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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 03HALIFAX10 |
CANADIAN PORT SECURITY MEASURES ANNOUNCED IN HALIFAX [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Atlantic Canada and Halifax port officials are satisfied that the Canadian government's port security initiative, announced at a Halifax news conference by four federal cabinet ministers on January 22, is a step in the [...] |
2003-01-23 15:13:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV ETRD EWWT CA |
| 03HALIFAX108 |
ALIEN SMUGGLING AT HALIFAX PORT [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The port of Halifax is facing a growing problem of stowaways, primarily of Romanian nationality, who arrive here hidden in shipping containers on board commercial freight vessels originating at southern European ports. Certain s [...] |
2003-04-03 20:43:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG CVIS PBTS EWWT CA |
| 03HALIFAX110 |
FDA BIOTERRORISM MEASURES: NEWFOUNDLAND SEEKS [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The province of Newfoundland-Labrador believes its exporters of fish and other perishable products should get special consideration when the USG implements new FDA border measures to combat bioterrorism. Newfoundland, which depe [...] |
2003-04-04 21:08:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD EFIS EAGR CA US FDA |
| 03HALIFAX119 |
HALIFAX CULTURAL DIVERSITY SEMINAR [...] The Department of Canadian Heritage hosted a seminar on a proposed International Instrument on Cultural Diversity (IICD) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 27-28, 2003. Most of the discussion focused on audiovisual trade issues. Culture ministry officials and NGO representatives argued that a new [...] |
2003-04-09 19:13:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KPAO SCUL UNESCO |
| 03HALIFAX167 |
NEWFOUNDLAND CHALLENGES OTTAWA OVER FISH [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Newfoundland-Labrador government, stung by Ottawa's decision to shut down the province's cod fishery, is seeking a constitutional amendment to force the federal government to share control of the fishing industry. (END SUMMAR [...] |
2003-05-15 15:47:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIS ECON CA |
| 03HALIFAX238 |
Nova Scotia Provincial Elections: Tories Left with a [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) Summary: Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm will serve another term in office following this week's provincial elections, but he will do so as head of a minority government. Hamm's Progressive Conservative Party lost seats to both the New Dem [...] |
2003-08-08 13:08:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV |
| 03HALIFAX27 |
ATLANTIC CANADA WORRIED BY IMPACT OF BORDER [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia officials have raised with CG the deep concerns in Atlantic Canada over the potential that USG border screening systems, including the regulations emanating from the Bioterrorism Act, will hurt the large volume of agri [...] |
2003-02-12 19:07:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PBTS ETRD EFIS EAGR CA US |
| 03HALIFAX305 |
NOVA SCOTIA: THRONE SPEECH PROMISES LEGISLATED AUTO [...] (U) Nova Scotia's House of Assembly session opened September 25. The Speech from the Throne which laid out the government's agenda began on a conciliatory note; Premier Hamm's Conservative party is two seats shy of a majority and will need cooperation from the Liberals and NDP to govern. "W [...] |
2003-09-26 08:14:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV CA |
| 03HALIFAX308 |
THANKS A LOT, JUAN [...] SUMMARY: Hurricane Juan crashed through Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island during the late evening/early morning of September 28/29, leaving two dead, two missing and millions of dollars in property damage. We have no reports of AMCIT deaths or injuries. Consulate is open to the public bu [...] |
2003-09-30 10:24:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON AEMR CASC ASEC CA |
| 03HALIFAX309 |
PEI TORIES THREE-PEAT, BUT LIBERALS IMPROVE THEIR NUMBERS [...] (U) Prince Edward Island Premier Pat Binns won a third consecutive majority in the province's September 29 election. Binns's Progressive Conservatives took 23 of the 27 seats in the legislature. The Liberal Party improved its standing in the house dramatically, but from a low base: the Liber [...] |
2003-09-30 10:24:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON CA |
| 03HALIFAX329 |
PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER HURRICANE JUAN [...] (U) Nine days after Hurricane Juan, life in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island has largely returned to normal, although several thousand people still remain without power in a number of hard-hit areas, including some near the center of Halifax. While Juan's human toll was relatively small - [...] |
2003-10-08 09:39:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AEMR MOPS CA |
| 03HALIFAX348 |
PRELIMINARY REACTION TO PROPOSED MERGER OF CA AND TORY [...] News of the proposed merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Parties is getting mixed reaction throughout Canada's four Atlantic Provinces. Most local representatives of the two parties appear optimistic that the tentative merger will actually work and will result in a ne [...] |
2003-10-17 15:16:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
| 03HALIFAX349 |
