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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04QUEBEC107 |
QUEBEC PORT AUTHORITY COMPLIES WITH ISPS CODE [...] Summary: The Port of Quebec announced significant investments to heighten security at its six harbor facilities hence fulfilling the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Shipping and Port Security Code (ISPS). With financial assistance from the federal government to help [...] |
2004-07-15 18:11:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT KCIP PHSA PTER PREL KCRM MARAD IMO |
| 04QUEBEC108 |
MIXED PREDICTIONS ON BTA ENFORCEMENT IMPACT ON QUEBEC [...] Summary: As the August 12 deadline for BTA enforcement draws near, a report in the Quebec City daily "Le Soleil" claims that most small Quebec agricultural export companies have yet to comply with the BTA requirements for registration and are unprepared for prior notice. The article said that [...] |
2004-07-16 20:11:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ETRD EAGR PTER CA |
| 04QUEBEC12 |
FDA INTERNET PHARMACY MEETINGS IN QUEBEC CITY [...] Summary: FDA representatives met with Quebec officials January 12 to discuss the internet pharmacy trade and other issues related to an upcoming meeting between FDA Commissioner McClellan and Premier Charest in Davos. In his meeting with Commissioner McClellan, Premier Charest is likely [...] |
2004-01-20 18:07:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CA FDA |
| 04QUEBEC128 |
QUEBEC CITY RADIO STATION CLOSURE SPARKS POLITICAL AND [...] Summary: A local radio station ordered to close by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as stirred up an expected storm of controversy in the Quebec capital, and has also captured extensive national and international press attention since the decision was fi [...] |
2004-08-13 19:06:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL PHUM ETTC ECPS |
| 04QUEBEC169 |
QUEBEC BY-ELECTIONS : LIBERALS DEFEATED IN THREE OUT OF [...] This cable was jointly prepared by the Quebec City and Montreal Consulates. 2. Summary: In the first test of its support among voters since its election victory in April 2003, the Quebec Liberal government held four provincial by-elections on September 20; three in the Montreal area and [...] |
2004-09-22 00:01:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
| 04QUEBEC178 |
ASYMMETRIC FEDERALISM - A VIEW FROM QUEBEC [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-06 18:59:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA |
| 04QUEBEC184 |
NUNAVUT TERRITORY: AMBASSADOR'S OCT. 4-7 VISIT [...] Summary: During an October 4-7 visit to Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut Territory, the Ambassador met with a range of federal, provincial and municipal officials, as well as with representatives of the Inuit community. Climate change and restrictions on seal hunting topped the list of our in [...] |
2004-10-13 17:33:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SENV MARR CA |
| 04QUEBEC190 |
QUEBEC CITY 400TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Summary: CG and Embassy Minister Counselor for Public Affairs met Oct 14-15 with federal, provincial and municipal representatives involved with planning Quebec's 400th Anniversary in 2008. Quebec Mayor L'Allier pushed for a visible U.S. legacy in the form of a genealogy center, while [...] |
2004-11-03 17:36:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL CA |
| 04QUEBEC193 |
CG MEETING WITH PQ LEADER LANDRY [...] (C) Summary: CG met with Parti Quebecois (PQ) opposition leader Bernard Landry October 28 at his National Assembly office and received a crash course on Quebec history and the separatist movement in what was her first encounter with the former PQ Premier. Despite intense internal wrangling wi [...] |
2004-11-08 15:48:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA ECON |
| 04QUEBEC202 |
QUEBEC LUMBER INDUSTRY ON SOFTWOOD STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recently met with Quebec lumber officials who told us the Province's first priority is to head off a Lumber V and carve out a permanent solution to the bilateral dispute. They argued that American industry is not benefiting from the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute as [...] |
2004-11-19 16:07:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND CA US |
| 04QUEBEC215 |
QUEBEC GOVERNMENT ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Quebec (GOQ) officials requested a meeting with CG Friedman to review the bidding on the draft UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention in advance of the Dec. 14-17 drafting group meeting in Paris, where Quebec will participate as an observer. GOQ officials said Quebec [...] |
