH TO GEORGIA AND [...] (U) Urgent action request. Please see para four (4). 2. (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche on November 22 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Political Director Colleen Swords, and on November 24 to OSCE Desk Officer Neil Brennan. Canada is in strong agreement [...] | 2006-11-24 20:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU CA |
06OTTAWA3473 | WHTI IMPLEMENTATION: CANADA STILL HOPING FOR A [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Comments and statements from a variety of Canadian interlocutors, coupled with Canada's apparent lack of serious preparations, indicate that the government will continue to lobby to delay, alter, or kill the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). WH [...] | 2006-11-27 21:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CA CPAS CVIS PREL PGOV |
06OTTAWA3480 | CANADA APPLAUDS WTO RULING ON GMO IMPORTS [...] (U) On November 22, Canadian Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl and International Trade Minister David Emerson welcomed the WTO's adoption of a ruling against the European Union's (EU) treatment of imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Emerson said that "the (Canadian) government h [...] | 2006-11-28 16:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EUN WTO CA |
06OTTAWA3487 | CANADA ANNOUNCES OVER C$40 MILLION IN MICROFINANCE [...] (U) Summary: At the November 12 Global Microfinance Summit in Halifax, Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay and International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced that Canada will provide more than C$40 million to three Canadian NGOs to help poor people in developing countries get acc [...] | 2006-11-28 20:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN CA |
06OTTAWA3491 | Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic flu: Canadian Plans [...] (U) The Government of Canada (GoC) will send a delegation to attend the fourth international conference on avian and pandemic influenza (API) in Bamako, Mali, December 6 through 8. Canada's Ambassador to Mali, Isabelle Roy, will lead the delegation; her deputy will be Dr. Arlene King, Director [...] | 2006-11-28 20:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CA |
06OTTAWA3503 | SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) On November 30, Economic Minister presented reftel demarche conveying U.S. views on the Santa Cruz Ministerial on Sustainable Development at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) to an inter-agency group headed by Leonard Beaulne, Deputy Director (Policy),Braz [...] | 2006-11-30 21:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM SENV OAS CA |
06OTTAWA3511 | SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) This afternoon the Economic Minister received a formal Canadian response to the demarche he delivered to Canadian officials on the Santa Cruz Ministerial on November 30 (ref B). The reply was sent by Jenna MacKay-Alie, Director General, Americas Directorate, Environment Canada. 2. (U) [...] | 2006-12-01 19:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM SENV OAS CA |
06OTTAWA3523 | CANADIAN TYPHOON ASSISTANCE TO THE PHILIPPINES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-04 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON RP CA |
06OTTAWA3536 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Post answers to reftel questions are based on information obtained from Daniel Daley and Louise Branch, the Director and Deputy Director, respectively, of the Caribbean, Central America and Andean Region Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) as well as reporting [...] | 2006-12-05 21:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU CA |
06OTTAWA3561 | NEW LIBERAL LEADER DION LIKELY TO PUSH [...] (SBU) Summary. The victory of former Environment Minister Stephane Dion in the federal Liberal leadership battle seems certain to keep the environment and especially the Kyoto Protocol squarely in the center of domestic political discourse. As Environment Minister, Dion was closely identifie [...] | 2006-12-08 12:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PINR CA |
06OTTAWA3564 | AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO [...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...] | 2006-12-08 18:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR AF CA |
06OTTAWA3566 | TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 20:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KPAO CA |
06OTTAWA3575 | TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND INCITERS ADDED TO [...] (U) On December 8, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) notified all Canadian financial institutions that two individuals (together with a number of aliases) have been made subject to the United Nations Al-Qaida and Taliban Regulations by virtue of having be [...] | 2006-12-11 17:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CA |
06OTTAWA3591 | CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR OVERSEAS HIV/AIDS [...] Canada's International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced on December 1, World AIDS Day, C$120 million to fight HIV/AIDS overseas. This is over and above what Canada has previously pledged to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The new funding will support glob [...] | 2006-12-13 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO EAID CA XA |
06OTTAWA3594 | CANADIAN AID TO FLOOD-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN HORN OF [...] (U) Summary: Canada is giving C$2.67 million to assist flood-affected people in the Horn of Africa. International Cooperation Minister Verner said that hundreds of thousands of children and adults will receive food, safe drinking water, and shelter as a result of the GoC contribution. The m [...] | 2006-12-14 20:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON CA ET KE SO |
06OTTAWA3599 | CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING OECD [...] (U) On December 15, Economic Minister-Counselor delivered reftel demarche on the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) to Mark Moher, Senior Coordinator, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Moher promised to share its contents with L [...] | 2006-12-15 19:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA |
06OTTAWA3604 | IPR: LETTER FROM CANADIAN HERITAGE MINISTER BEV [...] (U) Ambassador Wilkins has received the attached letter from Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda on copyright reform in Canada, which responds to an October 13th letter sent by USTR Ambassador Schwab to Industry Minister Maxime Bernier. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Ministry of Canadian Heritage [...] | 2006-12-15 21:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON USTR CA |
06OTTAWA3608 | CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNAUTHORIZED [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Export Controls Division (ECD) Director Michael Rooney on December 11. At a follow up meeting on December 14, Rooney expressed appreciation for our decision to raise the matter with ECD and re [...] | 2006-12-18 18:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL KSTC CA |
06OTTAWA3613 | ADDITIONAL CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] (U) Embassy Ottawa has received an additional Canadian response to the OECD Working Group on Bribery demarche (ref A) that the Embassy Economic Minister-Counselor delivered to DFAIT official Mark Moher on December 15. The initial response was reported in ref B. 2. (SBU) Begin text. Respon [...] | 2006-12-19 19:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA |
06OTTAWA3620 | CANADA COPYRIGHT BILL MONTHS AWAY FROM [...] (c) Summary: In a December 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Industry Maxime Bernier stated that he hopes to present copyright legislation for Cabinet approval by the end of February 2007. Bernier said he had tried and failed to introduce a copyright bill before the Christmas reces [...] | 2006-12-20 18:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA ECON ETRD KIPR |
06OTTAWA3630 | CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW AFGHAN AID IN PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: On December 20, Canadian Minister of International Cooperation Josee Verner announced that Canada will contribute C$4.5 million to UNICEF and C$4 million to the World Food Program (WFP) to assist families in Kandahar province. Minister Verner said that "Canada is committed to sup [...] | 2006-12-21 21:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREF PREL CA AF |
06OTTAWA3632 | CANADA TAKES ECONOMIC ACTION AGAINST BELARUS [...] (U) On December 18, Foreign Minister MacKay and International Trade Minister Emerson announced that Canada is taking new measures against Belarus by limiting Canadian exports to that country. "Canada remains very concerned that Belarus continues to ignore international appeals to restore demo [...] | 2006-12-21 22:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL PHUM CA BO |
06OTTAWA3639 | CANADA ANNOUNCES PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE PRODUCTION, [...] Environment Minister Rona Ambrose and Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl announced in Saskatoon on December 20 a C$345 million program to promote the use of renewable fuels in Canada. They billed the program as the next element of the Conservative government's environmental agenda, but this t [...] | 2006-12-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR SENV CA |
06OTTAWA37 | OTTAWA: ADVISORY ON BANKING SERVICES TO NORTH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-05 21:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON CA KN KJUS KNNP KTFN |
06OTTAWA40 | WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON SMALLPOX [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-06 17:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC TBIO CA WHO |
06OTTAWA415 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON APEC 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Canadian priorities for APEC in 2006 share broad common ground with U.S. objectives described in ref.A. The GOC is focusing on health security, private-sector-led development, and continuing to use APEC leaders' statements to influence WTO negotiations. End Summary. End Summary. [...] | 2006-02-17 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD APECO CA |
06OTTAWA45 | OPERATION THUNDERING POUTINE: EMBASSY OTTAWA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to penetrate the headlines and polls, Embassy Poloff and PolFSN visited local Ontario and Quebec campaign headquarters to talk with candidates, campaign managers, and volunteers. The resultant worm's-eye view of the campaign revealed the importance of local issues [...] | 2006-01-06 20:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA PGOV |
06OTTAWA539 | 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-02 12:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA |
06OTTAWA54 | CANADA COMFORTABLE WITH AFGHANISTAN COMPACT TEXT; [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC is comfortable with the current version of the Compact, plans to continue its solid commitment to Afghanistan (C$100 million/US$85 million in FY2006) and is moving ahead with troop deployments. Canada is committed to success in Afghanistan and constantly monitors assi [...] | 2006-01-09 19:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AF CA CIDA FAC |
06OTTAWA563 | 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA [...] (SBU) The Government of Canada's (GOC) approach to Trafficking in Persons issues emphasizes a criminal justice and law enforcement perspective through the country's immigration framework, rather than seeking to provide basic, humanitarian assistance to trafficking victims. Individual provin [...] | 2006-03-02 21:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA |
06OTTAWA617 | SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICIES: CANADA [...] The GOC's response to the questions posed in SECSTATE 225777 has been sent as an email attachment, with formatting to make the GOC points clearer, to Mr. Frederick Matos, Office of Spectrum Management, National Telecommunications and Information Administration. We recommend that others inter [...] | 2006-03-07 16:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS CA |
06OTTAWA669 | CANADA NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT MARCH 31 WAR CRIMES [...] (U) Post contacted Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency regarding reftel demarche. Canadian funding to the Balkans is declining, with the intention of winding up programs there by 2010. 2. (SBU) Though the new government's foreign policy priorities will n [...] | 2006-03-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL BK CA |
06OTTAWA796 | CANADA: MORE ON FUNDING FOR STATE COURT WAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 19:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL BK CA |
06OTTAWA902 | SOFTWOOD LUMBER: COMPANIES URGE RETURN TO TABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Major Canadian softwood industry officials tell the Embassy that they are pushing the Harper government for a quick restart of lumber negotiations, and advising Canadian officials not to waste time trying to reach full consensus in the industry. The officials understand that [...] | 2006-03-29 13:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD CA |
06OTTAWA907 | CANADA WILL NOT CO-SPONSOR FOUR JI INDIVIDUALS FOR [...] (S) As requested in ref A, Economic Minister Counselor Brian Mohler (TFCO) and econoff approached Canadians again on March 28, this time at Director level, to urge the government of Canada to join the United States and Australia in sponsoring the designation of four JI individuals to the UN 1 [...] | 2006-03-29 22:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC CA |
06OTTAWA93 | MISSION CANADA 2ND QUARTER FY-06 90-DAY GOALS-- [...] (C) Summary - Much of our attention over the next 90 days will have to do with the January 23 election in Canada and the formation of the next government. Most political observers currently predict, with just ten days left before the election, a Conservative minority government, but even if t [...] | 2006-01-12 19:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AMGT CA CASC ETRD PGOV PREL |
06OTTAWA936 | CANADA TO HAMAS: NO CONTACT, NO AID, NO JOKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 Canada formally announced a policy of no contact and no aid to the newly installed Hamas-led Palestinian government. The decision was described by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Near East Division as being consistent with Canada's [...] | 2006-03-31 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWHG CA XF |
06OTTAWA963 | CANADA'S NEW GOVERNMENT TALKS TOUGH ON DRUGS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In three speeches over two consecutive days, Canada's new Conservative-led government has underscored the "dire consequences" that underfunded law enforcement and weak sentences have had on increasing rates of drug crime and has offered potentially significant reforms to addr [...] | 2006-04-04 20:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR CA |
06PANAMA10 | SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON JANUARY 12-13 VISIT TO [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and the economic/trade environment. [...] | 2006-01-04 20:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC ETRD PM CA GT ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
06PARAMARIBO291 | STRIKE AT CANADIAN GOLD MINE IN SURINAME [...] On Sunday, May 14, some 300-500 employees of the Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. ("Rosebel"),a subsidiary of Cambior (Montreal-headquartered international gold-mining company),engaged in a work stoppage called by non-accredited union representatives. This forced Rosebel to suspend all activities [...] | 2006-05-17 20:04:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ETRD ELAB ECON EINV SENV NS CA |
06PARIS4666 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Stapleton, accompanied by Russian Ambassador Alexander Avdeev, delivered reftel demarche to French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy. The Minister gave a private preliminary statement of support in principle, noting France's own concerns about nuclear terrorism. France, Douste-B [...] | 2006-07-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PINS PTER KNNP AS CA CH FR GM IT JA |
06PARIS602 | UNESCO: MORE ON COMPETITION FOR ADG CULTURE [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) The competition for the position of ADG Culture is getting more intense. Rumors stating that Francoise Riviere has been or soon will be chosen continue to gain strength, thereby causing increased concern by t [...] | 2006-01-30 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD SCUL CA FR UNESCO |
06PARIS7278 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted the French company CEO Jean-Marc Gardin regarding export license DA1023-06, involving the export of components for flight simulators to Canadian firm CAE. According to Garden, the distribution agreement between Thales Electronics, BE [...] | 2006-11-07 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR CA |
06PARIS7419 | FRENCH RESPONSES TO SUPPORT REQUESTS FOR COUNTRY [...] (C) On November 9 Poloff delivered demarches seeking French support for defeating any procedural moves that could prevent voting on the substance of any resolution before the Third Committee, and defeating retaliatory resolutions brought by Iran and Belarus against Canada and the United State [...] | 2006-11-17 05:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC CA FR IR BM KN BO UZ |
06PARIS7800 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Poloff and Russian counterpart delivered reftel to Hughes de Longevialle, French deputy coordinator for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Longevialle welcomed the various papers and agreed to initiate an interagency process to develop possible French proposals for the pl [...] | 2006-12-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL AS CA CH RFE GM IT JA |
06PARIS792 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S 2/2 MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon visited Paris on February 2 to discuss the full range of WHA issues with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency. On Haiti, Shannon encouraged France to consider symbolic gestures during the election period to demonstrate GOF engagement, an a [...] | 2006-02-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON FR AR VE BL BR CO CA IR HA |
06PRAGUE121 | CZECH MFA SPEAKS ON LATEST CUBA CLASH: CZECH NGO [...] (C) Summary and comment. A recent incident involving two Czech NGO workers, who were arrested in Cuba by secret police and detained for 11 hours without access to the Czech Embassy, has further cooled the already chilly relations between the Czech and Cuban governments. The Czech MFA demanded [...] | 2006-02-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CA CU EZ |
06QUEBEC13 | QUEBECKERS SAY "YES" TO CANADA [...] (c) Summary: In perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the election, Stephen Harper's Conservative Party picked up ten seats in Quebec, up from zero. While the Conservatives managed to grab votes from both the Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois, it is the Bloc that will have the most soul-searc [...] | 2006-01-25 22:43:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA ECON |
06QUEBEC16 | SOFTWOOD LUMBER: QUEBEC INDUSTRY LOOKING TO NEGOTIATE [...] (c) Summary: Quebec Forest Industry Council President Guy Chevrette told CG Feb. 1 that Quebec industry is ready to negotiate a solution to the softwood lumber dispute, and has been so for quite some time. They have been held back, in his view, by British Columbia's lumber industry and by form [...] | 2006-02-02 15:24:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV CA |
06QUEBEC24 | QUEBEC BUREAUCRATS UPBEAT ABOUT HARPER GOVERNMENT [...] (c) Summary: CG hosted a lunch for Quebec Ministry of International Relations (MRI) Deputy Minister Denis Bedard and other MRI officials February 22, one month following the election of Stephen Harper's Conservatives in Ottawa. Ministry officials were upbeat about the Tory victory, heralded b [...] | 2006-02-23 22:20:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA ECON |
06QUEBEC31 | PM HARPER SUPPORTS QUEBEC ROLE ON INTERNATIONAL SCENE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Harper and Quebec Premier Charest met in Quebec City March 8 and announced they are tasking their respective officials to work together to assure that "Quebec's unique voice" will be heard at UNESCO. PM Harper also said he would attend the Francophonie summit in Bucharest t [...] | 2006-03-08 22:45:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV CA |
06QUEBEC33 | QUEBEC RELEASES FLU PANDEMIC EMERGENCY PLAN [...] Summary: Provincial Health Minister Philippe Couillard unveiled Quebec's Avian Flu strategy at a press conference, March 9. Quebec's plan addresses the protection of public health; medical care; psycho-social welfare; communication and information; and the functioning of the health system in [...] | 2006-03-13 15:17:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON CA |
06QUEBEC34 | CHAREST THRONE SPEECH GIVES NO LIFT TO HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Quebec Premier Jean Charest kicked off a new session at the National Assembly March 14 with a 90 minute Throne Speech (the first since he took office in 2003) that set the tone for the looming electoral campaign. Charest's main focus for the coming year will be the reduction of [...] | 2006-03-16 16:09:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CA |
06QUEBEC39 | MALAISE IN THE PQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Parti Quebecois (PQ) veteran Pauline Marois, 57 year old MNA for Taillon and three time party leadership aspirant, announced March 20 she was quitting politics after 25 years of public service. Marois is the second veteran PQ member to resign over the last few days and more re [...] | 2006-03-24 15:12:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL CA |
06QUEBEC41 | BLOC QUEBECOIS INTERNALLY DIVIDED OVER AFGHANISTAN [...] (c) Summary: A Bloc Quebecois (BQ) MP told CG March 22 that Bloc members fiercely debated BQ leader Gilles Duceppe's decision not to object in the coming parliamentary session to Canada's military presence in Afghanistan. Discussion within the party on Afghanistan is not yet closed. Other pri [...] | 2006-03-28 14:58:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON PGOV CA |
06QUEBEC53 | QUEBEC SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT ADRIFT [...] (sbu) Summary: PM Harper's "open federalism" comes at a propitious time: sovereignty is not dead in Quebec, but it is in remission. After four decades of struggle, two failed referendums and drawn out constitutional battles, a general sense of weariness seems to have settled in among a certain [...] | 2006-04-26 20:40:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CA |
06ROME111 | CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE FOR ROME, TURIN, MILAN [...] (SBU) On December 14 and 16, Embassy Rome, the Olympic Coordination Office in Turin, and Consulate Milan underwent a coordinated Crisis Management Exercise (CME) facilitated by the Foreign Service Institute's Office of Crisis Management Training. According to FSI, this was the first time a CME [...] | 2006-01-12 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CA IT OCS ACS POSTS FOR RSO |
06ROME427 | ITALY RECEPTIVE TO A/S SHANNON'S MESSAGE ON LATIN [...] (C) Summary. A/S Thomas Shannon February 3 outlined U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere for Italian MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero and encouraged Italy to be our partner in engaging with Latin America during this delicate time for the region. Bisogniero was very r [...] | 2006-02-13 10:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XM HA CU CA IT |
06SANTIAGO289 | Mitigating threat to APEC food supply-Chilean response [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-09 10:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PTER CH AS CA CI VM EAGR APEC AGRICULTURE |
06SANTODOMINGO3785 | DOMINICAN FM WELCOMES DEMARCHE ON RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) On December 21, Charge Roland Bullen and acting Consul General, Mike Schimmel, delivered demarche (ref A) to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and his deputy, Jose Manuel Trullols. Troncoso agreed with the points delivered in the demarche and said that this issue has been long o [...] | 2006-12-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CA CASC CVIS OFDP PREL |
06SINGAPORE404 | U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICAO SECRETARY GENERAL: [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Singapore International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Representative Bong Kim Pin on February 10, following a personal representation by Singapore-based FAA Asia Pacific Director Nancy Graham to Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Deputy Direct [...] | 2006-02-10 09:28:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR ICAO AORC AS CA FI HU JA KS SN UK |
06TOKYO3832 | GOJ SUPPORTIVE OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Schieffer and Russian Ambassador Losyukov on July 7, 2006 delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yabunaka. Yabunaka thanked the Ambassadors for informing the GOJ prior to the official announcement of the Initiative at the G8 summit. Noting that Japa [...] | 2006-07-10 07:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP IAEA JA RS AS CA |
06TOKYO4858 | DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. PROPOSAL FOR THE ICAO AVSEC [...] (U) Per reftel, talking points were delivered by ECOUNS to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on August 14, and to Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation (MLIT) on August 18. 2. (SBU) MOFA Director of Specialized Agencies Division, Mr. Yoichiro Yamada said that he understand [...] | 2006-08-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ADPM EAIR AORC ICAO OPDC KTIA CA JP |
06TOKYO6966 | JAPANESE REACTION TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL ASCH CA CH RF GM IT JA |
06TORONTO1144 | SOFTWOOD LUMBER: ONTARIO'S STAND [...] (SBU) Summary: While major Canadian softwood industry officials are pushing the Harper government to return to the negotiating table, Ontario forestry association representatives are concerned that a negotiated settlement will prove elusive. At the same time, the Ontario government struggles [...] | 2006-04-07 10:55:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV CA |
06TORONTO2912 | ONTARIO FIRST NATIONS FRUSTRATED WITH WHTI [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) expressed concern to conoff and poloff on December 1 about how implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) at the land border would affect the ability of Canadian First Nations members [...] | 2006-12-11 14:28:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIA PBTS CA |
06ULAANBAATAR380 | FOREIGN INVESTORS CONCERNED AS WINDFALL MINING [...] (SBU) On May 12, Mongolia's State Great Hural (SGH),or Parliament, passed a controversial windfall profits tax on copper and gold. This law moved through the typically glacial SGH process at light speed, being passed less than two weeks after it was initially proposed without any opportunit [...] | 2006-05-16 07:44:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV MG HK CA |
06USUNNEWYORK692 | CANADA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United St [...] | 2006-04-04 20:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN CA |
07ABUDHABI168 | PSI: SHIPMENT OF U.S.-ORIGIN TEST EQUIPMENT TO SYRIA VIA [...] (SBU) Post delivered non-paper with container numbers to MFA on Sunday, February 3, DCM raising subject with Asst U/S for International Cooperation. Econchief followed up with the Ministry of Interior's coordinator for combating trafficking in WMD Major Mohamed Al-Kitbi and the MFA represent [...] | 2007-02-04 13:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC CA SY AE |
07ABUDHABI268 | PSI: SHIPMENT OF U.S.-ORIGIN TEST EQUIPMENT TO SYRIA VIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-15 13:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC CA SY AE |
07ABUDHABI517 | PSI: SHIPMENT OF U.S.-ORIGIN TEST EQUIPMENT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 12:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC CA SY AE |
07ADDISABABA1079 | SOMALIA: TFG REACHES OUT TO HAWIYE, BUT PLANS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, Abdulkarim Farah, disputed reports of inter-clan tensions between the Darood (President Abdullahi Yusuf's clan) and Hawiye who control Mogadishu, asserting they were exaggerated by disenchanted Hawiye/Habr-Gedir/Ay [...] | 2007-04-11 08:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID KDEM ET SO QA CA |
07ANKARA514 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: CROSS-GROUP STATIONING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO UK CA RO BU TU |
07BEIJING258 | JANUARY 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the January 11 MFA press conference: -- The United States and China exchanged positions during the ongoing Natsios talks regarding Sudan. -- China has no position on the planned troop increase in Iraq. -- PM Wen met with Israeli PM Olmert and called for resuming dia [...] | 2007-01-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER IS CA SU CH |
07BEIJING2632 | APRIL 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA, [...] Key points at the April 19 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- The spokesman repeated previous statements that the relevant parties are close to solving the BDA issue, but some technical questions remain. -- China says now is "not the proper time" for sanctions [...] | 2007-04-19 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KS KN SU JA CA CO |
07BEIJING2812 | APRIL 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BDA, DPRK-BURMA, [...] Key points at the April 26 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- Relevant parties are still making contact and consultations in an effort to solve the BDA issue. -- The MFA has taken note of reports of the arrests of United States citizens in Tibet where the case [...] | 2007-04-26 11:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KS KN CA FR BM ET |
07BEIJING3063 | MAY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ARMS SALES TO SUDAN; [...] Key points at the May 8 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Jiang Yu were: -- The MFA said arms sales to Sudan are limited to conventional weapons and such sales to African nations are generally "small-scale." -- In light of PM Abe's reported gift to the Yasukuni Shrine, China hope [...] | 2007-05-08 10:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD SU JA KN CA PM MX IV RW VM |
07BEIJING6899 | OCTOBER 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the October 30 MFA Press Briefing: -- China has expressed its "strong dissatisfaction" and opposition to Canada's hosting of the Dalai Lama. Canada should correct its actions to avoid further damage to bilateral ties. -- Japan's actions against Chinese activists near the Dia [...] | 2007-10-30 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH LA KN KS KZ JA VE CA IR |
07BEIJING6937 | NOVEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA, BURMA, [...] Key points at the November 1 MFA Press Briefing: -- Countries that meet with the Dalai Lama have been deceived or wish to meddle in the internal affairs of China. Seeking to undermine China's policy of peaceful development in Tibet is doomed to failure. -- China hopes the relevant parties [...] | 2007-11-01 09:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS CA IR |
07BEIJING830 | HUMAN RIGHTS: POST RAISES CASE OF CANADIAN CITIZEN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message concerning detained Canadian citizen Huseyincan Celil to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Human Rights officer Xu Jing February 1, underlining that Chinese authorities should inform Celil's family of his whereabouts and all [...] | 2007-02-02 08:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH CA |
07BERLIN244 | JANUARY 23 MEETING OF G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) met January 23 in Berlin under the German Presidency. The Chair informed partners that the next meeting, February 27-28, would focus on the mid-term review of the 10-year Global Partnership (GP) program, with the International Atom [...] | 2007-02-07 10:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA |
07BERLIN376 | G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING, [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. delegation, headed by Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations Andrew Semmel, considers the first meeting of the Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) under Germany's G-8 Presidency a good start and hopes to see it engage [...] | 2007-02-23 17:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA |
07BERLIN535 | FEBRUARY 27-28 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin February 27-28. The two days of discussion covered three themes: "Main Achievements Within the Global Partnership," "Experiences and Lessons Learned," and "Develo [...] | 2007-03-16 19:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA |
07BERLIN791 | MARCH 29 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The third G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin March 29. The Chair opened with a discussion of a draft document which reviewed the first five years of the Global Partnership (GP). Some delegations complained t [...] | 2007-04-18 18:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA |
07BERLIN834 | SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...] | 2007-04-24 17:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
07BERLIN835 | SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...] | 2007-04-24 18:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
07BERLIN845 | APRIL 23 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The fourth G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place April 23, and focused on drafting the Global Partnership (GP) five-year review document. The delegates failed to reach agreement on the U.S. proposals for the future of the [...] | 2007-04-25 17:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK |
07BOGOTA8390 | G-24 CONFERENCE ON COLOMBIA FORUM FOSTERS DIALOGUE [...] The international community expressed political support for the GOC at the G-24 Third International Conference on Colombia on November 29-December 1. The joint G-24 Bogota declaration recognized GOC advances on human rights and sustainable development, stressed the international commitment to [...] | 2007-12-06 23:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV PTER OFDP AR CA SW CO |
07BUCHAREST268 | CFE CROSS-GROUP STATIONING LANGUAGE: OPTION ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR TU NO UK CA BU RO |
07CAIRO336 | SPY SPANDAL INVOLVING CANADA, EGYPT, AND ISRAEL [...] (C) A SPY SCANDAL INVOLVING AN EGYPTIAN-CANADIAN CITIZEN AND THREE ISRAELIS BECAME PUBLIC ON FEBRUARY 4. STATE SECURITY ARRESTED AN EGYPTIAN-CANADIAN IN JANUARY WHEN HE RETURNED TO CAIRO ON A FAMILY VISIT FOR SPYING ON EGYPTIAN CITIZENS IN TURKEY AND CANADA ON BEHALF OF ISRAEL. CANADIAN EMB [...] | 2007-02-07 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MEPN EG IS CA |
07CALGARY14 | WHTI IN ALBERTA AND SASKATACHEWAN: ALMOST FULL COMPLIANCE ON [...] The four airports in Calgary's consular district with direct flights to the US--Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, and Saskatoon--reported no problems on the first day of WHTI implementation. No passengers were turned away from any of the four airports for lack of a passport. Almost every passenger a [...] | 2007-01-23 19:21:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |
07COLOMBO302 | SRI LANKA: AFTER THE FALL OF VAKARAI, GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: An Embassy team that visited Vakarai on February 14 was the first group of foreign diplomats into the area since the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) retook the strategic coastal town from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last month. Demining operations and infrastruct [...] | 2007-02-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CA |
07DUBLIN32 | IRELAND CONSIDERING APPROACH TO LEBANON CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 17:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID XT LE JA CA NO EI |
07EFTOOTTAWA1217 | CANADA: DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR ROME RULE OF LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-22 18:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS IBRD AF CA |
07HALIFAX12 | MAPPING THE BORDER: MAINE-NEW BRUNSWICK CROSSINGS FROM FORT [...] Uncertainty over the exact requirements and precise entry-into-force date of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) land and sea rule are the main concerns of nearly everyone we met during a recent visit to border communities and border crossing points in northwestern New Brunswick. [...] | 2007-03-14 20:55:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS PTER PGOV PREL PHUM ELTN WHTI CA |
07HALIFAX45 | LIBERALS SWEEP TO POWER IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PROVINCIAL [...] SUMMARY: In a surprisingly easy win, PEI Liberals ended 11 years of Tory rule in the May 28 provincial election. Robert Ghiz and the Liberals took 23 of the province's 27 districts, leaving the once mighty Tories with the remaining four. The New Democratic Party and the Green party again fai [...] | 2007-05-29 14:45:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CA |
07HALIFAX48 | BIO DATA REPORT: GHIZ, ROBERT PEI PREMIER-ELECT [...] As reported reftel, Robert Ghiz and his Liberal party toppled the incumbent Tory government in a decisive win in the Prince Edward Island provincial election on May 28, 2007. Ghiz and his new cabinet will assume power on June 13, 2007. 2. NAME: Robert Watson Joseph GHIZ 3. DATE OF BI [...] | 2007-06-08 18:25:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CA |
07HALIFAX55 | HALIFAX STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP WITH U.S. COMPETITORS IN ASIAN [...] The port of Halifax and the province of Nova Scotia are looking for C$400 million from Ottawa so they can go head-to-head with U.S. ports in handling rapidly increasing volumes of container traffic from China and India. Without federal support for marketing and infrastructure expansion, local [...] | 2007-07-23 20:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ELTN ETRD ECIN ECON PGOV CA US |
07HALIFAX59 | CAPTURING ASIAN CONTAINER TRAFFIC: INVESTORS PROMOTE NEW [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Protect Accordingly 2. (U) SUMMARY: A team of local Nova Scotia investors confirmed that they have the financial backing and the right partners to build a new world-class container handling facility in the Strait of Canso at Melford. With Asian trade volumes [...] | 2007-08-21 18:00:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ELTN ETRD EINV ECON CA |
07HALIFAX61 | NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR PREMIER ANNOUNCES MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR [...] SUMMARY: Newfoundland-Labrador will see a much-welcome new offshore oil development project now that Premier Danny Williams has worked out a deal on the Hebron project. With an anticipated 400-700 million barrels of oil, Hebron promises to be a massive boost for the province, both for the loc [...] | 2007-08-24 11:49:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA |
07HALIFAX77 | NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR PROVINCIAL ELECTION NOW UNDERWAY [...] Tory Premier Danny Williams of Newfoundland-Labrador has gone through the formality of calling a provincial election for October 9. The Premier called on Lt. Governor Ed Roberts on September 17 to ask him to dissolve the Legislature and make way for what will be the province's first fixed-date [...] | 2007-09-17 18:51:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
07HALIFAX81 | LITTLE SUSPENSE IN THE DYING DAYS OF THE [...] SUMMARY: In a campaign that has seen no direct U.S. interests emerge, Newfoundland-Labrador Premier Danny Williams appears to have sewn up solid support going into the October 9 provincial election. Given that election-watchers believe there will be no stopping Williams and his Tory party, the [...] | 2007-10-04 16:51:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
07HALIFAX84 | DANNY WILLIAMS PROMISES MORE CONFRONTATION WITH OTTAWA [...] SUMMARY: Premier Danny Williams is planning on a new round of fighting with Ottawa over resource revenues now that he and his Tory party have scored a massive victory in the October 9 Newfoundland-Labrador election. The Tories took 43 of the 48 seats up for grabs, the Liberals 3 and the NDP [...] | 2007-10-10 14:43:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
07HALIFAX85 | BLUE LANTERN CHECK, APPLICATION NO. 05-999949 [...] (U) In accordance with ref A, Consul paid a site visit to the headquarters of Provincial Aerospace Ltd. in St John's, Newfoundland on October 3. Provincial Aerospace is the parent company of Provincial Aviation Maintenance Services Inc., the foreign consignee named in subject application to p [...] | 2007-10-10 15:57:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EAIR KOMC CA NL |
07HALIFAX89 | CANADA'S FOREIGN, DEFENSE, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS [...] Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs held its 10th Annual "Diplomatic Forum for Heads of Foreign Mission" in St.-Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, in mid-September. Seventy-seven Ambassadors, including Ambassador Wilkins, and two Consuls General participated in the two-day meeting. Three fe [...] | 2007-10-17 12:25:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CA |
07HALIFAX9 | NEW BRUNSWICK USING U.S. REGULATORY PROCESS TO FIGHT MAINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting in Fredericton on March 2, a senior New Brunswick official told the Consul General (CG) that the province will continue to challenge the two Maine liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal projects using the legal avenues afforded by its intervener status within the Fede [...] | 2007-03-06 21:56:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EWWT EPET CA |
07HANOI1261 | NO SECURITY - NO BUSINESS: READOUT FROM JUNE 2007 APEC [...] (U) Summary: On June 14-15 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the United States and the Government of Vietnam hosted the follow-on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bioterrorism workshop to protect the food supply from deliberate contamination, in support of the APEC Food Defense initiative "Mitigating [...] | 2007-07-17 09:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER APECO EAGR ETRD CA JA RS AS TH VM ID MY |
07HANOI687 | UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...] | 2007-04-12 00:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX |
07ISLAMABAD274 | BOUCHER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, INDIA, TRADE WITH [...] (C) On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Kasuri for a wide-ranging discussion, which included Pak-Afghan and Pak-India relations, Reconstruction Opportunity Zones, the development plan for Pakist [...] | 2007-01-17 12:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PREF PK AF IN CA |
