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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03MONTREAL1 |
CLONING CLAIM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON QUEBEC-BASED [...] SUMMARY: THE FOLLOWING IS SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE MONTREAL-BASED RAELIAN GROUP, WHOSE MEMBER DR. BRIGITTE BOISSELIER ANNOUNCED AT A DECEMBER 27 PRESS CONFERENCE IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST CLONED HUMAN BEING, A 7 POUND BABY GIRL NICKNAMED EVE. AND ITS TWO MAIN FIGUR [...] |
2003-01-03 16:05:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON KIRF CA |
| 03MONTREAL1076 |
Phased Expansion Plans for Montreal's Dorval Airport [...] This cable contains input from Embassy Ottawa. 2. SUMMARY: Montreal's Dorval International Airport recently opened Phase 1 of a planned three-stage, C$700 million expansion that will include new and improved facilities as well as integration of the airport into the local and regional transp [...] |
2003-08-11 21:28:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL CA |
| 03MONTREAL1212 |
WALK-IN REPORTS SUSPICIOUS PILOT IN TRAINING [...] (C/NF) On September 4, 2003, Canadian Citizen Michel Boissoneault (Source) approached the United States Consulate in Montreal and advised that in his employment as a valet and a night security guard of an upscale condominium complex in downtown Montreal (million dollar condominiums), that he h [...] |
2003-09-04 19:47:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER |
| 03MONTREAL1222 |
POTENTIAL THREAT TO POTUS, SECSTATE AND SECDEF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 4, 2003, the RCMP in Montreal notified the RSO's Office that during the month of August, a subject identified as Eric FOREST, a Canadian citizen, DOB: 04/30/1976, indicated to the RCMP that he would travel [...] |
2003-09-05 20:18:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
| 03MONTREAL1377 |
World Anti-Doping Agency has Financial Problems [...] SUMMARY: The World Ant-Doping Agency (WADA) is experiencing financial problems because member countries, including the United States, are behind on paying dues, according to WADA President Richard Pound. The agency collected 80 percent of its U.S.$20 million budget in 2002 and thus far, has r [...] |
2003-09-29 20:48:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | KOLY SCUL SNAR TBIO PREL CA CH |
| 03MONTREAL1747 |
CHAREST GOVERNMENT, QUEBEC LABOR UNIONS [...] Summary: Premier Charest's Liberal government and Quebec's powerful unions are headed for a showdown over proposed revisions to provincial labor laws on subcontracting and the health care system. Both sides are playing for public support, though neither particularly successfully so far. Uni [...] |
2003-12-10 19:53:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PGOV CA |
| 03MONTREAL204 |
BORDER UPDATE - CANADIAN IMMIGRATION DIGS OUT OLD [...] SUMMARY: A LONG-STANDING CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION CANADA (CIC) PRACTICE HAS CHANGED. ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO PREVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ADMITTED IMMEDIATELY INTO CANADA ARE NOW TURNED OVER TO USINS UNTIL A CIC APPOINTMENT IS SCHEDULED. END SUMMARY. 2. STARTING IN LATE 2002, LARGE NUMBERS [...] |
2003-02-14 16:30:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF KPAO PBTS KISL PGOV PREL CVIS CA CIC |
| 03MONTREAL245 |
QUEBEC TELECOMS STRUGGLE WITH OVERCAPACITY, LACK OF [...] SUMMARY: QUEBEC'S TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY, A SECTOR WHICH AT ITS PEAK IN 1999 SUPPORTED 114,500 JOBS, CUT MORE THAN 21,000 JOBS IN 2002. ANALYSTS ARE PREDICTING ANOTHER ROUGH YEAR WITH LOW INVESTMENT RATES AND A POSSIBLE INCREASE IN BANKRUPTCIES IN SMALLER COMPANIES. END SUMMARY. 2. MON [...] |
2003-02-25 12:19:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETTC CA BEXP |
| 03MONTREAL266 |
TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS: SEX AND SMUGGLING IN QUEBEC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MONTREAL, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "THE PARIS OF THE WEST," HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A REPUTATION IN THE SEX-TOURISM INDUSTRY AS "THE BANGKOK OF THE WEST." NOT SURPRISINGLY, MOST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN QUEBEC PROVINCE INVOLVES WOMEN WHO ARE TRAFFICKED INTO THE SEX TRADE. IN FEBRUA [...] |