2004-12-13 20:59:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD SCUL FR CA UNESCO |
| 04QUEBEC224 |
QUEBEC FOREST INDUSTRY COUNCIL ANGERED BY COMMERCE LUMBER [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-17 14:53:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD CA ECON EAGR |
| 04QUEBEC225 |
ENERGY ISSUES IN QUEBEC SEEN FROM JAMES BAY [...] (C) Summary: Hydro-Quebec (HQ) President for Production Thierry Vandal outlined his company's ambitious growth plans for hydroelectric power during a tour of James Bay Radisson generating plant. He stressed HQ's growing energy capacity and need for diversification while emphasizing that the [...] |
2004-12-20 16:26:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV TRGY CA |
| 04QUEBEC33 |
THE QUEBEC SPONSORSHIP SCANDAL AND ITS AFFECT ON NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The scandal involving misuse of public funds for shoring up federalism in Quebec has caused a strong drop in support for federal Liberals in Quebec and a concurrent surge in support for the Bloc Quebecois. Quebecers are angry at what they perceive as "Quebec-bashing." Jean Ch [...] |
2004-02-20 15:33:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA |
| 04QUEBEC35 |
QUEBEC NATURAL RESOURCE MINISTER ON SOFTWOOD,ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Natural Resources Minister Sam Hamad told CG Keogh February 17 that a combination of allocation quotas at a level of 35% and dropping the 48/52 split of the accumulating duties as proposed by the U.S. would form the basis of a softwood lumber deal. A substantial portion of th [...] |
2004-02-24 18:27:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV EMIN CA |
| 04QUEBEC41 |
JANSSEN-ORTHO PROMOTES MANAGED PRICE INCREASES FOR QUEBEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate met with Janssen-Ortho representatives February 25 to discuss their plan to get the Quebec Government to adopt a modified American-style pricing system that would manage price increase pressures in the pharmaceutical sector. After a meeting with the Quebec Ministry o [...] |
2004-03-03 16:21:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CA |
| 04QUEBEC43 |
PAUL OGALIK REELECTED AS PREMIER OF NUNAVUT [...] (U) March 5, sitting Premier Paul Okalik received the consensus to continue as Premier of Nunavut over contender Tagak Curley, the MLA from Rankin Inlet. Ogalik brings his strengths of experience (he has had 5 years as Premier) and education, which includes a law degree, to the job. Now th [...] |
2004-03-08 13:27:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV EMIN CA |
| 04QUEBEC44 |
ALGERIAN SEEKING HAVEN IN QUEBEC CHURCH ARRESTED AND [...] (U) The case of an Algerian asylum-seeker who had been living in Montreal for the last six years came to a head this weekend. Mohamed Cherfi, 35, was finally refused asylum by the Canadian government and was deported to the United States March 5. The case has sparked demonstrations and outc [...] |
2004-03-08 17:47:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CA CVIS KISL SMIG |
| 04QUEBEC46 |
ADQ'S MARIO DUMONT PREDICTS UPHILL BATTLE FOR JEAN CHAREST [...] (U) Summary: The Quebec Assembly resumed March 9 and Action Democratique's Mario Dumont foresees major struggles for the Liberal government. The stage is set for fiery labor negotiations with public sector employees and the upcoming provincial budget may not generate the big tax cuts promis [...] |
2004-03-09 18:25:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CA |
| 04QUEBEC57 |
MAGDALEN ISLANDS SEAL HUNT CONTROVERSY CONTINUES [...] Summary: CG visited the ice floes off the coast of the Magdalen Islands March 10 to observe the harp seal population on its annual migration from Greenland. As many as 350,000 young seals may be culled in the hunt this year, although this year's higher quota may well not be reached. Opponents [...] |
2004-03-25 19:01:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON PREL CA |
| 04QUEBEC79 |
QUEBEC FEDERAL ELECTION PREVIEW [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) Summary: Politicians and pundits in Quebec from all persuasions were remarkably consistent on the prospects of the Liberals, Bloc Quebecois and Conservatives in the upcoming federal elections in recent conversations with DCM Kelly and CG Keogh. The fo [...] |
2004-05-17 22:50:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CA |
| 04QUEBEC80 |