07KABUL2379 | PRT KANDAHAR: SIX MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IROA) are taking steps to improve security, governance, and the economy in Kandahar Province, but it remains a struggle. ISAF forces are taking the fight to districts north of Kandahar City. The [...] | 2007-07-25 13:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF ECON EAID CA |
07KABUL307 | PRT KANDAHAR: CANADIAN PRT GAINING CAPABILITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Along with the deployment of ground forces in the province, Canada took over Kandahar PRT (KPRT) in August of 2005. KPRT has experienced considerable change in its size and organizational structure during the ensuing 18 months. The death of Political Director Glyn Berry in an S [...] | 2007-01-31 08:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF CA |
07KABUL696 | EXPEDITING MEDICAL RELEASE/TRANSFER OF [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Per ref A, Canadian officials paid a first consular visit to detainee Khaled Samy Abdalla ISMAIL in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) on January 11 and advised that Mr. Ismail, who is a dual Canadian/Egyptian national, [...] | 2007-03-04 06:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | CASC KAWC MARR PTER CONS CA EG AF |
07KATHMANDU402 | CANADIAN AMBASSADOR PLEASED BY PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Canada's New Delhi-based Ambassador to Nepal David Malone told the Ambassador recently he was pleased to hear of Prime Minister Koirala's recent decision to approve third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. He indicated that the Government of Canada had not yet decided how many re [...] | 2007-02-21 09:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER BT IN CA NP |
07KHARTOUM1342 | CANADA, EU TAKE DIFFERENT TACKS ON EXPULSION ORDER [...] (SBU) Canada and the European Commission (EC) are taking two different tacks on Sudan's threatened expulsion of their chiefs of mission. Both delegations had sent identical letters to National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh in early August to request inf [...] | 2007-08-27 10:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SU EUN CA |
07KYIV126 | UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2 (S) Summary: We delivered draft agenda contained ref A to MFA Director Belashov January 17. His specific comments on the agenda contained below in para 4. Belashov also complained that USG suspicions about possible transfer cases were often ba [...] | 2007-01-19 09:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC PHSA PINR CA UK PL UP |
07LIMA826 | PERU'S FERVOUR FOR GLOBAL TRADE MARCHES FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Peru waits for the US Congress to consider the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),the GOP continues to discuss and engage in trade negotiations with numerous other countries. Peru recently completed an expanded trade agreement with Chile in October 2006; will fi [...] | 2007-03-19 23:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN EINV APECO PE BL CA CI CH CO EC |
07LONDON1062 | BTEX FORENSIC EPIDEMIOLOGY WORKSHOP CATALYZES G8 EFFORTS AGAINST BIOTERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK and Germany co-hosted, with U.S. co-sponsorship, the G8 "Forensic Epidemiology Workshop," in London March 13-15, 2007 (Ref A). Although the U.S. was the primary source for workshop design and facilitation, all three nations worked collaboratively to plan and execute the [...] | 2007-03-20 11:09:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TBIO CA FR GM IT JA RS UK EUN |
07MADRID1670 | ODYSSEY UPDATE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ODYSSEY [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, the Ambassador delivered reftel A dipnote to Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who promised to provide a subsequent diplomatic note incorporating the necessary information and assurances. Post's DHS-ICE Attache, who already has in hand the import documentatio [...] | 2007-08-31 14:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA |
07MADRID1722 | ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...] | 2007-09-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA |
07MADRID1723 | ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...] | 2007-09-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA |
07MADRID1977 | SPAIN DETAINS ODYSSEY EXPLORER IN DISPUTED [...] (C) The Bahamian-flagged Odyssey Explorer sailed out of Gibraltar at 9:38 am local time the morning of October 16 and was immediately approached by the Spanish Navy and the Guardia Civil approximately 3.5 nautical miles south of Gibraltar in disputed waters. The Spanish authorities detained t [...] | 2007-10-16 17:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHSA SCUL SP UK CA ECON |
07MEXICO2719 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES + 3, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles, Ms. Laura Jordan, Mr. Douglas Rohn, and Mr. Stevel Hill for travel to Mexico City from 28-30 May for trilateral meetings. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Political Officer Pris [...] | 2007-05-25 18:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CA MX OTRA PREL US |
07MEXICO6218 | MEXICO SUPPORTS UPDATING AGREEMENT ON NATURAL [...] The Government of Mexico welcomes the opportunity to expand bilateral cooperation to respond to natural or man-made disasters and to update the 1980 agreement entitled "Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States on Cooperat [...] | 2007-12-18 22:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AMEX ECON CA MX SENV |
07MONTREAL132 | Mosaic under pressure: Quebec's identity and religious [...] (SBU) An undercurrent of social conflict has emerged between Quebec's identity as a "secular" province and the more overt expressions of faith, particularly by immigrants whom Quebec has received in recent years. While "reasonable accommodation" originated in jurisprudence of labor relations b [...] | 2007-03-19 18:43:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM PINS KDEM KWMN SOCI CA |
07MONTREAL137 | Mosaic under pressure (part 2 of 2): Politicians Enter the [...] (SBU) This is the second part of our examination of the debate over "reasonable accommodation," the political catch-all term for the building tension between Quebec's identity as a "secular" society and the perceived need to shape its rules and values to "accommodate" religious or cultural cons [...] | 2007-03-23 19:26:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM PINS KDEM SOCI CA |
07MONTREAL150 | McGill Conference Offers Perspectives on New Media and [...] (SBU) A conference on music and copyright issues entitled "Musical Myopia, Digital Dystopia: New Media and Copyright Reform," hosted by McGill University on March 23, brought together a number of experts in the field of digital rights management and musical technology to discuss the current cha [...] | 2007-03-31 13:49:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
07MONTREAL302 | Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License Check on Application [...] (SBU) Conoff contacted Rheinmetall Canada headquarters in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. All officials contacted were helpful and forthcoming, and though they had not been contacted by the Mission in the past, understood the purpose of our questions. 2. Natalie Nantel, Transport Coordinator [...] | 2007-07-25 14:28:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC NL CA TU GM NO |
07MONTREAL58 | CANADIAN FILM INDUSTRY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST MOVIE [...] (SBU) Representatives from Cineplex Entertainment, which operates Canada's largest chain of movie theaters, expressed their frustration with the lack of an anti-camcording provision in the Canadian criminal code to Econ MinCouns and other Mission Canada representatives in Ottawa, Montreal, and [...] | 2007-02-13 13:24:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
07MUSCAT571 | OMAN BRACES FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) According to the latest reports from U.S. weather monitoring services, tropical cyclone "Gonu" - a category 4 storm - will continue to move westwards across the Arabian Sea towards the coast of Oman. Current forecasts warn tha [...] | 2007-06-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC SENV MOPS CA MU |
07NAIROBI1224 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA LEDESMA-LEESE [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes Melissa Ledesma-Leese, arriving April 26 and departing April 28, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after- [...] | 2007-03-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | CA CMGT KFRD OTRA KE |
07NAIROBI3440 | SUDAN SPECIAL ENVOY MOI ON HIS ROLE AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) See para 7 for action request. The Ambassador met with ex-President Moi, now Kenya,s Special Envoy on Sudan, to raise the points in ref D, to obtain a readout of his visit to Khartoum, and to discuss next steps. 2. (C) Moi said that his meeting with Sudanese President Bashir focused exc [...] | 2007-08-28 06:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | CA IT NL PHUM PREL SU UK NT KE |
07NEWDELHI2209 | INDIA COMPARES ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM XB AS CA ID JA KS NZ RP IN |
07OSLO1074 | ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING PRIOR TO THE HIGH-LEVEL CPA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 14:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IGAD SU UK NT NW CA IT NO |
07OTTAWA100 | CANADA: NO EXPORT CREDITS FOR IRAN [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada does not/not extend export credits or insurance to support trade with Iran, according to Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs. Canada practices a restrictive, "controlled engagment" policy toward Iran that is limited to the murder case of Canadian-Iranian photojournal [...] | 2007-01-19 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA EFIN IR MNUC PREL UNSC OECD |
07OTTAWA1034 | CANADA RESPONSE TO NSG DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) We conveyed ref A and B points on May 23 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Non-Proliferation Policy Adviser Craig Weichel, and followed-up on May 30 and 31. 2. (SBU) Weichel said Canada agreed with the U.S. that interested governments could meet [...] | 2007-05-31 20:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC IR CA |
07OTTAWA1046 | CANADIANS BACK UNIFIED ALLIANCE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Canada's position on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) is closely aligned with our own: CFE is critical to European security and the Russians must deliver on their Istanbul Commitments before NATO allies ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE). Canada would like to join like [...] | 2007-06-04 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KCFE NATO PREL CA |
07OTTAWA105 | MEETING WITH FINANCE CANADA OFFICIALS RAISES [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: A meeting with the Director General, Financial Sector Policy Branch of Finance Canada allowed ECON Minister-Counselor to raise USG concerns about mischaracterizations of USG policy that have recently appeared in the Canadian press after disclosure that the Ro [...] | 2007-01-19 23:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EFIN KTFN PINS PTER |
07OTTAWA1076 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, LEGISLATION: CANADA'S [...] (U) Summary: Minister of Heritage Bev Oda and Minister of Industry Maxime Bernier on June 1 introduced legislation to amend Canada's Criminal Code to make the act of recording a movie in a theater without consent a criminal act. The bill has been praised by U.S. and Canadian Industry, is suppo [...] | 2007-06-05 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
07OTTAWA108 | IMPLEMENTATION OF WHTI AIR RULE: CANADA IS MOSTLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The general view of Mission Canada, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, is that the January 23 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) passport requirement will take place with little disruption to air travel from Canada to the United States. Under [...] | 2007-01-22 20:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |
07OTTAWA1100 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON U.S. INTEREST IN UNAIDS BOARD [...] (U) ESTH discussed U.S. candidacy for position of vice-chair on the UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board (PCB) for the 2007-08 cycle with representatives of the Foreign Ministry (DFAIT) and provided the demarche to Health Canada,s International Affairs group. We are seeking to discuss our intere [...] | 2007-06-08 20:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID TBIO CA |
07OTTAWA1107 | CANADA'S TAKE ON MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) On June 11, POL M/C raised the issue of missing and detained American citizens in Iran with Dennis Horak, Director of the Iran Desk at Foreign Affairs Canada. He asked Horak if Canada would raise this issue in discussions with Iranian officials. 2. (SBU) Horak said Canada shared U.S [...] | 2007-06-12 19:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CA EUN IR |
07OTTAWA1109 | CANADA'S VIEW ON PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (SBU) On June 11, POL M/C discussed U.S. plans to raise UNDP accountability issues at the current Executive Board meeting in New York. He spoke with Ferry de Kerckhove, Director General for International Organizations at Foreign Affairs (DFAIT) and with Roger Erhardt, Director General for UN [...] | 2007-06-12 20:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN KUNR UNDP CA |
07OTTAWA1126 | Ottawa to make it easier for Canadians to get passports [...] Summary: In a relaxation from previous policy, Canadians will be able to renew their passports without submitting proof of citizenship or a guarantor declaration after August 15. The "guarantor" process will also be simplified for first-time applicants so that most citizens can act as guaranto [...] | 2007-06-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON SOCI PGOV PREL KHLS CPAS CA |
07OTTAWA1168 | ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-18 19:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL IR CA |
07OTTAWA1188 | CANADIAN PROGRESS TOWARD FULL APP PARTICIPATION [...] Canadian officials have advised Embassy that they are nearly ready to request formally admission to the Asia Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate. They report that formal letters, signed by Environment Minister John Baird and Foreign Minister Peter MacKay, are being readied [...] | 2007-06-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGCC SENV CA |
07OTTAWA1192 | CANADIAN MPS RAISE BORDER AND SPP CONCERNS [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a recent Border Caucus meeting with the Ambassador and in one-on-one meetings with Emboffs, MPs have expressed a wide variety of issues about the border and cross border travel and trade. Most of the MPs from border provinces say they have as one of their key issues (not j [...] | 2007-06-20 20:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS PGOV PREL CA |
07OTTAWA1256 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CANADA: NOPEC LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-29 21:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PREL CA |
07OTTAWA1275 | EMERGENCY CANADIAN AID TO AFGHAN AND PAKISTAN [...] Foreign Minister MacKay and International Development Minister Verner announced in a July 4 press release that Canada will contribute up to C$2 million to provide immediate relief to the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan affected by recent flash floods and landslides. The humanitarian aid wi [...] | 2007-07-05 18:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI SENV AF PK CA |
07OTTAWA1277 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-05 18:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IR KNNP PARM CA |
07OTTAWA1299 | CANADA OFFICIALLY REQUESTS APP MEMBERSHIP [...] Officials from Environment Canada and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed to ESTH Counselor on July 6 that letters signed by Environment Minister John Baird and Foreign Minister Peter MacKay officially requesting Canada's admission to the Asia Pacific Partnershi [...] | 2007-07-09 17:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGCC SENV CA |
07OTTAWA130 | CANADA TO PRESS EUROPEANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT NATO [...] (C) Summary: Canada shares our take on the way ahead in Afghanistan and at the NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial in Brussels on January 26. Foreign Minister MacKay will press our European partners to deliver on the promises they have made on Afghan security and reconstruction. The FM will tr [...] | 2007-01-24 22:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PINS MARR CA |
07OTTAWA133 | CANADA KEEN TO PARTICIPATE IN U.S.-UKRAINE [...] (C) Responding to reftel, on December 24 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Global Partnership Program Director General Troy Lulashnyk told us that Canada would be pleased to participate in any non-proliferation discussions with the Ukrainians that the U.S. thinks a [...] | 2007-01-25 17:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EWWT CW PHSA EAID PINR UP UK PL CA |
07OTTAWA1334 | CANADA'S NEW FOREST COMMUNITIES PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Harper government's newly announced Forest Communities Program (FCP) is designed to help communities adapt to economic changes in Canada's forestry sector. The C$25 million, five-year program will fund sites across Canada and encourage community-level partnerships to take [...] | 2007-07-11 21:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR CA |
07OTTAWA1359 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO INTERNET FREEDOM RESTRICTIONS IN CUBA [...] Summary: Embassy Ottawa delivered information regarding the lack of internet freedom in Cuba to Foreign Affairs Canada's Cuba desk on July 6. Canadian officials expressed concern for Cubans' lack of internet access and reassured us that they place no credibility in Cuban claims that this is d [...] | 2007-07-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT PREL ECON TINT CU CA XL XG |
07OTTAWA145 | USITC Antidumping Investigation on remand of silicon metal [...] Summary: Our investigation reveals that the only producer in Canada of the product in question is Becancour Silicon, to which ITC has already presented a detailed questionnaire. Post compiled some trade data. However, free publicly available trade data is available from the national statistic [...] | 2007-01-26 20:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OTRA ASEC ECON CA RU |
07OTTAWA1511 | NSG: CANADA'S INTERIM RESPONSE TO PROPOSED EXPORT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-proliferation Craig Weichel on August 1, and followed-up twice thereafter. 2. (SBU) Weichel told us on August 8 that he expected GOC technical experts would not/not vi [...] | 2007-08-08 18:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG KNNP IS CA |
07OTTAWA1512 | CANADA: NEW AFGHANISTAN CN STRATEGY BRIEFING [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche and strategy document to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Senior Advisor Gallit Dobner on August 8. Dobner expressed appreciation for the detailed briefing. She said it tracked with the "very useful and hi [...] | 2007-08-08 19:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR MOPS NATO AF CA |
07OTTAWA1514 | KOSOVO: CANADA'S INITIAL REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on August 8 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Defence and Security Relations Melissa Burke. She responded that, like the U.S., Canada wanted to see Kosovo become an independent state. Further, she said, Canada w [...] | 2007-08-08 21:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV CA |
07OTTAWA1544 | CANADIAN REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO SHARE [...] (SBU) We Delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mark Gwozdecky on August 13. 2. (SBU) Gwozdecky expressed appreciation for the points and noted that Canadian officials were looking for a wa [...] | 2007-08-13 19:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP IR CA |
07OTTAWA155 | CANADIAN PURSUIT OF APP MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) On January 26 Environment Canada Assistant Deputy Minister for International Affairs David McGovern reviewed for ESTH Counselor Canada's strategy and recent efforts in support of its bid for membership in the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP). McGovern said [...] | 2007-01-29 20:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CA |
07OTTAWA1587 | CANADA'S NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MAXIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maxime Bernier has enjoyed a swift rise in his eighteen-month career in federal politics, becoming only the fifth Quebecer to serve as Canada's Foreign Affairs minister following a shuffle of cabinet responsibilities on August 14, 2007. Bernier is regarded as an ambitious, smart [...] | 2007-08-17 21:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA |
07OTTAWA16 | LIBERIA FORUM: CANADA MAY ATTEND AT LOW LEVEL, NO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 21:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID ECON EFIN LI |
07OTTAWA1633 | U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO COUNCIL: CANADA [...] (U) On August 24, Economic Minister-Counselor presented a non-paper based on reftel to Patrick Wittmann, Director, United Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Wittmann said that Canada values U.S. participation in ICAO and b [...] | 2007-08-24 20:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL AORC ICAO CA |
07OTTAWA1640 | CANADA BOLSTERS ASSISTANCE TO KANDAHAR [...] (U) Summary: On August 25, Canada announced that it will substantially boost its development commitment to Kandahar province by providing C$45 million in support of five projects targeting health and community development. The new projects build on major funding announced in February by Prim [...] | 2007-08-27 20:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON SOCI AF CA |
07OTTAWA1651 | NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME CARGO SCANNING [...] (U) Although Embassy Ottawa is so far unaware of any official Canadian reaction to the new U.S. law, media reports indicate that administrators of Canada's posts are meeting this week in Montreal to figure out how exactly the law will affect their operations. George Malec, vice president of o [...] | 2007-08-28 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER CA |
07OTTAWA1691 | CANADA: STRONG STATEMENT ON IRAN AT IAEA BOG [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on September 6 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-proliferation and Disarmament Senior Adviser Anthony Hinton and Deputy Director Shawn Caza. Hinton expressed appreciation for the points and remarked that Canada shared our [...] | 2007-09-07 14:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA AORC IR CA |
07OTTAWA1697 | NSG: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO PROPOSED EXPORT OF HIGH [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of ref A, we followed up ref B interim response with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Craig Weichel on September 6. 2. (SBU) Weichel told us that Canada would not/not consider U.S. export authori [...] | 2007-09-07 20:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ENRG KNNP IS CA |
07OTTAWA1731 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: CANADIAN FEEDBACK ON CERAMIC [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel presentation on ceramic-lined valves to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Relations (DFAIT) Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Policy Officer Kendra Davidson on September 13. She expressed appreciation for the briefing and emphasized that Canada had rai [...] | 2007-09-12 19:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CA |
07OTTAWA174 | S/WCI CONSULTS WITH CANADA, MUCH MORE CONVERGENCE [...] (C) Summary. S/WCI Ambassador and Canadian foreign affairs and justice officials in Ottawa agreed to cooperate on the development of justice rapid response capacity. The Canadians were also keen to strategize on Darfur. They were unwilling to accept third-country Guantanamo detainees in Ca [...] | 2007-01-31 18:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR CA |
07OTTAWA1762 | CANADA AGREES WIPO DIRECTOR SHOULD BE HELD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | WIPO AORC CA KIPR |
07OTTAWA1764 | OTTAWA WHO IGWG MEETING POSTPONED, CANADA SHARES [...] (SBU) On September 14 Econoff delivered points in reftel to Julie Boisvert, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Intellectual Property, Information, and Technology Trade Policy Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Boisvert said that Canada shares the USG's concerns about the [...] | 2007-09-17 20:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR WTRO WHO CA |
07OTTAWA1828 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (C) According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Democracy Unit Manager Ben Rowswell, Canada's UN Permrep Ambassador John McNee will represent Ottawa in the CD meeting hosted by Mali on October 1. He expressed hope that Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to th [...] | 2007-09-26 20:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PREL UNGA PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA1830 | CANADIAN REP FOR GPOI G8+ GLOBAL CLEARINGHOUSE [...] (SBU) According to Marina Laker, Deputy Director in the Peacekeeping and Peace Operations Group at the Department of International Affairs and Foreign Trade, Tony Anderson from her office will represent Canada at the Global Clearinghouse Conference. His POCs are: 613-992-9386 and Tony.Anderso [...] | 2007-09-27 15:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA1831 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) According to Graham Shantz, Head of Policy Planning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada has put a good deal of diplomatic effort into the Partnership for Democratic Governance (reftel) and is pleased to be a founding member and steering group member. The GO [...] | 2007-09-27 18:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM OAS EAID CA |
07OTTAWA1845 | CANADIAN VIEWS REGARDING U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on October 2, Acting Director General of Foreign Affairs for Human Security and Human Rights Gwyneth Kutz expressed Canada's support for the overall objective of reftel draft resolution and its hopes for eventual adoption in some form. However, she noted a l [...] | 2007-10-02 19:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN AORC SOCI UN CA |
07OTTAWA1862 | HARPER TO OPPOSITION: BRING IT ON! [...] (C) Summary: PM Harper held the first press conference of his tenure to deliver one simple message to the opposition: if you don't go along with the conservative program, you can meet us in the voting booth. In a rare and gutsy move, he laid out the essence of his upcoming Throne Speech - tax [...] | 2007-10-05 01:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA1868 | (S) TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SEVEN IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-05 17:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | CA EFIN ETTC IZ KTFN PREL PTER |
07OTTAWA1869 | CANADA NAMES NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (U) Summary: Mark Carney, a 42-year-old rising star from Canada's Department of Finance, will replace David Dodge on February 1 as Governor of the Bank of Canada. Carney has been Canada's Finance Deputy at the G-7, G-20 and the Financial Stability Forum. End summary. 2. (U) GOC Finance Mi [...] | 2007-10-05 18:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CA |
07OTTAWA187 | CANADIAN HERITAGE MINISTER ODA "I AM COMMITED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 1 meeting, Canadian Heritage Minister Oda told Ambassador Wilkins that she is committed to improving the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Canada. Oda declined to say when she expected Canada's new copyright bill to be introduced in Parliment. She [...] | 2007-02-02 15:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
07OTTAWA1872 | CANADA AND NASREDDIN 1267 DE-LISTING REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Econcouns delivered ref A message that the USG has tentatively determined that it would be appropriate to de-list Ahmed Idris Nasreddin from UNSCR 1267, contigent on certain actions by Nasreddin, to Yves Beaulieu, Counter Terror [...] | 2007-10-05 18:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | CA EFIN KTFN PREL PTER USUN |
07OTTAWA1878 | CANADA LOOKING FOR NEW APPROACHES TO [...] (C) Summary: Recognizing the need to better organize Canada's institutions to promote democratic development abroad, the Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development recently conducted a study of democracy promotion. The committee's report was issued in J [...] | 2007-10-05 19:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM CA PREL |
07OTTAWA1881 | G-8: CANADA LOOKING FOR HELP ON THE AFGHAN-PAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Foreign Ministry briefed G-8 embassies on its recent mission to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border which was focused on border management, immigration, and counter-narcotics. Under the G-8 border initiative Canada is taking the lead on the piece of the frontier where its [...] | 2007-10-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA AF PK |
07OTTAWA189 | CANADA'S NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER HITS THE GROUND [...] (C) Summary: Canada's new Environment Minister John Baird seems delighted to have responsibility for the politically charged environmental portfolio which is expected to be a key issue in the national election anticipated for later this year. Already, he has demonstrated his skills on the flo [...] | 2007-02-02 16:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PGOV PINR ENRG CA |
07OTTAWA1903 | NEW CANADIAN PANEL TO REVIEW AFGHAN OPTIONS; [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a mid-morning press conference on October 12 announced the formation of a new "Independent Advisory Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan." He emphasized that he expects the panel to "provide expert non-partisan advice that will help parliamentar [...] | 2007-10-12 20:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MARR AF CA |
07OTTAWA1910 | OCTOBER 16 THRONE SPEECH: NEW BEGINNING OR AN END? [...] (C) Summary. The government's early evening October 16 Speech from the Throne will lay out the revised agenda of Prime Minister Stephen Harper for the new parliamentary session. The Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic Party (NDP) are already committed to opposing it. The Liberals therefor [...] | 2007-10-15 19:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA1922 | CANADA: MAKING THE CASE FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian body politic is highly conflicted over the Afghan mission, with one poll in September indicating that 68 pct of Canadians want a complete pullout in February 2009 and 56 pct want the troops out even earlier, while an October poll shows that 54 pct want Canadian tr [...] | 2007-10-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PGOV CA AF PK |
07OTTAWA1924 | THE HARPER GOVERNMENT'S BLUEPRINT FOR PARLIAMENT [...] (U) In a tradition-heavy ceremony on October 16 that also broke with tradition by taking place in the early evening rather than mid-afternoon, Canada's Governor General opened the new session of Parliament by reading the government's "Speech from the Throne," which lays out clearly the agenda [...] | 2007-10-17 18:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SENV CA |
07OTTAWA1928 | HARPER GOVERNMENT TO SURVIVE THRONE SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Liberal leadership will not seek to bring down the Harper government over the contents of the October 16 Throne Speech, recognizing election fatigue among the voters. The Liberals have charged that the government's comments on Afghanistan were nonetheless too ambiguous, w [...] | 2007-10-17 22:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA AF |
07OTTAWA1932 | CANADA MAKES AUNG SAN SUU KYI AN HONORARY CITIZEN [...] (U) On October 17, the Parliament of Canada unanimously adopted a motion from Prime Minister Stephen Harper to make Aung San Suu Kyi an honorary Canadian citizen "as a demonstration of Canada's support for the people of Burma in their struggle against the brutal military dictatorship that rules [...] | 2007-10-18 18:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL BM CA |
07OTTAWA1954 | GOC RESPONSE RE 2008 US-CANADA BILATERAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche regarding the upcoming Bilateral Consultative Group (BCG) meeting in Washington, Deputy Director for Counterterrorism Yves Beaulieu and Policy Advisor Neil Brennan from the International Crime and Terrorism Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and [...] | 2007-10-22 18:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL CA |
07OTTAWA1956 | CANADA AGREES TO HCA NEGOTIATIONS MEETINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-22 20:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA |
07OTTAWA1957 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS ON OAS INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) According to Paul Gibbard, Director of the Office of Aboriginal and Circumpolar Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada shares our views that the OAS Declaration is ill-conceived and is headed for a "train-wreck." Gibbard said that Canada had a number [...] | 2007-10-22 20:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CA |
07OTTAWA1958 | CANADA SEEKS HIGH-LEVEL U.S. PARTICIPATION IN PRT [...] (SBU) Please see action request in para. 4. 2. (SBU) On October 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Operations Officer David Fairchild raised the upcoming November 25-27 PRT conference in Lithuania entitled "Provincial Reconstruction [...] | 2007-10-23 15:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS CA AF |
07OTTAWA1959 | PRESSING BOLIVIA TO END SUPPORT FOR IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Shawn Caza promised on October 22 to seek clearance to instruct Canadian officials in La Paz to urge the Bolivian government to reverse i [...] | 2007-10-23 15:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP IAEA USUN BO IR CA |
07OTTAWA1961 | GOOD PROSPECTS FOR REVISED SECURITY LEGISLATION [...] (U) Summary: The Harper government on October 22 introduced a bill to amend Canada's long-standing system of immigration security certificates in response to a February 2007 Supreme Court ruling that had struck down key provisions as unconstitutional. The certificates provide the government t [...] | 2007-10-23 19:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL CA |
07OTTAWA1962 | GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SHARES USG'S IPR CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 19:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KIPR CA |
07OTTAWA1966 | CANADIAN READOUT ON DEATH OF MULLAH NAQIBULLA [...] (/NF) Summary. Canadian officials are concerned about the power vacuum left in the wake of the death of Mullah Naqibullah (Naqib) in Kandahar, as well as likely diminished loyalty to the central government from the Alokozai tribe and greater dangers for NATO-ISAF operations in the Arghandab [...] | 2007-10-24 20:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS AF CA |
07OTTAWA1973 | CANADIANS DECLINE TO PARTICIPATE IN MNF-1 [...] (SBU) As expected (ref b),the Government of Canada has declined to participate in the MNF-1 Coalition Conference (ref a). Para 2 includes text of an October 24 letter from Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Political Director Colleen Swords to General Petraeus. 2. (SBU) Be [...] | 2007-10-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS IZ CA |
07OTTAWA1982 | CANADA WILL KEEP UP PRESSURE ON BURMA [...] (C) According to Deborah Paul, Director for the Southeast Asia and Pacific Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),Canada fully shares our concern with the situation in Burma (ref a). The GOC has already increased its diplomatic efforts to put pressure on [...] | 2007-10-26 20:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CVIS PREL ETRD CA BM |
07OTTAWA1991 | THE CANADIAN DOLLAR AND INFLATION CONTROL [...] (u) Summary: The consequences of the rapid appreciation of the Canadian dollar's (the "loonie") value to above $1 U.S. for the first time in more than three decades are a topic of daily public discussion in Canada. Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge and other Bank officials have hinted that [...] | 2007-10-29 20:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CA |
07OTTAWA1993 | CANADA: POSITIVE INTERIM RESPONSE TO PIC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 11:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO PK CA |
07OTTAWA2015 | GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AGREES WITH FATF STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 19:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON KTFN CA |
07OTTAWA2016 | HARPER GOVERNMENT ADVANCES ITS AGENDA... FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: With the opposition Liberal party abstaining on another key confidence vote on October 31, the Harper government continues aggressively to push its policy agenda in Parliament. Key legislation that Prime Minister Harper promised in the Speech from the Throne (ref c) - on terrori [...] | 2007-11-01 20:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA2020 | CANADA: (2/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA [...] (U) U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9-11, 2007 (septels). This is the second in a series of five tele [...] | 2007-11-02 19:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA |
07OTTAWA2022 | CANADA: (4/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. This is the fourth in a series of five te [...] | 2007-11-02 19:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA |
07OTTAWA2023 | CANADA: (5/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. This is the fifth in a series of five tel [...] | 2007-11-02 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA |
07OTTAWA2024 | CANADA: (1/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the U.S.-Canadian Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. Major topics during the 220t [...] | 2007-11-02 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA |
07OTTAWA2029 | INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - [...] (SBU) Officials of the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) declined to meet with Emboffs to discuss elements of their border practices in time to meet the deadline for responding to reftel. The entire issue of "Watch-listing" is extremely politically sensitive in Canada. Therefore, respo [...] | 2007-11-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KVPR PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS CA |
07OTTAWA2034 | CANADA ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para para 5. 2. (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Nuclear Non-Proliferation Adviser Che van Haastrecht on November 5 expressed appreciation for our text outlining how the P5 Plus [...] | 2007-11-05 22:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KNNP IAEA IR CA |
07OTTAWA2035 | THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND [...] (SBU) Managing U.S.-Canada relations means managing the border. It's that simple. And that makes the border the number one priority for Mission Canada. For the past year dozens of officers from the Embassy and our seven consulates have fanned out across Canada to observe the border and disc [...] | 2007-11-05 22:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA |
07OTTAWA2036 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA [...] (SBU) In a discussion with PolMinCouns on November 5, Ben Rowswell, Manager of the Democracy Unit in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),expressed appreciation for reftel views on the upcoming 4th Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako. He said that Pa [...] | 2007-11-05 22:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA CA |
07OTTAWA2048 | THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND [...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers fanned out along the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series covered our conclusions and recommendations. This message covers [...] | 2007-11-07 20:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA |
07OTTAWA2058 | THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND [...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers visited the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series reviewed conclusions and recommendations, Part II covered ports of entry, [...] | 2007-11-08 18:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CASC CA |
07OTTAWA2060 | CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN PDG STEERING GROUP [...] (SBU) According to Nancy Smyth, Deputy Director of Policy Planning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),DFAIT's Director General for Economic Affairs John Sloan will lead Canada's delegation to the November 12 Steering Group meeting, joined by Nicole Gesnot fro [...] | 2007-11-08 18:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM PREL OECD CA |
07OTTAWA2062 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CANADA'S PROVISIONS AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 20:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PTER CA |
07OTTAWA2069 | CANADIANS, GERMANS DISCUSSING HELICOPTER SUPPORT [...] (S/NF) Summary: German and Canadian officials in Ottawa are discussing the possible deployment of German CH-53 rotary-wing aircraft to southern Afghanistan in support of NATO-ISAF operations. The Canadians asked us to avoid raising or pressing the matter with the Germans for now because thei [...] | 2007-11-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR NATO CA GM |
07OTTAWA2073 | NEW CHALLENGES TO CANADA'S AFGHAN DETAINEE POLICY [...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian officials, the government soon will face new legal and political challenges to its practice of conveying detainees to Afghan authorities. Official documents that the Canadian federal court has compelled the government to convey to opponents of the policy w [...] | 2007-11-09 22:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NATO AG CA |
07OTTAWA2076 | APEC ANTI-COUNTERFEITING HEALTH PRODUCTS SEMINAR: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 16:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN APECO TBIO ERD CA |
07OTTAWA2078 | DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 13, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's South America Division Director Daniel Daley expressed appreciation for reftel views as well as shared concern about negative trends in Venezuela. He cited mid-October talks in Washingt [...] | 2007-11-13 19:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM VE CA |