2003-02-27 15:01:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF PHUM |
| 03MONTREAL4 |
APPARENT ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM PRIMARILY PAKISTAN RESIDING [...] SUMMARY: SOME 200 ALIENS, MOST OF THEM OF PAKISTANI ORIGIN, FLOCKED TO THE NEW YORK-QUEBEC BORDER POST OF CHAMPLAIN-LACOLLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FILE FOR THE STATUS OF POLITICAL REFUGEE AT THE CANADIAN BORDER IMMIGRATION OFFICE BEFORE THE START OF THE NEW YEAR. PAKISTANI CLAIMANTS SAID THEY WERE N [...] |
2003-01-03 21:27:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG KPAO SOCI KISL PGOV PTER PREL PBTS CA |
| 03MONTREAL453 |
Census Data Shows Quebec More Bilingual Since 1996, [...] SUMMARY: Statistics Canada (Statscan) has released several tranches of 2001 census data in the last four months regarding language usage and immigration, figures which are closely watched in Quebec, by both the media and government. The Statscan numbers show Quebec to be 3 percent more bilingu [...] |
2003-04-02 18:07:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI CA |
| 03MONTREAL476 |
MONTREAL ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATORS COALITION OF [...] SUMMARY: Quebecers have traditionally been known for anti-war sentiment; in the lead-up to the current war in Iraq, polling data, media coverage and the largest demonstrations in Canada have indicated that pacifism is alive and well in the province. But the picture of Quebec pacifism presented [...] |
2003-04-08 14:59:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CA |
| 03MONTREAL543 |
MEETING OF MALIAT PARTIES AT ICAO [...] SUMMARY: AT A BRIEF LUNCHTIME MEETING ON THE SIDES OF THE ICAO 5TH WORLDWIDE AIR TRANSPORT CONFERENCE, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON LIBERALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT (MALIAT) MEMBER COUNTRIES MET TO DISCUSS WAYS TO INCREASE THE AGREEMENT'S MEMBERSHIP. CURRENT [...] |
2003-04-25 20:40:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ATRN ICAO |
| 03MONTREAL553 |
Air Canada Bankruptcy and Restructuring [...] SUMMARY: Air Canada's recent filing for bankruptcy protection follows efforts over the past several months to restructure its operations and lower its costs in order to remain competitive during a difficult time in the airline industry. However, a combination of its own business decisions, th [...] |
2003-04-30 13:06:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD EFIN ECON CA |
| 03MONTREAL743 |
Varroa Parasite Infests Quebec Honeybee Hives [...] SUMMARY: Quebec's honeybee population is under threat from a Varroa Mite parasite infestation that will likely reduce the province's modest honey production. Quebec beekeepers' ability to combat the mite has been limited by delayed discovery of the parasite's resistance to the widely used pesti [...] |
2003-06-10 15:18:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EIND ETRD PREL CA |
| 03MONTREAL819 |
FRAUDULENT CANADIAN ACADEMIC DOCUMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: An active Canadian Public Security Anti-terrorism Unit investigation has revealed that an organized group of Pakistani males in Canada and Pakistan are presenting academic documentation purporting to be issued by the Ottawa Business College. This school exists in name only wit [...] |
2003-06-25 19:51:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | KFRD CVIS PTER PINR ASEC |
| 03MONTREAL910 |
Bombardier Aerospace Focuses on Regional Jet [...] This cable contains contributions from Embassy Ottawa. 2. SUMMARY: The flagship of Quebec's aerospace industry, Bombardier Inc., identifies itself as the number three airplane maker after long-haul jet makers Boeing and Airbus. But the company is known in the aerospace business as the leadi [...] |
2003-07-11 21:05:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAIR BEXP ETRD PREL CA |
| 03MONTREAL979 |
TAMIL TIGERS FUND-RAISER IN MONTREAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: A Local Canadian Law Enforcement Source has informed Post that there will be a "Tamil Olympics" the week of 28 July 20O3 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Source reports that this event is a fund raiser for the Tamil Tigers Terrorist Organization (LTTE). 2. (S/NF) According [...] |
2003-07-25 21:59:00 | Consulate Montreal | SECRET | PTER KVPR PINR |
| 03MONTREAL999 |
YOUTH GROUP VISITS CONSULATE ON PLIGHT OF AFRO- [...] Summary. Two leaders of Black Youth in Action (BYIA), a Montreal NGO, paid a visit to the Consul General (CG) on Monday, July 21. The purpose of the visit was to deliver a letter describing the displacement of the Afro-Colombian population in Colombia and to request the names of African- A [...] |
2003-07-30 13:47:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PREF CA CO |
| 04MONTREAL1435 |
HYDRO QUEBEC CHANGES COURSE, AFTER SUROIT [...] SUMMARY: Environmental NGOs and community activists have drawn sufficient negative attention to Hydro Quebec's proposal to build the Suroit natural gas plant near Montreal that the utility appears to have shelved the project. The provincial legislative commission that had been tasked to con [...] |
2004-11-09 12:58:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY ETRD CA |
| 04MONTREAL1464 |
EU Additionality at ICAO: EC Efforts to obtain [...] (U) Summary and action request. As Department is aware, for some time the European Union has been talking with high level officials of the International Civil Aviation Organization about its desire to have an enhanced and permanent presence at ICAO. Of 36 current Council members, 8 are from [...] |
2004-11-12 20:01:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAIR EU ICAO |
| 04MONTREAL1484 |
US-VISIT STAKEHOLDERS/MEDIA BRIEFING IN MONTREAL [...] Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) US-VISIT Deputy Director Robert Mocny provided two US-VISIT briefings on November 5 to stakeholders (shippers, customs brokers, Canadian immigration officers) and media, respectively. All attendees were provided a handout: "Fact Sheet: U.S. Land [...] |
2004-11-18 18:04:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ELTN ECON PBTS CA |
| 04MONTREAL1555 |
HYDRO QUEBEC PYLON VANDALIZED [...] (C) Thierry Vandal, President of Hydro Quebec,s Production division, described the recent vandalism at a Hydro Quebec pylon about a mile from the U.S. border, near Coaticook in Quebec,s Eastern Townships, as the work of &amateurs.8 In a 12/7 meeting with the Quebec City Consul General, Montre [...] |
2004-12-09 20:00:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PTER PBTS CA |
| 04MONTREAL1574 |
MONTREAL CONFERENCE WITH THE HAITI DIASPORA (MCHD) [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Haitian Diaspora from Canada, the U.S. and Europe assembled December 10-11, 2004, to participate in the MCHD. Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Paul Martin emphasized, at the opening of the MCHD plenary session, that his administration's initiative to invite members [...] |
2004-12-13 20:30:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV EAID SENV CA HA |
| 04MONTREAL233 |
SECURITY BREACH AT PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU AIRPORT [...] SUMMARY. A SECURITY BREACH AT PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU AIRPORT (AKA DORVAL) AT APPROXIMATELY 5:45PM (1745 HOURS) ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 12) GROUNDED ALL OUTBOUND AIR TRAFFIC TO THE UNITED STATES FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS. SEVERAL PLANES IN FLIGHT WERE RECALLED TO DORVAL FOR RESTERILIZING. THE RESCR [...] |
2004-02-13 20:47:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC CASC CA |
| 04MONTREAL252 |
FLIGHTS GROUNDED A SECOND TIME IN THREE DAYS AT [...] SUMMARY. DOMESTIC OUTBOUND FLIGHTS WERE GROUNDED, DELAYED OR RECALLED TO PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU AIRPORT (AKA DORVAL AIRPORT) FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE DAYS. THE INCIDENT THAT PROMPTED THE SEALING OF THE JETTY OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 9:05AM ON SATURDAY (FEB. 14) AND LASTED ABOUT FIVE HO [...] |
2004-02-17 20:44:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC CASC CA |
| 04MONTREAL308 |
SIXTH MEETING OF THE ICAO COMMITTEE ON AVIATION [...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING MOST OF ITS GOALS AT THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION'S (ICAO) COMMITTEE ON AVIATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CAEP), HELD IN MONTREAL, FEBRUARY 2-12, 2004. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RESULT RELATED TO AIRCRAFT NOISE [...] |
2004-02-25 19:48:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SENV ETRD ICAO |
| 04MONTREAL410 |
International Women's Day - Event at ICAO in [...] Summary: On Monday, March 8, Consul General (CG) Bernadette Allen joined Lieutenant Governor Lise Thibault and Transport Canada Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy Kristine Burr in addressing the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) ambassadors, delegates and staff and other in [...] |
2004-03-11 20:52:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN SOCI PREL CSW ICAO |
| 04MONTREAL419 |
HEZBOLLAH IN MONTREAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: A Local Canadian Law Enforcement Source has informed Post of Terrorist Organizations using Organized Crime networks in Montreal to funnel drugs and money with the profits going to support terrorism. There are several on-going investigations of these networks and Post asks th [...] |
2004-03-15 14:18:00 | Consulate Montreal | SECRET | PTER KVPR PINR |
| 04MONTREAL451 |
GAS PLANT PROJECT CONTROVERSY HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Quebec's energy board is holding hearings on whether provincial energy needs require the construction of an 836 megawatt gas plant, the Suroit, in Beauharnois, located 25 miles from Montreal and the U.S. border. The Board's recommendations, and the report of a provincial legislativ [...] |
2004-03-19 21:02:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OEXC OIIP KISL KPAL PTER IS |
| 04MONTREAL550 |
Montreal Jewish School Firebombed on Passover [...] A private Jewish school in Montreal's St. Laurent neighborhood was firebombed in the early morning hours of April 5, the first day of the Passover holiday. The firebombing took place between 2.a.m. and 3 a.m. in the library of the United Talmud Torah St. Laurent School on de l'Eglise Street. [...] |
2004-04-06 20:47:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KISL CA |
| 04MONTREAL68 |
QUEBEC GOVERNMENT CRITICISED FOR HANDLING OF [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-16 19:16:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PHUM |
| 04MONTREAL691 |
BOTCHED SECURITY EXERCISE AT PIERRE ELLIOTT [...] (C) Summary. Media reports of a botched security exercise at PET International Airport prompted post's Principal Officer (PO) to contact Aeroport de Montreal Corporation (ADM) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Cherry and the Department of Homeland Security Pre-Inspection Facil [...] |
2004-05-11 21:15:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC CASC CA |
| 04MONTREAL696 |
OAS ASSISTANCE FOR HEMISPHERE PORTS IN MEETING [...] Per reftel A request, post's Principal Officer contacted Port of Montreal (POM) Security Director Felixpier Bergeron to inquire about the POM's progress in completing a plan of action to comply with the new international regulations and standards set by the International Maritime Organization [...] |
2004-05-12 16:59:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT KCRM PREL PTER MARAD OAS |
| 04MONTREAL701 |
AEROPORTS DE MONTREAL ANNUAL REPORT 2003 [...] (U) Summary. Aeroports de Montreal (ADM) Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Cherry and Chairman of the Board Pierre Martin rolled out the ADM 2003 annual report at a May 6, 2004 public meeting held at the International Civil Aviation Organization Headquarters in M [...] |
2004-05-13 12:51:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CA |
| 04MONTREAL766 |
Implementation of Capetown Convention [...] Summary: ICAO Preparatory Commission selects Ireland as host country for new International Registry for financing interests in aircraft. 2. The Capetown Diplomatic Conference established a Preparatory Commission of 20 states, including the U.S., to set up the new international registry, i [...] |
2004-06-01 16:30:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD CA EI SN ICAO UNIDROIT |
| 04MONTREAL874 |
KANESATAKE GRAND CHIEF GABRIEL FRUSTRATED BY LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Mohawk territory of Kanesatake has become a haven for marijuana cultivation, drug dealing, arms possession, and other organized criminal activity, ousted Grand Chief James Gabriel told Consulate representatives on June 17. Gabriel, who has not been able to return to Kanesatake sinc [...] |
2004-06-23 20:42:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV SNAR PHUM CA |
| 04MONTREAL888 |
QUEBECERS GIVE BLOC QUEBECOIS 54 SEATS, PUNISHING [...] This cable was jointly prepared by the Montreal and Quebec City Consulates. 2. SUMMARY: As predicted, the Bloc Quebecois took 54 of 75 possible seats in Quebec in yesterday's Federal election, gaining 21 seats in Parliament, and matching the party's 1993 seat count, when former Bloc leader [...] |