HALIFAX PORT AUTHORITY SEES SECURITY AS JOB ONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Halifax Port Authority officials stressed to Ambassador Cellucci during his recent visit that security has been and will continue to be a top priority at the port, whether for containers or for cruise ships and their -- mainly American -- passengers. HPA is interested in part [...] |
2003-10-17 18:52:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ASEC PTER SNAR CASC CA |
| 03HALIFAX352 |
AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NOVA SCOTIA: SECURITY, ECONOMY, [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador's visit to Nova Scotia October 9 - 14 was useful in reinforcing a traditionally good relationship between the province and the U.S., as well as dispelling misperceptions about U.S. energy, environmental and foreign policy. Primary topics of discussion were security, econo [...] |
2003-10-21 13:52:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EFIS ECON EPET MOPS SENV ASEC CA |
| 03HALIFAX356 |
NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR PROVINCIAL ELECTION: TORY SWEEP ENDS [...] SUMMARY: There could be a new round of political wrangling between the federal government and the newly elected Progressive Conservative Party in Newfoundland-Labrador. In an October 21 provincial election campaign, the Tories led by the charismatic business leader Danny Williams, solidly to [...] |
2003-10-23 11:13:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ENRG EPET CA |
| 03HALIFAX367 |
PEARSON PEACEKEEPING CENTRE CAPABILITIES AND IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, has extensive expertise in training military, civilian and police personnel for peace operations in a variety of environments, but has as yet received from the Canadian government no taskings related to Iraq. Ottawa [...] |
2003-10-31 11:19:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS KPKO PGOV PREL ASEC IZ CA |
| 03HALIFAX372 |
FDA BIOTERROR RULES: POSITIVE LOCAL REACTION [...] (U) Government and fishing industry officials in Atlantic Canada have told us that they are generally pleased with the FDA's anti-bioterrorism regulations, principally those concerning the prior notice time for perishable shipments. Our contacts were deeply concerned that the 24-hour notice ti [...] |
2003-11-07 10:15:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIS EAGR TBIO PREL CA US FDA |
| 03HALIFAX394 |
PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS PRODUCE NEW LINEUP OF ENERGY MINISTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canada's four Atlantic Provinces have all held provincial elections this year: Newfoundland-Labrador (October 21), Prince Edward Island (September 29), Nova Scotia (August 5), and New Brunswick (June 9). With the exception of Newfoundland-Labrador, the incumbent governments we [...] |
2003-11-21 11:39:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PGOV CA |
| 03HALIFAX51 |
U.S. CUSTOMS AT HALIFAX PORT [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED Q ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) officials in Halifax are pleased with the cooperation they have enjoyed over the past year with the U.S. Customs inspectors assigned to work at the Halifax port. Since U.S. Customs began ass [...] |
2003-02-27 21:02:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL ETRD EWWT CA |
| 03HALIFAX52 |
NOVA SCOTIA ENERGY MINISTER STILL OPTIMISTIC [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nova Scotia provincial government remains optimistic about the future of the Deep Panuke offshore natural gas project despite EnCanaQs decision to halt work for the time being. The province is eager to persuade USG officials of Atlantic [...] |
2003-02-28 17:41:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET PGOV ETRD CA US |
| 03HALIFAX86 |
ANTI-WAR PROTESTS IN HALIFAX [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) AS REPORTED VIA E-MAILS OVER THE PAST WEEK, CONGEN HALIFAX HAS BEEN THE SITE OF THREE MAJOR (BY ATLANTIC CANADA STANDARDS) ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES IN IRAQ. ALL THREE PROTESTS---ORGANIZED BY A COMBINAT [...] |
2003-03-26 20:01:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL CA US |
| 03HALIFAX91 |
CANADIAN PUBLIC OPINION ON THE IRAQ WAR: [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) CANADIANS IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES, MOST OF WHOM CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO HAVE A STAUNCHLY PRO-U.S. WORLD VIEW ON MOST ISSUES, ARE DEEPLY DIVIDED OVER THE WAR IN IRAQ. IN DISCUSSIONS DURING THE PAST WEEK WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE INCLU [...] |
2003-03-26 21:17:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC KPAO CA US |
| 03HALIFAX93 |
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD [...] THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OF CANADA (TSB) TODAY RELEASED ITS FINAL REPORT ON SWISSAIR FLIGHT 111, WHICH CRASHED OFF THE COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1998, KILLING ALL ABOARD, INCLUDING 103 AMERICAN CITIZENS. THIS REPORT MARKS THE CONCLUSION OF THE TSB'S LONGEST AND MOST EXTENSIVE [...] |
2003-03-27 19:08:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR CA US |
| 04HALIFAX10 |
HMCS TORONTO DEPLOYS [...] HMCS Toronto left Halifax January 14 for a six-month deployment with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. In a gesture of support that seemed well-received by both the crew of Toronto and their families, Minister of National Defense David Pratt and his Parliamentary Secretary David [...] |
2004-01-14 15:35:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PGOV CA |
| 04HALIFAX101 |