07OTTAWA2080 | NEW CHALLENGES TO HARPER GOVERNMENT FROM AN OLD [...] (C) Summary: New revelations about a more than decade-old scandal involving then-Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney have begun to haunt the Conservative government of PM Stephen Harper. With opposition members of Parliament openly raising the possibility of a cover-up and rifts devel [...] | 2007-11-13 21:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA2107 | (C) CANADA STILL CONSIDERING DESIGNATION OF TRO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 20:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL CE CA |
07OTTAWA2123 | CANADA TO ATTEND ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY [...] In response to reftel invitation, Canada plans to attend the working breakfast to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership on the sidelines of the upcoming Community of Democracies ministerial meeting in Bamako, Mali. Text of letter in para 2. 2. Begin text His Excellency David [...] | 2007-11-20 17:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CA |
07OTTAWA2125 | SCENESETTER FOR CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: Stephen Harper leads one of the most stable minority governments in Canadian history. He is a Western conservative who came to power on a domestic agenda but has been surprisingly focused on foreign affairs. Harper's foreign policy style includes a halting transition from "peac [...] | 2007-11-20 23:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA213 | CANADIAN GOVERNMENT INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and International Trade Minister David Emerson recently returned to Canada from separate, overlapping trade and economic trips to China. Both trips were described in the press and by government officials in positive terms. Excluding an ag [...] | 2007-02-05 22:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD CA CH |
07OTTAWA2133 | CANADA SEEKS DEDICATED HELICOPTER AND UAV SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government is lobbying European NATO partners to provide dedicated helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) support in the Kandahar region of Regional Command - South (RC-S) in Afghanistan. Canada's military has no organic capability of this type, despite an on [...] | 2007-11-21 21:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
07OTTAWA2135 | CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND 'MANLEY PANEL' CHART WAY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada's Defense Minister believes Canadian and Afghan forces are performing well in southern Afghanistan but he and his colleagues are worried about the minority Conservative government's ability to convince Parliament to authorize an extension of the current mission from 200 [...] | 2007-11-21 21:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
07OTTAWA2138 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 23, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Defence and Security Relations Division Director Michael Walma and Deputy Director Anne Burgess expressed appreciation for reftel views on the OSCE Madrid Ministerial and said that C [...] | 2007-11-23 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE PGOV PHUM CA |
07OTTAWA214 | HOUSE PASSES NON-BINDING KYOTO RESOLUTION [...] (U) The House of Commons voted along party lines on Monday to adopt a non-binding resolution calling on the government to "reconfirm Canada's commitment to honor the principles and targets of the Kyoto Protocol in their entirety." Liberal (and Opposition) leader Stephane Dion introduced the me [...] | 2007-02-06 14:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA2150 | CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT G-8 INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director of Crime and International Terrorism Evelyn Puxley will lead the Canadian delegation to the Third Annual G-8 International Kidnappers Conference, accompanied by officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Security [...] | 2007-11-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM CA |
07OTTAWA2170 | CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAUDS ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, in a November 27 statement, praised the "historic" undertakings of the Annapolis Conference and offered Canada's continued support as the parties move forward toward the goal of two states living in peace and security. Full text in para 2. Bernier led t [...] | 2007-11-28 19:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XF CA |
07OTTAWA2205 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Answers below to reftel questions derive from information from the Deputy Director of the Central America and Caribbean Division, the Cuba Desk Officer, and the Trade Commissioner and Director of Latin America and Caribbean Commercial Relations at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2007-12-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CA CU |
07OTTAWA2207 | CANADA ON NIE REGARDING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns on December 3 for reftel documents on the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program, calling them "quit [...] | 2007-12-04 18:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR CA |
07OTTAWA2209 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO U.S. CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 21:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER ASEC CA |
07OTTAWA2215 | CANADIAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PALESTINIAN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. In November 28-29 meetings with senior Canadian officials, U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) for the Israel-Palestinian Authority Lt. General Keith Dayton expressed his high appreciation for Canadian contributions to his staff and asked for additional assistance on staff and pro [...] | 2007-12-06 18:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG EAID WE IS GZ CA |
07OTTAWA222 | IMPLEMENTATION OF WHTI AIR RULE--TWO WEEKS ON AND [...] (U) Two weeks after the January 23 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) rule requiring U.S.-bound air travelers to hold a passport as proof of identity and citizenship, there have been no serious problems or delays reported at any of Canada's airports. Having been [...] | 2007-02-06 21:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |
07OTTAWA2225 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR THE PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) PolMinCouns briefed Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Middle East and North Africa Gordon E. Venner on the upcoming Paris Donors Conference and expected U.S. contributions to the Palestinian Authority (reftel) on December 7. (Both Foreign Minister [...] | 2007-12-07 15:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG KPAL IS CA |
07OTTAWA2230 | CANADA REPORTEDLY DRAFTING ANTI-COUNTERFEITING [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Canada is reportedly preparing two major pieces of legislation designed to better protect intellectual property rights (IPR). The Government of Canada has confirmed that the first bill, an update to Canada's copyright law (see refs A and B),will be introduced t [...] | 2007-12-07 21:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
07OTTAWA2231 | CANADA WORKING HARD ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CA UNGA |
07OTTAWA2233 | U.S.-CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Canadian Policy Planners met November 29-30 to discuss the broad strategic outlook over the next 25 years (with specific reference to the National Intelligence Council's 2020 and 2025 projects) and a range of international and regional issues that represent policy priorit [...] | 2007-12-07 22:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CA AF PK XB XL XM XK |
07OTTAWA2241 | CANADA SEES NEED TO STRENGTHEN MEASURES AGAINST SECURITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent report commissioned by Canada's federal police force (Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or RCMP),and written by former GOC senior financial official and bank regulator Nicholas LePan, criticized the institutions and resources available for fighting white-collar crime in C [...] | 2007-12-11 15:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM CA |
07OTTAWA2251 | MINISTERS CITE MEASURABLE RESULTS IN AFGHAN MISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 20:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PTER AF CA |
07OTTAWA2254 | CANADA IN ACCORD ON IRAN [...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North America, Gordon Venner, on December 12 expressed renewed appreciation for ref a update on U.S. policy on the Iran National Intelligence Estimate. He confirmed that "the views of ou [...] | 2007-12-12 21:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR CA |
07OTTAWA2255 | CRITICAL MEDICAL RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION MAY [...] (U) Summary: In the face of a growing shortage of medical radioisotopes, the Canadian House of Commons passed emergency legislation late on December 11 to exempt the nuclear reactor where much of the world's supply of medical radioisotopes is produced from regulatory oversight (for a very narro [...] | 2007-12-12 21:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON KSCA CA |
07OTTAWA2260 | LEGISLATION PASSED, AECL RESTARTS REACTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 19:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON KSCA CA |
07OTTAWA2265 | CANADA ON NORTHERN UGANDA, JUBA [...] (C) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on December 14, Department of Foreign Affairs Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Lisa Stadelbauer and Director of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Group Shawn Barber expressed appreciation for r [...] | 2007-12-14 20:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM UG CA |
07OTTAWA2266 | CANADA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for Central, East, and Southern Europe Robert Hage, Canada will not be among either the first or the last to recognize Kosovo following a unilateral declaration of independence. While the government has not yet reached a formal [...] | 2007-12-14 21:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI CA |
07OTTAWA2269 | CANADIAN HELP ON MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon E. Venner promised PolMinCouns on December 14 that Canada would "certainly do what we can in concert with other like minded Embassies in Teheran" to seek information from the Iranian government abo [...] | 2007-12-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PTER IR CA |
07OTTAWA2272 | CANADA COMMITS $300 MILLION FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] (U) As anticipated (ref a),Canada has made a sizable commitment -- $300 million over the next five years -- in support of the Palestine Authority and the Middle East peace process. At the Paris donors' conference on December 17, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier pledged to "increase our part [...] | 2007-12-17 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KWBG KPAL IS CA |
07OTTAWA2274 | CANADA WILL MAINTAIN NEGATIVE VOTE ON DURBAN [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (SBU) Deputy Director Robert Sinclair in DFAIT's Human Rights Division confirmed on December 17 that Canada would vote against the funding of the Durban Review Conference in the upcoming plenary vote. He added that Canada is more concerned [...] | 2007-12-17 21:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA CA |
07OTTAWA2276 | AECL REACTOR RESTARTED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 18:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON KSCA CA |
07OTTAWA2278 | CANADA COMPLETES WORK ON BILATERAL TAX TREATY [...] ON DECEMBER 14, FINANCE MINISTER FLAHERTY ANNOUNCED THAT, AS A RESULT OF BILL S-2 RECEIVING ROYAL ASSENT, THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOW COMPLETED THE STEPS REQUIRED IN CANADA TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE FIFTH PROTOCOL TO THE CANADA-UNITED STATES INCOME TAX CONVENTION. THE PROTOCOL WILL COME INTO [...] | 2007-12-18 21:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD CA US |
07OTTAWA2279 | GoC FOREIGN MINISTRY KEEN ON DISASTER TALKS [...] Econoff and ESTH/ECON Specialist as well as the Acting CBP Attach met with officials from Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on December 17 to invite DFAIT participation in the meeting, proposed for January or February 2008, of the Consultative Group called for in the bilateral 19 [...] | 2007-12-18 22:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ECON PREL CA MX |
07OTTAWA2280 | NEW CANADIAN PLEDGE TO THE WORLD BANK'S [...] ON DECEMBER 14, CANADIAN FINANCE MINISTER FLAHERTY ANNOUNCED THAT CANADA WILL CONTRIBUTE CDOLS 1.3 BILLION TO THE WORLD BANK'S INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION. "OUR GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE IS EFFECTIVE AND THAT TAXPAYERS' MONEY IS WELL SPEN [...] | 2007-12-18 22:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON IDA AF CA |
07OTTAWA2294 | UN BUDGET DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on December 20, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director for UN and Commonwealth Affairs David Wittmann confirmed that Canada shared our concern about growth in the UN budget and that its delegation in New York was work [...] | 2007-12-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UNGA CA |
07OTTAWA2295 | CANADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER OPPOSES EXTENSION OF [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Stephane Dion ruled out Liberal Party support for the extension of Canadian combat troops in Kandahar during a discussion of Afghanistan with Ambassador Wilkins, the British High Commissioner, and RC-South country diplomats on December 18. Dion criticized the g [...] | 2007-12-20 16:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR AF CA |
07OTTAWA2299 | CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) In response to reftel demarche on December 13, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Michael Blackmore informed Embassy on December 20 that Assistant Deputy Minister and Political Director Colleen Swords plans to head the Canadian del [...] | 2007-12-20 21:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP PREL CA |
07OTTAWA2307 | CANADA WILL SUPPORT PROSPER'S CANDIDACY FOR UN CERD [...] (U) In response to ref b demarche on November 19, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Human Rights Policy Officer Daniel Ulmer confirmed on December 21 that Canada will support the candidacy of Pierre-Richard Prosper for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Ra [...] | 2007-12-21 20:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA CA |
07OTTAWA2308 | NEW BY-ELECTIONS MAY SIGNAL CONSERVATIVE CONFIDENCE [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper on December 21 set the date of March 17 for by-elections in the Commons' ridings in Toronto Centre (Ontario),Willowdale (Ontario),Vancouver Quadra (British Columbia),and Desnethe-Missnippi-Churchill River (Saskatchewan). Liberals (including three former [...] | 2007-12-21 21:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA2322 | CANADIAN PM AND DEFMIN PRAISE AFGHAN MISSION, [...] (U) Summary: Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay, Chief of Defense Staff Rick Hillier, and U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins visited Canadian troops in Kandahar on Christmas day. MacKay underscored the "remarkable progress" in Afghanistan, while the Ambassador praised Canada's contribution to [...] | 2007-12-27 23:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR AF CA |
07OTTAWA2326 | PM LINKS PAKISTAN TO AFGHAN MISSION; MEDIA COMMENT [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Harper joined other world leaders on December 27 in condemning the murder of Benazir Bhutto, stressing that Bhutto's death "cannot be allowed to permit any delay in the return of Pakistan to full democracy." Harper expressed concern about the implications of Bhutto [...] | 2007-12-31 13:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PK AF CA |
07OTTAWA234 | CANADA, U.S. TO CARRY SAME MESSAGE TO NATO [...] (C/NF) Following up on Assistant Secretary Boucher's February 5 meetings with his Regional Command - South (RC-S) counterparts in Ottawa (septel),we presented reftel points on February 7 to Department of National Defense (DND) NATO Policy Deputy Director Michael Kaduck and Department of Fore [...] | 2007-02-07 23:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AF CA |
07OTTAWA250 | NUNAVUT PREMIER EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER POLAR BEAR [...] (SBU) Nunavut premier Paul Okalik called on Ambassador on February 7 to express his concerns over the Fish and Wildlife Service's December 27 announcement proposing to list the polar bear as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. Economic Minister-Counselor and ESTH Counselor also sat i [...] | 2007-02-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CA |
07OTTAWA266 | PSI: CANADIAN FOLLOW-UP ON ATTEMPT TO SHIP [...] Action request: See para 3. 2. (SBU) Responding to refs A and C, on February 9 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Export Controls Division Deputy Director Steven Goodinson conveyed to us the points below regarding the attempted shipment of U.S.-origin test eq [...] | 2007-02-09 19:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP MNUC ETTC PREL SY CA |
07OTTAWA267 | CANADA ANNOUNCES FORESTRY SUPPORT; SAYS IT DOES [...] (u) On February 8, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn announced a C$127.5 million aid package for Canada,s struggling forestry sector. The GOC believes that a strong forestry sector "is vital to a strong Canadian economy." Under the aid package, C$122.5 million will go toward three initiati [...] | 2007-02-09 20:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAGR ECON EIND ETRD |
07OTTAWA272 | WMD Foreign Consequence Management MoU [...] Summary: The Embassy believes that the suggested MoU between DFAIT and State is not necessary because existing arrangements already address its intent. These include a 1986 treaty-level all-hazards mutual assistance agreement; the 1999 Canada-U.S. "Guidelines Concerning Cooperation on Chemica [...] | 2007-02-09 21:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PTER TBIO CA |
07OTTAWA303 | ADDITIONAL CANADIAN AID TO SUDAN [...] (U) Summary: On February 13, International Cooperation Minister Verner announced that Canada is committing C$13 million over five years to fund an umbrella project to support displaced populations and home communities in Sudan's disputed regions of Abyei, South Kordofan and Blue Nile. End Sum [...] | 2007-02-14 22:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV SOCI PREF CA SU |
07OTTAWA312 | CANADIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1718 ON NORTH [...] (U) During Economic Minister-Counselor's February 16 demarche at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on Canada's implementation of UNSCR 1737 on Iran (reported septel),he learned about the GoC's implementation of UNSCR 1718 on the DPRK. 2. (U) DFAIT United Nat [...] | 2007-02-16 21:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC KN CA |
07OTTAWA316 | CANADA'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1737 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel delivered by Economic Minister Counselor to Mark Gwozdecky, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Nuclear Division Director, Gwozdecky said that Canada shares the United States' view of the risks of Iran's nu [...] | 2007-02-16 22:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR CA |
07OTTAWA345 | AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO [...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...] | 2007-02-23 22:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR AF CA |
07OTTAWA349 | GOC PLANS FOR WHO POLIO CONSULTATION [...] (U) ESTH discussed WHO DG Chan's upcoming high-level consultation on polio eradication with GOC officials from Health Canada and Foreign Affairs Canada and provided a non-paper drawn from reftel. Our interlocutors were well aware of Dr. Chan's initiative but were still deciding who would repr [...] | 2007-02-26 18:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID SENV CA |
07OTTAWA351 | LIBERAL ENVIRONMENT CRITIC SHARES VIEWS ON CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Liberal MP and environment critic David McGuinty (younger brother of Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty) has substantial experience on economic and environmental issues at the national and international levels and appears a formidable opponent to counter Tory environment Minister Jo [...] | 2007-02-26 18:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PINR CA |
07OTTAWA363 | CANADA LOOKING TO NEXT STEPS TO BRING IRAN INTO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 23:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IR CA |
07OTTAWA432 | NATO: CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CROSS-GROUP [...] (C) Responding to reftel points on cross-group stationing, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart said Canada would join us in our effort to get the First Option adopted. She noted, however, that, like the U.S., Canada could live w [...] | 2007-03-07 22:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO CA |
07OTTAWA448 | CANADA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Despite optimism after the Conservative Party took power in early 2006, Canada's track record on strengthening IPR protection has remained disappointing. With one notable exception regarding pharmaceutical data protection, the GOC has made no discernable prog [...] | 2007-03-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
07OTTAWA452 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ (ICI) UN INTERIM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 23:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CA IZ |
07OTTAWA453 | CANADA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737 ON IRAN [...] (U) Foreign Minister Mackay announced how the Canadian government is implementing UNSCR 1737 on the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear program on February 27. In a press statement, he said that "the Government of Canada has satisfied its obligations and is fully implementing Resolution 1737, [...] | 2007-03-09 23:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EFIN PREL KNNP ETTC IR CA |
07OTTAWA47 | MORE CANADIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN ANNOUNCED: [...] (U) Summary: On January 9, International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced that Canada will provide C$8.8 million for demining activities in Kandahar province and across Afghanistan as well as C$1.9 million to promote community-led development in that province. The Minister made th [...] | 2007-01-10 13:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL SOCI AF CA |
07OTTAWA495 | CANADA RESPONSE RE: COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel on March 14 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Science and Technology Phillip Baines, who expressed appreciation for para 9 reminder and para 10 draft text. 2. (C) Per reftel para 9, Baines said he would soon [...] | 2007-03-15 20:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC CA |
07OTTAWA496 | CANADA TO SUPPORT US POSITION ON PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 20:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM OECD PREL EAID KDEM CA |
07OTTAWA50 | HARPER NAMES BAIRD ENVIRONMENT MINISTER; HOPES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The most noteworthy change in PM Harper's January 4 cabinet re-shuffle in preparation for a probable election later this year saw the oft-criticized Rona Ambrose depart Environment Canada for the much less sensitive Intergovernmental Affairs portfolio. Her replaceme [...] | 2007-01-11 13:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV PINR CA |
07OTTAWA505 | CANADA: NEW BUDGET COULD SPUR FEDERAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) Canada's Conservative Government will deliver its second federal budget on March 19. The budget vote, possibly as early as the week of March 26, is an automatic confidence vote that could determine the timing of the next federal election. The budget will be seen as a sign of the Harper [...] | 2007-03-16 20:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA |
07OTTAWA524 | Canada's federal budget provides lots of cash to [...] (U) Summary: Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty laid out the government's budget on March 19 with the lion's share of new spending, C$39 billion, directed toward the provinces in the effort to create 'Fiscal Balance' in the federation. As expected, it is an "election" budget crafted to pro [...] | 2007-03-21 17:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA578 | CANADA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 ON IRAN [...] (SBU) On March 28, Economic Minister-Counselor delivered ref B demarche to John Hannaford, Director of DFAIT's United Nations, Human Rights, and Economic Law Division and urged quick GoC action to implement sanctions imposed by UNSCR 1747, especially with regard to Bank Sepah. Economic Minist [...] | 2007-03-28 21:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC IR CA |
07OTTAWA585 | CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW HEALTH FUNDING FOR HAITI [...] (U) Summary: International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner recently announced that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will commit over C$45 million for new health-related development projects in Haiti: C$18.75 million to support the development of Haiti's health system; C$ [...] | 2007-03-29 21:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON SOCI CA HA |
07OTTAWA627 | RE-WRITTEN CLEAN AIR ACT WOULD CAP GHG EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative's "Clean Air Act" emerged March 30 from its legislative committee re-draft a very different document from the draft bill that went to the committee in December 2006. The new bill C-30 emphasizes hard targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and penalties f [...] | 2007-04-05 19:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA639 | CANADIAN REACTION TO LATEST IPCC REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. Environment minister Baird reacted to the latest IPCC report with a statement promising early announcement of mandatory targets for reducing emissions of GHG and air pollutants. The Conservative government has been under intense pressure for its failure to place a policy prior [...] | 2007-04-10 17:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CA |
07OTTAWA651 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PDAS MCNERNEY AND [...] (SBU) Post grants country clearance for visit of PDAS Patricia McNerney, Kurt Kessler, Anthony Ruggiero and Jennifer Fowler to Ottawa on April 15-16 to meet with Canadian officials. 2. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Keith Mines (613-688-5242). He can be reached by e-mail a [...] | 2007-04-11 18:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA CA |
07OTTAWA67 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON MERCURY AT UPCOMING UNEP [...] ESTH Counselor discussed Canadian positions on the UNEP Mercury Program with Grace Howland, manager for heavy metals in the Hazardous Air Pollutants Branch at Environment Canada, on January 12. Howland expects to attend the UNEP Governing Council meeting in Nairobi next month. 2. Howland [...] | 2007-01-12 19:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC CA |
07OTTAWA691 | IPR: MICHAEL GEIST SHARES HIS VIEWS WITH EMBASSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 12, the DCM and other Embassy officers met with University of Ottawa Law Professor Michael Geist, who is a prominent public commentator on intellectual property rights (IPR) issues, to discuss Canadian copyright issues. As expected, Geist's views were generally at odds [...] | 2007-04-18 13:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
07OTTAWA72 | ADDITIONAL IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382: [...] (SBU) On January 12, Economic Minister-Counselor and newly arrived Deputy Terrorist Financing Coordination Officer discussed reftel non-paper with Yves Beaulieu, Deputy Director for Counter-Terrorism, International Crime and Terrorism Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International T [...] | 2007-01-12 21:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR KN CA |
07OTTAWA753 | CANADA'S PROVISIONS AGAINST CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) Although econoff delivered the points in reftel to an official from Finance Canada in February, that official had no comment but offered to set up a meeting for the Embassy with Canadian officials who are better acquainted with the problems of illicit cash couriers. To that end, the Eco [...] | 2007-04-25 20:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER CA |
07OTTAWA757 | CANADA: MORE CONVERGENCE THAN DIVERGENCE EXPECTED [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-proliferation Senior Policy Officer Michael Blackmore on April 24, and at a follow-up meeting with Blackmore and Policy Advisor David Da Silva on April 25. Blackmore emphasized convergence [...] | 2007-04-25 20:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NPT KNNP ENRG CA |
07OTTAWA760 | LOW KEY RECOGNITION FOR AFRICA MALARIA DAY IN [...] Foreign Ministry officials advised that Canada planned no nationwide public events for Africa Malaria Day beyond an April 17 announcement by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) of a C$20 million (from the FY 2007 budget) donation to the Canadian Red Cross for bednets in Africa [...] | 2007-04-26 18:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAID KPAO CA |
07OTTAWA761 | BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR DODGE RETIRING NEXT JANUARY [...] (U) Summary: The Governor of the Bank of Canada (BOC),David Dodge, will step down at the end of January 2008 at the end of his seven-year term. The news was a surprise. Dodge is widely regarded as an extremely effective Governor who has kept Canada's inflation under control while presiding o [...] | 2007-04-26 18:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA765 | PRIME MINISTER HARPER'S LETTER ON IPR [...] (SBU) On April 26, Ambassador Wilkins received a letter from Prime Minister Harper regarding U.S. concerns about the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Canada. This letter, dated April 23, responds to a letter that the Ambassador wrote to the Prime Minister on January 31 regar [...] | 2007-04-26 20:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
07OTTAWA767 | PSI: CANADA ON AUCKLAND CONFERENCE AND WHA OUTREACH [...] (U) We conveyed ref A paper on April 26 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-proliferation Michael Blackmore and Policy Officer David Da Silva. Blackmore expressed appreciation for the U.S. readout, noted that it tracked with his take [...] | 2007-04-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC CA |
07OTTAWA783 | SPECIAL 301 CANADA 2007, DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) EconMinCouns delivered points in ref A to Paul Robertson, Director General, North America Trade Policy Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. DG Robertson said that the GOC understands U.S. concerns very well. Declining to answer questions about when and how Can [...] | 2007-04-30 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
07OTTAWA795 | TURNING THE CORNER - CANADA'S NEW REGULATORY [...] (U) Saying "the time has come for action," Environment Minister John Baird released the government's long-awaited "Turning the Corner" plan, its framework to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants, in Toronto on April 26. The plan's targets will force significant action by [...] | 2007-05-02 18:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CA |
07OTTAWA798 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. WTO TAFT PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 19:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON WTRO CA |
07OTTAWA799 | CANADA: Views on Zimbabwe bid for CSD Chairmanship [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 20:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV UNCSD AORC PREL ZI CA |
07OTTAWA819 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Ottawa, Ambassador Schwab. This cable offers background information on Canada,s political and economic environment, especially on issues that may be raised outside the formal agenda of your talks with Trade Minister Emerson. Information regarding Canada-Brazil relations [...] | 2007-05-07 18:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BR CA ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL |
07OTTAWA856 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: CANADA RETAINS FOCUS ON RUSSIA [...] (U) We delivered reftel points on May 8 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-proliferation Policy Officer Kendra Davidson. Canada, she assured us, would send its usual delegation of both policy and "hands-on" enforcement personnel to Paris. 2. (C) Respondi [...] | 2007-05-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CBW CA |
07OTTAWA859 | CANADA: TLSA PAPER DELIVERED, ALTERNATE POC [...] (U) We conveyed reftel paper to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) G8 and NATO deputy director and Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START) policy officer on May 9. Both expressed appreciation but had no immediate reaction to the text. 2. (U) Post co [...] | 2007-05-09 18:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KPKO MARR MASS PREL CA |
07OTTAWA872 | DEMARCHE ON WTO ARTICLE XXI PROCEDURE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 20:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON WTRO CA |
07OTTAWA877 | DEMARCHE ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCING REFORM [...] (SBU) EconMinCons and Econof delivered points in reftel to Wendy Clark, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's OECD Office. Clark said that the USG's views on all issues in reftel are very much in line with Canadian views. She said that Canada especially agrees th [...] | 2007-05-10 20:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD CA |
07OTTAWA887 | IPR: CANADA REPORTEDLY PREPARING TO CRIMINALIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's reaction to USTR's April 30th decision to maintain Canada's position on the Special 301 Watch List has been largely muted. However, intellectual property rights (IPR) - especially theater camcording - are now generating prominent news stories. The GOC is reportedly pr [...] | 2007-05-11 19:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
07OTTAWA891 | CANADA: CITES COP 14 PREPARATION [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Erum Hasan, Advisor in the Multilateral Affairs Division at Environment Canada, on May 4. After consulting with senior officials, including Canada's CITES Scientific Authorities, Hasan responded on May 10 that Canada had yet to establish firm positions on the [...] | 2007-05-11 19:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA ETRD CA |
07OTTAWA915 | CANADA'S APPROACH TO MAY 25 ARF MEETING IN MANILA [...] (SBU) Summary. Canada and the U.S. agree on most of the important issues to be addressed at the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila. Canada is enthusiastic about the U.S. draft UNSCR 1540 implementation statement, agrees that the inter-sessional meet [...] | 2007-05-16 21:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM KNNP ARF XB CA |
07OTTAWA95 | CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATIONS BEFORE JANUARY 25 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...] | 2007-01-18 22:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO CA |
07OTTAWA951 | ITU WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS TSPA CA |
07OTTAWA96 | CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATION BEFORE JANUARY 25 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...] | 2007-01-18 22:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO CA |
07OTTAWA97 | CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATION BEFORE JANUARY 26 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...] | 2007-01-18 22:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO CA |
07PRAGUE367 | CZECH RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES DOUBTFUL [...] (C) DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Pojar on April 6 to request resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in the Czech Republic. Pojar thought it was "doubtful" the Czechs would accept the detainees, but agreed to consider the request. (The Czechs declined a similar request when it was posed by [...] | 2007-04-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC AU BE BU CA DA EN |
07PRISTINA102 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CODEL LIEBERMAN [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to the congressional delegation, led by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, to visit Pristina February 9, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to hold meetings with Kosovo officials and KFOR leadership. Control Officer for this visit will be De [...] | 2007-02-07 13:24:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM YI CA |
07QUEBEC9 | WHTI -AIR IN QUEBEC CITY FULL COMPLIANCE ON DAY ONE [...] Consular staff spoke with airline boarding chiefs at Quebec City's Jean Lesage Airport, who reported that things went smoothly during this first day of WHTI-Air. No passengers were refused boarding, and none came unprepared. 2. Quebec City, which is the only airport in the consular distric [...] | 2007-01-23 22:13:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |
07ROME2285 | CPA IMPLEMENTATION: ITALY PREFERS LATER, [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA East Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli October 31 to encourage Italy to host a working-level meeting next week in preparation for a high-level meeting on CPA implementation. Pignatelli said Italy believes that pushing for the high-level meet [...] | 2007-10-31 17:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IGAD SU UK NT NW CA IT |
07ROME2487 | ITALIAN EMBASSY IN TEHRAN TO INQUIRE ABOUT MISSING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 17:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CASC CH EU EZ PHUM PREL IR IT |
07SINGAPORE1948 | GOS CANDIDATE FOR ICAO AIR NAVIGATION COMMISSION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the following diplomatic note concerning its candidate for the Air Navigation Commission of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). We will send an electronic version o [...] | 2007-10-23 09:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ICAO EAIR AORC PREL CA SN |
07STATE133852 | U.S.-CANADA BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP (BCG) [...] (U) This is an action message, please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Ambassador Dell L. Dailey, U.S. Counterterrorism Coordinator, looks forward to hosting the U.S.-Canada Bilateral Consultative Group (BCG) meeting this fall in Washington. This cable outlines our proposals for the BCG agenda an [...] | 2007-09-21 22:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA PTER KCRM PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
07STATE145910 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: CANADA'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. SUMMARY. In 2006, there were serious setbacks in the global fight to end polio with increased numbers of polio cases in Nigeria and India, continuing challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and imported cases appearing in countries previously [...] | 2007-10-18 17:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAID SOCI TBIO |
07STATE146505 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-1003329 for the export of sonar equipment to Turkey. Post is requested to complete t [...] | 2007-10-19 15:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ETTC KOMC TU |
07STATE149144 | REPORT ON THE INFORMAL MEETING OF THE IRFFI [...] (SBU) This cable reports on discussions at the informal meeting of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) Donors Committee (DC) held at the United Nations (UN) in New York on October 11, 2007. 2. (SBU) Summary: The purpose of the meeting was to prepare for the ful [...] | 2007-10-25 21:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID ECIN ECON EUN IT IZ TU |
07STATE152799 | STEERING GROUP NON-PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Background: The Partnership for Democratic Governance was successfully rolled out at a well-attended high level event co-hosted by OECD and UNDP in New York on October 1, 2007. The Department appreciates Posts' support and effort [...] | 2007-11-05 22:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AU BR CA CI EAID ET JA KDEM KS MX NL NZ PL PO |
07STATE154860 | REQUEST FOR WIREC FOLLOW-UP; MR. SMALL (ASSISTANT [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE, PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. SUMMARY: On July 16, 2007, OES P/DAS Reno Harnish met with Canada's Political Minister Kevin O,Shea and Energy Counselor Paul Connors to discuss the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). As part of that discussion [...] | 2007-11-09 18:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KPAO SOCI TRGY CA |
07STATE166406 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...] | 2007-12-13 03:27:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AS CA CASC CH EU EZ FR GM IN IR IT JA JO KDEM |
07STATE18563 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPERS IN PRT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that addressee embassies demarche host governments requesting that they urge Iceland to keep its mobile patrol team in PRT Chaghch [...] | 2007-02-14 19:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO |
07STATE18578 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPERS IN PRT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that addressee embassies demarche host governments requesting that they urge Iceland to keep its mobile patrol team in PRT Chaghch [...] | 2007-02-14 19:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO |
07STATE47323 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MCNERNEY AND [...] (SBU) Department requests country clearance for PDAS Patricia McNerney, Kurt Kessler, Anthony Ruggiero, and Jennifer Fowler to meet with Canadian officials in Ottawa on April 16. Agenda items and requests for meetings will be conveyed to control officer via email. ISN/CPI Ruggiero has worked [...] | 2007-04-10 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM CA |
07STATE60637 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated through NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction ( [...] | 2007-05-04 17:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60916 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong U.S. interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destructio [...] | 2007-05-04 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60917 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong U.S. interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destructio [...] | 2007-05-04 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60918 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP [...] | 2007-05-04 17:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07STATE60919 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (G [...] | 2007-05-04 17:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