2004-06-29 20:58:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
| 04MONTREAL931 |
INCIDENT IN DOMESTIC TERMINAL OF TRUDEAU AIRPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-09 20:36:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC EAIR CA |
| 05MONTREAL110 |
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MEET SIX-HOUR DELAY AT [...] Summary. On Sunday, January 30, 2005, fifteen busloads of U.S. high school students were delayed for six hours at the St. Bernard-Lacolle (Lacolle) port of entry (POE) into Canada. The students were headed for a ski weekend at Mt. Tremblant. The tour organizer believes his group was trapped [...] |
2005-02-02 12:42:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS CASC ECON CA |
| 05MONTREAL1196 |
FRENCH PROPOSAL TO TAX AIRLINE TICKETS - USICAO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Acting US Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) met with the representatives of Canada, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Korea, Russia and Egypt to notify them of the demarche (reftel) being delivered in their capitals and to request their sup [...] |
2005-09-09 15:07:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECIN EAID EFIN UNGA ICAO |
| 05MONTREAL123 |
U.S-Canadian Law Enforcement Partnership [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-04 15:09:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PINS SOCI CA |
| 05MONTREAL167 |
CAPE TOWN TREATY IMPLEMENTATION [...] SUMMARY: The Third Preparatory Commission meeting at ICAO in Montreal to facilitate establishment of new international aircraft finance registry made important progress. The Prep Com approved a contract with the registrar nominated by Ireland and selected by the Second Prep Com meeting, as [...] |
2005-02-14 12:44:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD AORC CA ICAO |
| 05MONTREAL221 |
AMBASSADOR CELLUCCI'S FAREWELL VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-24 12:34:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CA |
| 05MONTREAL323 |
CANADA DOWNGRADES ACCEPTANCE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO [...] Summary and action request. The Government of Canada has instituted an "administrative change" in its "acceptance" of diplomats representing their governments to ICAO. The category of acceptance (permission to remain in Canada) stamped in diplomatic passports has been downgraded from "diplo [...] |
2005-03-15 12:22:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ODIP AORC EAIR CA ICAO |
| 05MONTREAL420 |
INTERPOL SECGEN NOBLE'S MONTREAL VISIT; [...] Summary. CONGEN Montreal FSN Investigator and DHS/ICE Agent represented post at the March 31 conference luncheon hosted by Conseil des Relations International de Montreal (CORIM) in honor of Interpol Secretary General (SG) Ronald K. Noble. In remarks on the conference theme "Threats to Inte [...] |
2005-04-05 15:59:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SOCI PTER ASEC CA |
| 05MONTREAL437 |
RESPONSE FROM ICAO'S CANADIAN REPRESENTATIVE AND [...] US Acting Representative Frank Price met with the Canadian representative to ICAO, Ambassador Alain Dupuis, on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 to relay USG concerns with the Canadian Government's decision to change the status of ICAO representatives from "diplomatic" to "international" (reftel a). [...] |
2005-04-08 12:44:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | KREC ODIP AORC EAIR CA ICAO |
| 05MONTREAL744 |
MONTREAL MUSLIMS APPRECIATE DIALOGUE WITH [...] Summary. On June 2, Consulate staff (Consul General (CG), Public Affairs Officer (PAO), Consular Section Chief and FSN Public Affairs Assistant) met with ten representatives of various Muslim organizations and constituencies in Montreal, including the Algerian Cultural Center, the Islamic Co [...] |
2005-06-09 20:21:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL PREL PHUM ASEC SOCI CA |
| 05MONTREAL776 |
Welcome to the Montreal International Conference on Haiti [...] Post welcomes Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Ambassador Roger Noriega and delegation to the Montreal International Conference on Haiti. 2. Control Officer Neill Krost will meet and assist Ambassador Noriega at the airport. His contact numbers in Montreal are: (514) 90 [...] |