KANESATAKE CALM BUT CONFRONTATION CONTINUES [...] Confidential - Entire text. 2. (C) Summary: The situation within the Mohawk settlement of Kanesatake, a territory (not a reserve) bordering the U.S., remains tense and complicated but some progress has been made in keeping the peace in the past week. Quebec's provincial police force (SQ) has taken [...] |
2004-05-17 22:52:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV PHUM CA |
| 05QUEBEC101 |
PARTI QUEBECOIS CONGRESS: ROADMAP TO SOVEREIGNTY, MAYBE [...] (c) Summary: A coalition of widely varying political ideologies, the Parti Quebecois (PQ) is united in the goal of sovereignty but divided on how to achieve this. The Party's "hard core" stresses Quebec's francophone identity and wants a declaration of independence immediately after victory [...] |
2005-06-17 13:18:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CA |
| 05QUEBEC109 |
CONSUL GENERAL ATTENDS ARCTIC NUNAVUT TRADE SHOW, MAY 10-12 [...] Summary: Quebec City Consul General Friedman, whose consular district includes the Canadian Arctic Territory of Nunavut, attended the annual Nunavut trade show in Iqaluit, May 10-12. Over the course of the trade show, she discussed with Nunavut businesses as well as GOC and GON officials inv [...] |
2005-06-28 18:09:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | BBSR ECON ETRD EINV EIND SENV PBTS CA |
| 05QUEBEC115 |
QUEBEC UPS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT [...] Hydro Quebec (HQ) is ramping up its wind power plan with an announcement June 29 that the public utility is looking to add an additional 2000MW of wind capacity, doubling the 1000MW originally planned target. Premier Jean Charest, backed by new HQ President Thierry Vandal and Ministers Pierre [...] |
2005-07-06 19:54:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG EIND PGOV CA |
| 05QUEBEC12 |
ID BIOMEDICAL READIES TO SELL INFLUENZA VACCINE TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Late last year local and national media widely reported the possible sale of Canadian flu vaccine Flurival to the U.S. to offset shortages. Here is the current state of play following our meeting with ID Biomedical, the biotech company which is now well positioned to provide [...] |
2005-01-28 19:31:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ETRD ECON PGOV CA |
| 05QUEBEC135 |
PREMIERS BANFF MEETING, AUG. 10-12 [...] (C) Summary: The Council of the Federation, a provincial/territorial forum initiated by Quebec Premier Charest in 2003, will hold its first meeting of 2005, in Banff, August 10-12. Initially greeted with skepticism, the Council proved its worth last fall when it succeeded in hammering out an [...] |
2005-08-08 14:56:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CA |
| 05QUEBEC183 |
QUEBEC STEAMING OVER CANADA'S KYOTO STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: On Nov. 9, Quebec CG Friedman and TDY Montreal officer Anne Coleman met with GOQ Environment Ministry Director for Air Policy Robert Noel de Tilly, who confirmed media reports of deep GOQ frustration with Ottawa's approach to Kyoto. Quebec's main complaint is that Canada's fede [...] |
2005-11-10 23:27:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PGOV CA |
| 05QUEBEC190 |
FORMER PQ HEAD LANDRY SUMS UP HIS SUCCESSOR [...] (c) Summary: In a Nov. 16 breakfast with CG, former PQ leader and Quebec Premier Bernard Landry expressed support for newly elected PQ leader Andre Boisclair. He characterized the controversy of Boisclair's past cocaine use as "over and done with," but warned that if any new revelation of cri [...] |
2005-11-17 23:12:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA |
| 05QUEBEC25 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL VISIT TO QUEBEC CITY [...] Summary: Ambassador Cellucci traveled to Quebec City February 9-10 in what was his tenth and parting visit as Ambassador. He spoke to a packed audience at Laval University, met with opposition party leaders Bernard Landry and Mario Dumont, dined with three pivotal Liberal government minister [...] |
2005-02-17 16:37:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD BEXP PINR CA |
| 05QUEBEC26 |
QUEBEC: PREMIER CHAREST ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET [...] With security breaches at Hydro Quebec installations dominating the media and popular support for his government a record low of 17 percent, embattled Quebec Premier Charest announced a long awaited Cabinet reshuffle. Given the outcry over security at Hydro Quebec, it is no surprise that both [...] |
2005-02-18 19:20:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ETRD CA |
| 05QUEBEC31 |