07TAIPEI1790 | TAIPEI RESPONDS TO APEC DEMARCHE ON USDOL APEC CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-09 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA AS BX CA CI CH HK ID JA KS MY MX NZ |
07THEHAGUE1460 | NETHERLANDS/US NONPROLIFERATION INITIATIVE: DUTCH [...] A GONL representative will attend the international meeting on October 22-23, 2007 in Spiez, Switzerland hosted by the US Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. On August 6, poloff delivered the meeting invitation and r [...] | 2007-08-06 14:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP ENRG PREL AR AS BR CA CI CH EZ |
07THEHAGUE446 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE RESPONSE ON GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY [...] The GONL has organized a full agenda for the 2007 Global Road Safety Week (April 23-27),primarily focusing on public awareness and road safety among young people between the ages of 4 and 24. On April 23, the Dutch will hold a news conference during which they will present the 2006 road saf [...] | 2007-03-14 09:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AF AID AMCHAMS AMED CA EU IO LA PA PAHO |
07TORONTO118 | HOUSE ARREST FOR SECURITY CERTIFICATE DETAINEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a result of Canada's Supreme Court having struck down Canada's security certificate program on February 23, two men who are currently alleged to be security threats have been or will be released from custody and join other released detainees on house arrest. These men will b [...] | 2007-03-16 20:02:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER CA |
07TORONTO120 | ONTARIO AG SUPPORTS IPR, PROMISES TO PROSECUTE IF POLICE [...] (SBU) On March 15 Consul General and Pol/Econ officer met with Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant to urge a strengthening of intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. Bryant said that he fully supports prosecuting those who pirate DVDs and CDs and confirmed he concurs that profits f [...] | 2007-03-16 20:47:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KIPR PREL PGOV CA |
07TORONTO125 | 2007 Ontario Budget Focuses Social Deficit in Election [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's 2007 budget, unveiled on March 22, focuses on reducing poverty, increasing services for modest-income families, and reducing property tax increases. It contains little additional funding for infrastructure investments and continues funding programs previously announce [...] | 2007-03-23 20:26:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV CA |
07TORONTO139 | UPDATE ON TORONTO TERRORISM SUSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since June 2, 2006, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has arrested 18 men with suspected connections to a Toronto-based terrorist group. The terrorist group is most notorious for its plot to behead the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. Currently, 14 adults and 3 youths [...] | 2007-04-02 20:48:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER CVIS CA |
07TORONTO430 | Unraveling Canada's Asset-Backed Commercial Credit Crunch [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By agreement among the players, the Canadian non-bank asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, which was valued at C$40 billion in August, is frozen until December 14. Canada's market for ABCP sold by non-bank dealers ground to a halt in mid-August after Toronto-based Covent [...] | 2007-10-25 18:44:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA |
07TORONTO439 | FORMER CANADIAN KANDAHAR COMMANDER MAKES CASE FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Speaking before the Toronto-based Canadian Institute for International Affairs on November 2, Major General Tim Grant, recently returned from a stint as commander of Canadian Forces troops in Afghanistan, encouraged patience and highlighted progress in Canada's mission in Afghanistan. Gr [...] | 2007-11-02 18:57:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER CA AF |
07TORONTO44 | NDP PICKS UP LIBERAL SEAT IN ONTARIO BY-ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's major political parties split three Toronto-area by-elections on February 8. The ruling Liberal Party, held onto one seat, but lost one to the New Democratic Party (NDP). The Conservatives held onto their seat. Though the Liberals have a large majority in the Ontario [...] | 2007-02-09 16:54:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR CA |
07TORONTO440 | TORONTO TERROR PLOT BAIL HEARINGS RESUME, NEW CHARGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusual move, Canadian prosecutors terminated preliminary hearings in September and decided to move the defendants in the 2006 Ottawa and Toronto terrorism plots directly to trial. Ontario courts will now revisit the confinement conditions of each of the suspected terrori [...] | 2007-11-02 19:43:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CA |
07TORONTO441 | Federal Government Promotes Canada as a Low Tax Country [...] Summary: Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made no new announcements in a November 5 Toronto speech, instead apparently previewing Conservative economic themes for the next campaign by focusing mostly on Canada's strong economy and Conservative tax-cutting, including the next promised one [...] | 2007-11-05 19:35:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL SENV CA |
07TORONTO448 | Narcotics Smugglers Still Working the U.S.-Canada Border [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug smuggling continues to be a major challenge for Ontario law enforcement. Organized criminal groups smuggle ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana in and out of Canada on a regular basis, trying to exploit seams along the lengthy shared border with the United States, and Pearson I [...] | 2007-11-13 15:28:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM CA |
07TORONTO450 | Changing Face of Canadian Auto Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: An ascending Canadian dollar, briefly topping US$1.10 for the first time in modern history on November 7 and still at US$1.04 as of November 14, continues to put pressure on the Canadian auto manufacturing sector, and to erode its global competitiveness. Canadian Auto Workers ( [...] | 2007-11-14 18:21:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA |
07TORONTO457 | Strong Loonie - Cross-border Shopping Hurts Canadian Auto [...] (SBU) Summary: The strong Canadian dollar and weaker U.S. consumer demand are challenging Canadian-based auto assemblers' efforts to remain globally competitive. Sales to Canadians of new and used autos from the U.S. are up by 21% to 136,666, setting a new record for the first 10 months of th [...] | 2007-11-29 19:39:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA |
07TORONTO466 | Fight Against Counterfeit Goods Boosted in Ontario [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Toronto police seized C$10 million in designer knock-offs on Toronto's black market. On December 4, a significant four-day anti-counterfeiting conference in the Toronto area included 120-150 law enforcement personnel, government officials, and industry representa [...] | 2007-12-05 20:23:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KCRM KIPR PGOV CA |
07TORONTO470 | WHIT: ONTARIO UNVEILS NEW SECURE DRIVERS LICENSE, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The new Ontario Drivers License, while incorporating new, badly needed security features, is unlikely to meet the threshold for use as a WHTI-approved passport alternative. Recently appointed Minster of Transportation Jim Bradley, has announced that he will begin discussions [...] | 2007-12-10 19:39:00 | Consulate Toronto | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PBTS PREL CPAS CA |
07TORONTO479 | Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Toronto-based IHYA Foundation is organizing a knowledge retreat for Muslim students, a large convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, and a concert from December 23-31. Organizers expect 15,000 people to attend the convention - about 2,000 of whom will likely come [...] | 2007-12-18 18:49:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KISL KPAO PREL CA |
07TORONTO81 | ONTARIO PURSUES DRIVERS' LICENSES AS PASSPORT ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario plans to issue a secure drivers' license by the end of 2007 that provincial officials hope can be used to document identity and citizenship in lieu of passports for travel across the U.S. border. The initial, informal plan for use of the card to cross into the U.S. woul [...] | 2007-03-07 09:54:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL CA |
07TORONTO90 | ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING IN ONTARIO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police seizures and arrests during the past year show that illegal drug activity, including cross-border smuggling, continues to be a big problem in Ontario. Police have seized large quantities of ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana. They have discovered and shut down nearly 300 in [...] | 2007-03-08 08:59:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SOCI PGOV KCRM CA |
07VILNIUS129 | LITHUANIA SANGUINE ABOUT ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPER [...] (C) We met with Ambassador-at-Large Gediminas Serksnys February 20 to encourage the GOL to demarche Iceland against the withdrawal of its mobile patrol team from Afghanistan at the end of April 2007. Serksnys expressed only mild disappointment at the loss of the Mobile Liaison Observation Tea [...] | 2007-02-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO |
08BAGHDAD1735 | TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL URANIUM FROM TUWAITHA TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) recently finalized a sales contract with Cameco for the approximately 550 metric tons of natural uranium that was being stored at the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center. To facilitate the sale, DOD removed the material from Iraq for onward shipment t [...] | 2008-06-08 15:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL CA IZ |
08BAGHDAD1775 | JUNE 11 MEETING WITH GOI ON TUWAITHA YELLOW CAKE [...] (S) SUMMARY: EMIN and Energy Attach met with GOI's Science & Technology Minister Raid Fahmi on June 11 to inform Fahmi that the current estimate is USG will deliver the 550 MT of GOI's natural uranium (Yellow Cake or YC) to Cameco, Inc. in Montreal, Canada on July 3,2008. Fahmi expressed alarm [...] | 2008-06-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | CA ECON ENRG IZ KNNP PARM PREL |
08BAGHDAD1971 | JUNE 25 MEETING WITH GOI REGARDING TUWAITHA YELLOW [...] (S) SUMMARY: EMIN and Energy Attach met on June 25 with Minister of Science and Technology, Raid Fahmi,to hear Fahmi's views about the financial consequences of USG's delivering the 550 MT of natural uranium (Yellow Cake) to Canada after the Sales Contract's June 15 delivery date. Fahmi asked [...] | 2008-06-27 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | CA ECON ENRG IZ KNNP PARM PREL |
08BEIJING1210 | TIBET: MFA ORGANIZES TIGHTLY CONTROLLED TRIP TO [...] (C) With less than 24-hours notice to participating Embassies, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) Government, organized an overnight trip to Lhasa March 28 to 29. Fifteen Beijing-based diplomats, including PolOff, participated. Diplomats we [...] | 2008-03-31 13:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF NP IN JA BR GM CA IT |
08BEIJING4394 | China reluctant to engage on EITI [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Post delivered background paper in reftel demarche by fax to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Affairs Division, the National Energy Administration (NEA) International Cooperation Division, and the Ministry of Land and Resources (MOLAR) International Coop [...] | 2008-12-02 05:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG EPET EMIN KCOR CH CA AS |
08BEIRUT238 | LEBANON: CANADA AND BELGIUM NEED PUSH TO AID LAF, [...] (C) During a February 12 international donor assistance meeting for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),Canadian and Belgian DATTs (protect) requested USG help in approaching their host countries' foreign ministries to seek additional support for the LAF. The DATTs said that each of their countr [...] | 2008-02-14 17:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER BE CA LE |
08BELGRADE1268 | SERBIA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW AMBASSADORS SANS AGREMENT [...] (SBU) At its weekly session on November 20, the Serbian government (GOS) endorsed the appointment of seven new ambassadors, even though we later learned from MFA contacts that the government had not yet requested agrement for the ambassadors-designate. This lapse of diplomatic protocol may com [...] | 2008-12-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL CA FR GM MO PL RO SZ SR |
08BERLIN839 | GERMANS WILL ENGAGE JAPAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (C) Post discussed Ref (A) points June 25 with Chancellery and Foreign Office officials. POL M/C raised the matter with Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen and Security Policy Director Geza von Geyr on the margins of their June 25 meeting with Secretary Rice. They suppor [...] | 2008-06-26 16:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AF AS CA GM IT FR |
08BOGOTA2120 | OY CANADA - COLOMBIA CLOSES FTA WITH CANADA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia closed free trade negotiations with Canada on Saturday, June 7. Implementation before the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) could place some U.S. producers at a competitive disadvantage, most notably agricultural products, certain manufactured products, ser [...] | 2008-06-11 20:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON CO CA |
08BOGOTA501 | UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: COLOMBIA, [...] Embassy Bogota's update of worst forms of child labor information request follows. 2. LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROSCRIBING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INDICATORS: -What laws have been promulgated on child labor, such as minimum age(s) for employment or hazardous forms of work? Are there [...] | 2008-02-08 00:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM CA CO |
08BRASILIA1353 | BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERIES: OFAC KINGPIN ACT DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) On October 3, 2008 Econoff delivered ref A and B demarches to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF official Bernardo Mota took delivery of ref A document regarding the Department of the Treasury's (DOT) Office of Foreign Assets Contr [...] | 2008-10-10 19:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN NU CI UY PA PM CA VE BR AR |
08BRUSSELS1876 | EU AND CANADA REACH AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) On December 9, the EU and Canada announced they had concluded negotiations and initialed a comprehensive air transport agreement. It will replace the existing network of bilateral aviation arrangements, liberalize direct air services between Canada and EU member states, allow cargo car [...] | 2008-12-12 14:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EUN CA |
08BRUSSELS447 | DHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS WITH EU COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 14, 2008, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker met in Brussels with European Union Director General for Justice, Freedom and Security (JLS) Jonathan Faull for a detailed discussion of the implementation along twin tracks of the U [...] | 2008-03-26 10:47:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CA CMGT CVIS EUN |
08BRUSSELS637 | FOLLOW UP ON EU BORDER SECURITY SYSTEMS [...] In response to reftel, Post has prepared the following information on the status of the European Union's proposed Electronic Travel Authorization System (ETSA),planned updates to the Schengen Information System, and planned Visa Information System. Each component is described below. 2. St [...] | 2008-04-25 11:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CA CMGT CVIS EUN PINR PREL PTER |
08COPENHAGEN324 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CANADIAN RESOURCE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn on May 28 following the Arctic Ocean Conference at Ilulissat, Greenland. They discussed the recent U.S. listing of the polar bear as a threatened species, energy resource exploitation in the C [...] | 2008-06-06 11:05:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG EPET CA |
08COPENHAGEN338 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CANADIAN RESOURCE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn on May 28 following the Arctic Ocean Conference at Ilulissat, Greenland. They discussed the recent U.S. listing of the polar bear as a threatened species, energy resource exploitation in the C [...] | 2008-06-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG EPET CA |
08DOHA827 | NUCLEAR POWER: MODELS AND ANTI-MODELS ABOUND AT [...] (U) On November 10-11, Ambassador Wolcott participated in the MENA Nuclear Energy Forum in Doha, Qatar, during which she delivered a special address. Additional speakers included representatives of regional governments (the UAE, Egypt, Qatar, Oman, and Yemen); multilateral organizations (Gulf [...] | 2008-11-25 07:27:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL QA EG MU KU AE FR BE CA |
08GUATEMALA763 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SMIG AORC XR XM XL CA GT |
08HALIFAX13 | NEW BRUNSWICK PREMIER PUSHING TO MAKE HIS PROVINCE THE "NEXT [...] (SBU) New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham and Energy Minister Jack Keir are working hard to make energy the catalyst for moving their province to economic self-sufficiency. Their agenda calls for their province to be a reliable and long-term electricity supplier to the northeastern United Stat [...] | 2008-03-14 20:06:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR SENV CA |
08HALIFAX28 | VIEW FROM THE BORDER: MAINE-NEW BRUNSWICK CROSSINGS [...] SUMMARY: Building on the border reporting in ref (a),conoff and assistant visited the Calais/St. Stephen and Houlton/Woodstock ports of entry on the Maine/New Brunswick border the week of March 31. Meetings with border officials, community representatives and businesspeople confirmed that th [...] | 2008-04-21 12:44:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS PGOV PREL WHTI ASEC ECON CA |
08HALIFAX35 | MAPPING THE BORDER: CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON NEW U.S. LAND [...] According to the GSA Regional Office in Boston, the contractor building the new Land Port of Entry (LPOE) for DHS/CBP at Calais, Maine, has completed about 10% of the work. Meanwhile, the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) contractor building the new international bridge across the St. [...] | 2008-05-16 20:43:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL CPAS ASEC WHTI CA |
08HALIFAX36 | URANIUM MINING IN ATLANTIC CANADA: PROTESTS VERSUS PROFIT [...] Considering there is a vociferous and devoted anti-uranium lobby in Canada's Atlantic Provinces, it appears unlikely that the region will be joining the world uranium club any time soon. There are identified commercial quantities of uranium in three of the four provinces that could be develop [...] | 2008-05-28 11:59:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PHUM CA |
08HALIFAX45 | ENERGY PROJECTS IN ATLANTIC CANADA - FACTS AND FIGURES [...] This cable is a "primer" on the status of significant operating and future energy projects in Atlantic Canada. The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC),a regional think tank, reported in March 2008 that actual and proposed new investment in these projects had reached the level of $42 [...] | 2008-06-13 19:06:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG PGOV CA |
08HALIFAX50 | TRIAL DATE SET FOR SEA SHEPHERD SEAL HUNT PROTESTORS [...] SUMMARY: Two officers of a Dutch-registered vessel, owned and operated by the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, will be back in Canada in April 2009 to face trial over their involvement in a marine protest against Canada's east coast seal hunt. END SUMMARY. 2. Court officials [...] | 2008-07-10 19:26:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PHSA PREL CASC CA |
08HALIFAX58 | NEWS FROM ATLANTIC CANADA'S ENERGY SECTOR [...] With annual energy exports from Atlantic Canada to the United States now exceeding $14 billion, the region is poised to become an even more important energy supplier in the future. This cable reports on the latest developments across the region. Overall, it has been a busy summer with good an [...] | 2008-08-11 19:46:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG PGOV CA |
08HALIFAX60 | NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR'S OFFSHORE HEBRON PROJECT GOING [...] SUMMARY: Premier Danny Williams of Newfoundland-Labrador has signed a lucrative deal with a Chevron-led consortium of oil companies to develop the Hebron oil field. Daily production will be 150,000 to 170,000 barrels of oil with the majority available for export to the U.S. market. The first [...] | 2008-08-20 19:08:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG PGOV HEBRON CA |
08HALIFAX70 | HALIFAX ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT [...] In accordance with reftel, Halifax conducted its annual review of consular management controls on November 10, 2008. Harold D. Foster, FS-01, Consul General certifies successful completion of the management review and that post is in full compliance. 2. a. Standard Operating Procedures: [...] | 2008-11-10 19:35:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD CA |
08HALIFAX73 | NOVA SCOTIA AWAITING NEW USG POLICY ON GEORGES BANK [...] High-level officials in the Nova Scotia Department of Energy told CG and visiting Canada Desk Director at a November 18 meeting that they are waiting to see how the new U.S. administration defines its policy on oil and gas exploration and drilling on Georges Bank as this could affect how the pr [...] | 2008-11-20 19:16:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIS SENV PGOV US CA |
08HALIFAX78 | ATLANTIC CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE FEDERAL POLITICAL [...] Atlantic Canadians are divided on how they see the political situation in Ottawa unfolding. Some are embracing the idea of an opposition coalition. Others are more worried that the political instability is diverting attention away from the bigger issue of how to deal with the current economic [...] | 2008-12-03 19:29:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
08HALIFAX79 | ATLANTIC CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE FEDERAL POLITICAL [...] Atlantic Canadians are divided on how they see the political situation in Ottawa unfolding. Some are embracing the idea of an opposition coalition. Others are more worried that the political instability is diverting attention away from the bigger issue of how to deal with the current economic [...] | 2008-12-03 19:29:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
08HALIFAX84 | MOST NEW ENERGY PROJECTS IN ATLANTIC CANADA MOVING AHEAD [...] INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY ======================= Despite the downturn in the global economy, for the most part, investment in Atlantic Canada's energy sector is still strong (REFTELS). Large energy companies and industry stakeholders are taking a long-term approach, predicting that by the time l [...] | 2008-12-16 19:51:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV CA |
08ISTANBUL371 | TERRORIST ATTACK AT AMERICAN CONSULATE ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, 2008 at approximately 1100 hours local time, three male assailants approached the Turkish National Police guard booth located outside Consulate Istanbul's main entrance (lower CAC) and opened fire on four police officers. In the ensuing shoot-out, three assailants and [...] | 2008-07-09 20:08:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER CA CASC |
08JAKARTA783 | GOI STILL REVIEWING ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is not yet ready to commit to the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative, but is not entirely ruling out the possibility. Indonesia is focused for now more on its own Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) initiative. The BDF idea remains embryonic, but important to [...] | 2008-04-18 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID AS CA KS |
08JERUSALEM1824 | PA JUSTICE SECTOR EFFORTS PROGRESSING IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the May 29 signing of its Justice Sector Strategy (JSS),the PA has progressed in implementing several areas of the plan: infrastructure, staffing, and case backlog reduction. PM Fayyad highlighted this progress in recent press statements (ref A). End Summary. Infras [...] | 2008-09-29 14:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID KWBG KPAL CA IS |
08KABUL1492 | CANADIAN CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] Canadian security and development efforts in Afghanistan are substantial and noteworthy. Canada is a leading troop contributor. Its troops are placed in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous provinces, where they suffer frequent casualties. Canada is also a major donor, with Afghanistan represe [...] | 2008-06-19 04:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM AF CA |
08KUWAIT260 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POLLING POTENTIAL DONORS ON [...] (C) On February 28, econoff delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Americas Department First Secretary Hamad Al-Mashan and reiterated previous calls by emboffs for the GOK to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible. Al-Mashan said that any discussion or consideration of assistance would be premature un [...] | 2008-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | AS BA CA EG EAID EFIN PREL EINV |
08LIMA150 | PERU SIGNS FTA WITH CANADA AND MOVES FORWARD ON OTHER FREE [...] (SBU) With the U.S.- Peru Free Trade Agreement, approved by the U.S. Congress last month, in its implementation phase, the Government of Peru (GOP) has closed its agreement with Canada, and is actively negotiating a tariff-only deal with China. The GOP is also looking to conclude agreements w [...] | 2008-01-28 19:50:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN USTR CA CH CI EU PE |
08LONDON1151 | (C) BP PREFERS TO MANAGE CHINESE PRESSURE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY The Chinese government has threatened action against BP assets on the mainland if the company does not halt new projects in disputed South China Sea waters. BP would like to keep any reactions to Chinese pressure over the company's activities in the South China Sea within commercia [...] | 2008-04-23 15:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PBTS PGOV PREL CA VN UK |
08LONDON2833 | CTF-150/SOMALIA: OUTBRIEF FROM CANADIAN SHIP [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian vessel HMCS Ville de Quebec escorted five WFP vessels in and out of Mogadishu between August and October 2008, and the vessel's commanding officer noted that there is clear evidence of collusion between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and pirates in Som [...] | 2008-11-10 14:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PTER SO CA UK |
08LONDON2858 | AFRICA/CHINA: MORE ENGAGEMENT IS A TWO-SIDED COIN [...] (C//REL TO FIVE EYES) China's increasing engagement with African governments is a two-sided coin. China more readily works on its Africa partners' behalf in the United Nations (sometimes in unhelpful ways for the West),and it also provides significant direct investment and infrastructure cr [...] | 2008-11-13 16:39:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EAID XA CA NZ AS CH TW UK |
08MEXICO1248 | MEXICAN AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR DIRTY WAR VICTIMS [...] Summary: Mexico waged a sporadic campaign against leftist groups in the late 60s thru the early 80s that reportedly produced the disappearance of hundreds. Relatives of those who disappeared have long insisted on justice and demanded the remains of their family members be returned to them. A [...] | 2008-04-25 18:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CA KCRM MX PGOV PHUM PREL |
08MEXICO1613 | MIGRATION, VIOLENCE AND OAXACA,S ECONOMY [...] Summary: Concerns about domestic violence, migration and Oaxaca's failing economy collide in Oaxaca where poloff met with state government officials, indigenous human rights organizations and local artisans to discuss current problems during a recent visit. State government officials were co [...] | 2008-05-27 22:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAID ECON MX PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
08MEXICO1947 | MEXICO: MERCURY DEMARCHE [...] On June 23 U.S. Embassy Mexico City ESTH counselor and science specialist met with Teresa Bandala, Director General of International Affairs, and Ives Gomez, Director of the Grey Agenda (Toxic Substance Office),in the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT). They noted th [...] | 2008-06-26 20:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO CA MX |
08MONTERREY96 | NAFTA DEPUTIES MEETING REVIEWS SMOOTH NAFTA IMPLEMENTATION, [...] (SBU) Summary. At their annual meeting NAFTA deputy trade ministers discussed the proposed agenda for a NAFTA ministerial to be held later in 2008. Agreed items include a trilateral workplan to enhance North American economic competitiveness, analysis to compare the NAFTA with more recent f [...] | 2008-02-22 20:47:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN ECON EAGR PGOV MX CA |
08MONTREAL28 | ICAO ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. OFFER CONTINUING GPS SERVICES [...] The President of the governing Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO),Roberto Kobeh, sent a reply to the FAA Administrator, copied to USICAO, affirming ICAO's acceptance of the September 10, 2007 United States' offer to continue worldwide access to the U.S. Global Posi [...] | 2008-02-07 21:11:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS ICAO CA |
08MONTREAL48 | QUEBEC LIBERALS: THE PQ AND KOSOVO AND FEDERAL [...] (C) Canada is weighing the effect recognizing Kosovo independence will have on Party Quebecois's (PQ) dormant separatist agenda, Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) Regional Coordinator Patrick Gilles informed Econ-Poloff February 20 in Montreal. He added that the government's concern was based on pre [...] | 2008-02-22 19:52:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KVIR YI EU CA |
08MONTREAL67 | ANALYSIS: CHAREST GAINS FROM OPPOSITIONSQ STRUGGLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Quebec Premier Jean Charest received unprecedented support from his party last weekend, giving cause to predict his budget will pass without inciting a provincial election. Coupling the relative disarray of both opposition parties with the election apathy of a public literally [...] | 2008-03-11 21:19:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA |
08MOSCOW3314 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 06:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ETTC KOMC RS |
08NEWDELHI1726 | INDIA IN COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: NOT SATISFIED [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on India's role in the Community of Democracies (CD) to Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora. On June 20 Arora contacted A/PolCouns to provide India's position on the withdrawal of Indian support for the Diplomat's Handboo [...] | 2008-06-23 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ZI SF PO CA IN |
08NEWDELHI54 | DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE SYRIAN [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (West Asia and North Africa) M. Manimekalai and SIPDIS Director (WANA) N.J. Gangte on January 7, and expressed USG desire that the GOI make public statements in support of the Syrian democracy and human rights activists who formed t [...] | 2008-01-08 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF XG KMPI NSC SY EUN TU CA JA SF IN |
08NIAMEY1183 | (SBU) NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SENDS SPECIAL [...] (S) Summary. The Government of Canada (GOC) dispatched its Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for La Francophonie Jacques Bilodeau to the Republic of Niger (RON) for two days of consultations with Government of Niger (GON) officials on the disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowle [...] | 2008-12-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL NG CA XY |
08OTTAWA1 | CANADA'S POLICY PRIORITIES FOR 2008 [...] (C) Summary: The government of Prime Minister Harper intends to maintain a steady course in implementing the policy priorities of the October 2007 ""Speech from the Throne"" (reftels),while the Conservative Party's minority status in both Houses of Parliament makes demonstrable progress prob [...] | 2008-01-02 17:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SENV AF CA |
08OTTAWA10 | CANADA AGREES TO JOINT DEMARCHE RE UN SENIOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche on January 4, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Deputy Director Richard Arbeiter confirmed that DFAIT would instruct the Canadian Permanent Representative to the UN in New York to participate in the [...] | 2008-01-04 21:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS IO AF CA |
08OTTAWA1006 | NEW BY-ELECTIONS A TEST FOR FALL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Three federal by-elections for members of Parliament will take place on September 8 to fill two formerly Liberal seats and one Bloc Quebecois seat. As in the March 17 by-elections (ref a),the Liberals would need to win big to boost their confidence about bringing down the gove [...] | 2008-07-29 12:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA101 | DFAIT APOLOGIZES OVER TORTURE ALLEGATION [...] (C) Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs David Mulroney called Ambassador on January 18 to offer DFAIT's "real apology" that a Canadian consular training module on "Torture and Abuse Awareness" had included the U.S. on a list with Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Saudi [...] | 2008-01-18 17:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CA |
08OTTAWA1018 | CANADA AND POSSIBLE AMERICAS TRADE SUMMIT [...] (sbu) Canada strongly supports the U.S. idea of broadening free trade agreements and cooperation in the western hemisphere, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor in the Americas Strategy Secretariat Rouben Khatchadourian told Econcouns on July 30. Respond [...] | 2008-07-30 20:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD XM XS CA |
08OTTAWA1024 | CANADIAN AIR FORCE EMBRACES, RUSHES TRANSFORMATION [...] (C//NF) Summary: The International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan is a "transformation driver" that has obliged the Canadian Air Force (CAF) to develop a new Air Expeditionary Wing. The current deployment of about 350 airmen to the Afghan theater will grow to about [...] | 2008-07-31 17:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO CA |
08OTTAWA1027 | CONSERVATIVES SETTING THE STAGE FOR THIS FALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two months, the Conservative Party has fine-tuned the Cabinet, shaken up its managerial team, and revamped communications strategy to re-group ahead of the return of Parliament in mid-September. The new look was on display at the Conservative caucus summer policy [...] | 2008-07-31 21:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1028 | EXCHANGING VIEWS ON THE OAS AND THE SUMMIT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. In meetings at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on July 18, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States Hector E. Morales, Jr. emphasized his hopes of maintaining strong coordination and collaboration with Canada on hemi [...] | 2008-08-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XL XM CA |
08OTTAWA1032 | CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS STIR DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Federal and provincial Canadian Human Rights Commissions and Tribunals have over recent years come under intensified criticism, largely due to high-profile hate speech complaints, including about a controversial article on Muslims in Maclean's, a prominent Canadian magazine. An [...] | 2008-08-01 18:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA105 | CANADA COORDINATING WITH DOS ON UN DRIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 19:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OAS PREL PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1054 | CANADIANS TO ORGANIZE RC-S MINISTERIAL ON MARGINS [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Director Richard Arbeiter said on August 8 that Canada plans to propose a meeting of ISAF Regional Command Sounth (RC-S) country ministers on the margins of UNGA. The Canadians envision limiting the meeti [...] | 2008-08-08 17:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS NATO UNGA AF CA |
08OTTAWA1059 | THE ROLE OF THE PROVINCIAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS [...] (U) Summary: Canadian provincial human rights commissions and tribunals administer provincial human rights law, with varying provisions, procedures, and jurisdictions. While the public has traditionally viewed these commissions and tribunals as defenders of human rights, they are coming under [...] | 2008-08-08 20:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA106 | CANADA ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO BAN BURMESE IMPORTS [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for the Southeast Asia and Pacific Division Evelyne Coulombe told PolOff that Canada is taking every opportunity to encourage other governments to impose import bans on Burma. Coulombe said that the DFAIT Sout [...] | 2008-01-22 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PHUM BM CA |
08OTTAWA1064 | CANADA SUPPORTS STRONG NAC STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 16:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS RU GG CA |
08OTTAWA1068 | CDMA 2008: CANADA TO HIGHLIGHT NEW FOCUS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Canada will highlight its renewed focus on the Americas at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) 2008 in Banff, September 2-6. Canadian officials look forward to a robust U.S. presence at the CDMA and want to collaborate with the U.S. to ensure that the Dec [...] | 2008-08-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV OAS CA |
08OTTAWA1070 | CANADA SUPPORTS CYBERCRIME CONVENTION, DESPITE [...] (C) Government of Canada counterparts told acting political counselor on August 13 that Canada strongly supports the Council of Europe Cybercrime convention. They described the GOC's position as almost identical to that of the U.S., especially with respect to Russian resistance and gamesmansh [...] | 2008-08-12 19:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1072 | CANADA DEDICATES FUNDING TO LAUNCH TIP HOTLINE [...] (U) Per ref B, Public Safety Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are working with the Canadian Crime Stoppers Association, a non-profit organization, to establish a national hotline for reports of possible Trafficking in Persons (TIP) cases. In January 2008, the Canadian government d [...] | 2008-08-12 20:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN KCRM CA |
08OTTAWA1075 | NSG: CANADA SUPPORTS EXCEPTION FOR INDIA, SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials responded to ref A demarche by noting that Canada and the U.S. share similar views on how to secure an exception for India from the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Senior Canadian Embassy officials in Washington will seek a meeting with Acting Under Secretary John Ro [...] | 2008-08-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC IN CA |
08OTTAWA1090 | CANADA STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GORI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 18:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA |
08OTTAWA1091 | YOUNG VOTERS HAVE POTENTIAL TO INFLUENCE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Conventional wisdom in Canada suggests that young voters are apathetic. Indeed, official data show youth participation rates in federal elections have declined since 1993. However, mission conversations with politically-active young Canadians suggest that many of them are polit [...] | 2008-08-14 20:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1092 | CANADA REITERATES BACKING U.S. POSITION ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),called DCM August 15 to follow up on the Ambassador's demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Edwards (refs b and c). Swords said the Ambassador's points had been "well receiv [...] | 2008-08-15 15:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA |
08OTTAWA1093 | CANADA WILL SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN OVER SYRIA FOR [...] (C) Colleen Swords, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),told DCM August 15 that she was sure Canada would support Afghanistan over Syria if the race for the IAEA Board [...] | 2008-08-15 19:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM IAEA KNNP MNUN IR SY AF CA |
08OTTAWA1099 | MANITOBA: A CANADIAN ELECTION BELLWEATHER? [...] (SBU) Summary: Manitoba voters appear relatively satisfied with the federal and provincial political status quo, including a federal minority government, although the city of Winnipeg will see some hard-fought races in a federal election that could come as early as this fall. Public reaction [...] | 2008-08-15 20:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CA |
08OTTAWA1106 | IAEA BOG: CANADIANS OPPOSE SYRIAN BID, OPEN TO [...] (C//Rel Can) At an August 19 follow-up to ref a demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation Craig Weichel confirmed DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister Colleen Swords' assertion (ref b) that Canada would support Afghanistan over Syr [...] | 2008-08-19 15:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IAEA KNNP MNUN SY AF CA |
08OTTAWA1113 | NEW MOMENTUM TOWARD A FALL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Chances for a fall federal election in Canada are suddenly improving, with both the Conservatives and the Liberals now seemingly campaign-ready as well as already upping up the rhetoric while gauging the best possible timing in terms of economic news and the U.S. Presidential r [...] | 2008-08-20 19:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1115 | RESPONSES TO CANADA'S COMPETITION POLICY REVIEW [...] (U) Summary: On June 26, the government-appointed Competition Policy Review Panel released its final report entitled &Compete to Win.8 The Panel was created in July of 2007 and tasked with reviewing Canada's competition and foreign investment policies in order to issue recommendations to the [...] | 2008-08-20 20:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CA |