ATLANTIC CANADA: PRE-ELECTION SOUNDINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The consensus of opinion among political observers in Atlantic Canada is that Prime Minister Martin will call an early summer election. While the region's 32 seats in Parliament are a relatively small bloc, they could make the difference in a close election between a minorit [...] |
2004-04-05 14:27:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON CA |
| 04HALIFAX115 |
ATLANTIC CANADA: ENERGY TOPICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have been working to streamline their regulatory regimes for offshore energy exploration, but industry calls for combining the two federal-provincial offshore boards will not be acted upon any time soon. The Premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundlan [...] |
2004-04-21 13:47:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV CA |
| 04HALIFAX12 |
CAMPOBELLO ISLAND RESIDENTS FEELING CUT OFF [...] Regional press and politicians have begun to focus attention on the plight of the 1450 residents of Campobello Island, New Brunswick. This small a small Island in the Bay of Fundy is, from September to July, accessible from Canada only via a bridge to Lubec, Maine. During the summer a privat [...] |
2004-01-20 16:54:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL PTER PGOV ETRD CA |
| 04HALIFAX127 |
NEFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR GOVERNMENT SUFFERS THROUGH BITTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Having broken a 4-week-old public sector union strike April 27 with the introduction of back-to-work legislation, Newfoundland-Labrador Tory Premier Danny Williams is making a last-ditch offer to negotiate a collective labor agreement. On April 29, the Premier said he would suspe [...] |
2004-04-30 20:00:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV CA |
| 04HALIFAX130 |
NEWFOUNDLAND - LABRADOR LABOR VOWS TO MAKE PREMIER "ONE-TERM [...] Organized labor groups in Newfoundland-Labrador are threatening to get even with Conservative Premier Danny Williams for his government's passage of controversial labor legislation. The Williams government used its overwhelming majority in the House of Assembly on May 4 to pass Bill 18 which [...] |
2004-05-06 18:31:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV CA |
| 04HALIFAX134 |
NEW FUNDING PROGRAM FOR CANADIAN MARINE FACILITY SECURITY [...] In a May 7 press conference at Pier 21 in Halifax, Canada attended by Consul, Canadian Transport Minister Tony Valeri announced a three-year, $115 million federal program to assist Canadian ports and ports facilities upgrade their security. This program will enable Canada to not only comply wi [...] |
2004-05-07 16:22:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ATRN PINS MARR ASEC KCIP CA |
| 04HALIFAX159 |
FEDERAL ELECTION: LIBERALS LIKELY TO RETAIN HOLD ON [...] Despite several close races, overall there appears to be little excitement surrounding the federal election campaign in Atlantic Canada: voters appear to be headed toward re-electing a majority of Liberals in the region's 32 ridings. Key factors are a general mistrust of the newly configured [...] |
2004-06-17 16:02:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON CA NDP |
| 04HALIFAX164 |
FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: LIBERALS MAINTAIN SUPPORT IN [...] In our meetings this past week with election-watchers, pollsters, party officials and candidates themselves, the consensus still appears to be that the Liberals will maintain the majority of the 32 seats in Atlantic Canada in the June 28 federal election (reftel). With just a few days left in [...] |
2004-06-25 13:56:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
| 04HALIFAX172 |
MAJOR DRUG SEIZURE IN ATLANTIC CANADA [...] This past weekend, at Whitney Pier, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, during a routine search of the Canadian Steamship Lines vessel the "Shelia Ann", Canadian Border Services Agency officials and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police seized 83 kilos of cocaine. The drugs were hidden in two duffle bag [...] |
2004-07-02 19:51:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CA VE |
| 04HALIFAX174 |
MAJOR DRUG BUST OFF COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA [...] (U) The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, working with officials from Montreal seized 500 kilograms of cocaine aboard the Antiguan 15-meter sailing vessel the "Friend Ship" on Monday, July 5, 2004. The seizure was worth an estimated value of more than C$18 million [...] |
2004-07-07 13:23:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CA BB |
| 04HALIFAX188 |
U.S./CANADA SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE: UPDATE ON MACHIAS SEAL [...] SUMMARY: Despite an ongoing sovereignty dispute, Maine and New Brunswick fishermen are managing to fish side by side in waters off Machias Seal Island without any major incidents to date. However, Canadian authorities remain frustrated by the inability of local groups to conclude a complemen [...] |
2004-07-20 19:24:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PBTS PREL ETRD PHSA CA |
| 04HALIFAX190 |
NO END IN SIGHT TO LENGTHY ATLANTIC CANADA TELECOMS STRIKE [...] SUMMARY: How Bell Canada fares in its talks with its unionized workforce could have an impact on a 13-week strike by communication workers in Atlantic Canada, employed by Aliant Communications. Industry watchers believe Bell, the major shareholder in Aliant, is pressuring the Aliant negotiat [...] |
2004-07-22 20:13:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECPS EIND CA |
| 04HALIFAX191 |
MARITIME HELICOPTER ANNOUNCEMENT NEARLY OVERSHADOWS HMCS [...] SUMMARY: The new Defense Minister hit the ground running by announcing a decision in favor of Sikorsky on the long-delayed maritime helicopter replacement program. He also welcomed home HMCS Toronto, which returned to a tumultuous welcome in Halifax after a six-month deployment with a U.S. s [...] |
2004-07-23 17:37:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PTER ETRD CA |
| 04HALIFAX199 |
ATLANTIC CANADA: TWO LNG PROJECTS EYE NEW ENGLAND MARKET [...] SUMMARY: The conditional approval of two LNG projects in Atlantic Canada, could substantially increase gas supplies in the U.S. northeast. Irving Oil and Access Northeast both say when their respective projects become operational in 2007, they will produce as much as two billion cubic feet pe [...] |
2004-08-12 15:10:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG SENV PGOV PREL CA US |
| 04HALIFAX210 |
ATLANTIC CANADA: THE FUTURE OF 5 WING GOOSE BAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently met with civic leaders and military officers at 5 Wing Goose Bay and the adjoining community of Happy Valley during a trip to Labrador. Community leaders and the Premier of the province are concerned that declining use of the military base at Goose Bay b [...] |
2004-09-14 15:29:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MARR MASS PREL ECON CA NATO |
| 04HALIFAX223 |
BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE: BADLY NEEDED NEW ENGLAND-ATLANTIC [...] As debates about new border infrastructure continue, a coalition of local, state, provincial and federal officials in the U.S. and Canada have been quietly pushing for a new crossing to replace the inadequate two-lane bridge between Calais, ME and St. Stephen, NB. The eighth-busiest border cr [...] |
2004-09-29 20:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ETRD PREL CA US |
| 04HALIFAX242 |
HALIFAX PRECLEARANCE: BANGOR WITHDRAWS OBJECTIONS [...] The City Council of Bangor, Maine, unanimously approved late October 25 a resolution to withdraw opposition to Halifax International Airport's (HIA) application for preclearance. The Council also authorized the City Manager and Airport Director to sign an agreement with HIA on joint marketing [...] |
2004-10-26 13:16:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD PREL ASEC BEXP CA |
| 04HALIFAX255 |
PROVINCIAL POLITICS IN ATLANTIC CANADA: WHO'S IN AND WHO'S [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: This fall has proven to be a busy season for provincial politicians in Atlantic Canada. Minority governments, shortened legislative sessions, by-elections, and party leadership changes have combined to create more attention than usual on what's going on both inside [...] |
2004-11-13 18:42:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON CA |
| 04HALIFAX256 |
HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN [...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...] |
2004-11-15 20:32:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA |
| 04HALIFAX258 |
HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN [...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...] |
2004-11-16 18:09:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA |
| 04HALIFAX259 |
ATLANTIC CANADA ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: MODERATE GROWTH FOR 2005 [...] SUMMARY: Atlantic Provinces Economic Council's annual business outlook briefing predicts moderating growth for Canada's four eastern provinces. Softening global demand and prices for commodities and forest products, low or no growth in tourism, a cooling housing market and declines in consum [...] |
2004-11-17 15:15:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL EPET CA |
| 04HALIFAX264 |
ATLANTIC CANADA AND BSE [...] Atlantic Canadian beef farmers are feeling the pinch of low beef prices brought about by the closing of the US borders to the shipment of live animals and all but a few choice cuts of beef. The subsequent glut of the Canadian market and the insufficient slaughter capacity in Canada has caused [...] |
2004-11-19 22:00:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD CA |
| 04HALIFAX39 |
SOFTWOOD LUMBER: ATLANTIC PRODUCERS' VIEWPOINT [...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Reftel outlined Canadian reactions, which were mostly negative, to the proposed agreement on softwood lumber which was floated in early December. At that time, it ap [...] |
2004-02-10 14:16:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD CA |
| 04HALIFAX40 |
ATLANTIC CANADA/STATEOF MAINE: ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS [...] Several energy infrastructure projects being contemplated in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia promise to bind Atlantic Canada further into the northeastern U.S. gas and electric grids, with likely benefits for New England energy consumers: - Refurbishment of NB Power's Point Lepreau nuclear gene [...] |
2004-02-10 15:12:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ENRG ETRD CA |
| 04HALIFAX42 |
MAD COWS AND THE MARITIMES [...] Although the BSE crisis has had less of an impact in Maritime Canada than in the west, the fallout from mad cow disease has been significant in this region, too. Prior to the BSE discovery Maritime provinces sold live cattle and beef across the border to the U.S., but more importantly raised [...] |
2004-02-10 16:47:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR CA |
| 04HALIFAX7 |