WAL-MART'S UNION WOES IN QUEBEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Wal-Mart's decision to close down its store in Jonquiere (250 km north of Quebec City), following that store's successful unionization drive is provoking public outrage in Quebec. The idea that Wal-Mart, the world's largest and perhaps wealthiest corporation, is playing hardbal [...] |
2005-03-08 23:10:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PGOV CA |
| 05QUEBEC32 |
AIR TRANSAT INCIDENT: TALE OF A JOB WELL DONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kudos to Embassy Ottawa's Bud Locklear, FAA's Krista Berquist, EB/TRA and PAO Montreal for quickly providing the information needed to correct false media reports in Quebec that U.S. authorities had refused emergency landing permission for a Canadian Airbus A-310 en route from [...] |
2005-03-10 14:41:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OPRC OIIP KPAO PREL CA CU |
| 05QUEBEC35 |
HARPER FACES STEEP UPHILL BATTLE IN QUEBEC [...] (SBU) Summary: In the fall of 2003, the federal Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties merged and Stephen Harper beat out Stockwell Day for the new Conservative Party leadership. In the federal election following that merger the Conservatives failed to elect anyone in Quebe [...] |
2005-03-19 01:24:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CA |
| 05QUEBEC38 |
QUEBEC STUDENT STRIKES HEAT UP [...] The student movement in Quebec against cuts in education funding was background noise just a few days ago but is now front and center as student action gains support across the province. Close to 200,000 students - from secondary school through university - voted in favor of unlimited strikes. [...] |
2005-03-24 22:33:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON CA |
| 05QUEBEC40 |
QUEBEC LOOKING FOR ROLE ON HAITI [...] GOQ Ministry of International Relations (MRI) officials offered to brief CG March 28 regarding Quebec's interest in contributing in some way to Haiti reconstruction. (Note: Montreal hosts the largest concentration of Haitians in Canada, estimated at 125,000, according to GOC officials. see ref [...] |
2005-03-29 20:02:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON CA |
| 05QUEBEC46 |
QUEBEC IMMIGRATION POLICY AT A CROSSROADS? [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-11 20:40:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SMIG PGOV PREL EFIN ECON CA MO AG TS |
| 05QUEBEC52 |
QUEBEC PREMIER CHAREST VISIT SCENESETTER [...] Summary: Premier Charest is coming to Washington April 17-19 at the halfway mark of his four-year term, facing political difficulties at home but with his determination and vision for Quebec intact. When elected in 2003, the Premier promised to put Quebec on a "new path of development and p [...] |
2005-04-15 15:49:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECIN BEXP CA |
| 05QUEBEC73 |
ICC CHAIR WATT-CLOUTIER MEETING WITH QUEBEC CG, MAY 11 [...] Summary: Quebec City CG Friedman (whose consular district includes Nunavut Territory) paid a courtesy call on International Circumpolar Conference (ICC) Chair Sheila Watt-Cloutier at her home in Iqaluit, May 11. Watt-Cloutier said that in a few weeks the ICC would be depositing a petition at [...] |
2005-05-16 22:17:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL CA |
| 05QUEBEC75 |
QUEBEC FEDERALISTS: SEEKING MORE FROM OTTAWA [...] (SBU/NOFORN) Summary: In a May 17 meeting with Quebec City CG, Quebec Minister for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs Benoit Pelletier was upbeat about the government of Quebec's success in negotiating deals to its advantage with the federal government. At the same time, he expressed support [...] |
2005-05-19 18:39:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV CA |
| 05QUEBEC79 |
QUEBEC PQ CONVENTION: SOVEREIGNTISTS LIKELY TO SUPPORT [...] (c) Summary: Former Quebec Premier and current Parti Quebecois (PQ) chief Bernard Landry is widely expected to overcome discontent with his leadership within the PQ and win a renewed mandate at the Party's Province-wide convention June 3-5, in Quebec City. After he lost the Premiership to Jea [...] |
2005-05-26 22:33:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CA |
| 05QUEBEC91 |
QUEBEC OPPOSITION LEADER BERNARD LANDRY STEPS DOWN [...] (C) Summary: Falling short of his self-imposed target of 80 percent in a June 4 vote of confidence at the Parti Quebecois convention, PQ leader Bernard Landry announced to a stunned audience his immediate retirement from political life. Saying he needed "solid, unequivocal, massive" support [...] |