08OTTAWA1122 | CANADA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C//Rel Can) Summary: Canada has shared with Embassy a draft of the Dubai Process's yet-to-be approved Pakistan-Afghanistan Cooperation Action Plan (PACAP) to improve security and efficiency along the two countries' shared borders and legal crossing points. After the final Dubai Process meet [...] | 2008-08-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO EAID AF PK CA |
08OTTAWA1123 | CANADA'S PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GLOBALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a strong partner in promoting and defending human rights globally. Thanks to its "principle-based" approach, the Conservative Party believes that "Canada's voice is being heard" once again. Canada has awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama and Aung San [...] | 2008-08-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CH IS BM CA |
08OTTAWA1124 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] A Locally Engaged Staff (LES) member from mission Canada's American Presence Post in Winnipeg, Manitoba visited Wolverine Supplies in Virden, Manitoba on July 25. Wolverine Supplies is named in subject license application as the foreign end-user of "fixed stock" models of the XCR rifle. Based [...] | 2008-08-22 20:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC CA |
08OTTAWA1130 | CDMA 2008: CANADA TO PROMOTE SECRETARIAT [...] (C//NF) Summary: At their September 4 meeting in Banff, Minister of Defence MacKay will urge Secretary of Defense Gates to support the creation of a secretariat for the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA). Canada believes a secretariat is required to bolster the CDMA's abi [...] | 2008-08-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV OAS CA |
08OTTAWA1137 | CANADIANS CALL IN RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR RE: GEORGIA [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Minister Len Edwards called in Russian Ambassador to Canada Georgiy Mamedov on August 26 to encourage Russia to reconsider its actions and cooperate fully with the international community [...] | 2008-08-27 12:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA |
08OTTAWA1140 | CANADA WANTS TO COORDINATE SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Canada wants to deepen bilateral coordination on support to Georgia. Canadian officials have asked for specific advice regarding the potential deployment of OSCE monitors and separate explosives abatement capability to Georgia. They would also like to coordinate U.S. and Canad [...] | 2008-08-27 16:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA |
08OTTAWA1142 | CANADIAN ELECTION SPECULATION HITS FEVER PITCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Harper decided on August 26 to keep Governor General Michaelle Jean in Ottawa through early September. Local media and commentators interpret the move as the clearest sign yet that Harper may soon call an autumn snap election. If Harper does make the announcemen [...] | 2008-08-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1144 | CANADA UNLIKELY TO ATTEND DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS [...] (U) On August 22, Econoff delivered reftel points to Jean-Yves Bourque, Program Officer, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Bourque stated that Canada does not have an aid program with Liberia and therefore is unlikely to attend the September Development Ministers meeting in Mo [...] | 2008-08-28 17:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL CA LI |
08OTTAWA1148 | CANADIAN RESPONSE TO KOSOVO ICJ DEMARCHE [...] (C) On August 28, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for East Europe and Balkans Jeremy Wallace expressed appreciation for ref A demarche, and said that his office had not yet decided its stance on the Kosovo ICJ resolution at UNGA. Wallace remarked [...] | 2008-08-29 13:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV CA |
08OTTAWA1149 | CANADA: MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER (MDRO) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID SOCI |
08OTTAWA1151 | CANADA IN RECEIPT OF DEMARCHE ON MED DIALOGUE SOFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 16:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NATO CA |
08OTTAWA1152 | CANADA SEEKS U.S. HELP TO PRESS ISI ON BORDER [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for South Asia Jim Nickel told pol/miloff on August 28 that Pakistani ISI Director General Lieutenant General Nadeem Taj had just canceled his September 4-5 meetings with senior Canadian officials in Ottawa. Nickel sa [...] | 2008-08-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO PK AF CA |
08OTTAWA1162 | GREEN PARTY MAKES HISTORY WITH FIRST MP [...] The Green Party landed its first Member of Parliament on August 30. Sitting Independent MP Blair Wilson formally joined the party and said he will run under the Green banner in a Canadian federal election that local analysts expect to be called within days. Wilson's recruitment marks a first [...] | 2008-09-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV PINR CA |
08OTTAWA1165 | TORIES POISED FOR MODEST GAINS IN QUEBEC [...] (SBU) Summary: With a fall federal election all but certain, our English and French-speaking contacts in Montreal told us that the Conservatives are well-positioned to add to their eleven seats in Quebec. They downplayed the possibility of a major breakthrough, however, and said that seat chan [...] | 2008-09-04 11:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SENV CA |
08OTTAWA1171 | CANADA TO CALL FEDERAL ELECTION ON SEPTEMBER 7 [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will trigger a Canadian federal election on September 7 with voting day on October 14. The Conservatives are well-positioned to win a second minority government and late August polls suggested they will gain seats in key provinces. However, tight [...] | 2008-09-05 21:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SENV CA |
08OTTAWA1172 | CANADA WILL DISCUSS BRAZIL'S PARTICIPATION IN PDG [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Planning officer Helen Fytche told poloff September 4 that Canada would be pleased to discuss Brazil's participation in the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) at the October 17 Steering Group meeting. Canada felt [...] | 2008-09-05 21:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KDEM BR CA |
08OTTAWA1177 | ELECTION KICK-OFF HIGHLIGHTS TORY PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Harper called a federal election on September 7 for voting on October 14 (Ref A). Harper emphasized continuity and stability in his first message to voters. Dion branded Harper an extremist. Although Harper signaled the date at least a week in advance -- and mo [...] | 2008-09-08 21:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1198 | NSPD/HSPD ON ARCTIC POLICY - REQUEST CONSIDERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy strongly believes release of the new Arctic Policy National Security Presidential Directive/Homeland Security Presidential Directive during Canada's federal election campaign has the potential to insert the United States as an issue in the campaign and negatively impact [...] | 2008-09-12 19:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EWWT PBTS TPHY TSPL CA |
08OTTAWA1199 | CANADA SUPPORTS US GOALS FOR UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Canada supports broadly U.S. goals for the UNGA Third Committee, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade human rights desk officer Cyndy Nelson. Nelson said however she could only offer a preliminary assessment, as Canada is in the middle of an election campaign. [...] | 2008-09-12 19:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UN CA |
08OTTAWA1200 | ISAF AMENDMENT OPLAN TO EXPAND CN AUTHORITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 20:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA1202 | CANADIAN APPROVAL BRINGS CANUS ILOC INTO FORCE [...] (U) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Continental Defense Relations Victor Rakmil told pol/miloff on September 12 that the Government of Canada had received approval from Parliament to bring into force the Agreement on Integrated Lines of Commun [...] | 2008-09-15 19:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR CA |
08OTTAWA1203 | AVIAN FLU CONFERENCE IN EGYPT: CANADA WILL ATTEND, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-15 19:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1216 | CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. The most likely outcome of the October 14 Canadian federal election is another Conservative victory, with the real question being whether Prime Minister Harper's party wins only a stronger minority or an actual majority. Neither result would likely cause any significant shift of [...] | 2008-09-16 20:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA123 | CANADA WILL NOT ATTEND UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada took a firm stance against the UN World Conference Against Racism on January 23 when it announced it would not attend the 2009 Durban Review Conference (Durban II). Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier stated that the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism "degenera [...] | 2008-01-24 20:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1231 | VANCOUVER OLYMPIC SECURITY UPDATE - COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 12-28 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver will present Canada, and the United States, with complex multi-jurisdictional security challenges. The RCMP has the security lead, but is planning for the Canadian Forces (CF) to render military support of civilian security a [...] | 2008-09-17 20:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC PTER KOLY CA |
08OTTAWA1232 | CANADA: NO NEW PLEDGES AT AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (sbu) Canada plans no new pledges at the September 22 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in New York, according to Louise Corbin, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Israel, West Bank, and Gaza. Corbin told Econcouns that Canada had pledged C [...] | 2008-09-17 20:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID IS KPAL PGOV PREL WBG |
08OTTAWA1234 | U.S. AND CANADA DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency USG delegation met recently in Ottawa with Canadian counterparts to discuss civilian and military cooperation in South Afghanistan. Canadian interlocutors described the strategic coordination and outreach efforts embodied in their Kandahar Action Plan. Canada seek [...] | 2008-09-17 21:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO EAID AF PK CA |
08OTTAWA1236 | CANADIAN RESPONSE TO IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for NATO Amy Galigan confirmed that no Canadian Forces (CF) troops are participating in NTM-I, or are otherwise engaged in Iraq and that the Government of Canada is not pla [...] | 2008-09-18 17:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS IZ CA |
08OTTAWA1237 | CANADIANS WORKING ON INTER-AGENCY RESPONSE TO RC-S [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior (DFAIT) Adviser for Afghanistan Policy and Advocacy David Fairchild expressed appreciation for reftel demarche of September 17, noting that the current version appeared to have taken into consideration earlier Canadian concern [...] | 2008-09-18 17:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA1238 | CANADIAN ELECTION WILL DELAY DECISION ON FUNDS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government will not consider reftel request that it provide $100 million per year in additional funding for the sustainment of the Afghan National Army (ANA) until a new government takes office after the October 14 federal election. End summary. 2. (C) On Septe [...] | 2008-09-18 17:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA124 | OPPOSITION REACTION TO MANLEY REPORT PREDICTABLE [...] (U) Summary: The New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Bloc Quebecois moved quickly, and predictably, on January 22 to reject the central recommendation of the Manley panel to extend Canada's combat mission in Afghanistan. Their decision puts the onus on the official opposition Liberals to clarify [...] | 2008-01-24 21:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS AF CA |
08OTTAWA1242 | MEETING BETWEEN U.S. NRC CHAIRMAN DALE KLEIN AND [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale E. Klein traveled to Ottawa from July 17-19, 2008. On July 18 Klein discussed reactor licensing and medical isotope production issues recently appointed Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) President Michael Binder; an [...] | 2008-09-18 21:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY SENV CA |
08OTTAWA1244 | CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 24 HAITI KEY [...] (U) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Assistant Deputy Minister (International Security Branch) and Political Director Colleen Swords and Assistant Deputy Minister (Americas Strategy) Alexandra Bugailiski will participate in the September 24 meeting of Haiti Key Play [...] | 2008-09-19 17:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC UNGA HA CA |
08OTTAWA1245 | CANADIANS CONSIDERING U.S. IDEAS, INITIATIVES ON [...] (S/Rel CAN) Summary: Canadian officials are studying ref a demarche on engaging China on proliferation-related trade with Iran, but warn that Canadian action could be slowed by the government's current pre-election caretaker status. Officials expressed appreciation for ref b ideas for blockin [...] | 2008-09-19 17:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL EFIN KNNP PARM PINR IR XS CH CA |
08OTTAWA1246 | CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT U/S BURNS' MEETING ON [...] (U) The Canadian representative to the September 24 meeting on Colombia hosted by U/S Burns in New York will be Assistant Deputy Minister (Americas Strategy) Alexandra Bugailiskis of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at [...] | 2008-09-19 18:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC PTER PHUM UNGA CO CA |
08OTTAWA1247 | CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. ON MESA CANDIDATE FOR [...] (S) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament Craig Weichel assured pol/miloff on September 19 that Canada and the U.S. are fully "in step" with respect to Afghanistan's bid for the Middle East South Asia (MESA) seat on the IAEA Board [...] | 2008-09-19 18:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PARM MNUC IAEA AF SY IR CA |
08OTTAWA1250 | CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT EFFORT TO DERAIL [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation Shawn Caza, at the upcoming IAEA General Conference Canada will seek to kill a resolution on "Israeli nuclear capability" with a no-action motion. The way that support for the [...] | 2008-09-19 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC IAEA IS CA |
08OTTAWA1251 | CANADA SUPPORTS RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (SBU) Following up on reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Craig Weichel told pol/mil officer on September 19 that Canada would vote for the U.S.-sponsored UNGA First Committee Resolution on Compliance with Non-Pr [...] | 2008-09-19 20:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNGA CA |
08OTTAWA1253 | CANADA CONSIDERING FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (C) Canada is leaning toward extending financial support to the Community of Democracies (CD) Secretariat, and will likely announce that it is exploring ways to provide a modest contribution at the September 26 CD meeting, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFAIT) Senior Policy An [...] | 2008-09-19 20:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNGA CA |
08OTTAWA1254 | CANADIANS WORKING ON RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche on September 19, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Advisor for Defense and Security Sarah Robertson said that Canadian officials were now consulting internally on whether they could extend the HMCS Ville de Quebec's current depl [...] | 2008-09-19 20:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS MCAP XW CA |
08OTTAWA1257 | CANADA-EU TRADE PROPOSAL MAY RIVAL SCOPE OF NAFTA...OR NOT. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EIND EFIN ELAB CA EU |
08OTTAWA1258 | THE U.S. IN THE CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION -- NOT! [...] (C) Summary. Despite the overwhelming importance of the U.S. to Canada for its economy and security, bilateral relations remain the proverbial 900 pound gorilla that no one wants to talk about in the 2008 Canadian federal election campaigns. This likely reflects an almost inherent inferiority c [...] | 2008-09-22 18:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1259 | NATO: CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW OF NO BUSINESS AS [...] (C) Summary: Canada agrees with the U.S. position that there should be no business as usual at the NATO Russia Council (NRC),and at the NRC Prep Com, and Canada is making this point to its NATO allies. End summary. 2. (C) On September 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAIT) [...] | 2008-09-22 20:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO PARM KCFE RS GG CA |
08OTTAWA1263 | UNGA: CANADIAN THOUGHTS ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: At the September 26 Friends of Pakistan Group (FoPG) meeting on the margins of UNGA, Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Len Edwards will articulate Canada's desire to collaborate with like-minded countries in support of political and economic development and stability in Pakistan. [...] | 2008-09-23 16:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PK CA |
08OTTAWA1264 | CANADA EXTENDS WFP ESCORTS OFF SOMALIA [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defense and Security Michael Kaduck on September 23 confirmed that the Canadian government had decided to extend its World Food Program (WFP) escort duty from September 27 to a "hard deadline" of October 2 [...] | 2008-09-23 19:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR MCAP UNSC XW CA SO |
08OTTAWA1265 | CANADA SUPPORTS MAJORITY OF U.S. GOALS AT UNGA [...] (C) Canada supports the majority of U.S. goals for the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) general debate and regular session, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for UN and Commonwealth Affairs Shannon-Marie Soni. Deputy Foreign Minister Len Edw [...] | 2008-09-23 19:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA CA |
08OTTAWA1271 | CANADIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Craig Weichel has verified that Canada had co-sponsored the U.S. Compliance Resolution at the UN First Committee in 2005 (ref a) and that DFAIT was therefore "in a good position" t [...] | 2008-09-26 18:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNGA CA |
08OTTAWA1274 | CANADA WILLING TO DEMARCHE INDIA ON WFP ESCORTS [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Michael Kaduck confirmed to pol/mil officer after COB on September 26 that he had instructed the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi to respond positively to a U.S. Embassy request that [...] | 2008-09-29 13:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR MCAP UNSC XW SO CA |
08OTTAWA1275 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Consulates General Vancouver and Montreal investigated Astro Global Trading (AGT) and DSP Electronics, respectively, regarding the disposition of two cylinder assembly components for the Pilatus aircraft exported under application 050096269. The owner of AGT -- Sal [...] | 2008-09-29 16:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ETTC KOMC |
08OTTAWA1293 | ELECTION 2008: VISITS TO THE "WAR ROOMS" [...] (C) Summary. The contrast between the state-of-the-art Conservative Party campaign "war room" and its rather ramshackle Liberal Party equivalent helps to explain why Conservatives are at least 11 percentage points in the polls about whom electors would vote for if the federal election were [...] | 2008-10-02 14:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1297 | CANADIAN ABSTENTION LIKELY ON KOSOVO ICJ REFERRAL [...] (C) In response to reftels, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia Relations Jeremy Wallace told pol/mil officer that Canada seems to be "moving toward an abstention" if there is a vote. DFAIT officials have not yet made a de [...] | 2008-10-03 18:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV CA |
08OTTAWA1300 | CONSERVATIVES STILL AHEAD FOLLOWING DEBATES [...] (C) Summary. The Conservatives emerged from the federal election campaign's two national debates having preserved their comfortable lead in the polls. Despite facing a constant barrage of criticism from the four main opposition parties, PM Harper seems to have come through relatively unscath [...] | 2008-10-03 21:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1302 | CANADIANS APPRECIATE MTCR PAPERS, WANT MORE [...] (SBU) On October 3, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Phillip J. Baines expressed appreciation for reftel paper. Baines said he looks forward to receiving even more of the "very useful" U.S. papers in advance of the Information [...] | 2008-10-06 21:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MTCRE ETTC MNUC TSPA CA |
08OTTAWA1303 | (S) CANADA CONSIDERING SPACE LAUNCH ALTERNATIVES [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (S/RelCan) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Phillip Baines raised U.S.-India safeguards on October 3, asking whether the United States intends to broaden its bilateral safegua [...] | 2008-10-06 21:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC CA |
08OTTAWA1308 | ELECTION 2008: RACE NARROWS WITH ONE WEEK TO GO [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's major political parties have launched their final push to Election Day on October 14. Although the Conservative government appears certain to be re-elected, whether it will win a majority or another minority mandate is less clear. The apparent slowing of Conservative [...] | 2008-10-07 21:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1313 | CANADA WILL DONATE TO UNRWA'S RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 19:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL LE CA |
08OTTAWA1314 | ELECTION 2008: WHAT IF... [...] (C) Summary. A Liberal victory in the federal election, while still not likely, has suddenly become a possibility in the wake of widespread concerns about the world financial situation. Improved prospects for the Liberals in Ontario and for the Bloc Quebecois in Quebec have substantially ea [...] | 2008-10-09 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1315 | NO CHANGE IN CANADIAN VIEWS OF CHINA FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Many Canadians viewed the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics through the prism of Canadian preparations for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, and were deeply impressed by the smooth success of the sporting events in China, as well as by the dramatic new sporting venues. The Beijing Olympic [...] | 2008-10-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO CH CA |
08OTTAWA1316 | ELECTION 2008: WHAT'S ON THEIR MINDS [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic crisis has made the economy the defining issue in the 2008 election campaign, with the environment, healthcare, and crime tacking a distinct backseat. Afghanistan and foreign policy are not under real discussion. Polls continue to fluctuate, but the Conserva [...] | 2008-10-10 20:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1317 | CANADIAN CHALLENGES RELATED TO ACCESSION OF [...] (U) Action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Adviser for Defence and Security Robert Bissett told pol/mil officer that Canada would move as quickly as possible to complete the ratification of the pro [...] | 2008-10-10 20:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MARR PREL KTIA AL CA HR |
08OTTAWA1318 | CANADIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON ISSUES OF [...] (C) Summary: Canada at the 2008 UNGA First Committee will most likely abstain on the resolutions related to "de-alerting" and depleted uranium munitions. Canada likely will vote for the resolution on telecommunications in the context of international security, but will not repeat its co-spo [...] | 2008-10-14 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC UNGA NATO CA |
08OTTAWA1324 | CONSERVATIVES TO FORM SECOND MINORITY GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Conservative party won an enhanced minority in the October 14 federal election, increasing its representation in every region and province except Quebec and Newfoundland. Party leaders of the four major parties all won re-election (although Green leader May failed to w [...] | 2008-10-15 17:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1325 | ELECTION 2008: WHAT IT MEANS [...] (C) The next Canadian federal election campaign effectively began on October 15, in the wake of the October 14 election results that gave the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Stephen Harper a stronger "mandate" but yet another minority position in the 308-seat House of Commons (reftel). [...] | 2008-10-15 18:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1329 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 REQUEST: [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel A, Consulate General Vancouver investigated Paul Reibin, dba Range Sports Unlimited (RSU),regarding his bona fides to export munitions as identified under application 050113948. Mr. Reibin is in possession of a Business Firearms License issued by the Canadian Firearms C [...] | 2008-10-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ETTC KOMC |
08OTTAWA1331 | CANADA TO ANNOUNCE SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Policy Advisor Jennifer Kleniewski confirmed to pol/miloff on October 15 that the just re-elected Conservative government "soon" would announce Canada's "substantial" donation to support the 2009 and 2010 [...] | 2008-10-16 20:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV KDEM AF CA |
08OTTAWA1341 | LIBERAL PARTY WOES [...] (C) Summary. The predicted resignation of Liberal leader Stephane Dion, perhaps very soon, will not solve the party's problems, which are financial, geographic, substantive, and perhaps generational. The likely continued disarray within the party -- even with possible a new leader -- must [...] | 2008-10-17 20:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1345 | CANADA WILL CONTRIBUTE $35 MILLION TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Policy Advisor Jennifer Kleniewski told pol/miloff on October 20 that Canada has budgeted $35 million to support the 2009 and 2010 elections in Afghanistan. In her follow-up to ref a, she also specifie [...] | 2008-10-20 18:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KDEM PGOV AF CA |
08OTTAWA1348 | DION TO STEP DOWN AS LIBERAL LEADER -- NEXT YEAR [...] (U) Stephane Dion announced on October 20 that he would step down as Liberal Party leader, but only after the next leadership convention had selected a replacement; he clarified that he will not be a leadership candidate again. He will remain as Official Opposition leader in the meantime. H [...] | 2008-10-20 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA135 | ELECTRIC POWER FROM CANADA: TRADE DWINDLES AS CONTINENT'S NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE REMAINS UNBUILT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 21:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA136 | PRIMETIME IMAGES OF US-CANADA BORDER PAINT U.S. IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has long gone to great pains to highlight the distinction between Americans and Canadians in its programming, generally at our expense. However, the level of anti-American melodrama has been given a huge boost in the current television [...] | 2008-01-25 23:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO CA |
08OTTAWA1362 | CANADA SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SUMMIT [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada fully supports the November 15 Financial Markets and World Economy Summit, and is committed to market-based financial systems and liberalized trading markets, according to senior Canadian financial officials. Canada will work closely with the United States and the G-7 co [...] | 2008-10-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA ECON EFIN PREL |
08OTTAWA1368 | CANADA KEEN TO ADVOCATE NON-PARTICIPATION IN [...] This is an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (C) Canada is willing to join the U.S. effort to persuade governments to steer clear of Iran's November 30 conference on nuclear energy. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-Proliferat [...] | 2008-10-24 21:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC AORC ENRG TRGY IR CA |
08OTTAWA1372 | PSYCHOLOGY, REALITY AND INTEGRATION: CANADA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: How Canada fares in the global economic crisis will be measured as much by its integration with the U.S. economy as by Canada's own domestic economic policies. The bottom line is: Canada's solid economic policy management will only serve to mitigate the impact of the global fi [...] | 2008-10-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
08OTTAWA1392 | (S) CANADIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. REPLY ON UAE REMOTE [...] (S/Rel Can) On October 29, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation and Disarmament Thomas Gillon expressed appreciation for reftel response regarding the transfer of RADARSAT-2 capabilities to the United Arab Emirates. Gillon remarked [...] | 2008-10-30 17:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC CA |
08OTTAWA1393 | CANADA WELCOMES U.S. - CARIBBEAN SECURITY [...] (U) Action request - please see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Relations Michael Kaduck told pol/miloff on October 29 that Canada is keen to participate in the U.S. - C [...] | 2008-10-30 19:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SNAR KJUS EAID MASS XL CA |
08OTTAWA1394 | NEW CANADIAN CABINET: "CERTAINTY, STABILITY, AND [...] (C) Summary. The Cabinet of the second government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper took office on October 29. Its expanded size includes more women and rewarded some new MPs from key geographic areas. As expected, former Minister of Transport Lawrence Cannon succeeded David Emerson as Mini [...] | 2008-10-30 19:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CA |
08OTTAWA1395 | CANADA: INFORMATION FOR SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL [...] (sbu) Ref a requests information regarding Canada's perspectives and concerns regarding the November 15 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy -- and also regarding the financial crisis' impact on Canada and government actions to address the crisis. Also per ref a, Econcouns John C [...] | 2008-10-31 13:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON EFIN |
08OTTAWA1396 | CANADA WILLING TO SIGN CHEMICAL WEAPONS CHALLENGE [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Louis-Phillipe Sylvestre confirmed to pol/miloff on October 30 that Canada wants to avoid the "complications" that would accompany a formal b [...] | 2008-10-31 17:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA |
08OTTAWA1407 | EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL IN CANADA [...] (U) Summary: Canada's emergency telecom systems consist of a priority access for dialing (also known as priority access to dial tone or PAD) system for landline phones and a wireless priority system (WPS) similar to the U.S. model. The dated PAD system offers little benefit to the Embassy. How [...] | 2008-11-03 22:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ACAO AMGT ANET CA |
08OTTAWA1408 | CANADA CONSIDERING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) According to Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Division for Inter-American Relations Leonard Beaulne, Canada will give "strong consideration" to the U.S. candidate for the Inter-American Commission of Women's (CIM) Executive Committee. [...] | 2008-11-03 22:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KWMN OAS CA |
08OTTAWA141 | PM HARPER SEEKS AFGHAN EXTENSION, WITH CAVEATS [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Harper publicly voiced his agreement with the Manley panel's call for an extension of Canada's mission in Kandahar after February 2009 - as long as NATO provides additional troops and equipment to help out (ref a). He pledged personally to take the lead to press Canada's alli [...] | 2008-01-28 21:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS AF CA |
08OTTAWA1411 | CANADA WANTS TO COORDINATE ON IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 5. 2. (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Che van Haastrecht on November 4 asked to coordinate CANUS outreach to discourage the sale of uranium to Iran by Kazakhstan (ref b). [...] | 2008-11-04 20:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC ENRG AORC TRGY IR CA |
08OTTAWA1414 | PM HARPER CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) In a statement on November 4, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama and all incoming Members of Congress and Governors. He pledged to continue to cooperate to "strengthen the special bond" between our two nations. (Full text in pa [...] | 2008-11-05 17:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1417 | NSDD 38 - Department of Homeland Security (DHS),United [...] The Embassy has received the NSDD-38 request from the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG) to establish an 0-4 Coast Guard Liaison Officer billet at the Royal Canadian Mounted political (RCMP) Headquarters in Ottawa. The Chief of Mission approves the establishment [...] | 2008-11-06 16:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AODE AMGT KMRS CA |
08OTTAWA1421 | CANADA FULLY SUPPORTS AND HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED [...] (S) Summary. Robert Sample, Senior Project Leader, Financial Crimes, Finance Canada, said that Canada's current regulations regarding financial institutions' (FI's) transactions with Iranian entities are in line with USG and FATF recommendations and are quite onerous on Canadian institutions. [...] | 2008-11-06 21:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN CA |
08OTTAWA1424 | OTTAWA HOSTS LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES INFORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada hosted an informal meeting of like-minded countries on Zimbabwe in Ottawa on October 30. Delegates agreed that MDC and ZANU-PF are in the midst of a power struggle to which there is no easy solution in sight. Several countries expressed concern at the Like-Minded Group,s [...] | 2008-11-07 16:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID ZI CA |
08OTTAWA1426 | NEW FOREIGN MINISTER LAWRENCE CANNON [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, Lawrence Cannon became Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's second Conservative government (reftel). Cannon is an experienced and competent administrator who is likely to provide stability to a department that has had four minist [...] | 2008-11-07 17:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR CA |
08OTTAWA1427 | CANADIAN INTERIM RESPONSE ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (SBU) On November 7, Deputy Pol/C conveyed reftel demarche points to James Gilmour, regional policy officer of the Afghan Task Force at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Gilmour promised to canvas colleagu [...] | 2008-11-07 18:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM IR PK AF CA |
08OTTAWA1430 | FINAL RESULTS of THE 2008 CANADIAN ELECTION [...] (U) Elections Canada has now validated all results of the 2008 federal election on October 14 (reftel and previous). The results are not technically official until the Chief Electoral Officer publishes them in a formal report on or before January 14, 2009 (within 90 days of the return of the w [...] | 2008-11-07 20:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1431 | CANADA AWARE OF U.S. COMPROMISE PROPOSAL ON ITU-R [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 15:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS CA |
08OTTAWA1433 | CANADA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Canada will support the U.S. candidate for the Inter-American Commission of Women's (CIM) Executive Committee at the CIM Assembly election in Santiago (November 10-12),according to Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Division of Inter-A [...] | 2008-11-10 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KWMN OAS CA |
08OTTAWA1437 | CANADA - ORGANIZING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY WORK [...] (U) This message responds to ref a's request for information on how the government of Canada has organized itself to prepare for negotiations for a post-2012 climate framework and to develop and implement domestic climate programs. Organizing for Domestic Climate Work ---------------------- [...] | 2008-11-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KCHG CA |
08OTTAWA1441 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN MEETING [...] (C) In response to November 12 ref a demarche, Deputy Director for South Asia Peter Fawcett at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) voiced Canada's full support, while expressing concern that the meeting now appears to be turning into more of a donors' meeting, des [...] | 2008-11-13 22:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON EAID PK CA |
08OTTAWA1443 | FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN: CANADA SEEKS BROAD SECURITY [...] (C) On November 13, Deputy Director for South Asia Peter Fawcett at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) elaborated on Canadian views of the upcoming Friends of Pakistan meeting (reftels). According to Fawcett, Canada seeks a "robust and broad" security discussion, [...] | 2008-11-14 19:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON EAID PK CA |
08OTTAWA1444 | CANADA BROADLY SUPPORTIVE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) According to Ryan Hewer, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's policy advisor for Iranian non-proliferation issues, Canada broadly supports the ideas outlined in reftel, about which State officials apparently briefed Canadian emboffs in Washington on Novem [...] | 2008-11-14 21:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC PARM ETTC ENRG IR CA |
08OTTAWA1446 | CANADA REITERATES DESIRE FOR G7 COORDINATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PARM PREL KNNP CA |
08OTTAWA1452 | BLEAK WINTER AHEAD FOR THE LIBERAL PARTY [...] (C) Summary. The opposition Liberal Party faces at least six months of virtual support for the second minority government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, given the necessity of ensuring Parliament deals constructively with the ongoing world financial crisis and domestic economic and emplo [...] | 2008-11-17 22:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CA |
08OTTAWA1453 | CANADA DECIDES AGAINST DEMARCHES ON IRAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) In an unexpected and unwelcome shift from ref a position, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-Proliferation Ryan Hewer informed poloff on November 17 that DFAIT had now decided Canada was already overextended in its demarches on the [...] | 2008-11-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC AORC ENRG TRGY IR CA |
08OTTAWA1455 | CONSERVATIVES TO PURSUE NARROW AGENDA IN 40TH [...] (C) Summary. The Conservative agenda that the government will lay out in detail on November 19 in the "Throne Speech" will almost exclusively focus on domestic remedies for the international economic crisis, according to senior Conservative staffers. It will -- of political necessity -- a [...] | 2008-11-18 18:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CA |
08OTTAWA146 | CANADA'S REPSONSE TO 1377 TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-29 21:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD ECPS CA |
08OTTAWA1460 | CANADA CRITICAL OF NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche on November 18, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Nicaragua desk officer Sandy Ewart confirmed that Canada fully shares U.S. concerns regarding the November 9 Nicaraguan municipal elections. He noted that the Canadian Embassy in Costa Ri [...] | 2008-11-18 22:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV NU CA |
08OTTAWA1468 | TWO NEW CONVICTIONS UNDER CANADA'S SEX TOURISM LAW [...] (U) Summary. Canada secured two new sex tourism convictions in November under Criminal Code amendments that now permit police to charge Canadians for sex crimes against children overseas. At least one other case in is the works for alleged abuses in Cambodia, Colombia, and the Philippines. E [...] | 2008-11-19 18:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV HA CA |
08OTTAWA147 | CANADA KEEN TO COOPERATE ON COUNTERNARCOTICS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-29 22:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA1470 | 2008 THRONE SPEECH FOCUSES ON ECONOMY, NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary and comment. The second Harper government's Throne Speech on November 19 lived down to expectations of a fairly modest agenda, primarily focused on dealing with the domestic impact of the global economic crisis. The government did not indicate any plans for a major economic sti [...] | 2008-11-19 22:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA1474 | CANADA SEEKS GREATER COHERENCE IN GLOBAL [...] (SBU) After receiving reftel demarche points and non-paper, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-proliferation David MacDuff said on November 20 that Canada believes the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) is struggling [...] | 2008-11-20 21:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER PREL KGIC CA |
08OTTAWA1476 | CANADA REMAINS STEADFAST AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Canada remains steadfast in its opposition to the plethora of anti-Israel UNGA resolutions outlined in reftel, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Middle East Division Director Michael Grant. Grant noted that Canada has voted this year exactly as it did i [...] | 2008-11-20 21:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA CA |
08OTTAWA1480 | CANADA CONCERNED BY IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C/NF) Canada found the November 19 IAEA report on the status of Iranian nuclear program to be "very bleak," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) non-proliferation senior policy advisor Ryan Hewer. Hewer commented that the report clearly suggests a "consi [...] | 2008-11-21 21:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MNUC KNNP PARM IAEA TRGY IR SY CA |
08OTTAWA1481 | CANADA OFFERS AMENDED LANGUAGE ON CWC CHALLENGE [...] (C) As promised in ref a demarche response, on November 21 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Louis-Phillipe Sylvestre provided suggested amendments to the draft language for an exchange of notes on procedures go [...] | 2008-11-21 21:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA |
08OTTAWA149 | CANADA SEEKS CLOSE COORDINATION IN RUN UP TO [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Policy Advisor for the Asia Pacific region Philip Cordier, Canada is generally in agreement with our concept paper on the ASEAN Regional Forum Workplan for Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime (reftel). The Division [...] | 2008-01-30 18:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF PTER CA |
08OTTAWA1491 | 63RD UNGA: CANADIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF FIRST [...] (SBU) Canada was pleased to support and co-sponsor the First Committee resolution on compliance this year, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament senior policy advisor Sarah Houghton. Houghton expressed appreciation for U [...] | 2008-11-25 19:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MNUC UNGA CA |
08OTTAWA1493 | CANADA SUPPORTS BROADENING ANA TRUST FUND MANDATE, [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) In the absence of the Ambassador, DCM spoke to David Mulroney, Deputy Minister and Afghanistan Coordinator in the Privy Council Office, regarding the U.S.-led initiative to broaden the mandate of NATO,s ANA Trust Fund (ref a). Mulron [...] | 2008-11-26 18:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF CA |
08OTTAWA1494 | CCM: CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR INTEROPERABILITY [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) Director of the Mine Action and Small Arms Team Earl Turcotte of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed to PolMinCouns on November 28 that Canada will make a "helpful" statement during the December [...] | 2008-11-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO MOPS CA |
08OTTAWA1495 | NEW POLITICAL BRINKMANSHIP BY THE CONSERVATIVES [...] (C) Summary. Unexpectedly early in the 40th Parliament, the Conservatives have called the bluff of the opposition parties by announcing an end to the federal funding for political parties, which basically keeps the opposition parties functioning. (The Conservatives' own successful fundrais [...] | 2008-11-28 16:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1496 | CANADA IN KANDAHAR; MODEST PROGRESS, LITTLE PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary and comment. The government's second quarterly report on progress toward Canada's benchmarks through 2011 in Afghanistan's Kandahar province claimed slight gains on the capabilities of Afghan army battalions in Kandahar, infrastructure projects, education and literary training, [...] | 2008-11-28 19:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV AF CA |
08OTTAWA1498 | MGIN01: CANADA ON MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on November 28 confirmed that one Canadian had died and two others had been injured (one of whom remains in intensive care but is in stable condition) as a result of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, while Canadian consular officials had been able [...] | 2008-11-28 19:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AEMR PTER IN CA |
08OTTAWA1501 | CANADA SEEKING TO KEEP EXCHANGE OFFICERS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada is seeking ways to keep its 13 military exchange officers in Iraq embedded in American and British military units after December 31, 2008, when the UN mandate for Iraq expires. In a December 1 meeting, Canadian interlocu [...] | 2008-12-01 21:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO IR CA |
08OTTAWA1502 | Harper Government Gives Snapshot of Canada's Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative government's November 27 Economic and Fiscal Statement stated that Canada is well positioned to weather the uncertainty and risks arising from the global financial crisis. Finance Minister Flaherty said the health of Canadian banks and the financial positions o [...] | 2008-12-01 21:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND CA |
08OTTAWA1503 | CANADA STILL MULLING ARF DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Asia Pacific security policy advisor Jean-Francois Lacasse, Canada is still consulting internally on how it can best match its interest in participating in the May 2009 Asean Regional Forum disaster relief exercis [...] | 2008-12-01 21:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS EAID ARF CA |
08OTTAWA1504 | MISSION CANADA ASSESS CURRENT POLITICAL TURMOIL [...] (C) Summary. Mission Canada reporting officers agreed on December 1 that Prime Minister Harper appears to have badly miscalculated by introducing a divisive political issue (the elimination of public financing for political parties) in the fall economic statement (reftel),when the public expe [...] | 2008-12-01 22:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1507 | OTTAWA'S UNEXPECTED POLITICAL TURMOIL; NEW [...] (C) Summary and comment. Prime Minister Stephen Harper faces a new and rather unexpected political challenge in the wake of the Conservatives' miscalculations in the Economic and Fiscal Statement (reftels). The Liberals and New Democratic Party on December 1 formalized an agreement to try [...] | 2008-12-02 20:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF CA |
08OTTAWA1508 | US-CANADA PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON DEFENSE (PJBD) [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada hosted the 222nd bi-national Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) meeting in Quebec City, November 12-14, 2008, with U.S. Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Chairman Rick Casson leading the discussions. The PJBD's Record of Decision (ROD) recognized the merit of [...] | 2008-12-02 22:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS CA |
08OTTAWA151 | CANADIAN MONETARY POLICY: [...] (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Mark Carney begins a seven-year term as Governor of the Bank of Canada on Friday, February 1 (ref B). Carney, who gained his first degree at Harvard, is not a career central banker. He worked for merchant bank Goldman Sachs in various assignments for thirteen years p [...] | 2008-01-30 21:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CA |
08OTTAWA1510 | BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR ON G20 SUMMIT AND [...] (c) Summary: Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and Deputy Governor John Murray told DCM and EMIN in a November 28 meeting that Bank officials were pleased with the G-20 Summit statement of principles. Carney stated that the Summit had acknowledged the global financial system's failures, an [...] | 2008-12-03 16:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN CA ETRD PREL |
08OTTAWA1511 | "UNCHARTERED WATERS" FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The usual ceremonial role of a Governor General may slip into a grey constitutional zone as she faces an imminent decision on a possible new federal election, prorogation of Parliament, or even formation of a new coalition government. While Governors General in Canada have almos [...] | 2008-12-03 19:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1512 | PM TO ADDRESS THE NATION TONIGHT [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper will address the nation at 7 p.m. EST on December 3, with speculation including a possible announcement of a new federal election in late January, prorogation of Parliament until it returns o/a January 26 to deal with the 2009 budget bill, or a conciliatory [...] | 2008-12-03 21:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1514 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK [...] Econoff was unable to verify the validity of a battery shipment order placed by Canada Department of National Defense (DND) identified in reftel. 2. Alaine Girard, Manager of the government of Canada,s Public Works office responsible for DND battery procurement, said he was not able to id [...] | 2008-12-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ETTC IS KOMC |
08OTTAWA1516 | CANADA SUSPENDING PARLIAMENT, AGAIN [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on December 4 that Governor General Michaelle Jean had agreed to "prorogue" Parliament (a technical suspension) until January 26. (At the PM's request, the Governor General had similarly prorogued Parliament in September 2007, for one month.) The [...] | 2008-12-04 17:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1518 | OPPOSITION OUTRAGE IN OTTAWA [...] (SBU) Opposition party leaders reacted in outrage to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's announcement on December 4 that the Governor General had agreed to prorogue (suspend) Parliament until January 26, sidestepping a scheduled December 8 vote of confidence in the House of Commons (reftel). Le [...] | 2008-12-04 18:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1519 | NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP: CANADA WILL JOIN [...] (SBU) Canada will join consensus on the U.S. proposal for strengthening Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) control of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment and technology, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) non-proliferation senior policy [...] | 2008-12-04 20:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ENRG ETTC KNNP CA |
08OTTAWA152 | CANADA SEEKS CLOSE COORDINATION IN RUN UP TO [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Policy Advisor for the Asia Pacific region Philip Cordier, Canada is generally in agreement with our concept paper on the ASEAN Regional Forum Workplan for Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime (reftel). The Division [...] | 2008-01-31 15:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF PTER CA |
08OTTAWA1522 | CANADA TO ATTEND ROME MEETING ON NATIONAL MEASURES [...] (U) Canada will send Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Acting Division Director for Gulf and Mahgreb Relations Jeffrey McLaren and DFAIT non-proliferation senior advisor Ryan Hewer to the Rome meeting on implementation of national measures on Iran, according to DFAI [...] | 2008-12-04 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC ETTC IR CA |
08OTTAWA1523 | SECRETARY RICE-FOREIGN MINISTER CANNON LETTER [...] (SBU) Post delivered text of reftel letter to the office of Foreign Minister Cannon on December 5. 2. (SBU) Charge followed up with a phone call the same day to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia and Africa Ken Sundquist (U/S equ [...] | 2008-12-05 21:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC KN CA |
08OTTAWA1524 | ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS HIGH ON CANADIAN AGENDA [...] (SBU) Anti-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden are "high on the agenda" of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),according to DFAIT counterterrorism senior policy advisor Neil Brennan. Brennan added that DFAIT has been engaged in extensive internal consult [...] | 2008-12-05 21:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PTER PBTS CA |
08OTTAWA1529 | DUMPING DION (PART II) [...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion on December 8 indicated his intention to resign as leader of the Official Opposition. Michael Ignatieff remains the front runner to replace him, but it appears that the selection process is still not a slam dunk. Technically, the 77-member L [...] | 2008-12-08 20:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1532 | FM CANNON LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP ON DPRK FUEL OIL [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. . (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia and Africa Ken Sundquist confirmed to DCM on December 8 that he had briefed Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on a possible Canadian contribu [...] | 2008-12-08 22:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN CA |
08OTTAWA1535 | CANADA CRAFTING PIRACY POLICY RESPONSES [...] (C) Summary. Canada is still deliberating about its policy on piracy in the Horn of Africa, but is somewhat stymied by its domestic legal framework, which makes no provision for prosecuting international piracy. DFAIT legal and policy officers continue to search for answers on how best to co [...] | 2008-12-09 17:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER PBTS CA |
08OTTAWA1536 | LIBERALS BEGIN THE HEALING PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Michael Ignatieff is the only remaining candidate to replace Stephane Dion as the interim leader of the Official Opposition Liberal Party. A new party mechanism should confirm him in this role o/a December 17. Liberals hope that the members will now be able to concentrate on t [...] | 2008-12-09 21:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1538 | PM HARPER HOPES FOR COOPERATION WITH NEW LIBERAL [...] (SBU) In an exclusive CBC interview on December 9, Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed the Liberal Party to "come to the table" and put forward specific suggestions for the 2009 budget and a likely stimulus package. He differentiated sharply the Liberals, with their decades of governing [...] | 2008-12-09 21:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1543 | LIBERALS RALLYING BEHIND MICHAEL IGNATIEFF AS [...] (C) Summary. With unexpected speed, the Liberal Party has crowned Michael Ignatieff as its new interim leader. This will position the Liberals better to face the next session of Parliament beginning January 26, including debates over the 2009 budget as well as even a possible election soone [...] | 2008-12-10 21:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1546 | MISSION CANADA PROMOTES AWARENESS OF GENDER-BASED [...] (U) Summary: Mission Canada marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a November 25 digital video conference (DVC) that included an exchange of best practices among leading American, Canadian, and Portuguese governmental, NGO, and law enforcement experts. [...] | 2008-12-11 21:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM CA |
08OTTAWA1550 | CANADA PLANS TO ATTEND PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 21:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PK EAID ECON EFIN IBRD CA |
08OTTAWA1552 | US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...] | 2008-12-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA |
08OTTAWA1556 | CANADA SUPPORTIVE ON UN HARMONIZATION OF [...] (SBU) Canada is "broadly" supportive of the U.S. position outlined in reftel, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade international organization policy advisor Bronwyn May. May promised a more detailed response on December 19. May emphasized that Canada does attach [...] | 2008-12-16 15:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA CA |
08OTTAWA1558 | CANADA STUDYING SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTION [...] (C) Canada is well aware of the currently circulating SHAPE estimate of force contributions required for Election Support Forces (ESF) in Afghanistan, and is now actively studying the "realm of the possible" to enhance security in the run up to the 2009 Afghan elections, according to Departmen [...] | 2008-12-16 20:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA156 | CANADA'S NUCLEAR SECTOR: REACTOR SHUTDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary. Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn removed Linda Keen from the Presidency of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) late on January 15. (While no longer CNSC President, she remains a member of the Commission.) Undoubtedly the government hoped this would wrap up the tw [...] | 2008-01-31 18:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY TBIO PGOV BTIO ENRG CA |
08OTTAWA1560 | CANADA STRIVING TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada has an active inter-agency working group to combat trafficking in persons, as well as a variety of NGO efforts. More comprehensive research and statistics, a national action plan, greater co-ordination among national and provincial government agencies and NGOs, and great [...] | 2008-12-16 22:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN CA |
08OTTAWA1566 | CANADIAN POLICY ON CUBA [...] (SBU) Based on Embassy's ongoing dialogue with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Latin America and Caribbean officials, Embassy's assessment is that Canada has consistently worked to promote the advancement of democracy, good governance, and human rights in Cu [...] | 2008-12-17 21:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU CA |
08OTTAWA1567 | CANADA'S UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Human Rights Victoria Berry and Policy Officer for Human Rights Daniel Ulmer, the Canadian government will soon submit a 20 page report for the Human Rights Council's February 3rd Universal Periodic Re [...] | 2008-12-18 19:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC CA |
08OTTAWA1569 | CANADA SEEKS INFORMATION ON INDIAN SEA SPARROW SALE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Canada requests releasable intelligence assessments and policy analysis by U.S. agencies on the proposed sale of Sea Sparrow missiles by the U.S. to India. Canadian naval forces rely exclusively on this missile, and are seeking [...] | 2008-12-18 19:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL MASS MOPS ETTC MCAP IN CA |
08OTTAWA1570 | CANADA OFFERS ALTERNATE SERVICE CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada supports UN personnel management reform, but does not agree with U.S. stance on temporary contracts. Canada also recognizes the urgent need for human resources management reform in light of the new challenges to UN operations in Afghanistan and Darfur. Canada remains a [...] | 2008-12-18 19:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA CA |
08OTTAWA1574 | CANADA'S SHRINKING POLICY PRIORITIES FOR 2009 [...] 1. (C) Summary. For the Canadian government, only three true policy priorities remain for 2009: rescuing the economy (or, more accurately, creating a public perception that it is earnestly trying to do so); remaining in power in face of new threats from the opposition parties; and, buildi [...] | 2008-12-19 21:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1576 | CANADA TO HALVE IRAQ EXCHANGE OFFICER CONTINGENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada has run out of time to secure an agreement with Iraq that would allow Canadian exchange officers to receive immunities consistent with the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Canada will halve its contingent of military exchange officers embedded with American units [...] | 2008-12-22 21:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO IZ CA |
08OTTAWA1577 | ABOUT FACE: PM HARPER STACKS SENATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 21:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR CA |
08OTTAWA1578 | CANADA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) During 2008 Canada secured its first convictions under the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act. In September, a Toronto court convicted a 20-year-old man, whose identity is protected by the Criminal Youth Justice Act, for conspiring in a group plot to bomb several Canadian targets, including Parliamen [...] | 2008-12-22 21:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC CA |
08OTTAWA1579 | CANADA EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN PSI MEETINGS IN [...] (SBU) Canada is eager to participate in the Proliferation Security Initiative Operational Experts Group and outreach meetings in May in Miami, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade non-proliferation senior policy advisor David MacDuff. MacDuff added that Canada is [...] | 2008-12-22 21:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM CA |
08OTTAWA1583 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb Kerry Buck on December 23 reiterated to PolMinCouns Canada's strong support for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. She confirmed that Canada had already made a contribution in FY07-08 o [...] | 2008-12-23 16:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN CA |
08OTTAWA1585 | STEPHEN HARPER'S CHRISTMAS WISHLIST [...] (SBU) As Santa Claus prepares to leave his North Pole (Canada) base to deliver presents around the world (with NORAD dutifully tracking his progress),Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be offering up his own wistful wish list for Christmas 2008, perhaps as follows: -- President Obama's fi [...] | 2008-12-23 18:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON CA |
08OTTAWA1586 | NO TIME TO WASTE: PM HARPER BYPASSES PARLIAMENT ON SUPREME [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 22, Prime Minister Stephen Harper nominated Thomas Cromwell as a Supreme Court Justice, bypassing the parliamentary scrutiny for Supreme Court appointments he had earlier championed. Together with his near-simultaneous flip-flop over appointing new senators against [...] | 2008-12-23 18:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA1590 | DELIVERY OF NICARAGUA MUNICIPAL ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff on December 24 delivered reftel demarche to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Latin America Division Deputy Director Patric Picard. There was no substantive response. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/s [...] | 2008-12-24 18:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID NU CA |
08OTTAWA1591 | CANADA STRONGLY SUPPORTS GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING [...] (SBU) On December 24, Dutch Deputy Head of Mission Erik Boer, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Dimitri Trasimov, and Deputy Pol/C Kurt van der Walde jointly delivered reftel announcement about the upcoming fifth Global Initiative meeting in The Hague to Department of Foreign Affairs and Inter [...] | 2008-12-24 18:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC RU NL CA |
08OTTAWA1594 | CANADA WITHDRAWS ENTIRE IRAQI EXCHANGE CONTINGENT [...] (C/NF) Canada decided on December 26 to withdraw all nine of its exchange officers embedded with U.S. forces in Iraq, following a high-level decision by Department of National Defence (DND) policy makers in response to a DND risk assessment, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Inter [...] | 2008-12-29 21:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS IZ CA |
08OTTAWA1595 | CANADA SEEKS ORTEGA MEETING TO DELIVER STRONG [...] (C) Canada shares U.S. concerns over the flawed November municipal elections (reftels),but will not contemplate cutting its annual aid worth about C$11 million or canceling official visits, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Nicaragua desk officer Sand [...] | 2008-12-29 22:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID NU CA |
08OTTAWA167 | MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES MAJOR ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH MINNESOTA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 20:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA172 | CANADA ON SYRIAN POLITICAL DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) According to Director of the Middle East Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs Michael Grant, Canada decided to make a public statement in Damascus (text in para 2) in lieu of a demarche to the Syrian government in response to reftel demarche. Its embassy issued the statement o [...] | 2008-02-04 16:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SY CA |
08OTTAWA173 | MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES MAJOR ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH MINNESOTA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 17:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA174 | SEEKING SEPARATE FUNDING FOR OAS CONVENTION [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights Deputy Director Robert Sinclair, Canada requests U.S. support for its position that the OAS should not/not fund the proposed Inter-American Convention against Racism through the existing OAS budget. S [...] | 2008-02-04 17:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CA |
08OTTAWA175 | BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE PRAISES CANADIAN ROLE IN [...] (C) According to British High Commission Head of Political Section Colin Smith, Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) Dr. Kim Howells used his February 2 visit to Ottawa to reinforce the multi-national nature of NATO's involvement in Afghanistan -- already including in Kandahar [...] | 2008-02-04 22:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF UK CA |
08OTTAWA187 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 19:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | IZ KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CA |
08OTTAWA188 | POLISH FM OFFERS HELICOPTERS FOR KANDAHAR [...] (C) During a February 3-4 visit to Ottawa, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski informed Canada that Poland was prepared to offer two Russian-made helicopters to support Canadian Forces in Kandahar. According to Polish Embassy DCM Artur Michalski Sikorski -- during a private [...] | 2008-02-06 19:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PL CA AF |
08OTTAWA189 | CANADIAN CONCERN OVER CHAD AND SUDAN [...] (SBU) FM Bernier issued a statement February 4 in response to recent developments in Chad, which said: "Canada strongly condemns the attacks by rebel groups in Chad and, in particular, in N'Djamena. We join newly elected African Union President Jakaya Kikwete in expressing our deep concern w [...] | 2008-02-06 19:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH SU CA |
08OTTAWA191 | JANUARY 31 END OF ORAL DECLARATION CREATES FEW [...] (U) Summary: The situation along the U.S.-Canada border following the January 31 implementation of the requirement that U.S. and Canadian citizens show proof of citizenship (rather than simply making an oral declaration) was similar to that reported in reftel concerning the southern border. [...] | 2008-02-06 20:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KHLS CA |
08OTTAWA192 | CANADA TO CONTINUE FUNDING FOR JUBA PROCESS, WITH [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Lisa Stadelbauer, following up on reftel demarches on the Juba process, confirmed that Canada will -- after extensive internal reviews -- go ahead and make its programmed disbursements. She no [...] | 2008-02-06 20:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM UG CA |
08OTTAWA199 | CANADA'S DELEGATION TO THE VIENNA FORUM ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Advisor on International Crime Kim Cowan, Canada shares the U.S. view that the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking is an expert/technical conference and should not result in a political declaration. [...] | 2008-02-07 21:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KWNM CA |
08OTTAWA210 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON DRAFT POLICY EXCEPTION FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, ESTH Counselor advised officials in the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) that the U.S. would not circulate a draft NSG policy statement regarding India until the Government of India and the IAEA ha [...] | 2008-02-08 22:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY IN CA |
08OTTAWA211 | INCHING TOWARD A SPRING ELECTION? [...] (C) Summary. Chances of a spring election are on the upswing, with upcoming confidence votes on Afghanistan, the crime bill, and the budget. Polling numbers do not look like either major party would have any realistic hope of forming a majority government any time soon, however, and the res [...] | 2008-02-08 22:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF CA |
08OTTAWA216 | CONSERVATIVE PARTY EAGER FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The Conservatives appear ready and eager for spring elections, although even they do not hope for more than a strengthened minority. They see the Liberals as deeply divided and heavily in debt, under a weak leader whose image will not appeal to voters. The Conservatives, while [...] | 2008-02-11 21:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF CA |
08OTTAWA217 | SENATE MOVING TOWARD ON TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 12, Senator David Smith, chairman of the Special Senate Committee on Anti-Terrorism, and committee member Senator Joyce Fairbairn (one-time leader of the Government in the Senate under the Liberals) expressed optimism on the future of two key pie [...] | 2008-02-12 17:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CA |
08OTTAWA218 | LIBERAL WARINESS OF A SPRING ELECTION [...] (C) According to Liberal Party National Campaign Co-chair Senator David P. Smith, spring 2008 likely is not the ideal time to face elections, at least from the Liberal perspective. In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 12, he noted a general lack of public interest in an election so far [...] | 2008-02-12 19:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA219 | CANADIAN QUESTIONS ON KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage, the Cabinet Committee during the week of February 4 had agreed that Canada could not be in the first wave of countries to reco [...] | 2008-02-12 20:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU CA |
08OTTAWA221 | GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION NEGOTIATING A WAY AHEAD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNING CONSERVATIVES AND THE OPPOSITION PARTIES APPEAR CLOSER THAN EVER ON A WAY FORWARD FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION OF THE CANADIAN FORCES, WITH A NEW LIBERAL AMENDMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT'S MOTION. THERE REMAIN SOME IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES OVER WHETHER THE TARGET DATE FOR THE E [...] | 2008-02-12 23:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA222 | SYRIA REBUKES CANADA ON HUMAN RIGHTS STATEMENT [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner on February 13 shared with PolMinCouns a read-out from the Canadian Head of Mission in Damascus following the Canadian Embassy's January 31 statement of concern over Riad [...] | 2008-02-13 19:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SY CA |
08OTTAWA228 | CANADA ON ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage on February 13 expressed appreciation for reftel views on possible Russian recognition of Abkhazia. He expressed mild surprise, however, explaining Canada's own reading [...] | 2008-02-13 21:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RU YI CA |
08OTTAWA23 | WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED TO FOREIGN MINISTER [...] On January 7 Embassy delivered the Secretary's letter of invitiation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference to the office of Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier. We will share copies of the letter with other interested ministries as well. 2. Embassy Ottawa POC for WIREC 2 [...] | 2008-01-07 21:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV KGHG CA |
08OTTAWA2327 | CANADA OPEN TO SHORT DELAY IN PAKISTANI ELECTIONS, [...] (U) During a December 31 news conference, Prime Minister Stephen Harper commented regarding Pakistan that "we understand there may be some delay in holding elections. I think that's justifiable as long as it's a delay to ensure a fairer process. As long as it is not a delay leading to suspen [...] | 2008-01-02 12:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PRFL PTER SHUM PK CA |
08OTTAWA233 | CANADA SEES "SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS" IN UN HRC [...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) remains a "work in progress," but Canada has seen encouraging signs that it is maturing and shifting its focus from institutional questions to specific [...] | 2008-02-14 19:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR PREL CA |
08OTTAWA24 | PROBABLE CANADIAN DEMARCHE TO SYRIA [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on December 31 delivered reftel demarche on Syria and the White House statement on the National Council of the Damascus Declaration to Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Venner in [...] | 2008-01-07 21:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SY CA |
08OTTAWA241 | ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE WORK AT MISSION CANADA: [...] Befitting U.S. representation in Canada, with which we have the globe's largest bilateral energy relationship, every post in Mission Canada devotes significant resources to energy matters. The Ambassador regularly speaks to Canadian audiences about climate change and the importance of our ene [...] | 2008-02-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV APER ABUD CA |
08OTTAWA246 | CANADA STILL NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO -- YET [...] (C) Ambassador has a call in to Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, who is on an official visit to Colombia (followed by Haiti and South Korea) so Ambassador can convey ref a demarche. DCM discussed recognition of Kosovo with Deputy Foreign Minister Len Edwards on February 15, and Edwards reit [...] | 2008-02-19 19:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV CA |
08OTTAWA250 | CANADA SEEKS MORE INFORMATION ON IMPENDING [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Continental Defence Victor Rakmil on February 19 told Poloff that DFAIT had instructed the Canadian Embassy in Washington to contact the Departments of State and Defense for additional information about USG [...] | 2008-02-19 22:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT PARM KITA TSPA TPHY CA |
08OTTAWA251 | FOREIGN MINISTER BERNIER ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The Ambassador reached Canadian Foreign Minister Bernier by phone in Colombia (the FM is on a Latin America visit). Saying he had been asked by the Secretary to call, Ambassador strongly urged Canada to join the U.S. and its other allies in recognizing Kosovo's independence. Minister B [...] | 2008-02-19 22:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV YI EU CA |
08OTTAWA252 | CANADA WITH U.S. ON COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Counterterrorism Yves Beaulieu confirmed on February 19 that Canada had also received the text of the Greek proposal that tries to bridge the OIC position with that of the U.S. and li [...] | 2008-02-19 22:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CA |
08OTTAWA257 | MOMENTUM TOWARD SPRING ELECTION DECLINES FURTHER [...] (C) Summary. The government will face four or possibly five confidence motions in the House of Commons in the coming weeks, beginning as early as February 28. However, it now appears increasingly likely that the Liberals will not swallow the bait of bringing down the government over Afghani [...] | 2008-02-20 18:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA KV |
08OTTAWA26 | S/CRS COORDINATOR HERBST'S MEETINGS IN CANADA [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Canadian officials to discuss areas for collaboration in improving post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction, Ambassador John Herbst of the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) heard that there is an emerging consensus in C [...] | 2008-01-07 21:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS CA HA |
08OTTAWA260 | CANADA: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS AND APEC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 22:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TBIO KFLU EAIR EWWT WHO APECO CA |
08OTTAWA268 | STRONG CANADIAN DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Middle East Division Director Michael Grant, DFAIT on February 20 summoned Syrian Ambassador to Canada Jamil Sakr to receive a strongly worded aide memoire expressing "deep concerns" over the human rights situatio [...] | 2008-02-21 18:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SY CA |
08OTTAWA269 | NOTIFICATION TO CANADA OF U.S. SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador orally briefed Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Susan Cartwright about the U.S. interception of the NRO satellite on February 20. Cartwright expressed concern about the possibility of debris landing in populated Canadian areas, and Ambassador reassured [...] | 2008-02-21 19:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY CA |
08OTTAWA270 | COMPROMISE AFGHAN MOTION SETS END DATE IN 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a new compromise motion, PM Harper acceded to the Liberals' call for a firm end date to the Afghan mission of Canadian Forces in Kandahar, with pull-outs beginning in July 2011 and ending by December 2011. The new language apparently draws heavily from the Liberals' amendmen [...] | 2008-02-21 20:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS AF CA |
08OTTAWA271 | MORE CANADIAN AID FOR HAITI ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary: Shortly before Foreign Minister Bernier's ongoing visit, the Canadian Government announced nearly C$125 million in support to Haiti, much of which will be used to construct and rehabilitate roads. The rest will be targeted to improve reproductive health; provide technical assista [...] | 2008-02-21 21:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI CA HA |
08OTTAWA272 | CANADA AND JORDAN AGREE TO NEGOTIATE A FREE TRADE [...] (U) Summary: Canada has announced it is launching negotiations with Jordan on a free trade agreement (FTA). Negotiations are to begin in April in Amman. If concluded, the agreement would be Canada,s first FTA with an Arab country. Canada hopes the FTA would serve as a gateway to other Middl [...] | 2008-02-21 22:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON CA JO |
08OTTAWA274 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: CANADA'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (CI) AND KEY RESOURCES (KR) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 20:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CA EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KHLS PGOV PREL PTER |
08OTTAWA279 | CANADA TO MEET IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION PLEDGE [...] (SBU) According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada is well on track to provide the CAD 300 million (approximately USD 295.39 million, at the current exchange rate) it pledged in 2003 to provide for Iraq reconstruction through 2010. As of September 2007, Canada [...] | 2008-02-22 22:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ CA |
08OTTAWA280 | LIBERALS CLARIFY AFGHANISTAN NO TRIGGER FOR [...] (U) In remarks to reporters in Winnipeg on February 22, Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion explicitly stated that his party "prefers" that the future mission of Canadian Forces in Afghanistan not be the trigger for a federal election. He indicated that the Liberals welcome the debate on the [...] | 2008-02-22 22:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV AF CA |
08OTTAWA283 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - CANADA - CORRECTED VERSION - FORMAT CORRECTED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 15:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EFIN KHLS CA |
08OTTAWA287 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON IEA MEMBERSHIP FOR CHINA AND [...] (SBU) Using reftel points, ESTH Counselor demarched both the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and Natural Resources Canada, urging Canada to support eventual International Energy Agency membership for China and India. The growing role and impact of China and India [...] | 2008-02-25 22:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IEA CA |
08OTTAWA288 | CANADA SUPPORTS FORMING CLUSTER GROUPS IN ICG ON [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Canada supports the establishment of cluster groups within the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia, although it is also open to other ideas to improve the ICG's effectiveness. Canada would be interested in joining one [...] | 2008-02-25 22:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV SO CA |
08OTTAWA289 | CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS UNIVERSITY ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: Over the last week, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) announced C$8 million under its University Partnership in Cooperation and Development program to support Canadian educational institutions to help three developing countries increase their ability to meet local [...] | 2008-02-25 22:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI ECON CA ET MI VM |
08OTTAWA290 | NEW BILATERAL CIVIL ASSISTANCE SPARKS SOME [...] (SBU) Summary: A new U.S. - Canada Civil Assistance Plan (CAP) is one in a series of post-9/11 bilateral defense and security measures designed to serve both countries when natural or manmade disasters occur. Lack of public information here about this bilateral military accord has begun to [...] | 2008-02-25 22:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS PTER CA |
08OTTAWA291 | NEW BILATERAL CIVIL ASSISTANCE SPARKS SOME [...] (SBU) Summary: A new U.S. - Canada Civil Assistance Plan (CAP) is one in a series of post-9/11 bilateral defense and security measures designed to serve both countries when natural or manmade disasters occur. Lack of public information here about this bilateral military accord has begun to [...] | 2008-02-25 22:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS PTER CA |
08OTTAWA294 | CANADA ON CUBA [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 26, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James M. Lambert expressed appreciation for reftel views on seeking meaningful political change in Cuba leading toward a democratic end [...] | 2008-02-26 21:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID CU CA |
08OTTAWA298 | CANADA SEES LIMITED OPTIONS ON NEVSUN MINING [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Eastern and Southern Africa Division Director Lisa Stadelbauer, DFAIT will further consider the Nevsun mining venture in Eritrea, but the Canadian government is very limited in what action it could take. Stadelbaue [...] | 2008-02-27 20:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ER CA |
08OTTAWA301 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR UNSC PIRACY RESOLUTION LIKELY [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Eastern and Southern Africa Division Director Lisa Stadelbauer, Canada would likely support a UNSC resolution on piracy off the Somali coast as long as it conformed with international law. She said, however, that C [...] | 2008-02-27 22:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PBTS UNAUS UNSC IMO SO CA |
08OTTAWA303 | CANADA'S PARLIAMENT DEBATES AFGHANISTAN MISSION [...] (C) Summary. Parliamentary debate on the future of the Afghan mission has reflected a new consensus between the Conservatives and Liberals to extend the mission until 2011, as long as there are additional troops and support. The government has voiced optimism about finding 1,000 more troop [...] | 2008-02-28 16:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV AF CA |
08OTTAWA305 | ELECTIONS IN CANADA: A "HOW TO" PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: In Canada's parliamentary system, governments must retain the "confidence" of the House of Commons to govern. The Governor General may dissolve the House of Commons -- on the advice of the prime minister - if a sitting government fails to win a "confidence" measure. Minority g [...] | 2008-02-28 20:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CA |