HMCS TORONTO DEPLOYS [...] HMCS Toronto left Halifax January 14 for a six-month deployment with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. In a gesture of support that seemed well-received by both the crew of Toronto and their families, Minister of National Defense David Pratt and his Parliamentary Secretary David [...] |
2004-01-14 15:35:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PGOV CA |
| 04HALIFAX97 |
ATLANTIC CANADA: TOUGH BUDGETS PROVOKE LABOR UNREST [...] (SBU) Two Atlantic provinces took very different approaches to the issue of public sector wages in their just-announced budgets. The Premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick both said they needed civil service wage freezes to help achieve fiscal soundness. The results -- a [...] |
2004-03-31 20:09:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV CA |
| 05HALIFAX101 |
NOVA SCOTIA UPS FILM TAX CREDIT [...] SUMMARY: The government of Nova Scotia has recently revamped its film tax credit in an attempt to win back some of the production contracts that have been lost recently to competition from other provinces and the United States. However, although this tax credit increase will likely stave off [...] |
2005-04-18 20:21:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ELAB PREL CA |
| 05HALIFAX113 |
NEW BRUNSWICK DEPUTY MINISTER DISCUSSES BORDER, PREMIER [...] SUMMARY: New Brunswick Deputy Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs, Jim McKay, traveled from Fredericton to Halifax recently to meet with CG to discuss issues related the border as well as to seek suggestions for appointments for Premier Lord's upcoming trip to Washington. END SUMMARY. [...] |
2005-05-09 19:35:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CPAS ETRD CA US |
| 05HALIFAX119 |
FEDERAL LIBERALS SURVIVE CRITICAL TEST IN LABRADOR [...] Summary: Prime Minister Paul Martin and the governing Liberals have added one more seat to their ranks in the House of Commons with their win in a federal by-election. A key issue in the Labrador campaign, which saw a string of national political figures on the stump in the huge but sparsely [...] |
2005-05-25 12:13:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR MCAP CA |
| 05HALIFAX120 |
LOCAL ACTIVIST PROMISES PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) Consul General met recently with Tamara Lorincz, head of the Halifax Peace Coalition. Lorincz called to request the meeting after CG sent her a USG publication on the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. 2. (SBU) Lorincz, who is by any measure the most active and successful [...] |
2005-05-26 18:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC PARM CA |
| 05HALIFAX125 |
VIRGIN ATLANTIC DIVERTED TO HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA [...] (U) A Virgin Atlantic A-340, was en-route from Heathrow Airport in London to JFK International in New York when the airplane started broadcasting an internationally recognized hijacking alert code. Canadian CF-18 fighter jets were scrambled from Bagotville in Quebec and escorted the plane in to [...] |
2005-06-03 20:34:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR CA UK |
| 05HALIFAX14 |
MONUMENT DEDICATION TO U.S. POWS -- MAY 2005 [...] SUMMARY: We are working with the city, armed forces and a historical society on a ceremony to dedicate a Veterans Affairs-provided monument to nearly 200 Americans who died near Halifax during the War of 1812. The event will have a high profile and has the potential to reinforce our excellen [...] |
2005-01-21 22:00:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL CASC CA |
| 05HALIFAX158 |
BALANCING TRADE, TOURISM, AND SECURITY ON THE MAINE BORDER [...] Summary: At the Maine-Canada border, disparities between U.S. and Canadian border security initiatives and processes are particularly evident in the areas of customs and immigration unification, technological surveillance capabilities, and border screening priorities. Border officials also [...] |
2005-07-18 19:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PBTS ELTN PREL CA |
| 05HALIFAX16 |
AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NOVA SCOTIA -- SECURITY AND TRADE [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Cellucci visited Nova Scotia January 13-15, stressing key policy goals of security and trade. He met with U.S. and Canadian military officers and the leadership of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, the Lt-Governor and the Premier of the province. He gave several media in [...] |
2005-01-25 14:09:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD BEXP ASEC MARR PINR CA US |
| 05HALIFAX168 |
RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION LEAVES HALIFAX AIRPORT IN THE FOG [...] Summary: A series of foggy days in July caused the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights to and from Halifax International Airport and stranded thousands of passengers, sullying the airport's once-sterling reputation for customer service. In response, the Halifax International Air [...] |
2005-08-02 17:19:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CA |
| 05HALIFAX176 |
AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL VISITS TO ATLANTIC CANADA STRESS [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wilkins made two successful trips in rapid succession to Atlantic Canada as part of his orientation to the country. His visits to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia focused on priority issues of security, border infrastructure and trade. END SUMMARY. New Brunswick ------ [...] |
2005-08-16 14:58:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ELTN ASEC CA US |
| 05HALIFAX209 |
NOVA SCOTIA'S PREMIER TO STEP DOWN [...] Summary: Nova Scotia Conservative Premier John Hamm announced on September 29 that he would resign as soon as the party finds a new leader. End Summary. 2. Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm ended speculation about his political future on September 29 with his announcement that he was giving [...] |
2005-09-29 21:19:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD PREL CA |
| 05HALIFAX210 |
ATLANTIC CANADA: PREMIERS TALK TO THE AMBASSADOR ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's trips to Atlantic Canada have now given him the opportunity to meet with each of the region's four provincial Premiers. All profess interest in strong and close trade relations with the U.S. and all have been active in engaging their American counterparts in st [...] |
2005-10-01 19:44:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD PGOV ASEC ENRG CA |
| 05HALIFAX248 |
NOVA SCOTIA: SUBSIDIES AND POLITICS ON DISPLAY IN HIGH-TECH [...] Subsidies and politics took center stage at the November 25 announcement that Research in Motion (RIM) would establish a technical support center in the Halifax area, creating 300 jobs initially and more than 1,200 over five years. RIM, the Waterloo, Ontario-based maker of the BlackBerry, had r [...] |
2005-11-28 11:48:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ECON PGOV CA |
| 05HALIFAX25 |
NOVA SCOTIA SEEKS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN MORE IMMIGRANTS [...] SUMMARY: The Nova Scotia government is taking a hard look at how it can attract more immigrants to the province to help avoid the social and economic costs of a declining population. However, there is some skepticism about how serious the government may be in addressing the issue since a new [...] |
2005-01-27 18:54:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI CVIS PGOV ASEC CA |
| 05HALIFAX256 |
ATLANTIC CANADA AND THE 2005 FEDERAL ELECTION: NO SEISMIC [...] Summary: With a federal election now called for January 23, our contacts see little change occurring in the Liberals' hold on most of Atlantic Canada's 32 Parliamentary seats. The U.S. and bilateral issues likely will not be major factors in the campaign. End Summary 2. Voters in Canad [...] |
2005-11-29 19:26:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
| 05HALIFAX258 |
ATLANTIC CANADA AND THE 2005 FEDERAL ELECTION: NO SEISMIC [...] Summary: With a federal election now called for January 23, our contacts see little change occurring in the Liberals' hold on most of Atlantic Canada's 32 Parliamentary seats. The U.S. and bilateral issues likely will not be major factors in the campaign. End Summary 2. Voters in Canad [...] |
2005-11-30 18:46:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
| 05HALIFAX263 |
HALIFAX TOPS IN VIOLENT CRIME RATE [...] Halifax is the violent crime capital of Canada (based on rate of crime per 1,000 population), according to the Canadian Centre of Justice Statistics recently released General Social Survey (GSS) on criminal victimization in Canada. The survey is conducted every five years. The latest survey, [...] |
2005-12-05 17:59:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC SOCI CASC CA |
| 05HALIFAX277 |
LNG PLANTS MOVE CLOSER TO REALITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Proposals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in Atlantic Canada and Maine are moving forward, with a race of sorts developing among the four most advanced plans to see who can get on stream first. Pipeline capacity through Atlantic Canada to New England can be increased to [...] |
2005-12-19 20:22:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD PREL CA |
| 05HALIFAX30 |
ATLANTIC CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES: OFFSHORE ENERGY REVENUE [...] SUMMARY: The recently-concluded agreement on offshore revenues highlighted the differing tactics, strategies and personalities of Nova Scotia's John Hamm and Newfoundland-Labrador's Danny Williams. Although Hamm started the campaign to wrest more offshore revenues from the federal governmen [...] |
2005-02-01 20:56:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV BEXP EPET PINR CA |
| 05HALIFAX36 |
ALIEN AND DRUG SMUGGLING ALONG THE MAINE BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Smuggling of Asians and drugs across the U.S.-Maine border is ongoing, according to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Intelligence Unit in Houlton, Maine. While lacking hard numbers, CBP believes it is also a growing phenomena. Smuggling of Koreans is relatively easy, [...] |
2005-02-11 13:43:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PREF PREL SMIG SNAR CA |
| 05HALIFAX59 |
SOUTHWEST NOVA SCOTIA STRUGGLES TO DIVERSIFY ITS ECONOMY [...] During a recent visit to southwestern Nova Scotia, CG met with fishery, lumber, business and economic development representatives to discuss current prospects for the region. The area around Yarmouth, NS, remains heavily dependent on income from the fishery (approximately 70% according to most [...] |
2005-03-09 15:46:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIS CA |
| 05HALIFAX65 |
PORT SECURITY: PROPOSED CHANGES IN HALIFAX GENERATE [...] (SBU) Press reports that the Port of Halifax is planning significant reductions in the number of police assigned to security have generated significant local controversy, with politicians including the Mayor and a federal Senator denouncing the proposal. While it is correct that the port is [...] |
2005-03-18 14:50:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ASEC PTER KCRM ETRD CA |
| 05HALIFAX77 |
PORT OF HALIFAX GRAPPLES WITH COMPETITION [...] SUMMARY: Following Danish-owned Maersk Sealand's February decision to eliminate Halifax as a port of call on its last remaining shipping line, the continued viability of the Port of Halifax in relation to its U.S. competitors is again being called into question. While Halifax Port Authority [...] |
2005-04-01 21:18:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD PGOV ASEC CA |
| 05HALIFAX92 |
PROPOSED SPACE LAUNCH ALARMS NEWFOUNDLAND GOVERNMENT [...] CG was called afternoon of April 8 by Robert Thompson, the senior civil servant of the Newfoundland-Labrador government, who expressed the province's concerns about a proposed Titan IV launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Thompson noted that the hazard area of the proposed launch inc [...] |
2005-04-08 17:55:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS TSPA CA |
| 05HALIFAX93 |
ATLANTIC CANADA: SUDDEN FERRY SERVICE CANCELLATION [...] The abrupt cancellation of one of the two seasonal ferry services between Maine to Nova Scotia will likely cut the number of American visitors to Atlantic Canada this summer. After announcing its 2005 sailing schedule and working for months with tour operators on packages and bookings Scotia [...] |
2005-04-08 20:01:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD CASC ASEC 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 08HALIFAX25 |
SEAL HUNT PROTESTS: THE ANNUAL CONTROVERSY AND ARRESTS [...] Summary: Animal rights activist Paul Watson has seen Canadian authorities tow his vessel the "Farley Mowat" into Sydney, Nova Scotia and his two key officers arrested in connection with his traditional battle to stop Canada's seal hunt. End Summary. 2. The annual seal hunt off Canada's e [...] |
2008-04-14 20:01:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHSA EFIS SENV CASC |
| 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 |
| 09HALIFAX10 |
NEW BRUNSWICK STILL BULLISH ON NUCLEAR POWER DESPITE DELAYS [...] SUMMARY: The New Brunswick government is hopeful that the $1.4 billion project to refit the province's aging nuclear reactor gets back on track soon. Meanwhile the delay in finishing the refurbishment has had no impact on the government's study into whether to build a second or a third reac [...] |
2009-02-10 19:27:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
| 09HALIFAX12 |
MAINE AND NEW BRUNSWICK COMMIT TO DEVELOPING NORTHEAST [...] New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham and Maine Governor John Baldacci announced on March 25 that they will work together to explore development of the northeast energy corridor. Irving Oil of Saint John will also be involved in the concept which would see the state and province create an energy [...] |
2009-03-25 14:27:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV |
| 09HALIFAX15 |
FILMMAKING IN NOVA SCOTIA [...] Summary: The issue of intellectual property rights (IPR) does not rank high on the agenda of the Nova Scotia film industry. Rather, the key issue is attracting increased film production to the province. Film Nova Scotia is the provincially owned development corporation through which the provinc [...] |
2009-04-17 20:39:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EIND CA |
| 09HALIFAX16 |
BIO DATA REPORT: LESLIE, MEGAN -- MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR [...] (U) Introduction/Summary: Rookie MP Megan Leslie won the Halifax seat as the New Democratic Party candidate in the October 2008 federal general election. Leslie replaced veteran NDP MP and former national party leader Alexa McDonough who retired from politics prior to the election. Initially [...] |
2009-04-22 12:45:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CA |
| 09HALIFAX17 |
SEVEN STOWAWAYS APPREHENDED IN HALIFAX [...] (SBU) Enforcement officers with the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) took seven male stowaways into custody in Halifax on the afternoon of April 23. All seven were onboard the Swedish-registered container ship "ATLANTIC CONCERT," which arrived [...] |
2009-04-24 19:41:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PREF PHUM PBTS SMIG EWWT KFRD CA |
| 09HALIFAX25 |
ATLANTIC CANADA ENERGY UPDATE [...] Canadian federal government plans to develop an Atlantic energy gateway to the United States ignited a political war of words with the province of New Brunswick, which was already working on a similar concept with the State of Maine. The political wrangling, however, has had no effect on Newf [...] |
2009-04-29 19:47:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET PGOV PBTS PREL FR CA |
| 09HALIFAX28 |
FALL OF NOVA SCOTIA GOVERNMENT LEADS TO JUNE 9 PROVINCIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Tory government of Premier Rodney MacDonald of Nova Scotia collapsed on May 4, setting the stage for a provincial election on June 9. We expect the focus of campaign to be on local issues, primarily the economy. Regardless which party emerges victorious on June 9--most likely as [...] |
2009-05-05 14:43:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
| 09HALIFAX3 |
NEW NOVA SCOTIA ENERGY MINISTER HANDLING GEORGES BANK [...] SUMMARY: The Hon. Barry Barnet is the new energy minister for Nova Scotia following a provincial cabinet shuffle. Barnet now inherits the Georges Bank drilling file - an issue with significant political overtones. END SUMMARY. 2. The province of Nova Scotia has a new energy minister, the [...] |
2009-01-08 21:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PINR SENV US CA |
| 09HALIFAX32 |