2005-06-15 21:02:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV PINR 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 |
| 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 |
| 08MONTREAL180 |
CANCELLATION OF TERP CIRCUIT [...] (C) AmConsul Montreal has just been converted to an EACT post and disconnected its TERP circuit. Post no longer requires this circuit and requests that it be cancelled. Circuit: 2.4 IPC TERP circuit RIN: IPC0405 DATE: Immediate 2. (U) Post appreciates all assistance w [...] |
2008-06-20 18:10:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | ANET ACOA AFIN AADP KRIM |
| 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 |
| 08MONTREAL58 |
ICAO Registry of U.S. BILATERAL AERONAUTICAL AGREEMENTS [...] U.S. Mission ICAO has received a February 20, 2008 letter confirming registration by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) of various United States' bilateral agreements. The registrations include the following Air Services Agreements(ASAs), amendments, and extensions. --1989 [...] |
2008-03-04 15:14:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICAO EAIR KTIA XX |
| 08MONTREAL59 |
ICAO: SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL LEGAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Special Legal Sub-Committee on New and Emerging Threats met a second time (February 19-21, 2008) to consider the issue of unlawful transport by air of particularly dangerous goods and related items and fugitives, as directed by [...] |
2008-03-05 19:54:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX |
| 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 |
| 09MONTREAL115 |
RESULTS OF ICAO'S TWENTIETH AVIATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING [...] Summary. Transportation Security Administration officials led the U.S. delegation to the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Twentieth Aviation Security Panel of Experts (AVSECP) meeting and presented two U.S. working paper proposals and an information paper on the supply chain [...] |
2009-04-07 18:47:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PREL PTER ICAO XX |
| 09MONTREAL184 |
ABDELRAZIK MAKES ROUTINE COURT APPEARANCE, SAYS SEEKS [...] (U) Newly repatriated Abousfian Abdelrazik appeared briefly before a federal court judge in Montreal yesterday, officially affirming that Ottawa had complied with the court's June 4 order to bring Abdelrazik home after six years in exile in Sudan. Judge Russel Zinn, the same judge who had issue [...] |
2009-07-08 19:38:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SU CA UN |
| 09MONTREAL299 |
AMBASSADOR JACOBSON'S VISIT TO MONTREAL, DEC 14-15 [...] (U/NF) Summary. Ambassador Jacobson's second visit to Montreal December 14-15 introduced him to several influential personalities related to Quebec's politics, business and culture. The Ambassador also found a willing ally on intellectual property rights with the Bloc Quebecois party and press [...] |
2009-12-31 18:34:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV CA |
| 09MONTREAL80 |
ICAO COUNCIL CAUTIONS DPRK ON CIVAIR SAFETY AND SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 9, 2009 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, which is the governing body constituted of 36 representatives of ICAO Contracting States from all regions of the world, discussed the DPRK announcement that North Korea cannot guarantee the safety o [...] |
2009-03-09 23:55:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KS KN IC ICAO |
| 10MONTREAL1 |
COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE REVEALS QUEBEC OIL SANDS INTERESTS [...] (U/NF) Summary. Controversy over Quebec's aggressive position at the Copenhagen environmental conference shed some surprising light into the connections of powerful provincial interests in the Alberta oil sands. Montreal's two major newspaper chains battled back and forth over Quebec-based Powe [...] |
2010-01-07 19:15:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG CA PREL PGOV |
| 10MONTREAL38 |
Quebec Relief Efforts for Haiti in High Gear [...] (U) SUMMARY: Quebec's and Montreal's historical and cultural links to Haiti are driving significant relief efforts at the provincial, municipal and local levels. While the ties of this province and city to Haiti were no secret, the extent of society's involvement in relief efforts has been str [...] |
2010-02-05 17:05:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL HA CA |