08OTTAWA309 | WTO DEMARCHE ON U.S./EC TAFT PROPOSAL - CANADA'S [...] On February 29, EMIN presented reftel demarche to Balsharan Rakhra, Trade Policy Officer, Technical Barriers and Regulations Division, DFAIT. He had arranged to make the presentation jointly with his EU Mission counterpart, but she was absent due to illness. At the end of his oral presentati [...] | 2008-02-29 17:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO ECON CA EUN |
08OTTAWA310 | CANADIAN FORCES RESUME DETAINEE TRANSFERS IN [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Senior Adviser Cory Anderson confirmed to pol/miloff on February 29 that Canadian Forces (CF) operating under ISAF in Kandahar had decided to resume the transfer of Canadian-captured detainees to Afghan A [...] | 2008-02-29 17:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA311 | CANADA: EMBASSY OTTAWA 2008 SPECIAL 301 [...] (sbu) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy Ottawa remains frustrated by the Government of Canada,s continuing failure to introduce - let alone pass - major copyright reform legislation that would, inter alia, implement and ratify the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Internet tre [...] | 2008-02-29 18:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON ETRD KIPR |
08OTTAWA312 | CANADIAN AID TO KOSOVO (AND BALKANS) TO END BY 2010 [...] (C) Acting Director General for Europe of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Sean Boyd confirmed to PolMinCouns on February 29 that Canada was in the processing of "wrapping up" all of its assistance programs in the Balkans, including Kosovo, with an end date of 2010. He n [...] | 2008-02-29 19:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EU KV CA |
08OTTAWA315 | CANADA AND G8 CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR |
08OTTAWA317 | CANADA COULD SUPPORT MALDIVES' RESOLUTION WITH KEY [...] (C) ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ROBERT SINCLAIR AND BILATERAL/INSTITUTIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND CARBON MARKETS POLICY ANALYST BRIANNA PETERSON, CANADA MAY SUPPORT THE MALDIVES' HRC RESOLUTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] | 2008-03-03 12:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KGHG MV CA |
08OTTAWA319 | CANADA PASSES KEY NEW CRIME BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservatives' comprehensive crime legislation became law on February 28 after the Liberal-dominated Senate met a government-set March 1 deadline and passed the omnibus bill without amendment from the House of Commons' version. The new Act fulfills a 2006 election promise [...] | 2008-03-03 22:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM CA |
08OTTAWA325 | CANADA: SUCCESS AT BUCHAREST CRITICAL FOR NATO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: CANADA WILL DEFINE SUCCESS AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN BUCHAREST AS (1) AGREEMENT TO A STRONG POLITICAL MILITARY PLAN REAFFIRMING THE ISAF MISSION AS THE ALLIANCE'S TOP OPERATIONAL PRIORITY, AND (2) THE PROVISION BY AN ISAF PARTNER OF A BATTLE GROUP TO PARTNER WITH THE CANADIANS IN KA [...] | 2008-03-03 22:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA331 | CANADA'S VIEWS ON COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada generally supports the aims of the resolution on Screening and Briefing intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) that the U.S. will present at the March 10-14 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting. However, as tr [...] | 2008-03-04 20:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC SNAR UN CA |
08OTTAWA333 | INTERNATIONAL OCEANS POLICYMAKING IN CANADA: AMBITIOUS VISION, PAROCHIAL POLITICS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 22:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS EWWT PHSA SENV CA |
08OTTAWA334 | CANADA TO FLAG ITS CONCERNS ON IRAN AT IAEA BOG [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation Che van Haastrecht, Canada agreed with ref a points on Iran and the IAEA, and is particularly concerned about alleged Iranian studies that could point to weaponization. He added that I [...] | 2008-03-04 22:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR CA |
08OTTAWA336 | CONSERVATIVES EASILY SURVIVE FEDERAL BUDGET VOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservatives' third budget marks another legislative accomplishment for the minority government, as it easily survived three confidence votes, concluding on March 4. The budget is a lean, low-key document, constrained by prior commitments of C$60 billion in tax cuts and o [...] | 2008-03-05 17:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV KCRM EAID AF CA |
08OTTAWA339 | CANADA FOLLOW-UP RESPONSE TO G8 CASH COURIER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 21:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR |
08OTTAWA346 | CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...] | 2008-03-07 19:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA |
08OTTAWA347 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 19:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EFIN ETTC IZ KTFN PREL PTER SY UNSC |
08OTTAWA351 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING AFGHANISTAN-RELATED [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Deputy Director for Policy and Advocacy Christopher Gibbins, Canada was "keen" see strong U.S. participation and close coordination with U.S. officials at two upcoming meetings on Afgh [...] | 2008-03-10 17:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA358 | CANADA KEEN TO WELCOME EUPOL TO KANDAHAR [...] (C) In a discussion with pol/miloff about the positioning agreement required for EUPOL to deploy to PRT Kandahar (reftel),Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Deputy Director for Policy and Advocacy Christopher Gibbins and Senior Adviser [...] | 2008-03-11 17:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA36 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LET OPERATIVES MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 21:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CA |
08OTTAWA360 | CANADA'S SECURITY CERTIFICATE SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: Revised legislation to improve the balance between national security and civil rights has enabled Canada to meet a Supreme Court deadline and to seek updated immigration "security certificates" against five alleged members of the al-Qaeda network. The legislation permits the co [...] | 2008-03-11 21:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM PINS CA |
08OTTAWA361 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR UNSG'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (U) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier on March 11 expressed Canada's support for Kai Eide as the UN Secretary General's new Special Representative for Afghanistan, and will brief the media on March 12. (Full text in para 2.) The House of Commons again debated the future of the Canadian mission [...] | 2008-03-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AF CA |
08OTTAWA365 | CANADIAN CHARTER RIGHTS: NOT FOR AFGHAN DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 12:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MOPS AF CA |
08OTTAWA372 | CANADA: DISCORD OVER OSLO PROCESS AND NATO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy discussions with Canadian officials March 11-12 regarding cluster munitions (CM) inter-operability revealed a worrisome lack of interagency coordination. It appears that the delegation head may be attempting more to burnish his own credentials with anti-landmine and [...] | 2008-03-14 14:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL NATO MOPS CA |
08OTTAWA373 | CANADA EXTENDS TROOP MANDATE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Canada's House of Commons on March 13 adopted by a vote of 198 to 77 a government motion to extend the mandate of the Canadian Forces (CF) in NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Kandahar through 2011, contingent upon NATO's provision of 1,000 more troops as well as adequate [...] | 2008-03-14 14:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA377 | Canada's Treaty-making Process [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada in January 2008 revised its treaty-making process to include review of all international treaties by the House of Commons before entry into force. The government, however, will maintain the legal authority to decide whether to ratify the treaty; no vote in Parliament is n [...] | 2008-03-14 15:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KIPR KTIA CA |
08OTTAWA378 | CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES ON NAFTA: KEEP, KILL OR FIX? [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 15:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EINV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA379 | CANADA ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 14 that Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier planned to attend the March 17 OAS Ministerial meeting in Washington. Lambert noted Canada's [...] | 2008-03-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CO EC CA |
08OTTAWA380 | CANADA ON IRAN'S ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on March 14, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon E. Venner (a former Ambassador to Iran) expressed appreciation for the draft U.S. statement on Iran's parliamentary elect [...] | 2008-03-14 17:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM IR CA |
08OTTAWA381 | CANADIANS IMPRESSED BY DOD REPORT ON CHINA, WANT [...] This is an action request -- see para three. 2.. (C) Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Defense and Security Relations Deputy Director Elizabeth Baldwin-Jones on March 11 expressed appreciation for the 2008 Department of Defense (DOD) Report on China (ref [...] | 2008-03-14 18:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MCAP TSPA CH CA |
08OTTAWA389 | MP PRAISES U.S. VIRTUAL PRESENCE POST [...] (SBU) Member of Parliament for the Yukon Larry Bagnell, in a meeting in Ottawa with poloffs on March 13, praised the U.S. Virtual Presence Post in the Yukon, and said that he and his constituents had found it "extremely useful." He commented that public awareness of the website in the Yukon w [...] | 2008-03-18 13:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO CA |
08OTTAWA39 | CANADIAN SUPPORT ON ANTI-SATELLITE TEST DEMARCHE [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on January 8, Director General for East Asia Gordon Houlden of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed that Canada had raised the January 2007 anti-satellite test numerous times with the Chinese, both in Beijing an [...] | 2008-01-09 13:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC MARR CH CA |
08OTTAWA392 | CANADA TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO ON MARCH 18 [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage, Canada will formally announce its official recognition of Kosovo's independence later on March 18, following in the wake of Japan's March 17 announcement as [...] | 2008-03-18 15:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU KV CA |
08OTTAWA394 | LIBERAL ""BOUNCE"" FROM BY-ELECTIONS, BUT NOT ENOUGH? [...] (C) Summary: The Liberal Party won three of the four federal by-elections on March 17, which will bring high profile politicians Bob Rae and Martha Hall Findlay to Parliament to bolster the Liberal ""team."" The Conservatives picked up a former Liberal seat in Saskatchewan, however. Low voter [...] | 2008-03-18 18:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA395 | CANADIAN RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (U) In a statement on March 18, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier announced Canada's recognition that Kosovo's independence was now an "international reality," without being a precedent (reftel). Full statement in para 3. 2. (U) The Serbian Ambassador to Ottawa told the media on March 18 [...] | 2008-03-18 19:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EU KV CA |
08OTTAWA396 | CANADA ON DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS FTO [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Counter-Terrorism Section Deputy Director Yves Beaulieu and Somalia Desk Officer George Jacoby on March 18 expressed appreciation for reftel information and promised that Canada would examine closely and take under consideratio [...] | 2008-03-18 20:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM SO BG CA |
08OTTAWA404 | CANADA AGREES WITH U.S. CALL FOR COMMON APPROACH [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para three. 2. (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Non-proliferation and Disarmament Michael Blackmore confirmed on March 20 that Canada is in "full agreement" with reftel points. In particular [...] | 2008-03-20 16:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EU CA |
08OTTAWA407 | CANADA CARES ABOUT TIBET, TOO [...] (U) Several hundred protesters -- apparently including large numbers of ethnic Tibetans -- staged a peaceful protest march on March 20 from Parliament Hill to the Chinese Embassy, passing en route in front of the U.S. Embassy. They variously chanted "China out" or "Free Tibet," among other s [...] | 2008-03-20 19:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH CA |
08OTTAWA418 | DELIVERY OF NATO HIGH LEVEL GROUP CHAIRMAN'S LETTER [...] On March 25, the Charge delivered reftel letter to Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Swords expressed her thanks. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://w [...] | 2008-03-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA |
08OTTAWA419 | CANADA ALSO ENCOURAGING PSI ENDORSEMENTS [...] (C) According to Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of International Trade, Canada fully shares the U.S. goal of encouraging more states to participate in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) (reftel). Swords c [...] | 2008-03-26 14:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNNP PHSA PREL XL XM CA |
08OTTAWA420 | CANADA ON PROPOSED NATO CFE STATEMENT [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge on March 25, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Colleen Swords expressed appreciation for reftel points on the CFE statement, explaining that she had not yet rece [...] | 2008-03-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA |
08OTTAWA423 | CANADA EXPECTS TO UP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR IRAQI [...] (C) In response to ref a demarche, Director of the Gulf and Maghreb Division Dennis Horak confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 25 that the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade was working hard to convince the Canadian International Development Agency to increase Canada's contri [...] | 2008-03-26 19:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CA IZ |
08OTTAWA428 | MONEY FOR CANADIAN HEALTH PROJECTS IN HONDURAS [...] During her recent visit to Honduras, International Development Minister Bev Oda announced that the Canadian government is providing C$18 million to help youth and other marginalized groups in Honduras through new school-feeding, health, and water and sanitation initiatives. "These projects w [...] | 2008-03-27 15:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI CA HO |
08OTTAWA429 | CANADA EXPRESSES CONCERNS, ANNOUNCES AID TO SUDAN AND CHAD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 17:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF EAID CA CD SU |
08OTTAWA435 | CANADIANS EXPECT FRANCE, OR U.S., TO DEPLOY TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: Canada has redoubled its efforts to convince France to deploy a reinforced battle group to the Kandahar region of Afghanistan by February 2009. The Canadians are especially working to allay French concerns about improvised explosive devices (IEDs),which have emerged from milit [...] | 2008-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF FR CA |
08OTTAWA436 | SHIPRIDER NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA - ROUND ONE [...] (U) Summary. On March 20, U.S. and Canadian delegations met in Quebec City and completed a productive and successful first round of negotiations on a framework agreement on integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations (ICBMLEO). The delegations reached agreement on much of the [...] | 2008-03-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EWWT PINS SNAR KTIA KCRM CA |
08OTTAWA440 | CANADA: AG MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day reviewed for Attorney General Mukasey on the margins of the Cross Border Crime Forum, Canada's program for border security and law enforcement. In addition to hiring 400 new border guards and arming the border service, Canada has put new res [...] | 2008-03-31 19:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PTER CA |
08OTTAWA443 | CANADA UNLIKELY TO WEIGH IN WITH GREECE [...] (C) In Ambassador's absence, DCM delivered reftel demarche to the Prime Minister's Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor, Susan Cartwright, and urged that PM Stephen Harper raise the issue of Macedonia's NATO membership directly with Greece's president at the Bucharest Summit. Ms. Cartwright, [...] | 2008-03-31 21:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MK GR CA |
08OTTAWA444 | CANADA: AG MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Attorney General Mukasey on the margins of the Cross Border Crime Forum March 18 (septel),Canadian Justice Minister Nicholson said that with its initial law and order agenda of strengthened gun laws, changes to the special advocate system for non-citizen terro [...] | 2008-03-31 21:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PTER SNAR CA |
08OTTAWA446 | CANADA ANNOUNCES GREATER DETAIL ON CLIMATE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10 Canada's federal government provided significant additional detail on its "Turning the Corner" climate change plan released last year. This latest iteration announced the government's intent to establish a clear price signal for carbon and greater detail on plans to [...] | 2008-04-01 21:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CA |
08OTTAWA451 | CANADA IMPLEMENTING DUAL USE ITEM PROVISION OF [...] (U) This is an action request - see para four. 2. (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Nuclear Non-proliferation Che van Haastrecht confirmed on April 1 that Canada will implement all the requirements of UNSCR 1803, and that the gov [...] | 2008-04-02 15:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP NSG IR CA |
08OTTAWA452 | UNLIKELY SPRING FEDERAL ELECTION IN CANADA [...] (C) Summary. The Liberal Party is disinclined to pursue a federal election in the spring, and possibly not even in fall 2008. Organization and finances remain problems, as does the weak popularity of its leader, Stephane Dion. Three new Liberal Members of Parliament from the March 17 by-e [...] | 2008-04-02 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CA |
08OTTAWA459 | ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC): EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 16:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD APEC PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA467 | HAITI: THE CENTERPIECE OF CANADA'S LATIN AMERICA [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 13. 2. (C) Summary: Following the roll-out in 2007 of a higher priority to Latin America in its foreign policy, Haiti has emerged as the key component of Canada's Latin America strategy. During a mid-February 2008 visit, Foreign Minister Bernier [...] | 2008-04-07 17:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID ECON CA HA |
08OTTAWA470 | CANADA-U.S. BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP FOLLOW UP [...] (U) Action request: This is an action request, see para four items 3, 9, and 10, and para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: One of the commitments at the January 2008 U.S.-Canada Bilateral Consultative Group meeting on counter-terrorism (BCG) was to develop a mechanism for tracking the action items that [...] | 2008-04-07 21:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL CA |
08OTTAWA473 | CANADA TO SUPPORT AMBASSADOR SWING FOR IOM [...] (C) Ross O'Connor, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, confirmed to PolMinCouns on April 8 that Canada would support the U.S. candidate for the next Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),Ambassador William Swing. He admitted that there had be [...] | 2008-04-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CA |
08OTTAWA491 | CANADA'S RENEWED FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: PM Harper has made Latin America one of a very few focal points for Canada's foreign policy, alongside Afghanistan, improving relations with the U.S., and developing stronger ties with the rising economic powers of Asia. Of the three pillars of the Latin America strategy -- secu [...] | 2008-04-10 14:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KDEM XM CA |
08OTTAWA496 | CANADA: IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL [...] This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (C) According to Shawn Caza, Deputy Director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (Nuclear) Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada has fully followed the UN guidance for the implementation of UNSCRs 1737, [...] | 2008-04-10 21:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC CA |
08OTTAWA497 | RISE IN ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN CANADA [...] (U) Summary. On April 9, the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada released its 2007 "Audit of Antisemitic Incidents." According to the audit, 1,042 incidents of anti-Semitism took place in Canada in 2007, the highest figure since B'nai Brith released its first audit 26 years ago, an [...] | 2008-04-10 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA498 | CANADA BLOCKS SALE OF ICONIC SPACE ASSETS TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. The Canadian government has decided to block the acquisition by an American company of the space business assets from MDA Corporation, including its space-based imaging satellite, Radarsat 2. The decision follows broad public concern over the sale, particularly over the potent [...] | 2008-04-10 22:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON CA |
08OTTAWA504 | CANADA WELCOMES BAHRAIN TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 15:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM DTRA PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA CA |
08OTTAWA505 | CANADA DEVELOPMENT AID FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 18:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CA EAID PGOV PK PREL |
08OTTAWA521 | CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF'S DEPARTURE; ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary. General Hillier will step down as Canada's Chief of Defence Staff in July 2008. Despite long-time media speculation about bad blood between Hillier and the government (or at least about Conservative frustration related to his recurrent outspokenness),Hillier has been an unusu [...] | 2008-04-16 16:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA529 | TORY "BRAND" SUFFERS ETHICAL BLOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers executed a search warrant at federal Conservative Party headquarters in Ottawa on April 15, apparently related to an ongoing legal case involving possible Conservative election spending violations in the 2006 federal election. The in [...] | 2008-04-16 19:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA53 | CANADA UNABLE TO HELP JOINT INTEGRATED UNITS BUT [...] (SBU) According to Sudan Desk Officer Suehila Elkateb at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, legal prohibitions on providing military assistance to Sudan, in place since the 1990s, make it impossible for Canada to assist with the JIU program. Even given the exemptions in [...] | 2008-01-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SU CA |
08OTTAWA536 | DESPITE CONTROVERSY, USEFUL FM VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. Apart from unfortunate remarks to the media by FM Bernier suggesting replacement of Kandahar's governor -- which Bernier quickly retracted -- his visit to Afghanistan along with his French counterpart was useful, with a special focus on policing and health. Canada's next st [...] | 2008-04-17 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID MOPS AF CA |
08OTTAWA538 | Canada Likely to Label Plastic Ingredient 'Toxic' [...] (SBU) Summary - As early as April 18 Canada may declare the chemical bisphenol A (BPA),widely used in plastics, toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. This is likely to precipitate additional widespread public concern in both Canada and the United States. We understand that [...] | 2008-04-18 14:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TBIO SENV EAGR EIND CA |
08OTTAWA545 | SUPPORT FOR LONGER AFGHAN MANDATE IN CANADIAN [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on April 18, Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence Chairman Colin Kenny described a strong bipartisan consensus within his committee for a much longer-term commitment to Afghanistan than authorized by the March 13 Commons motion extendin [...] | 2008-04-18 20:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS PGOV AF CA |
08OTTAWA546 | Canada Takes Precautionary Action against BPA [...] Summary: Canada announced it will take precautionary actions against bisphenol A (BPA),including a ban on the importation, sale and advertising of polycarbonate baby bottles. The details will be published on April 19 in the Canada Gazette, and will be available for public comment until June 1 [...] | 2008-04-18 20:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TBIO SENV EAGR EIND CA |
08OTTAWA549 | MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES MAJOR ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH MINNESOTA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA553 | MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH [...] This message originates from U.S. Consulate Winnipeg. 2. Summary. Following hard on the heels of a February 2008 deal to sell 250 megawatts of electricity to Minnesota Power, Manitoba Hydro announced on April 17 that it had reached agreement with Wisconsin to sell up to 500 megawatts of p [...] | 2008-04-21 15:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV CA |
08OTTAWA563 | CANADIAN REPRESENTATION AT CSD-16 [...] (SBU) Embassy made demarche requested reftel and discussed U.S. views on Zimbabwe chairing the 16th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) with Pamela O'Donnell, director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Sustainable Development Division. [...] | 2008-04-22 19:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC PREL EAGR EUN EAID ECON CA |
08OTTAWA565 | LIKELY CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS OF [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights, Gender Equality, Health, and Population Division official Chantale Walker, Canada is "sympathetic to the goals" of the US-EU Prisoners of Conscience Declaration, and has no specific concerns with it. [...] | 2008-04-23 19:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EU CA |
08OTTAWA572 | CANADA ATTENDANCE AT PARIS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (sbu) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier will likely lead Canada's delegation to the June International Support Conference on Afghanistan in Paris, according to Richard Arbiter, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Acting Director for Policy and Advocacy on the Afghanistan [...] | 2008-04-24 17:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CA EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL |
08OTTAWA581 | CANADA AND AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 20:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID EU IS KPAL PGOV PREL WBG |
08OTTAWA586 | CANADA AND SPECIAL 301 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 13:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ECON ETRD KIPR |
08OTTAWA590 | CANADIAN REACTION TO SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR [...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner on April 25 expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns for reftel points, as well as for an April 24 briefing (septel). (Poloff separately provided reftel points to [...] | 2008-04-25 15:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN SY CA |
08OTTAWA593 | CANADIAN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIZATION ABROAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a middle course between the large expansion of democratization capacity that a Parliamentary committee recommended in July 2007 and the ad hoc approach it had been following before then. Canada is justifiabl [...] | 2008-04-25 18:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM PREL CA |
08OTTAWA594 | CANADA UNLIKELY TO RAISE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) In response to ref a demarche by PolMinCouns, Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed on April 25 that Canada remained unlikely -- for the time being, at least -- directly to raise Rus [...] | 2008-04-25 21:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS CA |
08OTTAWA595 | EMBASSY OTTAWA PROPOSALS FOR AMBASSADOR'S CT FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada is a close partner on counterterrorism and border security; there is little we do in the counterterrorism arena that does not touch our partnership with Canada. Still, there are areas where we see things differently than our Canadian neighbors, and there are areas where [...] | 2008-04-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA6 | NDP PLANS TO RUN "LARGEST CAMPAIGN" EVER [...] (SBU) Summary: New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton has announced that the NDP "will run the largest campaign that our party has ever run in its history" in the next federal elections, which many observers believe will take place in 2008. Although it holds the fewest seats of the fo [...] | 2008-01-04 14:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA603 | PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON AFGHANISTAN BEGINS WORK [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on April 29 met with chairman Pierre Lemieux (Conservative, Ontario) of the House of Commons' new "Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan," established under the terms of the March 13 bipartisan motion extending the mandate of the Canadian Forces in Kandaha [...] | 2008-04-30 19:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CA AF |
08OTTAWA619 | CANADA RESPONDS TO WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EMERGENCY [...] Summary: In response to an urgent appeal from the United Nations' World Food Program (WFP),Canada announced that it is allocating C$230 million in food aid programming, C$50 million more than last year. The package includes C$10 million in food aid for Haiti. Canada is also fully untying re [...] | 2008-05-02 21:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI WFP CA HA |
08OTTAWA621 | CANADA CONTINUES PRESSURE ON BURMA; SENDS CYCLONE [...] (C) Summary: Canada shares U.S. concern about the imposition on the Burmese people of a non-representative constitution, and has been publicly pressuring Burma to bring an end to the country's environment of fear and repression. On May 5, Foreign Minister Bernier conferred honorary Canadian c [...] | 2008-05-06 19:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM CA |
08OTTAWA626 | REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH MEETING, APRIL 28, OTTAWA [...] (U) Summary: On April 28 in Ottawa, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) hosted a DAS-level officials' meeting for countries contributing to NATO-ISAF Regional Command - South (RC-S). NATO and United Nations Peace Keeping Operations (UNPKO) representatives als [...] | 2008-05-07 15:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA627 | U.S.-AUSTRALIA BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF RC-SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: At their April 27 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S. and Australian delegations agreed the RC-South Plan should emphasize a counterinsurgency approach and retain its counternarcotics elements. The U.S. delegation agreed to include language in the Plan on a long-term approach and period [...] | 2008-05-07 16:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF AS CA |
08OTTAWA628 | CANADA TO CONSIDER "DAY OF SOLIDARY WITH CUBA" [...] (C) In separate conversations with PolMinCouns, senior policy advisor to the Foreign Minister Ross O'Connor and Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) expressed Canada's willingness to consider o [...] | 2008-05-07 17:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM CU CA |
08OTTAWA632 | PREPARING FOR AN ELECTION THAT JUST WON'T COME [...] (C) Summary. While the chances for a spring or summer election remain almost zero, the Conservatives seem fully prepared to start their next campaign at a moment's notice. The Liberals admit to more dire funding problems, and have launched a new fundraising drive. A fall 2008 election rema [...] | 2008-05-07 20:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA633 | CANADA AND UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 20:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | CA EFIN KTFN KU PINR PREL PTER |
08OTTAWA634 | CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT REDUNDANCY OF G8 INITIATIVE [...] (U) On May 5 Econoff delivered reftel points to Yves Beaulieu, Deputy Director, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Beaulieu confirmed that Canada had received the proposal on April 10 and stated that Canada share the USG's concern regardin [...] | 2008-05-07 21:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PTER KTFN CA |
08OTTAWA635 | THEMES FROM THE 10TH CROSS-BORDER CRIME FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 10th Cross-Border Crime Forum, 120 participants led by the U.S. Attorney General and the Canadian Ministers of Public Safety and Justice reviewed progress in eight areas, received a threat assessment, and discussed lessons learned from three case studies. From Mission Ca [...] | 2008-05-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CA |
08OTTAWA636 | SCENESETTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TRILATERALS, MAY 15-16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a key partner of the United States in the protection and promotion of human rights worldwide, in addition to being the home of one of the world's most successful democratic systems and strongest rule of law. Prime Minister Stephen Harper leads one of the most st [...] | 2008-05-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CA |
08OTTAWA637 | CANADA EQUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WIPO DIRECTOR [...] (U) On May 6 Econoff delivered reftel points to Doug George, Director, Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Trade Policy Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. George (protect) said Canada shares the USG's concern regarding the upcoming WIPO DG election. [...] | 2008-05-08 16:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD AORC WIPO PREL KIPR CA |
08OTTAWA638 | CANADA AND PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR AGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 17:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CA EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL |
08OTTAWA639 | CANADA AND PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 19:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL EINV |
08OTTAWA640 | MISSION CANADA OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Canada personnel regularly engage democracy activists, notably from Burma, Somalia, Sudan, and Belarus,. Our outreach has helped to empower groups whose links to their home country can make a difference on the margins in the development of democracy and stability. On [...] | 2008-05-08 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PREL CA |
08OTTAWA645 | CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS ON THE RISE, BUT SO ARE "LOST" [...] (U) Summary: In addition to accepting an increasing number of immigrants (especially high-skilled workers),Canada is also a growing destination for asylum seekers and refugees. Canada has successfully managed its immigration policies to maintain a reputation as a successful model of diversity [...] | 2008-05-09 18:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PTER PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA646 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO CYCLONE NARGIS [...] (sbu) Canada is committed to providing emergency aid to Burma, but remains stymied by the Burmese regime's actions blocking humanitarian relief, Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director of Humanitarian Affairs and Disasters Response Group Leslie Hope told Econcouns on May 9. Joined [...] | 2008-05-09 20:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL BM CA |
08OTTAWA647 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT NATO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) In response to ref a and b demarches, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAIT) Oslo Process and CCW Head of Delegation Earl Turcotte observed that there was at best a "50-50 chance" that the Oslo Process (OP) on Cluster Munitions [...] | 2008-05-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS NATO GM CA |
08OTTAWA649 | CANADA'S NEW DEFENSE STRATEGY [...] (U) In a widely televised public address in Halifax, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Defence Minister Peter MacKay outlined a new "Canada First Defence Strategy," building upon themes from the 2006 Conservative election platform and the October 2007 "Throne Speech" at the opening of the fa [...] | 2008-05-12 19:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR CA |
08OTTAWA651 | U.S.- CANADA BILATERAL AT REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the Regional Command-South meeting (reftel),Canadian representatives provided an overview of their security, reconstruction, and rule of law efforts in Kandahar Province. The Canadians emphasized the need for close U.S.-Canada cooperation in the transition to a [...] | 2008-05-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA653 | CANADA'S POST-CONFLICT STABILIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's "Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force" (START) has become a key component of its foreign affairs architecture. Its Ottawa headquarters works on policy formulation, while inter-agency teams now operate in Haiti, Uganda, Colombia, and Kandahar -- and soon also in [...] | 2008-05-13 18:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PINS KDEM KJUS MCAP PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA654 | CANADA'S 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 19:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC IR CA |
08OTTAWA657 | Direct investment in Canada: Window closes for ATK to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 30-day period (ref A) has ended during which U.S. defense firm Alliant Tech Systems (ATK) could have convinced Canada's Industry Ministry with additional information or proposals to approve its proposed acquisition of Canadian firm MDA's space business. As no appeal is allo [...] | 2008-05-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON CA |
08OTTAWA673 | CANADA'S NUCLEAR SECTOR: AECL SCRAPS ISOTOPE REACTOR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 20:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY TBIO PGOV ENRG CA |
08OTTAWA683 | ITAR: PM DAS RUGGIERO, CANADIANS DISCUSS EXPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 21:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MOPS CA |
08OTTAWA684 | PARLIAMENTARIANS HIGHLIGHT BORDER CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the annual Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary meeting May 17-18, Canadian MPs and Senators expressed concern to Ambassador over the "thickening of the border" and hope that Congress may again push back the June 2009 date for implementation of WHTI on the land border. [...] | 2008-05-20 21:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS KCRM CA |
08OTTAWA685 | ITAR: PM DAS RUGGIERO, CANADIANS DISCUSS EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials welcomed PM DAS Frank Ruggiero to Ottawa on May 9 to discuss Canada's export control systems. The visit was meant to build U.S. confidence in Canada's will and ability to execute the May and June 2007 U.S.-Canada Exchange of Letters (EOLs) that guide the imple [...] | 2008-05-21 12:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PARM PREL MARR MOPS CA |
08OTTAWA693 | CANADA WILL NOT ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, in response to reftel invitation to attend the Friends of Iraq Conference June 17-19, sent the following reply: Begin text Thank you very much for the invitation to the Friends of Iraq Conference in Abu Dhabi. The Department [...] | 2008-05-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ CA |
08OTTAWA694 | DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA IN CANADA [...] (U) Following Embassy outreach to the Prime Minister's Office and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (reftels) to encourage Canadian actions in support of the Day of Solidarity with Cuba, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier issued the following statement "in recognition of [...] | 2008-05-22 15:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO CU CA |
08OTTAWA695 | TBI: CANADA LOOKING TO INCREASE CARIBBEAN [...] (C) Summary: Canada is increasing its engagement in the Caribbean in order to bolster prosperity, security, and democracy. The move reflects the government's desire to recast Canada as a capable and reliable "player" in the hemisphere. Canadian government officials over the past year have h [...] | 2008-05-22 18:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS XL CA |
08OTTAWA700 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] (SBU) In response to May 15 demarche (reftel) by PolMinCouns to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for International Organizations Ferry de Kerckhove, Senior Policy Advisor Shannon-Marie Soni on May 23 provided the following comments, which she said h [...] | 2008-05-23 17:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA AORC APER CA |
08OTTAWA701 | CANADA AND THE BURMA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Canada will highlight its current Cyclone Nargis aid pledges (see paragraph 2 and ref b) at the May 25 UN-ASEAN Conference in Rangoon and will stress the need for increasing access for international relief efforts in Burma, Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Director of Hu [...] | 2008-05-23 19:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM CA BM |
08OTTAWA702 | PRIMER ON CANADIAN POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: The struggle to form Canada's next government will be between the Conservative and Liberal parties in a federal election that will take place possibly in fall 2008, but increasingly more likely in 2009. Whether the vote results in a minority or majority share o [...] | 2008-05-23 20:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA703 | PCO INVESTIGATION ON "NAFTAGATE" FAILS TO SOLVE [...] (SBU) Following a two month investigation, the Privy Council Office released a May 22 report on "NAFTAGATE" related to alleged leaks by either or both Chief of Staff the Prime Minister Ian Brodie and Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Wilson regarding alleged comments from Democratic U.S. Presid [...] | 2008-05-23 20:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD CA |
08OTTAWA704 | CANADA TO PRESS G8 TO FUND AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian-led Afghanistan-Pakistan Dubai Cooperation Workshop will publish a five-part border area action plan on June 16. Foreign Minister Bernier will urge G8 members to join Canada in funding the action plan at the June 26-27 G8 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Kyoto. End [...] | 2008-05-23 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SNAR MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA707 | FOREIGN MINISTER'S RESIGNATION A BLOW TO [...] (U) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier on May 26 submitted his resignation as minister, effective immediately, to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who accepted it and appointed Minister of International Trade David Emerson to the additional post "on an interim basis." In his letter, Bernier admi [...] | 2008-05-27 19:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA71 | CANADIAN COURT STRIKES DOWN IPOD LEVY [...] (U) Federal Court of Appeals of Canada ruled on January 11 that the Copyright Board of Canada does not have the authority to place a copyright levy on iPods and other digital music players. It is possible that the board will appeal this decision to the Supreme Court of Canada. The Copyright [...] | 2008-01-11 21:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
08OTTAWA712 | BIOGRAPHY OF NEW FOREIGN MINISTER DAVID EMERSON [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Harper appointed Vancouver Member of Parliament David Emerson on May 26 as interim Foreign Minister, replacing Maxime Bernier. Emerson will retain his existing ministerial portfolios of International Trade as well as the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, in [...] | 2008-05-28 19:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR CA |
08OTTAWA713 | CANADA AND CUBA [...] (C) Based on Embassy's ongoing dialogues with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, its Deputy Director of the Central America and Caribbean Division, and the Cuba deskoff, Embassy's assessment is that Canada has consi [...] | 2008-05-28 20:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PHUM CU CA |
08OTTAWA714 | DELIVERY OF MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA [...] Embassy delivered reftel message to Prime Minister Harper's office on May 28 at 9:15 am local time. PM Harper is currently on an official visit to several European countries but is expected to return on May 29. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://www.intelink.gov/communi [...] | 2008-05-28 21:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC CA |
08OTTAWA719 | CANADA WILL COOPERATE ON OAS ELECTION OBSERVERS IN [...] (C) In the Ambassador's abscence, DCM met May 29 with Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations James Fox to deliver reftel points. Fox was joined by DG for Africa David Angell and OAS desk officer Heidi Kutz. Fox was clearly surprised by the U.S. proposal and said Canada shar [...] | 2008-05-29 19:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS ZI CA CO |
08OTTAWA720 | BIOGRAPHY OF HELENA GUERGIS, CANADIAN SECRETARY OF STATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Stephen Harper promoted Helena Guergis to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Trade in January 2007 after she had served as Parliamentary Secretary for International Trade from February 2006. The 39 year-old Conservative Member of Parliament [...] | 2008-05-29 20:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR CA |
08OTTAWA723 | CANADA IN ACCORD ON IRAN AND IAEA [...] (C) Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner (a former Canadian Ambassador to Iran) of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on May 30 expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns for reftel views on Iran in advance of the June 2-6 IAEA Board meeting. [...] | 2008-05-30 18:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA CA |
08OTTAWA724 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE DRAFT AGENDA PASSED TO [...] (U) Poloff passed a copy of the draft agenda for the Friends of Iraq Conference to Iraq Desk Officer David Leach of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on May 30. Leach thanked us for keeping Canada in the loop, but reconfirmed that Canada would not send a representative [...] | 2008-05-30 18:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS KDEM EAID ECON CA IZ |
08OTTAWA725 | SNAPSHOTS OF DIFFERING POLITICAL PRIORITIES IN MAY [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Bernier's sudden resignation on May 26 intensified the political pot-shooting in Parliament as it wraps up its spring session. It provided a gleeful Opposition with a welcome counter-message to Prime Minister Harper's May 27-29 four capital visit to Europe, or [...] | 2008-05-30 19:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL SENV AF CA |
08OTTAWA737 | SOMALI DIASPORA HIGHLIGHTS THE CHALLENGES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a well-attended conference on May 22 with keynote speeches by Somali Transitional Federal Government Foreign Minister Jangeli, former Prime Minister of Canada Joe Clark, and AF DAS Jim Swan, the Canadian Friends of Somalia attempted to raise awareness of the "problems and cha [...] | 2008-06-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CA SO |
08OTTAWA750 | CANADA CONTRIBUTION TO THE UN TRUST FUND FOR [...] (SBU) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed on June 5 that Canada plans to make a contribution of C$300,000 for the UN Trust Fund for Electoral Assistance to Zimbabwe, plus an additional contribution to the AU, through the Canadian International Development Agenc [...] | 2008-06-06 12:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CA ZI |
08OTTAWA752 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO ISO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY [...] Econoff delivered reftel information regarding USG concerns on ISO Social Responsibility Draft Standard to Yolanda Banks, Senior Advisor for Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Affairs at Export Development Canada; Georgina Wainwright-Kemdirim, Senior Policy Analyst for Strategic Polic [...] | 2008-06-06 14:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO ECON CA |
08OTTAWA753 | CANADA: NATYNCZYK NEXT CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF [...] (U) Defence Minister Peter MacKay on June 6 introduced Lieutenant-General Walter Natynczyk to the media as Canada's next Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS),succeeding General Rick Hillier (reftel),who will retire on July 4. (Text of the Prime Minister's statement on the appointment in para 4. [...] | 2008-06-06 15:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR CA AF |
08OTTAWA754 | DEMARCHE ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 18:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC PARM IAEA CA |
08OTTAWA755 | G-8 COMMITMENT AND DARFUR KEEPS CANADA FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Harper has made Latin America, U.S. relations, Afghanistan, and major emerging markets Canada's prime foreign policy themes, leading to concern that Africa would "fall off the map." Africa nonetheless has maintained its spot on Canada's radar screen, in large meas [...] | 2008-06-06 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM EAID XA SU CA CH |
08OTTAWA756 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 20:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK CA |
08OTTAWA757 | CANADA AGREES THAT GLOBAL FOOD EXPORT RESTRICTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 20:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO CA |
08OTTAWA758 | US-CANADA-MEXICO HUMAN RIGHTS TRILATERALS [...] (C) Summary. Discussions in annual U.S.-Canada-Mexico human rights trilaterals focused on forwarding human rights in multilateral venues, importantly at the UNGA (UN General Assembly) and the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). All three countries agreed that the HRC has failed in its treatment of [...] | 2008-06-06 20:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MX CA |
08OTTAWA767 | LABOR SECRETARY CHAO ATTENDS NORTH AMERICAN AGREEMENT OF LABOR COOPERATION MEETING IN OTTAWA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 21:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD PREL CA |
08OTTAWA773 | P/DAS VOLKER CONSULTS WITH CANADIANS ON NATO [...] (C) Summary: Senior Canadian officials emphasized to visiting EUR P/DAS Volker the similarity of views held by Washington and Ottawa on NATO issues. On ISAF, the Canadians were pleased by the Bucharest Summit outcomes, but they are worried about the weak commitment and focus of some key Eur [...] | 2008-06-09 16:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF CA |
08OTTAWA774 | ASYLUM CLAIMS FROM THE AMERICAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican citizens are now the largest single nationality claiming asylum in Canada, increasingly citing narco-violence instead of sexual discrimination. Haiti, Colombia, and the United States follow as source countries; the four countries account for 50% of asylum claims in Cana [...] | 2008-06-09 17:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL CO MX HA CA |
08OTTAWA778 | CANADA AND COLOMBIA CONCLUDE FTA TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 12:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EINV ELAB SENV CA CO |
08OTTAWA781 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR THE BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] (C) According to Director General for the Middle East and North Asia Gordon E. Venner of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs (and Conservative Member of Parliament) Deepak Obhrai will lead Canada's delegation to the Berlin Co [...] | 2008-06-10 16:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS CA |
08OTTAWA787 | CANADA STAGES TOUR TO RAISE IPR AWARENESS [...] (U) On June 4, the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network (CACN) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) hosted the Ottawa segment of the 2008 CACN/RCMP Canadian "Reality" Tour to boost awareness of counterfeiting and piracy. The tour began in April and will stop in ten cities across Canad [...] | 2008-06-10 20:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
08OTTAWA789 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR ARF STATEMENT ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Deputy Director for Regional Security Elizabeth Baldwin Jones of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Defence and Security Relations Division confirmed to PolMinCouns on June 11 Canada's support generally for an ARF statement on Regional Disaster Preparedne [...] | 2008-06-11 19:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ARF EAID ASEAN CA |
08OTTAWA790 | CANADA FURTHER INCREASES AFGHANISTAN AID, WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government on June 10 announced an increase of C$600 million in its assistance package to Afghanistan, taking the total from C$1.3 billion to C$1.9 billion through 2011. Also marking a shift favoring some "signature projects" and increasing its diplomatic presence [...] | 2008-06-11 21:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA793 | CANADA SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT UN HRC, BUT URGES US [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights Deputy Director Rob Sinclair underlined that Canada had a similar "laundry list" of complaints about the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),but that Canada hoped the U.S. would -- [...] | 2008-06-12 15:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CA |
08OTTAWA794 | GOVERNMENT OF CANADA INTRODUCES ACT TO AMEND [...] (U) On June 12, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-61, An Act to amend the Copyright Act. This action had been long awaited. Minister of Industry Prentice characterized the bill as a "unique, made-in-Canada approach to copyright reform...(which will) improve the protection of cultura [...] | 2008-06-12 20:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
08OTTAWA801 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (U) As yet another sign of Canada's continued attention to and concern for the people of Somalia (reftels),Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade David Emerson on June 11 lauded the new peace accord between the Somali Transitional Federal Government and the Alliance for the Re- [...] | 2008-06-13 19:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SO CA |
08OTTAWA803 | CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS CALL ON CHINA TO [...] (U) Senator Consiglio Di Nino, chairman of the Canadian Senate's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade as well as head of the "Parliamentary Friends of Tibet" group, on June 13 shared with PolMinCouns a copy of a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao calling for "earn [...] | 2008-06-13 19:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH CA |
08OTTAWA808 | CANADA CONFRONTS RADICALIZATION ABROAD AND AT HOME [...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada has long struggled with how to avoid or reduce radicalization in one of the most diverse societies in the world, while also supporting global efforts to counter extremism. Its still evolving strategy involves multiple agencies working on various levels of forei [...] | 2008-06-16 13:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL SOCI CA |
08OTTAWA815 | NO PLANS FOR CANADIAN STATEMENT ON PRISONERS OF [...] (U) According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada does not plan to release its own press statement on the Prisoners of Conscience Declaration, but welcomes the courtesy copy of the U.S. draft press statement (reftel). Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment F [...] | 2008-06-17 17:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CA |
08OTTAWA816 | DESIGNATION OF WORLD TAMIL MOVEMENT AS A TERRORIST ENTITY [...] (U) Summary. On June 16, the Government of Canada listed the Toronto-based World Tamil Movement (WTM) as a terrorist entity under the anti-terrorism provisions of the Criminal Code, describing it as the "leading front organization" for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Canada, whic [...] | 2008-06-17 17:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN CA CE |
08OTTAWA821 | CANADIAN PARTICIPATION AT LIBERIA POVERTY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN CA LI |
08OTTAWA828 | CONSERVATIVES AGAINST RETURN OF DETAINEE [...] (U) Summary: Conservative MPs on June 17 defended the government's refusal to press for the repatriation of Canadian citizen detainee Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay, emphasizing that he posed a risk, that prosecuting him in Canada was unlikely to result in a conviction, and that he would inevit [...] | 2008-06-19 20:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA830 | 2010 G8 MEETING TO BE HELD IN CENTRAL ONTARIO [...] On June 19, Canadian Prime Minister Harper announced that the Canadian-hosted 2010 G8 Summit will be held at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario. Canada last hosted the G8 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta in 2002. Harper noted that "Huntsville is a jewel in the Canadian Shield and an i [...] | 2008-06-19 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ECON PREL |
08OTTAWA833 | LIBERALS LAUNCH "GREEN SHIFT" CARBON TAX [...] (U) Summary. Liberal leader Stephane Dion rolled-out his long-awaited carbon tax in a splashy launch on Parliament Hill on June 19 to a cheering, and highly partisan, crowd, kicking off a summer campaign to sell the plan to Canadians. The "Green Shift" Plan will be the centerpiece of the Libe [...] | 2008-06-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV ENERG CA |
08OTTAWA85 | CANADA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (u) Per reftel instructions, post has updated the Investment Climate Statement for the 2008 Country Commercial Guide. 2. (u) Begin Text of ICS Update Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude Strong economic fundamentals, proximity to the U.S. marke [...] | 2008-01-15 22:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR |
08OTTAWA850 | CANADA: KHAWAJA TERROR TRIAL OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian government's ability to win its first major anti-terrorism case will soon be tested in Ontario Superior Court in the landmark trial of Momin Khawaja, which began on June 23 in Ottawa. Khawaja is the first Canadian citizen to be charged under the 2001 Anti-terrorism [...] | 2008-06-24 11:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA866 | HARPER TWEAKS CABINET, BOLSTERS QUEBEC PRESENCE [...] (U) Summary: Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper fine-tuned his Cabinet in a minor shuffle on June 25, bolstering representation from Quebec following the sudden resignation of former Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier in May (reftel). Bernier's interim successor David Emerson won [...] | 2008-06-25 21:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CA |
08OTTAWA868 | CANADA WILL LIKELY ENGAGE JAPAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) On June 25, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Officer David Hutchison expressed appreciation for reftel demarche and remarked that it looked like something Canada would want to do. Hutchison promised to seek approval to convey the talking points to Minist [...] | 2008-06-25 22:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF JA CA |
08OTTAWA874 | CANADA JOINS UNSC IN CONDEMNING ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: Canada endorsed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) statement on June 24 condemning the Government of Zimbabwe for its actions during the current presidential election period. Canada stated that violence by Zimbabwean state agents had "contaminated" the election, called for th [...] | 2008-06-26 15:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC ZU ZI CA |
08OTTAWA878 | FEDERAL COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF KHADR INTERROGATION [...] (U) Summary: Canada's Federal Court has ordered the government to release sensitive information, including U.S. documents previously shared with Canadian authorities, to lawyers representing Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr. The order derives from a recent Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC [...] | 2008-06-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS CA |
08OTTAWA880 | CANADA BRIEFS KEY PARTNERS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Deputy Minister of Canada's Afghanistan Task Force in the Privy Council Office David Mulroney on June 25 briefed Canada's key partners on Canada's new priorities in Afghanistan. Mulroney told the chiefs of mission or representatives of Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Australia, New Zeala [...] | 2008-06-27 20:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA881 | NOTIFYING CANADA ON NASA-CNSA CIVIL SPACE [...] (SBU) ESTH Counselor discussed and left copy of reftel non-paper with officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Office of Innovation, Science and Technology on June 27. Their immediate reaction was that the proposed discussions with CNSA seemed reasonable and to [...] | 2008-06-27 20:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL CA CH |
08OTTAWA882 | NEW CIDA DIRECTOR NAMED [...] (U) Prime Minister Harper has named veteran civil servant Margaret Biggs to replace Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) president Robert Greenfield on July 1. Biggs has been a deputy secretary to the Cabinet in the Privy Council Office with responsibility for plans and consultati [...] | 2008-06-27 21:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA884 | A CONSERVATIVE SCORE-CARD: A SOLID B+, BUT NO GOLD STAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Two-and-a-half years into its mandate, the minority Conservative government is effectively implementing its policy agenda and delivering on core pledges to rebuild Canada's armed forces, tackle violent crime, and cut taxes. The extension of Canada's combat mission in Afghanista [...] | 2008-06-27 21:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PTER SOCI CA |
08OTTAWA886 | CANADA REJECTS ZIMBABWE'S ELECTION OUTCOME, IMPOSES NEW [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper on June 27 called Zimbabwe's presidential runoff election "stolen" and expressed Canada's refusal to accept their results. (Full text of the Prime Minister's statement in para 2.) One June 29, Foreign Minister David Emerson announced further restrictions on [...] | 2008-06-30 16:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI CA |
08OTTAWA888 | CANADA WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO NTI NUCLEAR FUEL BANK [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Adviser for Non-Proliferation Janice Fitchett confirmed that Canada would not pledge any financial support to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) nuclear fuel bank project by the Septemb [...] | 2008-06-30 18:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG CA |
08OTTAWA889 | CANADA TO OPEN NEW TRADE OFFICES IN CHINA, MEXICO [...] (U) Summary: In a June 19 speech, International Trade Minister Emerson announced that Canada is establishing 10 new trade offices in China, Mexico, and Brazil as part of Canada's "aggressive" trade policy. This is in addition to new trade offices in India and Mongolia announced in April. The [...] | 2008-06-30 19:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV CA EFTA CH BR IN |
08OTTAWA897 | CANADA FACILITATES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ARCHIVAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Canadian, Israeli, Palestinian, and U.S. archivists have agreed to five joint archival projects, subject to formal approval of a new Memorandum of Understanding. The focus will be on surveying and digitizing records currently in Israel that document the "shared legacy" of the J [...] | 2008-07-02 19:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KPAL IS CA |
08OTTAWA900 | CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO PRESSURE BURMA ON ACCESS [...] (SBU) According to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Burma Desk Officer Chrystal Waddington, Canada fully agrees with the U.S. view (reftel) that the international community should continue to make clear to Burmese authorities that further assistance will depend o [...] | 2008-07-03 16:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID BM CA |
08OTTAWA906 | CANADA REQUESTS LIST OF SUPPORTERS OF PRISONERS OF [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Human Rights, Gender Equality, Health, and Population Division Policy Advisor Sue Butchart, Canada would like to see a "broad regional cross-section of support" for the prisoners of conscience public affairs event (reftel) [...] | 2008-07-07 19:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EUN KDEM CA |
08OTTAWA907 | CANADA UPDATES 1267 COMMITTEE ON ABDELRAZIK [...] (S) Acting Senior Coordinator for International Crime and Terrorism Evelyn Puxley at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade informed PolMinCouns on July 7 that Canada had advised the UN Security Council's 1267 Committee that Canada was now providing limited in-kind assista [...] | 2008-07-07 19:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS CA |
08OTTAWA908 | SENATORS MCCAIN AND GRAHAM MEET NEW CANADIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on June 20, new Foreign Minister Emerson welcomed Senators McCain and Graham and Ambassador Wilkins to Ottawa, and emphasized progress Canada's Conservative government had made on re-equiping and enlarging the Canadian Forces (CF) as well as the political support th [...] | 2008-07-07 19:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS AF CA |
08OTTAWA909 | CANADIAN OBSERVER TO KOSOVO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) In response to ref a demarche, Director General for East, Central, and South Europe Robert Hage of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed to PolMinCouns on July 7 that Canada would send an observer [...] | 2008-07-07 19:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KV UNMIK CA |
08OTTAWA910 | NEW CIHR PRESIDENT ASSUMES DUTIES [...] (U) Minister of Health Tony Clement appointed Dr. Alain Beaudet to the presidency of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR),effective July 1. Dr. Beaudet replaces Dr. Pierre Chartrand, the acting CIHR head since the resignation of longtime president Alan Bernstein in October of 20 [...] | 2008-07-07 20:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TBID CA |
08OTTAWA912 | CANADA, QUEBEC AND FRANCE SIGN AGREEMENT ON [...] (U) On July 4, the organizations for health research funding of Canada (the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction, and Institute of Aging; CIHR),Quebec (the Fonds de la recherche medicale, FRSQ) and France (the Institut national de la [...] | 2008-07-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CA |
08OTTAWA913 | CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Currently available information requested in reftel: A. Head of State not expected to attend B. Head of Government expected to attend -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper -- Arrival on evening of September 24; participation in Millennium Development Goal meeting on morning of Septem [...] | 2008-07-08 19:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CA |
08OTTAWA918 | COUNSELOR, CSIS DIRECTOR DISCUSS CT THREATS, [...] (S/NF) Summary. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Judd discussed domestic and foreign terror threats with Counselor of the State Department Cohen in Ottawa on July 2. Judd admitted that CSIS was increasingly distracted from its mission by legal challenges that could endanger fo [...] | 2008-07-09 18:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS IR PK AF CA |
08OTTAWA929 | CANADIAN RECEIPT OF NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] (U) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Mine Action Team Coordinator Carly Volkes expressed appreciation for reftel demarche on July 8. Volkes noted that Canadian delegation head Earl Turcotte and his colleagues were in Geneva for the July 7 - 25 Convention on Conventional [...] | 2008-07-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO CA |
08OTTAWA936 | CANADA BACKS INCREASE IN SIZE OF AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Relations Anne Burgess said that Canada was "ready to support" the proposed increase in the size of the Afghan National Army fighting force from 80,000 [...] | 2008-07-11 19:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA938 | CANADIAN DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN NTM-I UNLIKELY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Relations Anne Burgess promised to float our request for support to NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) through the Canadian interagency (septel). Burgess [...] | 2008-07-11 20:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO IZ CA |
08OTTAWA94 | CANADIAN FISHERIES LEGISLATION -- THIRD TIME CHARM? [...] Summary: On November 29th, 2006, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Loyola Hearn introduced a new bill to Parliament to modernize Canada's 139-year-old Fisheries Act. While there is unanimous agreement that the Act must be updated, there are differences among stakeholders regarding changes that [...] | 2008-01-17 20:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA945 | A ROCKY PATH FOR CANADA'S COPYRIGHT BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Although stakeholders are generally pleased with Canada,s recently introduced copyright bill, critics are working against it at a grassroots level and the opposition parties have thus far been critical. The bill will likely require several months of Parliamentary hearings, and [...] | 2008-07-14 17:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR ETRD CA |
08OTTAWA950 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON ARF REGIONAL DISASTER [...] (SBU) ESTH Counselor discussed ref A demarche with Elizabeth Baldwin-Jones, Deputy Director of the Defence and Security Relations Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, on July 14. Baldwin-Jones said she and her colleagues had been in direct contact with EAP/RS [...] | 2008-07-14 20:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KNNP PARM ARF ASEAN CA |
08OTTAWA951 | COUNSELOR, CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior Canadian officials discussed challenges confronting Canada and the United States in Pakistan and Afghanistan with Counselor of the State Department Eliot Cohen in Ottawa July 2 and 3. The Canadians shared Dr. Cohen's bleak assessment of developments in Pakistan and raised [...] | 2008-07-14 22:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO PK AF IR CA |
08OTTAWA961 | UNSCR 1816: CANADA DEPLOYS THREE WARSHIPS [...] (U) Pursuant to UNSCR 1816 (reftel),Canada has announced the deployment of three warships to Somali waters. The deployment will include Task Force 150 flagship the destroyer HMCS Iroquois, the multi-role patrol frigate HMCS Calgary, and the oiler HMCS Protecteur. Visit Canada,s Economy and [...] | 2008-07-15 21:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL EWWT KCRM KJUS SO XA XW CA |
08OTTAWA962 | CANADA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON ECOSOC AND HUMAN [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Human Rights, Gender Equality, Health, and Population Division Senior Policy Officer Cynthia Taylor, Canada is still considering its support for the Human Rights Foundation's application for UN Economic and Social Council [...] | 2008-07-16 12:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AORC CA |
08OTTAWA965 | LIKELY CANADIAN SUPPORT OF INDIA SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) Summary: Canada and the U.S. share a similar view of how to proceed with the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, and the Cabinet probably will decide to support it early in the week of July 28. Canadian officials are concerned, however, about how the Agreement's corrective measures will pla [...] | 2008-07-16 18:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC IN CA |
08OTTAWA974 | CANADA INFORMED OF E.O. 13382 DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 19:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN IR KNNP PARM KTFN CA |
08OTTAWA976 | KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] (C) In meetings with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert in Ottawa on July 18 (septel),U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States and PolMinCouns conveyed reftel talking points, ex [...] | 2008-07-18 20:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL VE CO CA |
08OTTAWA977 | CANADIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE HORN OF AFRICA [...] (U) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on June 30 to Director General for Africa David Angell of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, DFAIT's Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Lisa Stadelbauer confirmed on July 18 that Canada "shares the United States' [...] | 2008-07-18 22:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO CA |
08OTTAWA978 | (S) IAEA BOG: CANADA WILL URGE KAZAKHSTAN TO SEEK [...] (S/Rel CAN) On July 19, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Shawn Caza agreed to reftel request, confirming Canada would move swiftly to urge Kazakhstan to run for a seat on the IAEA Board of Governors. If Kazakhstan decides to [...] | 2008-07-18 22:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL PARM IAEA AORC SY KZ CA |
08OTTAWA98 | HCOC: CANADA TO MEET REPORTING DEADLINE [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche on January 16, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Missile and Space Security Andrew Shore confirmed that Canada would meet the March 31 HCOC reporting deadline. 2. (C) Action request: Shore asked whether th [...] | 2008-01-18 15:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC MTCRE TSPA CA |
08OTTAWA982 | PROPOSED LNG RECEIVING TERMINALS IN CANADA [...] (U) Although Canada currently does not have any liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and regassification terminals, there are many projects under development. Canada has four fully approved LNG import facilities, one of which is under construction, and three proposed terminals. One additiona [...] | 2008-07-21 20:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG SENV CA |
08OTTAWA988 | CANADIAN URANIUM NOT AVAILABLE TO IRAN [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Che van Haastrecht expressed appreciation for reftel U.S. initiative, and confirmed that Canadian firms would not sell uranium to any Iranian entities. The Canadian government authorizes [...] | 2008-07-23 12:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC TRGY ENRG KNNP IR CA |
08OTTAWA989 | UNCERTAINTY ABOUT CANADIAN IE PRESENTATION AT MTCR [...] (C//Rel MTCR) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) outgoing Deputy Director for Missile and Space Security Andrew Shore confirmed that Canada would send representatives to the November 3-9 MTCR Plenary in Canberra. Shore noted, however, [...] | 2008-07-23 18:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MTCR MNUC ETTC CA |
08OTTAWA990 | PUBLIC OPINION STABLE IN WAKE OF OMAR KHADR DVD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 21:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL KPAO AF CA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1757 | HAITI ELECTIONS: DONOR FRUSTRATION GROWS, [...] (C) Summary: Frustration grows in the international donor community as President Rene Preval has yet to issue a Presidential Decree (''Arrete'') to hold elections for one-third of the senate, planned for April. Canada and the European Commission have made clear they will not disburse funds w [...] | 2008-12-24 15:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA CA |
08RIYADH107 | CANADIAN FM IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Canadian FM Bernier visited Saudi Arabia on January 9-11. Bernier met with various SAG officials, including Saudi King Abdullah. Topics included aid to the Palestinians, Syria/Lebanon, Iran's nuclear ambitions, operations in Afghanistan, UN make-up and commercial interests. T [...] | 2008-01-26 14:34:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | AF CA FATAH IR IS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SA |
08SANJOSE457 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING'S IOM [...] (C) On May 28, we delivered Ref A demarche to Alejandro Solano, the MFA's Deputy Director of Foreign Policy. Solano told us the GOCR had had its own troubles with Brunson McKinley. The GOCR did not favor McKinley's candidacy due to McKinley's on-again, off-again organization of a regional IOM [...] | 2008-05-29 21:36:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG AORC EUN XM XL CA CS |
08SANJOSE910 | GOCR FEARS INSTABILITY FROM NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOCR will speak out in multilateral fora about the fraudulent municipal elections in Nicaragua, including in the November 20 OAS debate, but will not confront its northern neighbor directly. The GOCR will urge adherence to the principles of the Democratic Charter, but will no [...] | 2008-11-21 18:32:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS PREF OAS CS NU CA VZ |
08SANTODOMINGO1456 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, [...] Open Skies Agreements with Panama and Canada 2. U.S. Company Purchases Airport Operations 3. Bank Fraud Conviction Upheld 4. Venezuela: Scandal Over Houses Donated to Storm Victims 5. Unions Press for Wage Increase  [...] | 2008-09-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV VE PM CA DR |
08SANTODOMINGO149 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH CANADIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Mrs. Fannin met Canadian Ambassador Patricia Fortier and her husband Paul Durand, the OAS representative in the Dominican Republic, for a courtesy call. Fortier highlighted the GOC's efforts in stabilizing Haiti and increased role in fighting crime, as well as are [...] | 2008-01-30 20:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EINV PINR CA DR |
08SOFIA27 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON SYRIAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PREL XF XG KMPI NSC SY EUN TU CA JA SF IN |
08STATE109208 | KUDOS: SAFE RETURN OF HOLLI CHMELA AND TAYLOR LUCK [...] (SBU) Were it not for the extraordinary efforts of Embassies Amman, Beirut, and Damascus, Holli Chmela and Taylor Luck might still be languishing in a Syrian prison. The Department, on behalf of the parents of Ms. Chmela and Mr. Luck, as well as all USG agencies involved in the case, extends i [...] | 2008-10-10 21:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CA |
08STATE110204 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050097822 for the export of rifles to Canada. Posts are requested to complete this Blue Lanter [...] | 2008-10-15 18:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ETTC KOMC RS |
08STATE112672 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (U) Action Request in Paragraph 8. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C-REL CANADA) Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objectives: -- Work with the Government of Canada to negotiate a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC [...] | 2008-10-22 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA |
08STATE113557 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of lithium batteries to Canada. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within [...] | 2008-10-24 15:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ETTC IS KOMC |
08STATE116428 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the UN General Assembly,s First Committee meeting in New York, ISN/MNSA Director Marguerita Ragsdale, joined by Deputy Director Scott Davis, held informal bilaterals on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues October 13-15 with Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...] | 2008-10-31 15:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC AS BR CA CH EG ENRG FR ID JA KNNP MNUC NZ |
08STATE125628 | DEMARCHE TO CANADA REGARDING CONVENTION ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The United States will neither sign the CCM nor participate as an observer, although many of our allies and partners will sig [...] | 2008-11-26 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO PREL MOPS CA |
08STATE130736 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050120452 for the export of carbines to Canada. Post is requested to complete this [...] | 2008-12-12 18:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC CA |
08STATE13105 | JANUARY 30 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first G-8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting (GPWG) of the Japanese G-8 Presidency, which took place on January 30, 2008 in Tokyo, focused on expanding the geographic scope of GP activities and developing benchmarks to ensure that current pledges for GP projects in Rus [...] | 2008-02-07 22:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
08STATE18782 | NOTIFICATION TO CANADA OF U.S. SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador orally briefed Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Susan Cartwright about the U.S. interception of the NRO satellite on February 20. Cartwright expressed concern about the possibility of debris landing in populated Canadian areas, and Ambassador reassured [...] | 2008-02-25 21:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY CA |
08STATE18790 | COMPROMISE AFGHAN MOTION SETS END DATE IN 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a new compromise motion, PM Harper acceded to the Liberals' call for a firm end date to the Afghan mission of Canadian Forces in Kandahar, with pull-outs beginning in July 2011 and ending by December 2011. The new language apparently draws heavily from the Liberals' amendmen [...] | 2008-02-25 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS AF CA |
08STATE20227 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050085764, 050041335, 050024484, 050074594, 050064829, 050040825, and 050057178 for t [...] | 2008-02-28 15:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ETTC KOMC |
08STATE29096 | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR 1803 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, imposing further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply [...] | 2008-03-20 14:42:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AS AU BA BR CA CH ECON EFIN EG ETRD EUN FR GM GR |
08STATE34306 | CANADA IMPLEMENTING DUAL USE ITEM PROVISION OF [...] (U) This is an action request - see para four. 2. (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Nuclear Non-proliferation Che van Haastrecht confirmed on April 1 that Canada will implement all the requirements of UNSCR 1803, and that the gov [...] | 2008-04-03 01:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP NSG IR CA |
08STATE35962 | MARCH 26 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) AT THE MARCH 26 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP MEETING (GPWG),RUSSIA POURED MORE COLD WATER ON THE PROPOSAL TO EXPAND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP (GP) ACTIVITIES BEYOND RUSSIA AND THE REST OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION (FSU) -- THE PROPOSAL SUPPORTED BY ALL OTHER G-8 MEMBERS AND THE MAJOR GP [...] | 2008-04-07 20:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA CBC ETTC FR GM JA KNNP PARM PREL RS TRGY UK |
08STATE44862 | RECOGNITION OF EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE ON BLUE [...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of economic officer Robert Merrigan, consular officer Molly Pledge, and political/economic officer Sherri Holliday-Sklar for their timely and thorough investigation of Blue Lantern cases. As you know, the Blue Lant [...] | 2008-04-28 21:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETTC KOMC CA |
08STATE4854 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of screw assemblies to South Korea. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check wi [...] | 2008-01-16 14:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ETTC KOMC KS |
08STATE54920 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests AIT Taipei's and Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 05-050103333 for the export of defense hardware to Taiwan. It is requested t [...] | 2008-05-22 16:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC CA TW |
08STATE55862 | TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL URANIUM FROM TUWAITHA [...] (S/NF) The Government of Iraq (GOI) recently finalized a sales contract with Cameco for the approximately 550 metric tons of natural uranium that was being stored at the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center. To facilitate the sale, DOD removed the material from Iraq for onward shipment to Canada. [...] | 2008-05-23 22:36:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | CA ENRG IZ KNNP PARM PREL |