GEORGES BANK DRILLING ISSUE: CO-EXISTENCE NOT IN THE [...] SUMMARY: Representatives of the fishing industry in southwest Nova Scotia are adamant that there will be no oil and gas drilling on Georges Bank. They contend that rebounding fish stocks and the local economy which depends on the fishery will be adversely affected by any oil and gas activity [...] |
2009-05-28 12:28:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV SENV SCUL US CA |
| 09HALIFAX38 |
NEW INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE AND PORTS OF ENTRY NEARING [...] SUMMARY: Although construction of the new U.S. Land Port of Entry (LPOE) at Calais, Maine is running slightly ahead of schedule, and the new international bridge and Canadian LPOE are nearly complete, USG officials continue to maintain the public position that the opening of the new border cros [...] |
2009-06-08 19:54:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CASC PREL ASEC ECON KHLS WHTI CA |
| 09HALIFAX39 |
NOVA SCOTIA ELECTION RESULTS: NDP MAKE HISTORY IN OUSTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new, historic era is set to begin in Nova Scotia politics now that the New Democratic Party has scored a decisive win in the June 9 provincial election--the first time the NDP has won a provincial election east of Ontario. Pending any reversals on recounts, the NDP will have [...] |
2009-06-10 13:40:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CA |
| 09HALIFAX42 |
BIO DATA REPORT: DEXTER, DARRELL E. -- PREMIER OF NOVA [...] As reported earlier (reftel), Darrell Dexter's New Democratic Party (NDP) toppled the incumbent Tory government of Nova Scotia in a provincial election on June 9, 2009, a victory that saw the party win 31 of the 52 legislative seats. Dexter and his party assumed power 10 days later on June 19 [...] |
2009-06-26 15:39:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CA |
| 09HALIFAX43 |
ATLANTIC CANADA ENERGY UPDATE: NEW BRUNSWICK AND [...] Irving Oil and Repsol made history on June 27 when their Canaport LNG terminal in Saint John, NB, received Canada's first shipment of LNG. In Newfoundland-Labrador, Premier Williams announced he had secured a Memorandum of Understanding to begin an extension of the offshore Hibernia oil field [...] |
2009-07-07 12:42:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV CA |
| 09HALIFAX55 |
ANOTHER SUNDAY, ANOTHER STORM: PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL [...] Tropical Storm Danny is projected to make landfall in Halifax's consular district early in the morning of August 30, almost exactly a week to the day after -- and likely on a similar track to -- Hurricane Bill. Although Danny is currently expected to be less powerful than Bill, our advice to [...] |
2009-08-27 16:21:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR CASC CA |
| 09HALIFAX58 |
ATLANTIC CANADA ENERGY UPDATE: ENERGY EXPORTS TO THE U.S. [...] The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC), a well-respected regional think tank, focused its latest analytical report on the importance of the energy sector in Atlantic Canada. APEC economists concluded that the sector has grown to become the most important group of industries in Atlanti [...] |
2009-09-28 13:20:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON ELAB PGOV PBTS PREL SENV CA |
| 09HALIFAX61 |
HMCS FREDERICTON TO JOIN NATO COALITION FLEETS [...] Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Fredericton will depart Halifax in late November for a six-month mission to the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean as part of NATO's counter-piracy group. The NATO group is a multinational, integrated maritime force consisting of vessels from various NATO nations t [...] |
2009-10-06 17:49:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PREL PTER PINR CA |
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ENERGY TOPICS HIGHLIGHT NEW ENGLAND GOVERNORS AND EASTERN [...] SUMMARY: Political leaders from New England and Eastern Canada gathered in Saint John New Brunswick September 13-15 to discuss topics such as cross-border energy, the environment, opportunities within the green economy, trade and pandemic preparedness. Despite the geniality among the governor [...] |
2009-10-16 17:10:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON ECIN ENRG EPET SENV TBIO |
| 09HALIFAX9 |
NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR OIL INDUSTRY: PRODUCTION MILESTONE [...] SUMMARY: Newfoundland-Labrador has hit the one billion barrel mark in production from its offshore oil fields. The province also unveiled the new name of its energy corporation--Nalcor--which will oversee management of all the province's energy resources. Planned offshore drilling activity i [...] |
2009-01-30 11:22:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
| 10HALIFAX4 |
Nova Scotia's Emera Inc.: A Unique Energy Entity Poised for [...] Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution - please protect. 2. (SBU) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: Consul General met recently with James Spurr, a senior executive with Emera Inc. (www.emera.com), an investor-owned, diversified energy company that owns Nova Scotia's electricit [...] |
2010-01-15 22:07:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA |
| 10HALIFAX6 |
New Brunswick and Quebec Agree to Significant Modifications [...] SUMMARY: New Brunswick will retain control of its transmission system under a new, renegotiated energy agreement with Quebec, but with reduced cash to apply to its power utility's debt. The changes were prompted by bitter opposition to the original MOU but there is also speculation that a pl [...] |
2010-01-20 21:14:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD EINV PGOV CA |