2005-06-06 05:59:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CA |
| 06QUEBEC13 |
QUEBECKERS SAY "YES" TO CANADA [...] (c) Summary: In perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the election, Stephen Harper's Conservative Party picked up ten seats in Quebec, up from zero. While the Conservatives managed to grab votes from both the Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois, it is the Bloc that will have the most soul-searc [...] |
2006-01-25 22:43:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA ECON |
| 06QUEBEC16 |
SOFTWOOD LUMBER: QUEBEC INDUSTRY LOOKING TO NEGOTIATE [...] (c) Summary: Quebec Forest Industry Council President Guy Chevrette told CG Feb. 1 that Quebec industry is ready to negotiate a solution to the softwood lumber dispute, and has been so for quite some time. They have been held back, in his view, by British Columbia's lumber industry and by form [...] |
2006-02-02 15:24:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV CA |
| 06QUEBEC24 |
QUEBEC BUREAUCRATS UPBEAT ABOUT HARPER GOVERNMENT [...] (c) Summary: CG hosted a lunch for Quebec Ministry of International Relations (MRI) Deputy Minister Denis Bedard and other MRI officials February 22, one month following the election of Stephen Harper's Conservatives in Ottawa. Ministry officials were upbeat about the Tory victory, heralded b [...] |
2006-02-23 22:20:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA ECON |
| 06QUEBEC31 |
PM HARPER SUPPORTS QUEBEC ROLE ON INTERNATIONAL SCENE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Harper and Quebec Premier Charest met in Quebec City March 8 and announced they are tasking their respective officials to work together to assure that "Quebec's unique voice" will be heard at UNESCO. PM Harper also said he would attend the Francophonie summit in Bucharest t [...] |
2006-03-08 22:45:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV CA |
| 06QUEBEC33 |
QUEBEC RELEASES FLU PANDEMIC EMERGENCY PLAN [...] Summary: Provincial Health Minister Philippe Couillard unveiled Quebec's Avian Flu strategy at a press conference, March 9. Quebec's plan addresses the protection of public health; medical care; psycho-social welfare; communication and information; and the functioning of the health system in [...] |
2006-03-13 15:17:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON CA |
| 06QUEBEC34 |
CHAREST THRONE SPEECH GIVES NO LIFT TO HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Quebec Premier Jean Charest kicked off a new session at the National Assembly March 14 with a 90 minute Throne Speech (the first since he took office in 2003) that set the tone for the looming electoral campaign. Charest's main focus for the coming year will be the reduction of [...] |
2006-03-16 16:09:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CA |
| 06QUEBEC39 |
MALAISE IN THE PQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Parti Quebecois (PQ) veteran Pauline Marois, 57 year old MNA for Taillon and three time party leadership aspirant, announced March 20 she was quitting politics after 25 years of public service. Marois is the second veteran PQ member to resign over the last few days and more re [...] |
2006-03-24 15:12:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL CA |
| 06QUEBEC41 |
BLOC QUEBECOIS INTERNALLY DIVIDED OVER AFGHANISTAN [...] (c) Summary: A Bloc Quebecois (BQ) MP told CG March 22 that Bloc members fiercely debated BQ leader Gilles Duceppe's decision not to object in the coming parliamentary session to Canada's military presence in Afghanistan. Discussion within the party on Afghanistan is not yet closed. Other pri [...] |
2006-03-28 14:58:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON PGOV CA |
| 06QUEBEC53 |
QUEBEC SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT ADRIFT [...] (sbu) Summary: PM Harper's "open federalism" comes at a propitious time: sovereignty is not dead in Quebec, but it is in remission. After four decades of struggle, two failed referendums and drawn out constitutional battles, a general sense of weariness seems to have settled in among a certain [...] |
2006-04-26 20:40:00 | Consulate Quebec | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CA |
| 07QUEBEC9 |
WHTI -AIR IN QUEBEC CITY FULL COMPLIANCE ON DAY ONE [...] Consular staff spoke with airline boarding chiefs at Quebec City's Jean Lesage Airport, who reported that things went smoothly during this first day of WHTI-Air. No passengers were refused boarding, and none came unprepared. 2. Quebec City, which is the only airport in the consular distric [...] |
2007-01-23 22:13:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |