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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08STATE55887TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL URANIUM FROM TUWAITHA
[...] (S/NF) The Government of Iraq (GOI) recently finalized a sales contract with Cameco for the approximately 550 metric tons of natural uranium that was being stored at the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center. To facilitate the sale, DOD removed the material from Iraq for onward shipment to Canada. [...]
2008-05-24 01:47:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNCA ENRG IZ KNNP PARM PREL
08STATE62767DEMARCHE REQUEST: INDIA'S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) India has a longstanding position at the UN against the use of country-specific language in resolutions and it seems they are extending that position to statements issued by the Community of Democracies (C [...]
2008-06-11 13:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA IN ZI SF PO CA
08STATE66078IRAQ YELLOWCAKE SALE TO CAMECO: USG PUBLIC
[...] (S) Cameco's 550 metric tons of natural uranium purchased from Iraq will reach the port of Montreal on/about July 3. This action request seeks to ensure the Government of Canada (GOC),Cameco, and the USG have synchronized our public affairs and legislative briefing timelines and messages. End [...]
2008-06-19 15:36:00Secretary of StateSECRETCA ECON ENRG IZ OPRC
08STATE66363G-8 HEALTH INITIATIVES DEMARCHE
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 5-6. 2. SUMMARY. During his trip to Europe, the President emphasized the importance of G-8 members following through on pledges on health assistance made at past G-8 summits. The President also asked for our partners' support for new G-8 initia [...]
2008-06-20 01:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCA EU FR GM IT PREL RS SENV TBIO WHO
08STATE68633CORRECTED COPY: REQUEST TO ENGAGE JAPAN ON
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see paragraph 3. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (C) The Government of Japan (GOJ) is actively considering possible contributions to support NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) security operations in Afghanistan (REFS A [...]
2008-06-26 13:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AF AS CA GM IT FR JA
08STATE71696BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on application 050096269 for the export of two cylinder assembly components for the Pilatus aircraft to [...]
2008-07-03 15:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
08STATE72354BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050105462 for the export of rifles to Canada. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...]
2008-07-07 14:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
08STATE80516T LETTER OF THANKS TO CANADIAN FINANCE OFFICIAL
[...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: Robert Sample, Senior Economist, Department of Finance Canada, gave a presentation at the Senior-Level Meeting for all states endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) held May 28, 2008, in Washington, DC, on the occasion of the PSI's Fifth Anniversary. S [...]
2008-07-25 18:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL CA
08STATE81385BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050113948 for the export of firearms and magazines to Lebanon. Post is requested to complete thi [...]
2008-07-29 14:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
08STATE91332AFTER-ACTION REPORT FOR DEMETER'S RESILIENCE, THE
[...] (U) Summary: Following the recommendations of the G8 Bioterrorism Experts (BTEX) Group in 2005, a series of G8 workshops dealing with decontamination, food defense and public health/law enforcement cooperation was organized. "Demeter,s Resilience" was the second G8 food defense event and was [...]
2008-08-25 20:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA EUN FR GM IT JA PTER RS TBIO UK
08STATE97505RESPONSE TO CANADIAN REQUEST FOR ADVICE ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S//REL CANADA) On July 15, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Shawn Caza, told Embassy Ottawa that he was interested in U.S. [...]
2008-09-11 19:35:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP IR PREL PARM PINR EFIN CA XS
08STATE98424FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL THREE-LICENSE
[...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to subject Blue Lantern request regarding the export of firearms ammunition to Canada. This request was sent 48 days ago. We request an update from post regarding the status of this case. If post has already responded to subject [...]
2008-09-15 15:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
08THEHAGUE998RC-SOUTH BILATERALS, NOVEMBER 13, THE HAGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The day prior to the Regional-Command South (RC-South) Senior Officials Meeting in The Hague on November 14, 2008, DAS Patrick Moon had bilateral meetings with delegations from Australia, Estonia, Romania, United Kingdom, Denmark, and The Netherlands. Because of logistical issues [...]
2008-12-02 13:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR MOPS AF AS CA DA EN NL RO UK
08TOKYO1642G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS MEETINGS IN TOKYO, JUNE 10,
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Bill Burns participated in the June 9-10, 2008 Tokyo meetings of the G8 Political Directors, hosted by Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kenichiro Sasae. Discussion topics included Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Zimbabwe and a review of the plan [...]
2008-06-16 22:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER UK IT GM RS CA SI AF PK
08TORONTO107Ontario Environmental Policy Unchanged, New Minister Brings
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's environmental policy remains unchanged following the October 10, 2007 provincial election, which returned Liberal Premier McGuinty's government to power for a second term. Ontario remains on track to stop shipping municipal solid waste to Michigan by the end of 2010. [...]
2008-04-09 13:28:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL CA
08TORONTO108Blue Lantern Level 3 Post-Shipment End-Use Check on Questar
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 2 ConOff and Pol/Econ Chief conducted a Blue Lantern end-use check at Questar International (CA)'s office in Barrie, Ontario. Questar maintains hand-written detailed end-use records for each imported weapon. The end-use details we obtained are being e-mailed to PM/DTC [...]
2008-04-10 20:10:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC ETRD CA
08TORONTO11ONTARIO BORDER CROSSING UPDATE - WINDSOR CITY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Ontario provincial officials have decided on the design for the Windsor access road linking the end of provincial highway 401 with the customs plaza for the new international bridge under consideration by the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) project. The final provi [...]
2008-01-10 19:42:00Consulate TorontoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD PBTS PREL CA
08TORONTO114Toronto Terror Trials: More Charges Dismissed, 11 Remain in
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 15 Canadian government prosecutors stayed terrorism-related charges against four more suspects in the 2006 "Toronto 18" terror plots. The move reduces the number of suspects facing charges to 11 (charges against three minors were stayed earlier). Consulate law enforce [...]
2008-04-16 19:23:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PHUM CA
08TORONTO115ABCP Market Restructuring Getting Closer
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Pan Canadian Investors Committee has been working hard to persuade nearly 2,000 retail investors, who hold roughly 1% of the frozen C$33 billion third-party asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, to support a long-term restructuring plan. On April 9, Vancouver-based C [...]
2008-04-17 21:10:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO118Ontario Struggling with Consular Notification SOP for Mass
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from Emergency Management Ontario (EMO),other provincial government agencies, local first responders, and Toronto's Consular Corps attending an April 12 working group meeting discussed a proposed standard operating procedure (SOP) framework for informing Consular repr [...]
2008-04-22 13:19:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC AEMR CA
08TORONTO123Canadian Auto Sector Adjusting to North American Market
[...] (U) Summary: Despite being labeled the world's most expensive auto manufacturing jurisdiction, for the fourth straight year in a row, Ontario is North America's top automobile-assembly site by volume (2.542 million light vehicles in 2007),surpassing Michigan (2.295 million). However, Ontario [...]
2008-04-24 16:27:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO13Canadian Capital Markets Update - Free Trade in Securities
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian market and regulatory officials applaud U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deliberations to allow U.S. investors to trade directly on foreign exchanges that have regulations in line with U.S. securities regulations. Free trade in securities has been a priori [...]
2008-01-11 15:11:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PGOV PREL CA
08TORONTO130Canadian Auto Workers Strike Deal with Ford
[...] (SBU) The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union has tentatively agreed with Ford Canada to freeze wages and reduce vacation pay in their new three-year contract, which will enter into force on September 17, 2008. The agreement enables the union to avoid the two-tiered wage system introduced in the [...]
2008-04-29 13:57:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO134Ontario Mayors Seek Federal Auto Sector Investment
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Ontario's economy shows continued signs of slowing, mayors from Ontario's auto manufacturing jurisdictions met at General Motors in Oshawa, Ontario, on April 25 to discuss the health of the automotive sector in Ontario. Because of the huge capital costs required for automoti [...]
2008-05-01 19:47:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO148Toronto Airport Plans 56% Passenger Increase by 2020
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) has expressed concern that staffing at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Preclearance in Toronto will endanger growth plans at Pearson International Airport. GTAA officials complain that 62 new flights were recently denied ac [...]
2008-05-13 19:15:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCPAS EAIR PBTS PREL CA
08TORONTO152Guilty Plea in Ontario Human Trafficking Case
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13, 2008, a Niagara Falls, Ontario resident, Imrani Nakpamgi, pled guilty to two counts of human trafficking. The guilty plea represents the first successful prosecution under a 2005 law criminalizing certain prostitution-related human trafficking offenses in Canada. Na [...]
2008-05-15 19:52:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM PGOV CA
08TORONTO153Canadians May Be Beginning to Understand the Importance of
[...] (U) Summary: On May 9, Steven Mitchell, Vice President of Intellectual Policy at the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and Jason Kee, Director of Policy and Legal Affairs for the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC),described the importance of protecting intellectual pro [...]
2008-05-15 20:00:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KCRM KIPR KPAO PGOV CA
08TORONTO154Test Run for an Election? Dion Stumps for Greener, More
[...] (U) In a May 15 Toronto speech Stephane Dion, Liberal Party chief and leader of the Official Opposition in Canada's federal House of Commons, argued Canada's tax system should be restructured to reduce pollution and poverty in Canada. While he did not reveal when he would move to bring down th [...]
2008-05-15 20:05:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
08TORONTO155Ontario Police Counternarcotics Efforts Paying Off
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug production, smuggling and trafficking continues to be a major challenge for Ontario law enforcement agencies. Since we last reported on counter-narcotics efforts in Ontario in mid-March, police have discovered and shut down several large-scale marijuana grow-ops and metham [...]
2008-05-15 20:07:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PGOV CA
08TORONTO164Another Hurdle for ABCP Market Restructuring
[...] (U) Summary: Ontario Superior Court Justice Colin Campbell, who is presiding over restructuring of the C$32 billion third-party asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market is considering how to resolve potential fraud claims. Foreign banks, whose support is crucial for the restructuring, init [...]
2008-05-27 13:35:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO165ONTARIO AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: A WORK IN PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) has been working more effectively to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in the Greater Toronto Area. Law enforcement contacts within the TPS Sex Crimes Unit tell us initiatives to increase awareness of TIP related issues hav [...]
2008-05-28 19:32:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB KCRM PHUM CA
08TORONTO167Ontario Pleased that SEC to Move Forward on Mutual
[...] (SBU) On May 29, following a series of meetings in May with the Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia securities regulators, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a schedule for completion of a framework that would allow the discussion of U.S.-Canada mutual recogniti [...]
2008-05-30 13:28:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO168YUSHCHENKO WELL RECEIVED IN TORONTO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko concluded a three day trip to Canada with business meetings and a speech to the prominent Economic Club of Toronto. Yushchenko's speech was well-received, even though it was heavy on themes and short on specifics. Several hundred people were [...]
2008-05-30 19:00:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON CA UP
08TORONTO169Enterprising Tamil Tiger Fundraiser Wins Award
[...] (U) A 27 year-old MBA student, wanted by U.S. law enforcement for allegedly setting up an elaborate terrorism-support network for the Tamil Tigers, was awarded a C$5,000 academic prize for his "entrepreneurial skills" by Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. The student, Suresh Sris [...]
2008-05-30 19:35:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PGOV PTER CA CE
08TORONTO175PLANNED GM PLANT CLOSURES PROVOKE FURIOUS REACTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: General Motors' (GM) June 3 announcement to close its pickup truck plant in Oshawa, Ontario, in 2009 provoked a blockade of the company's headquarters by Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union members on June 4 and 5. Criticism of GM's decision from provincial and federal governments wa [...]
2008-06-05 20:46:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO177BLUE LANTERN CASE 05-050113333
[...] (SBU) On June 3, Poloff visited the offices of Junsdom Solutions in North York, Ontario as instructed by reftel to meet with Peter Hou, sales representative. The North York office of Junsdom systems is located in a rental house in a quiet suburban neighborhood north of downtown Toronto. Accor [...]
2008-06-06 20:05:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC CA TW
08TORONTO194Ontario Looks to Renew Nuclear Power Infrastructure
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for increased electricity demand and the planned closure of all coal-fired generating plants by 2014, the government of Ontario is refurbishing existing nuclear plants and planning for new reactors. Both are necessary to meet the province's nuclear capacity goal o [...]
2008-06-18 15:35:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO20Ontario Conducts Emergency Management Exercise
[...] (SBU) Following up on recommendations by the UK and U.S. Consuls General in Toronto, Emergency Management Ontario (EMO) organized an emergency management exercise in Toronto on January 16. Hosted by Ontario Commissioner for Emergency Management Jay Hope, the session brought together five staff [...]
2008-01-24 19:39:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED PREL CASC PGOV CA
08TORONTO204ABCP Appeal Could Delay Settlement Implementation
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of Canadian corporations filed and has argued an appeal of Ontario Superior Court's June 5 approval of the restructuring plan for the frozen C$32 billion third-party asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, claiming they were misled about the risks of the investments. [...]
2008-06-30 13:39:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO227Canadian Auto Workers Union Gets New Leader
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ken Lewenza, current president of the CAW shop in Windsor, has been formally endorsed by the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) executive board, by other senior officers and staff, and most importantly by outgoing President Buzz Hargrove to replace Hargrove, who has announced that he will [...]
2008-07-15 17:00:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB PGOV PINR CA
08TORONTO233WHTI - Ontario's Proposed Enhanced Driver's License Spurs
[...] (U) On July 16, The University of Toronto and Ontario's Information and Privacy Commission held a public forum on Ontario's proposed enhanced driver's licenses (EDLs). The forum, which drew approximately 70 people, featured guest speakers from the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the [...]
2008-07-18 19:59:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCPAS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL CA
08TORONTO24Toronto Police File First Human Trafficking Charges
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Toronto Police have filed multiple human trafficking and prostitution-related charges against six Toronto residents of Ukrainian and Russian descent. The charges are the first time Toronto Police have laid charges under 2005 laws specifically criminalizing human-trafficking rel [...]
2008-01-28 20:01:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SMIG KCRM KWMN PHUM CVIS KFRD CA
08TORONTO273Ontario Film Industry Reels From High Loonie, Fears Loss of
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite local incentives and new filmmaking facilities, the strong Canadian dollar and Ottawa's arts funding cuts threaten to further cripple an already weak Ontario film industry. End Summary. 2. (U) Toronto's strong film and television industry has suffered as the Canadia [...]
2008-09-12 20:05:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV CA
08TORONTO286TORONTO MAN FOUND GUILTY ON TERROR CHARGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 25, an Ontario Superior Court justice found a Toronto-area man guilty of terrorism charges in Canada's first conviction under its Anti-Terrorism Act. The man was part of a group that planned a series of bombings and a raid on Parliament Hill. Ten other men, allege [...]
2008-09-26 19:56:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER CA
08TORONTO288 MISSION CANADA ASSESSES ELECTION 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Mission Canada-wide digital video conference (DVC) on September 29 resulted in a consensus assessment that the Conservatives will pick up additional seats in the October 14 Canadian federal elections, but not yet that the Conservatives will gain enough seats for a majority. [...]
2008-09-30 19:39:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON CA
08TORONTO32Ontario Auto Stakeholders Seek More Government Assistance
[...] (U) Summary: Canada has become the world's most expensive auto manufacturing jurisdiction according to some auto executives. Canadian-based auto assemblers and parts manufacturers are struggling to stay competitive in the face of a strong Canadian dollar. We expect the Detroit Three to press [...]
2008-02-05 19:34:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB PGOV CA
08TORONTO361Toronto's High-Rise Condominium Market:
[...] (U) Summary: Toronto's market for high-rise condominiums has begun to cool down in what was North America's busiest condo construction and sales market in 2007. The global credit crunch and slowing economy has created worries for Toronto developers with projects currently underway, and even [...]
2008-11-20 20:26:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV CA
08TORONTO390Ontario To Issue Enhanced Driver's
[...] (U) Summary: The Ontario Ministry of Transportation plans to begin issuing Enhanced Driver's Licenses (EDLs) and Enhanced Photo Cards (EPCs) this winter to be used as alternatives to passports in land and sea crossings to the U.S. The Photo Card Act of 2008 passed the Ontario legislature in [...]
2008-12-22 20:06:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CPAS ETRD PBTS KFRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO44Toronto's Iranian Diaspora
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At over 60,000 residents, Toronto's Iranian Community is a small but visible group in a city where over half of its 4 million people are foreign-born. Concentrated in the northern neighborhoods and suburbs of Canada's largest city, Toronto's Iranian community is constantly grow [...]
2008-02-15 13:08:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR CVIS CA IR
08TORONTO58The Lake Erie Commercial Fishing Industry
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Managing fish stocks in Lake Erie, which supports a multi-million dollar commercial fishing industry that supports thousands of jobs - has become a point of contention on both sides of the nearby U.S.-Canada border. Dwindling fish stocks have prompted Ontario and the U.S. states [...]
2008-02-29 15:17:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL CA
08TORONTO59Toronto's Cocaine Trade Takes a Hit
[...] In a one day sweep on Wednesday, February 27, Toronto Police arrested 23 suspects in an undercover street-level drug dealing bust that focused on Toronto's downtown Yonge Street strip. Toronto Police have charged 19 people with 61 different offenses ranging from drug dealing to conspiracy. Re [...]
2008-02-29 18:32:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM CA
08TORONTO66Canadian Banks Still Weathering North American Credit
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's non-bank sponsored (third party) asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market will remain frozen until April or May while the Crawford Committee, charged with the market's restructuring, secures financial backing from Canadian banks. Canadian banks reported their first c [...]
2008-03-07 21:03:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO69More Drug Seizures and Arrests in Ontario
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past two months, Toronto Police rounded up 96 street-level drug dealers in western Toronto. The retail-level arrests come on the heels of a separate Toronto Police undercover operation that arrested 23 drug dealers in the downtown core of the city. On February 27 the [...]
2008-03-11 18:24:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PGOV CA
08TORONTO70FEDERAL BY-ELECTION - PROMINENT LIBERALS PREPARE FOR MOVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the two Ontario by-elections slated for March 17, the federal Liberals appear poised to send two well-known personalities to join the ranks of the Liberal caucus in Ottawa. In suburban Toronto Willowdale, former Liberal leadership candidate Martha Hall Findlay looks to be a [...]
2008-03-12 19:29:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR CA
08TORONTO71Ontario Electricity Reliability Outlook Positive
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 12 Ontario's Integrated Electricity System Operator (IESO) predicted an adequate supply of electricity for the province and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) population center for the next 18 months. More than 4,500 megawatts (MW) of new supply is scheduled to come into, [...]
2008-03-14 13:27:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO72Ontario Criticizes New U.S. Ozone Standards
[...] (SBU) Ontario's Ministry of the Environment today issued a press release criticizing the new U.S. federal ozone standards of 75 parts per billion (ppb),announced this week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),as not being strong enough. The Ministry's release argues that many ci [...]
2008-03-14 17:44:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL CA
08TORONTO73Canadian Truckers Squeezed By Higher Costs and Slowing
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian truck transportation services employ close to 400,000 people and generate over C$60 billion in revenues annually. The Canadian trucking industry is being squeezed by slowing export volumes (due to the appreciation of the Canadian dollar and the slowing of the U.S. econ [...]
2008-03-17 16:37:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PGOV PBTS CVIS CA
08TORONTO74ONTARIO BY-ELECTIONS: LIBERALS WIN BIG AS EXPECTED
[...] Prominent Liberals recorded convincing victories as expected in two Ontario federal by-elections on March 17. Bob Rae, former NDP Ontario Premier (1990-95) and current Liberal foreign affairs critic, won overwhelmingly in Toronto Centre, a long-time Liberal stronghold. With a voter turnout of [...]
2008-03-18 13:52:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CA
08TORONTO81Canadian ABCP Market Under Bankruptcy Protection
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 17, an Ontario Superior Court Judge agreed to convert 20 Canadian trusts, which had issued C$33 billion in non-bank sponsored asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP),into corporations and to protect them from notices, lawsuits, and other claims under the Companies' Credit [...]
2008-03-19 17:52:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO84Canada in the Americas: Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 20 speech before the Canadian Council on the Americas, Liberal Foreign Affairs critic and newly elected Member of Parliament Bob Rae argued for increased resources and better coordination among Canadian foreign affairs agencies, and a stronger Canadian commitment to t [...]
2008-03-20 17:22:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV PINR PREL CA
08TORONTO85First Toronto Terrorism Trial Starts
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 25 the trial of one of the 18 persons originally arrested for participating in a Toronto-based terrorist group began in a provincial courtroom in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). On the first day of the first trial, an Ontario Superior Court judge unsealed some prosecut [...]
2008-03-26 18:54:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER CA
08TORONTO87Crawford Committee Seeks Retail Investor Support
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, Purdy Crawford, Chair of the Pan-Canadian Committee, described his committee's plan to restructure the C$33 billion third-party (non-bank sponsored) asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market to a crowd of over 500 financial sector leaders in Toronto. Crawford is w [...]
2008-03-27 18:13:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO88Ontario Budget Focuses on Economic Stabilization
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's 2008 budget, unveiled on March 25, represents a concerted attempt by Premier Dalton McGuinty to take an active role in stabilizing and growing the Ontario economy. Against the wishes of the federal government, which has waged an on and off war of words with Ontario pr [...]
2008-03-27 18:21:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD ELAB CA
08TORONTO90No Push for Elections as Canadians Focus on Local Issues
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Canada reporting officers concur that, from the brink of defeat in the fall of 2007, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has established itself as a stable minority government, pushing through a relatively impressive policy agenda such as a renewed co [...]
2008-03-28 12:00:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON CA
08TRIPOLI498PETRO-CANADA SIGNS 30-YEAR PACT WITH LIBYA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Petro-Canada has signed a series of 30-year contracts with Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC),bringing its old agreements into line with Libya's preferred EPSA-IV contract standard. The new deals stem from Libya's ongoing efforts to secure tougher terms from foreign oil co [...]
2008-06-24 14:19:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET CA LY
08TRIPOLI676ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER AVERTED: HOW LIBYA (MIS)HANDLED RECENT OIL TANK BLAZE REF: TRIPOLI 368
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 19, a storage tank for crude oil caught fire during routine maintenance operations in Ras Lanuf, the site of Libya's largest oil refinery and a petroleum port. The fire was isolated to one tank after burning for two days. There were no casualties and oil exports from the p [...]
2008-08-27 17:59:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PGOV LY CA
08ULAANBAATAR15Visiting Canadian Trade Minister Advises Against State
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian International Trade Minister David Emerson's 24 hour visit to Mongolia, the first by a Canadian Minister in over 10 years, included meetings with President N. Enkhbayar, Prime Minister S. Bayar, Foreign Minister Oyun, and his counterpart at the Ministry of Industry and T [...]
2008-01-11 08:29:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN PREL SENV ELTN ETRD CA MG
08ULAANBAATAR206APDP MONGOLIAN ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post visited Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 2 to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and its proposal to send an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Mongolia for its Parliamentary elections, tentatively scheduled for June 29. MF [...]
2008-05-02 09:19:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL EAID MG JA AS KS CA
08ULAANBAATAR682007 Mining Sector Wrap Up: One Step Forward,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MongoliaQs mining sector took a wild ride in 2007 as alarming setbacks overshadowed promising advances made earlier in the year. Major achievements included a deal on a stability agreement with Ivanhoe/Rio Tinto to develop the promising Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, and the appointme [...]
2008-02-06 01:49:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN PREL SENV ELTN ETRD CA MG
08UNVIEVIENNA478FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TAKES SHAPE IN PREPARATORY MEETING
[...] (U) Representatives from Afghanistan, France, Italy, U.K., and U.S. met at the Italian mission in Vienna on August 27 to discuss the structure and format of the proposed "Friends of Afghanistan" group. Charge delivered guidance points from reftel, which were well received across the board. [...]
2008-08-27 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR UN AF FR UK IT CA AS NL GM DA NO TU RS PK
08UNVIEVIENNA494SUBJ: IAEA/BOG: SEEKING AN IRAN RESOLUTION IN
[...] (S) Another negative IAEA Director General's report on Iran, as expected in advance of the September Board, will strengthen the argument for further censure of Iran for its failure to cooperate with the ongoing IAEA investigation, in particular the IAEA effort to pursue evidence of military/we [...]
2008-09-10 13:20:00UNVIESECRETAORC KNNP IAEA IR CA
08UNVIEVIENNA523VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN ON COMPACT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 11:48:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAF AS AU CA EAID FR IT KCRM NL NO PREL
08UNVIEVIENNA587IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - A BUDGET ISSUE THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA has no clear policy on the application of Program Support Costs (PSCs) to extrabudgetary contributions. In recent months, however, the Secretariat has dabbled with implementing a universal fee of 7 percent. The U.S. and Australia have so far refused to pay the 7 perce [...]
2008-11-06 15:23:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA
08UNVIEVIENNA634 GETTING THE MOST OUT OF PARIS PACT
[...] (SBU) The upcoming December 15-16 annual meeting of the Paris Pact Consultative Group is a venue for USDEL to advance USG counternarcotics objectives in Afghanistan by expressing support the UNODC's "Rainbow Strategy." Specifically, the U.S. can use this forum to encourage donor contribution t [...]
2008-12-02 15:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL AF IR CA PK UN
08UNVIEVIENNA666 UNODC MAJOR DONORS MEETING TACKLES UNGASS REVIEW, PIRACY
[...] (SBU)INL A/S David T. Johnson led the USDEL to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Major Donors meeting, December 5. Discussion with the other 20 donor countries included (1) a proposal for UNODC action to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, (2) the funding situation of UNODC, and (3) [...]
2008-12-22 13:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC AF SW SZ GM FR CA IN IT
08VANCOUVER164LIBERAL PARTY BIDING ITS TIME ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met with Liberal Party Federal Elections Co-Chairman Mark Marissen to discuss the party's preparations for possible elections. Marissen predicted a 50/50 chance the party would call elections in the fall, but saw a more likely scenario of waiting until the mandated October [...]
2008-06-19 22:21:00Consulate VancouverCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
08VANCOUVER199BORDER ISSUES FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN REGIONAL SUMMIT
[...] Summary: The flow of people and goods across the U.S.-Canada border became the primary topic of discussion at the annual Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) summit, July 20-24. Several keynote speakers, including U.S. Ambassador Wilkins, BC Premier Campbell, and Canadian Public Safety Min [...]
2008-07-29 18:55:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL ECON AORC CA
08VANCOUVER288BRITISH COLUMBIA HOLDS CONFERENCE ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Summary: The BC Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons (OCTIP) held its first ever conference bringing together law enforcement, NGOs, academics, government and political representatives to share ideas and best practices on addressing human trafficking. DPO and representatives of the Consul [...]
2008-11-15 00:07:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDCA PGOV KTIP
08VANCOUVER64LIBERALS BARELY WIN VANCOUVER-QUADRA BYELECTION
[...] The byelection in Vancouver-Quadra proved to be closer than any had predicted, with Liberal Joyce Murray edging out her Conservative opponent, Deborah Meredith, by a mere .6 percentage points, or 151 votes. Voter turnout was light with about 34 percent of registered voters actually showing up [...]
2008-03-18 20:38:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CA
08VANCOUVER76TWO-YEAR COUNTDOWN TO THE VANCOUVER WINTER OLYMPICS
[...] Summary: This is the first of two cables assessing preparations as Vancouver passes the two-year mark in its countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Organizers and officials are giddy with satisfaction over the preparations for the Games thus far. All major sporting venues are complete or wil [...]
2008-04-04 16:48:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDCA KOLY PGOV ECON ASEC
08VANCOUVER78MANAGING 2010 OLYMPICS BORDER TRAFFIC
[...] This is the second of two cables looking at preparations for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Issues related to economics, commerce and logistics are covered in ref. This cable addresses the travel of tourists and participants to the Games and potential issues for border management. 2. [...]
2008-04-04 17:49:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDCA KOLY PREL ASEC CMGT
08YAOUNDE368YAOUNDE AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE LESSONS LEARNED: IT
[...] (U) Summary: During the last week of February 2008, Cameroon's renowned stability and tranquility of Cameroon were shattered by a spasm of rioting and violence that led Embassy Yaounde to request the authorized departure of eligible family members. Mission Cameroon's lessons learned from this [...]
2008-04-15 15:43:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AF AFIN AMGT ASEC CA CASC CM CMGT KFLO
09ATHENS1331Greek-U.S. Partnership in Afghanistan and Pakistan
[...] (C) The Government of Greece continues to respond positively to USG requests for increasing military and civilian assistance to Afghanistan and Pakistan, despite its dire fiscal realities. According to Hellenic Aid (HA),Greece's development agency, the GoG has pledged 3.7 million euro to Afgha [...]
2009-07-27 07:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK EAID GR SNAR CA UK
09BAGHDAD1447RRT ERBIL: KRG OIL LINKS TO IRAQI PIPELINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 1 gala event, Presidents Talabani and Barzani officially "turned on" pipelines from Tawke and Taq Taq fields in the Kurdistan Region, which will together add 100,000 barrels a day (bbl/d) through the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. Pre [...]
2009-06-02 13:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV CA TU NO IZ
09BAMAKO63(S) OBSERVATIONS ON UNFOLDING HOSTAGE CRISIS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 17:13:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPTER PREL PINS PINR ML GM SZ UK CA
09BEIJING1199MAY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FLU, QUARANTINES, VISA POLICY,
[...] Key points at the May 5 MFA press briefing: -- China has taken "urgent and temporary" measures to "protect the safety of the animal husbandry industry and the people" from the threat of H1N1 Influenza. -- The spokesperson had no information about reports that four American citizens have be [...]
2009-05-05 22:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP
09BEIJING1227MAY 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HU-OBAMA TELCON, USNS VICTORIOUS,
[...] Key points at the May 7 MFA press briefing: -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed bilateral relations and had an "in-depth exchange of views" on H1N1 influenza, agreeing to cooperate in addressing the issue. The two leaders also discussed the Korean Peninsu [...]
2009-05-07 23:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP
09BEIJING1299MAY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: H1N1, DEFENSE POLICY,
[...] Key points at the May 14 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to work to monitor and contain H1N1 influenza, dismissing as "irresponsible" allegations that the United States and Canada have not taken sufficient measures to contain the virus's spread. -- Regarding press reports of a USG o [...]
2009-05-14 23:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CH FR AS KN PK BR CA MX
09BEIJING287FEBRUARY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAN, DPRK,
[...] Key points at the February 5 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "attaches great importance" to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) upcoming review of China's human rights record. -- China hopes the P5-plus-1 countries will "stick to diplomatic negotiations" and show "creativity" to resolve the Ir [...]
2009-02-05 23:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA IR KN
09BEIJING2997OCTOBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, FLU, BAGHDAD
[...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- Efforts aimed at the rescue of the crew of the Chinese cargo ship the De Xin Hai were "underway." -- The Chinese Government would step up efforts and adjust its methods in order to deal with the spread of the flu this season. -- The ter [...]
2009-10-29 23:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK NK UK IR IZ CA
09BEIJING3237DECEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] Key points at the December 3 MFA press briefing were: -- China believes developing countries such as China and India do not have an "obligation" to binding initial carbon reduction targets. -- China hopes to cooperate and sustain the momentum on dialogue with the United States regarding Ce [...]
2009-12-03 11:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MNUC MARR SENV CH AF IR CA RS
09BEIJING3239DECEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SOUTH
[...] Key points at the December 3 MFA press briefing were: -- China believes developing countries such as China and India do not have an "obligation" to binding initial carbon reduction targets. -- China hopes to cooperate and sustain the momentum on dialogue with the United States regarding So [...]
2009-12-04 03:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MNUC MARR SENV CH AF IR CA RS
09BEIJING332FEBRUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY VISIT, MIDDLE
[...] Key points at the February 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes Secretary Clinton's visit will "strengthen dialogue, increase mutual trust, broaden cooperation and push China-U.S. relations on a track of healthy and stable development." -- China "hopes U.S. Middle East policy can help ease [...]
2009-02-10 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA FR IR XF IT SA
09BEIJING3338DECEMBER 15, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA CARGO
[...] Key points at the December 15 MFA press briefing were: -- It is up to the UN Security Council to consider the cargo plane detained in Thailand for suspected arms smuggling. -- Western criticism of China's persecution of Charter 08 signer Liu Xiaobo is "unacceptable." -- The 22 Uighurs se [...]
2009-12-15 08:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH KN CB TH JP CA
09BEIJING3467CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER VISIT TO CHINA POSITIVE,
[...] (C) The December 2-6 visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to China, his first ever, was positive, productive and "set the right tone" in Canadian-Chinese relations, according to Canadian diplomats. While MFA officials concurred on the positive assessment of the visit, a PRC schola [...]
2009-12-28 06:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EMIN EINV PHUM CH CA HK KS
09BERLIN193(C) GERMANY OPEN TO NGA WAIVER REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Economics Ministry (BMWi) officials are optimistic that Germany will approve a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) request to waive a provision of their Satellite Data Security Law (Satellitendatensicherheitsgesetz) for the USG. This NGA request asked for a special pro [...]
2009-02-17 05:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA UK CA GM
09BERLIN226(C) GERMANY OPEN TO NGA WAIVER REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Economics Ministry (BMWi) officials are optimistic that Germany will approve a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) request to waive a provision of their Satellite Data Security Law (Satellitendatensicherheitsgesetz) for the USG. This NGA request asked for a special pro [...]
2009-02-24 12:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA UK CA GM
09BRASILIA422PROMOTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) Brazil views Dinah Shelton very favorably but may have to vote for another candidate to repay obligations incurred in another election. Counselor Marcia Adorno, head of the Ministry of Exterior Relations's Division of Human Rights, told poloff on April 2 that she was familiar with Dinah [...]
2009-04-06 16:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC
09BUENOSAIRES398ARGENTINA TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER USG CANDIDATE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 19:40:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC
09BUENOSAIRES67CANADIAN AMBASSADOR ON ARGENTINE SUMMITRY, NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) A January 14 discussion between Ambassador Wayne and Canadian Ambassador Tim Martin covered Argentina's poor preparation for regional summits and the G-20, as well as Canada's nuclear energy and mining agenda with Argentina. 2. (SBU) Brazil's regional agenda and the Summit of the Amer [...]
2009-01-21 20:21:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EMIN KSUM PREL CA AR
09CALGARY100BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK (ITRES
[...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, post conducted a site visit to the facilities of ITRES Research, the subject of this Blue Lantern request, on October 23, 2009. 2. (SBU) NOTE: This license request may be overcome by events as company representatives tell post that they have determined that th [...]
2009-11-04 16:08:00Consulate CalgaryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC CA
09CANBERRA613MESSAGE RE: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S AU ATTENDANCE
[...] (U) On July 1, Jenny Bloomfield, Director of Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Michael Opie, Iran section officer, DFAT, discussed with us U.S. intended actions should Ahmadinejad speak in Tripoli at the African Union Summit (reftel). They assured us they would [...]
2009-07-01 06:50:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EUREM IR ET CA IS AS
09CIUDADJUAREZ228BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING: FRANCISCO BARRIO TERRAZAS - MEXICO'S
[...] On February 26, 2009, Francisco Barrio Terrazas presented his credentials in Ottawa as Mexico's new Ambassador to Canada. Barrio's appointment has resulted in protests and calls for his resignation from Mexican and Canadian women's groups and human rights organizations. The groups assert that [...]
2009-05-22 23:08:00Consulate Ciudad JuarezUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR MX CA
09COLOMBO992TWO IF BY SEA: SRI LANKAN REFUGEE HOPEFULS TEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent arrival of a freighter of Sri Lankan Tamil refugee claimants in Canada, along with a surge in Sri Lankans attempting to reach Australia by boat, highlight the increasing desperation and sophistication of would-be asylees and refugees of Tamil ethnicity hoping to reach W [...]
2009-10-28 11:32:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREF CVIS SMIG PTER PHUM CE CA AS
09DAMASCUS188JORDANIAN COMPANY REPORTEDLY LEASING AIRBUS A320
[...] (C) Civil aviation-related rumors are again rampant in Damascus one month after SARG officials publicly announced that Boeing had received U.S. export licenses to perform airframe overhauls (D-checks) on Syrian Air's two 747-SPs. On March 1, a semi-independent daily published a report that a J [...]
2009-03-12 05:52:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR ETRD ETTC PTER PGOV CA JO SY
09DOHA6672010 FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: DEMOCRACY LEADER LOOKS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met on November 12 with Dr. Marzen Marzouk, Director of the Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF). The meeting was held at Marzouk's request. Also present in the meeting were ADF Deputy Director for Programs Wafa'a Omar and Poloff Caudill. The discussion covered a variety of topic [...]
2009-11-16 10:23:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL CA MO QA
09GENEVA203REPORTING CABLE ON FEBRUARY 24-25 WORKING GROUP ON
[...] (U) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Kingdom - current chair - convened a meeting of the Working Group on Resettlement (WGR) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva February 24 - 25. Representatives of 20 governments as well as UNHCR headquarters and fiel [...]
2009-03-11 15:49:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAF AS CA EI IC IZ JO NZ PHUM PK PREF PREL
09HALIFAX10NEW 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 19:27:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EFIN PGOV CA
09HALIFAX15FILMMAKING 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 20:39:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EIND CA
09HALIFAX16BIO 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 12:45:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR CA
09HALIFAX17SEVEN 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 19:41:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA PREF PHUM PBTS SMIG EWWT KFRD CA
09HALIFAX25ATLANTIC 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 19:47:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET PGOV PBTS PREL FR CA
09HALIFAX28FALL 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 14:43:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CA
09HALIFAX3NEW 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 21:11:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON PGOV PINR SENV US CA
09HALIFAX32GEORGES 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 12:28:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON PGOV SENV SCUL US CA
09HALIFAX38NEW 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 19:54:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CASC PREL ASEC ECON KHLS WHTI CA
09HALIFAX39NOVA 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 13:40:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR CA
09HALIFAX42BIO 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 15:39:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR CA
09HALIFAX43ATLANTIC 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 12:42:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON PGOV CA
09HALIFAX55ANOTHER 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 16:21:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC CA
09HALIFAX58ATLANTIC 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 13:20:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON ELAB PGOV PBTS PREL SENV CA
09HALIFAX61HMCS 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 17:49:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PREL PTER PINR CA
09HALIFAX9NEWFOUNDLAND-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 11:22:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV CA
09HAVANA366CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: LESS THAN
[...] (C) Summary: Canada's democracy)oriented foreign policy toward Cuba apparently is being implemented more vigorously in Ottawa than in Cuba, although some help may be on the way. End Summary. CANADA'S PRIORITIES IN CUBA --------------------------- 2. (C) USINT read with interest refte [...]
2009-06-23 14:31:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU CA
09ISLAMABAD686ISLAMABAD REFUGEE AFFAIRS WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH
[...] (U) UNHCR said voluntary repatriation of registered Afghans in Pakistan would be resumed on April 1. This repatriation would be only from Peshawar as the security situation in Balochistan does not allow for repatriation at the moment. Registered Afghans living in the Northwest Frontier Provin [...]
2009-04-02 05:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF PHUM CA PK
09ISLAMABAD713PRESSING KARZAI FOR ACCESS TO BUGTI ON SOLECKI CASE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 14:40:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV CA UN PK
09ISLAMABAD724BLUF RELEASES AMCIT JOHN SOLECKI
[...] (C) Summary: On April 4, the Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) released Amcit United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) provincial head John Solecki outside of Quetta. Solecki, who had been kidnapped on February 2, was transported by US military aircraft to Bagram Air Forc [...]
2009-04-06 14:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV CA PK
09KABUL2335CANADA,S REVISED COIN STRATEGY IN KANDAHAR
[...] (C) Begin Summary. Representative of Canada in Kandahar Ken Lewis outlined Canada's revised COIN strategy for Kandahar, which is designed to bring greater focus of effort in a smaller, more targeted geographic area. This "Key Village Approaches" strategy has captured the attention of COMISAF [...]
2009-08-12 14:04:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL AF CA
09KABUL3981ACTION REQUEST: ENGAGING COALITION PARTNERS TO QUICKLY
[...] This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners with Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. We understand c [...]
2009-12-10 09:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ PL TU AF
09KABUL4016Kandahar Governor Highlights Governance and Development
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 12 meeting, Kandahar Governor Weesa briefed Ambassador Wayne on governance and development challenges in his province. Weesa highlighted the need to improve capacity at the district level, strengthen the judicial sector, and improve power generation and distributi [...]
2009-12-15 13:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINS PHUM CA AF
09KABUL4152STATUS UPDATE: MOU WITH COALITION PARTNERS ON LIFE,
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners who lead Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in order to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. [...]
2009-12-28 10:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF CA EAID FR GM HU IT LH NL NO NZ PGOV SP SW UK
09KABUL567CANADIAN EMBASSY SEEKS ENHANCED CIVILIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9 2. (C) Summary: Canadian Deputy Head of Mission (DHOM) Ben Roswell and senior Canadian reps from Kandahar, invited U.S. Embassy officers from PRT-SNG, USAID and Pol-Mil for a March 12 discussion aimed at improving civilian coordination betw [...]
2009-03-12 16:59:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS NATO PK AF CA
09KABUL658DUTCH EMPHASIZE HEALTH AND EDUCATION IN URUZGAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Ambassador hosted a lunch on March 16 to help shape the perspective and situational awareness of Regional Command South (RC-S) for the three incoming Dutch senior civilian representatives who are preparing to arrive in Uruzgan in August 2009. Attendees also included a [...]
2009-03-19 08:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM MOPS NATO PREL PK AF CA UK NL PGOV
09LONDON1318SUDAN: CONTACT GROUP WELCOMES SE GRATION'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan Contact Group delegations welcomed Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration's approach to supporting the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the Darfur peace process at a May 29 meeting in London. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chair Sir Derek Plumbly told Co [...]
2009-06-03 15:32:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KDEM NO FR NL CA EU CD UK
09LONDON1385COMMMONWEALTH ON FIJI, SRI LANKA, NIGERIA, QUEEN'S
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 11 discussion with Poloff, Commonwealth Political Director Amitav Banerji offered electoral commission capacity-building as an area where the USG and Commonwealth could be strategic partners; said a Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) would soon discuss and [...]
2009-06-11 15:32:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM PINR NI CE FJ NZ CA MY UK
09LONDON33HMG RECEIVES NIP AND DISCUSSES RELATED TOPICS
[...] (S) Summary. Poloffs met with FCO's Simon Manley, Director of the Defense and Strategic Threats Directorate and Emily Maltman of the Strategic Partners and Multilateral Counter Terrorism Department to deliver the National Implementation Plan as per reftel. Manley described HMG's counter-terroris [...]
2009-01-06 13:02:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV AS CA IN PK UK
09MEXICO2079 O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD FOR THEE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 13, 2009, Canada announced that it will implement a visa requirement on travelers from Mexico and the Czech Republic, effective at 12:01 am, July 17. The putative reason, according to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is to quell the flow of applicants from both countri [...]
2009-07-16 19:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL PREF ECON PGOV SMIG MX EZ CA
09MEXICO2692CANADIAN VISAS FOR MEXICANS, PART TWO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since Canada's sudden imposition of a visa requirement for Mexican (and Czech) tourists on July 16, the Mexican government has countered only with a visa requirement for Canadian diplomats. Despite the initial visa backlog and outcry by the Mexican media that the requirement was [...]
2009-09-11 22:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS ECON PGOV PREF MX CA
09MONTREAL184ABDELRAZIK 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 19:38:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER SU CA UN
09MONTREAL299AMBASSADOR 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 18:34:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV CA
09NAIROBI1273INTERNATIONALIZING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR EAST
[...] (SBU) On June 23, the British High Commissioner convened a meeting with Canada, Australia, and the United States to garner support for their efforts to internationalize Kenya's peacekeeping training centers. The British see this step as necessary to maintain the momentum to turn the East Afric [...]
2009-06-25 09:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL XA CA UK AS
09NASSAU232TOO LATE TO THE DANCE: BAHAMAS ALREADY COMMITTED
[...] (U) Mission delivered reftel demarche points on the U.S. candidacy for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, International Division, Marilyn Zonicle, April 1. The MFA replied that the GCOB had already concluded reciprocal agreements with [...]
2009-04-15 21:45:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC BF
09NDJAMENA588CHAD: MINURCAT MAKING BIG PUSH ON SECURITY IN EAST
[...] (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo met December 7 with representatives of UN member states resident in N'Djamena to describe the PKO's "big push" over the past month to enhance security in Eastern Chad, in the wake of recent kidnappings and a general increase in criminal activity directed agai [...]
2009-12-08 11:59:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID PREF EU FR UNSC CA CD
09NEWDELHI2401FRESH MOMENTUM: CANADIAN PM HARPER VISITS INDIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Canadian PM Stephen Harper's November 15-18 visit to India was long on atmospherics but short on solid deliverables. In addition to official meetings with PM Singh, EAM Krishna and Sonia Gandhi, Harper had a highly visible public program in Mumbai and touched base with the Sikh c [...]
2009-11-30 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CA IN
09OTTAWA1"NEVER APOLOGIZE": PM HARPER'S GOVERNING STYLE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper's reputation as a master political strategist is somewhat tattered in the wake of November's stunning near-fatal mis-step to abolish public financing for all political parties. However, at least on the surface, he remains unbowed and unapologetic. Relyin [...]
2009-01-02 13:20:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CA
09OTTAWA10(S) VANCOUVER OLYMPICS 2010: CANADIAN REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Defense Relations Officer Erwin Sippert told pol/mil officer on January 7 that Canada hopes the United States will respond positively and quickly via dipnote to para 2 request for military-to-military assistance in support of [...]
2009-01-07 20:19:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL MARR KOLY CA
09OTTAWA103SECTION 1377 TELECOM REVIEW: CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 20:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECPS CA
09OTTAWA109CANADA'S "NEW" CHINA STRATEGY EMPHASIZES INCREASED
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government recently rolled out a "new" China strategy that will emphasize more high level ministerial visits and dialogue. Prime Minister Harper has yet to visit Beijing during his three year tenure, but may later in 2009. Canada's engagement with China seeks first [...]
2009-02-11 13:58:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETRD CH CA
09OTTAWA110CANADA RECEIVES REMOTE SENSING DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) On February 10, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation and Disarmament Dr. Thomas Gillon expressed appreciation for the U.S. reply to Canadian demarches from October and December 2008 (reftel). During a follow up discussion on February [...]
2009-02-11 16:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC CA
09OTTAWA116BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR DEFENDS OPTIMISTIC GROWTH FORECAST
[...] (U) Summary: The Governor of the Bank of Canada predicts the Canadian economy will recover from the global financial crisis in late 2009, with growth approaching 4 percent in 2010. However, Canadian economic recovery is dependent on a range of domestic and international factors, including the [...]
2009-02-12 20:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA126INITIAL CANADIAN RESPONSE TO U.S.
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the U.S. Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review and has provided initial thinking in a non-paper (see para 5). Canada believes strongly that the reconstruction and development process must be Afghan-led and that strong and [...]
2009-02-20 21:13:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM NATO EAID AF PK CA
09OTTAWA132CANADIAN FM LIKELY AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE
[...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director General for the Middle East and Magreb Kerry Buck, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon is likely to participate in the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheik but has not made a final decision. She indicated t [...]
2009-02-23 19:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL KWBG CA EG
09OTTAWA133SE: NO KNOWN EVIDENCE OF AL-BARAKAAT PRESENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 18:14:00Embassy OttawaSECRETETTC KTFN ETRD CA SO
09OTTAWA134CANADA REITERATES FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In separate remarks on February 23, Canada's top two diplomats reiterated Canada's top foreign policy priorities -- relations with the U.S., the Americas, Afghanistan, and emerging markets in Asia -- and its support for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Canada will further narrow its pri [...]
2009-02-24 20:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID XF XM AF CA
09OTTAWA139CANADA TO MAKE FIRM NATIONAL STATEMENTS, SUPPORT
[...] (C) In response to reftel points, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Nuclear Policy Officer Ryan Hewer confirmed to pol/miloff on February 25 that the Canadian delegation will "be prepared to make suitably firm" national statements on Iran and Syria, as well [...]
2009-02-26 13:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SY CA KN
09OTTAWA140CANADA APPRECIATES U.S. POSITION ON RADARSAT-2
[...] (S) Upon receipt of ref a dipnote on February 25, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation and Disarmament Dr. Thomas Gillon said that the government was "extremely pleased" by U.S. interagency concurrence with Canada's request to chan [...]
2009-02-26 13:15:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL PARM ETTC CA
09OTTAWA141CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S ATTENDANCE AT SHARM
[...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on February 26 confirmed that he would take part in the March 2 "Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza" in Sharm al-Sheikh Egypt (reftels). He underscored that Canada had made a five year commitment begin [...]
2009-02-26 18:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID EG IS JO CA
09OTTAWA146FIRST NATIONS TRAILBLAZER IS CANADIAN CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) Justice Rose Boyko is a "trailblazer among First Nations people in Canada," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) UN Section Deputy Director Shannon Marie Soni. Soni added that Boyko was the first aboriginal Canadian woman appointed as a superior cour [...]
2009-02-26 22:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KUNR UNGA CA ACABQ
09OTTAWA147CANADIAN NPT PRIORITIES
[...] (C) Summary: Canada wants the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2009 PrepCom and 2010 RevCon to advance NPT legitimacy by making concrete progress towards a consensus document that confirms the treaty's three pillars -- disarmament, non-proliferation, and peaceful uses -- and acknowledge [...]
2009-02-27 13:23:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC ENRG UNGA IAEA CA
09OTTAWA149CANADA: EMBASSY OTTAWA 2009 SPECIAL 301
[...] (SBU) Mission Canada continues to be frustrated by Canada,s failure to implement the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) internet treaties, to update its copyright laws, and to make the changes necessary to effectively search for and seize counterfeit goods at the border. Despite [...]
2009-02-27 20:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
09OTTAWA15CANADA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON DOD NUCLEAR
[...] (U) On January 7, pol/miloff delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Continental Defense Victor Rakmil, Senior Policy Adviser for NATO Eugenie Panitcherska, and Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-proliferation Karen Gunar. Se [...]
2009-01-08 21:05:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC KNNP CA
09OTTAWA152CANADA WELCOMES U.S. DURBAN WITHDRAWAL AND UN HRC
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Human Rights Policy Chantale Walker on February 27 welcomed the U.S. decision to discontinue negotiations on the current text of the Durban Review Conference (reftel). Walker noted that Canada shares the U.S [...]
2009-02-27 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC CA
09OTTAWA153CANADA WELCOMES U.S. DURBAN WITHDRAWAL AND UN HRC
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Human Rights Policy Chantale Walker on February 27 welcomed the U.S. decision to discontinue negotiations on the current text of the Durban Review Conference (reftel). Walker noted that Canada shares the U.S [...]
2009-02-27 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC CA
09OTTAWA155CANADA: GRINIUS TO HEAD DELEGATIONS TO NPT, CNS
[...] (U) In response to reftels, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-proliferation Karen Garner confirmed to pol/miloff on March 2 that PermRep in Geneva Marius Grinius will lead the Canadian delegation to the May 2009 Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT [...]
2009-03-02 20:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MNUC ENRG IAEA CA
09OTTAWA158CANADA WELCOMES ADDITIONAL US TROOPS IN
[...] (C'/NF) Summary: Ottawa-based Canadian officials responded positively to potential changes to the U.S. force posture in Afghanistan, but repeated long-standing concerns about command and control issues related to multi-mission integration in NATO-ISAF's Regional Command - South. Canada will [...]
2009-03-03 22:00:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA159CANADA APPLAUDS IRAQ STRATEGY REVIEW, BUT FOCUSES
[...] (C/NF) Canada welcomed the new U.S. administration's review of Iraq policy (ref a),especially since it will free up more U.S. combat troops for Afghanistan, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Iraq desk officer David Leach. Canada recognizes the importance of I [...]
2009-03-03 22:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS IZ AF CA
09OTTAWA16CANADA TO DOWNPLAY ROLE OF UNDP CHAIR IF IRAN WINS
[...] (C) Canada will not openly oppose Iran's candidacy for the chair of the UNDP executive board, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) International Organization Deputy Director Shannon-Marie Soni. Instead, Canada will seek to downplay the importance of the ro [...]
2009-01-08 21:19:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IR UN CA
09OTTAWA160 Canada adopts a wait-and-see position on U.S. COOL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada does not intend - for now - to launch a WTO trade challenge against the United States over the voluntary guidelines that complement the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) final rule, Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz stated on February 25. Ritz said the volunta [...]
2009-03-04 19:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA161CANADA: INFORMATION FOR LONDON G-20 MEETINGS
[...] (sbu) Ref a requested information regarding Post's outlook on the continuing impact of the economic and financial situation on Canada, as well as Canada's expected priorities and objectives for the London G-20 Summit on April 2. Econcouns John Carwile (carwilejl@state.sgov.gov) and EMIN Eric B [...]
2009-03-04 20:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA ECON EFIN
09OTTAWA165TERRORISM FINANCE: CANADA UNLIKELY TO COSPONSOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 16:50:00Embassy OttawaSECRETEFIN ETRD KTFN ETTC CA CH
09OTTAWA167CANADA UPHOLDS NEED FOR TOUGH ZIMBABWE BENCHMARKS
[...] (C) Ahead of the March 20 informal meeting in Washington of like-minded countries on Zimbabwe, Canada believes the previously agreed benchmarks on political reconciliation and reform remain valid. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Eastern and Southern [...]
2009-03-05 20:19:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM EAID ZI CA
09OTTAWA168CANADA URGES SUDAN'S COOPERATION WITH ICC
[...] (U) In a public statement on March 4, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon offered Canada's appreciation of the International Criminal Court for its indictment of Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, noting that "Canada strongly supports the work of the ICC, including its work in Sudan." He called on S [...]
2009-03-05 21:47:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KICC SU CA
09OTTAWA177CANADIANS POSITIVE ABOUT AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE,
[...] This is an action request -- see para seven. 2. (C) Summary: Canadian officials hope to coordinate with U.S. counterparts in advance of the upcoming Dutch-hosted Conference on Afghanistan. They are concerned about both the need to manage disruptive delegations and the risk that some tra [...]
2009-03-09 13:58:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO PK AF CA
09OTTAWA179PARLIAMENTARY REPORT ON KANDAHAR SHOWS FEW GAINS,
[...] (C) Summary: As required under a March 2008 House of Commons motion, the government has issued its third report to Parliament tracking progress on key benchmarks. The report cited modest continued progress in training of the Afghan National Security Forces, improvements to Sarpoza prison, [...]
2009-03-09 18:27:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID AF CA
09OTTAWA180CANADA SUPPORTS GAZA ACTION PROGRAM
[...] (C) Canada supports the program of action (ref a) to combat Gaza arms smuggling and is identifying resources and confirming legal authority to assist the effort, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Israel/Gaza/West Bank Deputy Director Gregory Lemermeyer. [...]
2009-03-09 18:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO EUN CA
09OTTAWA182ISAF RC-S: CANADIANS PREPARE FOR MEETINGS IN
[...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Senior Policy Officer David Fairchild (please protect) confirmed to pol/miloff on March 9 that Canadian and U.S. officials in Kabul would meet March 11 or 12 to discuss the operational integration of the [...]
2009-03-09 21:04:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA183CANADA WANTS STATE, USAID TO JOIN AFGHAN
[...] (U) This is an action Request for SCA/A -- see para seven. 2. (SBU) Summary: Canada would like a total of six State Department and USAID personnel to join hundreds of Canadian military and civilian personnel preparing to serve in Afghanistan for a large, "realistic" pre-deployment valida [...]
2009-03-10 15:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS EAID NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA188CANADA SEEKING BETTER TIP DATA COLLECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada wishes to improve its Trafficking In Persons (TIP) data collection system and seeks to learn in an upcoming visit (see para 6) about the USG's best practices. Its existing system clearly does not yet capture all trafficking cases within the criminal justice system, maki [...]
2009-03-10 20:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM SMIG CA
09OTTAWA194CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR MEXICAN POLICE AND JUDICIAL
[...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency Canadian team will meet with counterparts in Mexico City on March 12 and 13 to see how Canada might better support President Calderon's efforts to reform the police, corrections, and judicial sectors. The mission, which National Security Advisor Marie-Lucie Morin [...]
2009-03-11 20:15:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA
09OTTAWA196CHALLENGES TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CANADIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the recurrent pledges by PM Harper's government to re-build the capabilities of the Canadian Forces, the Canadian Army still faces serious funding, recruitment, and procurement challenges as it seeks to meet pressing requirements in Afghanistan while also transforming itself in [...]
2009-03-12 15:14:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA198FIRST SENTENCING IN TERRORIST TRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 13, an Ontario Superior Court judge sentenced convicted Canadian terrorist Momin Khawaja to ten-and-a-half years in prison on terrorism-related charges, with no eligibility for parole for five years. Khawaja was the first Canadian to be charged under Canada's 2001 Anti- [...]
2009-03-12 18:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV CA
09OTTAWA2CANADA TO PROVIDE FOUR MILLION DOLLARS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDLE EAID PGOV PREL PHUM CA
09OTTAWA20CANADA SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE WITH HOSTAGE POLICY
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para three. 2. (S) Summary: Canada is for the first time planning on Cabinet endorsement by April of a formal national policy to respond to the kidnapping of its citizens by terrorists or criminals. A spate of five cases of kidnapped Canadians since Jun [...]
2009-01-09 19:02:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPTER PREL PINR PGOV CA
09OTTAWA212High unemployment rates speed passage of Canadian budget
[...] (SBU) Summary: The combination of worse-than-expected unemployment numbers and high unemployment in key opposition Parliamentary ridings put pressure on Liberal Senators to pass budget and stimulus legislation quickly and with less than the usual level of rancor. The budget legislation receive [...]
2009-03-13 20:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA217(C) CANADA TO MINIMIZE PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF MANAS
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Defence and Security Senior Policy Advisor Amy Galigan on March 16 characterized the U.S. approach regarding Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan (reftel) as "eminently reasonable." Galigan assured polmiloff that she would advise senior Canadi [...]
2009-03-17 16:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS AF CA
09OTTAWA218(S) CANADA: RE-CONSIDERING ALL OPTIONS FOR ITS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The minority government of Prime Minister Harper may not have actually ruled out extending Canada's 2,800-member military contingent, including combat forces, in Kandahar beyond 2011. If this government remains in office throughout 2010, operational requirements would force [...]
2009-03-17 16:03:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA22WHAT ABOUT US? CANADA SEEKS INVITATION TO CONTACT
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) On January 9, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for defense and security relations Sarah Robertson called in pol/mil officer to emphasize Canada's extensive, positive engagement on anti-piracy i [...]
2009-01-09 20:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KCRM EWWT XW SO CA
09OTTAWA220ABOUSFIAN ABDELRAZIK IS WELCOME TO RETURN TO
[...] (C) On March 17, Katherine Burke, Senior Policy Advisor, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade told Econoff that Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian and Sudanese dual citizen currently living in the Canadian Embassy in Khartoum, has not run afoul [...]
2009-03-17 21:04:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC CA SU
09OTTAWA228CANADIAN INTERIM REPLY ON KFOR TROOP REDUCTIONS
[...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade NATO Deputy Director Anne Burgess, Canada is not likely to have a strong policy stance on the recent controversy over a possible drawdown in NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR). She noted that Canada has only five Canadian Forces p [...]
2009-03-19 21:57:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KV CA
09OTTAWA231LITTLE LOVE LEFT - THE CONSERVATIVES AND QUEBEC
[...] (C) Summary: The 2008 federal election damaged Prime Minister Harper's political standing in Quebec. Rather than heal campaign rifts over Conservative juvenile crime proposals and cuts to arts funding, PM Harper's subsequent attacks in December against the "separatist" Bloc Quebec's support [...]
2009-03-23 17:15:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CA
09OTTAWA234CANADA ON AFGHAN RECONCILIATION: PERHAPS A MEETING
[...] (U) This is an action request for SCA/A -- see para 4. 2. (C) As promised in reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Desk Officer Samantha Pass gave pol/miloff a copy of the reconciliation non-paper that FTAG Assistant Deputy Minister Y [...]
2009-03-24 18:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA237CANADA TO SPONSOR UNSCR 1540 SEMINAR FOR CARICOM
[...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/CPI -- see para 5. 2. (U) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Officer David MacDuff expressed Canada's appreciation for the U.S. decision to provide both legislative drafting suppo [...]
2009-03-25 17:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PARM ETRD KSTC XL HA DR CA
09OTTAWA242CANADA TO SEEK MEMBERSHIP IN CONTACT GROUP ON
[...] (U) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Defense and Security Relations Sarah Robertson confirmed to pol/miloff on March 25 that Foreign Minister Cannon had instructed DFAIT staff to seek membership for Canada in the Contact Group on Piracy off the [...]
2009-03-26 12:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS KCRM EWWT XW SO CA
09OTTAWA246Canada's Green Investments in its Stimulus Package
[...] Begin Summary: Canada's federal budget for FY 2009 (April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010) introduced on January 29, 2009 announced approximately C$3.64 billion dollars (USD$2.97 billion at current exchange rates) for "Green Spending"; the Budget was passed on March 12, 2009. The federal budget for F [...]
2009-03-26 18:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ENRG CA KGHG SENV
09OTTAWA248CANADA SUPPORTIVE OF AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 20:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MARR MOPS EAID AF PK CA
09OTTAWA249TOWARD A CANADIAN DEMOCRACY PROMOTION AGENCY
[...] (C) Summary. The Conservative Party and the Harper government have championed the creation of a non-partisan Canadian democracy promotion agency. Details are still few and may not emerge with any clarity until fall 2009. So far, the government appears not to have included any new funding i [...]
2009-03-27 21:03:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CA
09OTTAWA252CLOSE RACES ARE HOT ELECTION PROSPECTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the 2008 federal election, 42 members of Parliament won their seats by five pct or less of the vote; these "marginals" will be particularly in play in the next election -- which most pundits expect sometime within the next twelve months. The Conservatives hold the greatest num [...]
2009-03-30 16:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA254CANADA TO ATTEND APRIL 17 PAKISTAN DONORS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 19:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IBRD PK CA
09OTTAWA256NO ICJ BRIEF FROM CANADA ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for Europe Robert Hage confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 31 that Canada had decided against filing a brief with the International Court of Justice in support of Kosovo (reftel). He commented that lingering sens [...]
2009-03-31 19:09:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ICJ KV CA
09OTTAWA257CANADA TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT EVENT, SEEKS ADVICE
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Officer David MacDuff said he, or perhaps one of his Seoul-based colleagues, would represent Canada at the Global Initiative to Combat N [...]
2009-03-31 21:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS KGIC PARM PREL CA
09OTTAWA259STREAMLINING SENTENCING TO CUT TRIAL TIMES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Partly in response to concerns about the length of the trial process in the Canadian justice system, the federal government on March 27 introduced proposed legislation to limit the judicial practice of, effectively, "rewarding" newly convicted individuals for time already served [...]
2009-04-01 17:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CA
09OTTAWA260CANADA MAINTAINING 2009 IMMIGRATION TARGETS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In light of the current economic conditions, Canada is reviewing its 2009 immigration targets but may end up maintaining Canada's 2009 target of about a quarter million new permanent residents. In 2008, Canada accepted a record high of 247,202 permanent residents. Canada is [...]
2009-04-01 18:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF SMIG ELAB CA
09OTTAWA262CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights Policy Director Gwyn Kutz confirmed to poloff on April 1 that Canada will support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Separately, DFAIT Deputy Director for Hu [...]
2009-04-02 17:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CA
09OTTAWA263CANADIAN CAPACITY ISSUES SHAPE MEXICAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a successful visit to Mexico (reftel),Canadian officials are now analyzing how best to help Mexico reform its police and corrections sectors. Canada will likely focus its assistance on revamping police recruit education, strengthening witness security programs, and buil [...]
2009-04-02 17:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA
09OTTAWA265CANADA-MEXICO SECURITY DIALOGUE SHARES BEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Canada's and Mexico's bilateral security working group, established in February 2007, focuses on increasing cooperation and information exchange in the areas of migration, emergency management, marine security, and law enforcement. Public Safety Canada and Mexico's Center for Inv [...]
2009-04-02 21:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA
09OTTAWA266CANADA'S INITIAL REACTION TO SPECIFIC REQUESTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister will have personally to decide whether to extend Canada's politically fraught combat mission in southern Afghanistan beyond its scheduled 2011 end of operations and subsequent troop withdrawal. The European response to the President's engagement on ISAF at the [...]
2009-04-03 13:34:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA267UPDATE ON DUBAI PROCESS ACTION PLAN FOR
[...] (C) Summary and comment. The Dubai process for enhancing Pakistan-Afghanistan cooperation, under Canada's facilitation, continues to move forward, as a March 27-29 workshop in Dubai underscored. There will be four new working groups -- on counternarcotics, managing the movement of people, [...]
2009-04-03 13:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SNAR ETRD PK AF CA
09OTTAWA268CANADA SEEKS U.S. ADVICE TO REINVIGORATE ITS
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Officer David MacDuff noted on April 1 that the government had extended the deadline from mid-December 2008 to early June 2009 for senior officials to brief the [...]
2009-04-03 13:57:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP PINR CA
09OTTAWA269CANADA PREPARING FORMAL REQUEST TO JOIN CONTACT
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Defense and Security Relations Sarah Robertson promised to draft and clear the required correspondence and convey it as soon as possible to our Charge d'Affaires. DFAIT will ensure t [...]
2009-04-03 14:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS KCRM EWWT XW SO CA
09OTTAWA272CANADA STRONGLY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE TEST
[...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) North Asia Deputy Director Karine Asselin told poloff on April 6 that Canada agrees with the U.S. on the seriousness of the situation after the weekend DPRK missile test launch. Despite the apparent failure of the test, Assel [...]
2009-04-06 20:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP KN CA
09OTTAWA273CANADA FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM WHILE INCIDENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to B'nai Brith Canada, white supremacists, radical Muslims, and far leftists are uniting to promote anti-Semitic propaganda in Canada. A recent B'nai Brith report claimed that the current economic crisis had spurred an upsurge in anti-Semitic incidents over the last [...]
2009-04-06 20:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI CA
09OTTAWA278CANADA'S "CALIBRATED" RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH RUSSIA IN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Russia is seeking strong re-engagement with Canada following the chilling of relations after the Russian invasion of Georgia and "Russian provocations in the Arctic." Canada nonetheless recognizes the need to work with Russia, given the many intersecting areas of mutual concern [...]
2009-04-07 21:02:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETRD RS GG CA
09OTTAWA281SEARCHING A MODEL FOR A NEW CANADIAN DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of State for Democratic Reform Steven Fletcher is examining other models for a new Canadian democracy promotion agency (reftel),with an intended focus on aiding like-minded political parties worldwide to help fill a gap in Canadian International Development Agency ( [...]
2009-04-08 12:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM CA
09OTTAWA282CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN PAKISTAN DONORS'
[...] (SBU) PolMinCouns, jointly with Acting Pakistan High Commissioner Naela Chohan and Japanese Minister Counselor Abe Koji, on April 6 met with Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Senior Policy Advisor Keith Fountain to encourage high level Canadian participation and a generous ple [...]
2009-04-08 18:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PK JA CA
09OTTAWA285CANADA FIGHTING TRAFFICKING OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN
[...] (U) Summary: Canada's federal government will provide C$100,000 to the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) to develop education and awareness programs to protect First Nations women and youth from trafficking and sexual exploitation. The grant supplements the federal government's partnership w [...]
2009-04-09 16:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KTIP KWMN CA
09OTTAWA286PRIME MINISTER HARPER TO LEAD AMERICAS SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Summit of the Americas Coordinator Paul Williams on April 9 confirmed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will lead Canada's delegation, accompanied by Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon. He expects the delegation also to inclu [...]
2009-04-09 16:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KSUM BEXP ECON CA
09OTTAWA290CANADA SUPPORTIVE OF E3 PLUS 3 PROCESS ON IRAN
[...] (S) In a meeting on April 15 with Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb Kerry Buck of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, PolMinCouns delivered reftel demarche and urged Canada's efforts to persuade Iran to seize this opportunity. Ms. Buck welcomed the new [...]
2009-04-15 17:02:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR CA
09OTTAWA291CANADA AND THE AMERICAS
[...] (C) Summary: Under Prime Minister Harper, Canada has devoted more of its diplomatic and aid attention to the Americas, notably a 2007 high-profile Latin America trip by the PM, as well as other high level visits. The government has apparently abandoned an initial effort to develop a strategic [...]
2009-04-15 20:23:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID XM BR CA
09OTTAWA298REMNANTS OF ANTI-AMERICANISM IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: As President Obama noted in Strasbourg on April 3, anti-Americanism in developed countries is sometimes both "casual and insidious." Canada's traditionally liberal universities have often displayed some anti-American biases, as emboff discovered first-hand as a part-time graduat [...]
2009-04-16 19:21:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KPAO CA
09OTTAWA30A MODERN ROLE MODEL: GOVERNOR GENERAL MICHAELLE JEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 16:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR CA
09OTTAWA300Broadband Deployment in Canada
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada moved quickly to achieve extensive, cross-country broadband deployment early this decade and leads the G7 in national connectivity rates. This achievement is particularly impressive given the size and geography of Canada and it showcases the government's commitment to br [...]
2009-04-17 13:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS CA
09OTTAWA304OTTAWA WOMAN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS FOR HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Quebec court sentenced a Canadian woman to seven years in prison on April 9 for human trafficking and sexual exploitation offenses. Her accomplice is scheduled to face charges in December. This conviction further demonstrates Canada's progress and commitment in fighting hu [...]
2009-04-20 13:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KTIP KWMN CA
09OTTAWA305CANADA SEEKING U.S. VIEWS ON RENEWED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Prime Minister Harper and his cabinet will decide at the end of April whether to explore some form of renewed air link between Montreal and Beirut, according to a Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) cont [...]
2009-04-20 20:28:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAIR ASEC CA
09OTTAWA306CANADIAN INTERIM RESPONSE ON U.S. IAHRC CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) Further to reftel, Canada will decide in the next few weeks which candidate it will support for the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) human rights senior policy advisor Cyndy Nelson. Nelson told act [...]
2009-04-20 20:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL OAS IAHRC CA
09OTTAWA309CANADA IP UPDATE: GOC OFFICIAL REPORTS NO PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Canadian officials have privately told the Embassy that the federal government plans to hold public consultations on potential copyright legislation this summer. The government hopes to introduce a new copyright bill in the fall of 2009. Industry representatives are co [...]
2009-04-22 15:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR CA
09OTTAWA310CANADIAN ACTIONS AGAINST TRAFFICKING - UPDATE TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of April 20, there were thirteen trafficking-related convictions in Canada in 2008-2009, with an additional twelve cases now before the courts. Ongoing investigations, including alleged cases of forced labor and trafficking of foreign victims, should lead to additional ch [...]
2009-04-22 19:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KTIP KWMN CA
09OTTAWA311TOUJOURS EN PLACE: THE BLOC QUEBECOIS
[...] (C) Summary. The Bloc Quebecois, a federal political party exclusively devoted to promoting Quebec's interests in Parliament, emphasizes that Quebec's values -- including the primacy of French, the "crucial" role of culture, and Quebec's immigration policy -- differ from the rest of Canada. [...]
2009-04-22 21:28:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CA
09OTTAWA313COURT RULES CANADA MUST SEEK KHADR'S REPATRIATION
[...] (U) Summary: On April 23, a Federal Court judge ruled that the Canadian government's refusal to seek Omar Khadr's repatriation from the United States violated his constitutional rights and that the government must press the United States to return him to Canada. The government may appeal the de [...]
2009-04-23 20:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PHUM CA
09OTTAWA317REGIONAL VIEWS ON CANADA'S AFGHAN MISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a monthly Digital Video Conference, Mission Canada reporting officers agreed on strong Canadian support for Canada's troops, but no appetite to extend the 2011 end-date for Canada's combat mission or to engage in any substantive discussion of the role Canada might play in [...]
2009-04-27 20:02:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF CA
09OTTAWA321Canada tries to keep credit markets open as foreign bankers
[...] SBU) Summary: The traditional conservatism of the Canadian banking sector helped it avoid some of the damage suffered in other G-7 countries during the international financial crisis. Canada's banks have had fewer toxic assets to deal with and much higher capital reserve requirements. Howeve [...]
2009-04-29 17:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA324THE LIBERALS GETTING THEIR GROOVE BACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since December, interim federal Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff has set in motion changes to overhaul fundraising, to centralize administration, to restore confidence, and to rebuild the party's claim to be Canada's "natural governing party." The biennial Liberal Conventi [...]
2009-04-29 19:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA326CANADA HOPES TO SEE POWERFUL LEADERSHIP AT GICNT
[...] (SBU) Canada will attend the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary conference in The Hague and is looking for "powerful leadership" from the Russian-Dutch-U.S. troika to "attack the problem of nuclear terrorism in a fulsome way," according to Department of Foreign Affai [...]
2009-04-29 20:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PARM PREL KNNP KGIC MNUC RS NL CA
09OTTAWA328GOC NOTIFIED OF CANADA'S POSITION ON SPECIAL 301
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 30, Embassy officials notified GOC officials that Canada will be included on the Priority Watch List (PWL) in the 2009 Special 301 Report. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials stated that elevation to the PWL will make it more difficul [...]
2009-04-30 18:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
09OTTAWA329DEMARCHE: SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 19:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL
09OTTAWA33CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS COULD LIMIT CANUS
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Canada's decision to sign the (Oslo) Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) could limit the interoperability of Canadian Forces (CF) exchange pilots and artillery officers embedded in the U.S. armed forces. Embassy recommends Sta [...]
2009-01-13 20:37:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS MARR CA
09OTTAWA330STAFFDEL CASEY - APR 30 - MAY 1
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes the visit of Staffdel Casey to Ottawa on April 30 and May 1 (reftel). 2. (U) The administrative point of contact is Deputy Political Counselor Kurt van der Walde, (o) 613-688-5242, BB 613-698-5018, unclass email address: VanderwaldeK@state.gov 3. (U) Staffdel has [...]
2009-04-30 20:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PREL CA
09OTTAWA334CANADA SUPPORTS U.S./AUSTRALIA ON SHIP RECYCLING
[...] (sbu) Econcouns and Emil Stojanovski, Third Secretary at the Australian High Commission, delivered reftel joint demarche on the draft international convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships to Transport Canada's Manager for Environmental Protection Paul Topping on Ma [...]
2009-05-04 18:09:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA ECON EIND ETRD EWWT KTIA PREL SENV
09OTTAWA338GUILTY PLEA IN TORONTO TERROR CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One of the so-called "Toronto 18" alleged terror plot to attack federal targets in Ontario in 2006 pled guilty on May 4 to one count of participating in a terrorist activity. Along with the earlier conviction of another defendant in this case as well as the conviction under Cana [...]
2009-05-06 18:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV CA
09OTTAWA34 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 18:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB USTR OPIC PGOV CA
09OTTAWA341LIBERALS UNDER IGNATIEFF VOW TO RAISE THEIR GAME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 20:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA345CANADA AGREES WITH PROPOSED CHANGES TO CWC HCA ON
[...] (SBU) During a May 8 discussion of the draft Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (HCA) with Canada on Challenge Inspections, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) CWC Canadian National Authority Deputy Director Louis-Philippe Sylvestre told pol/mil [...]
2009-05-12 11:48:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KTIA CWC CA
09OTTAWA347CANADA SEEKS ITAR RELIEF FOR INDUSTRY
[...] (C) Summary: Officials and business leaders in Ottawa told PM Acting A/S Ruggiero that Canadian human rights commissions or courts soon could force the defense industry to stop applying U.S. International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR) rules that deny proscribed nationals, including c [...]
2009-05-12 18:20:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CA
09OTTAWA348PERSISTENT ABUSES IN REFUGEE SYSTEM PROVOKE
[...] (C) Summary. Canada is increasingly concerned about "wide-scale and almost systematic abuse" of its generous immigration, citizenship, and refugee policies. According to a recent report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the number of asylum seekers to Canada in 2008 increa [...]
2009-05-12 20:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL SMIG CVIS KFRD MX EZ CA
09OTTAWA35CANADA RATIFIES NATO ACCESSION PROTOCOLS FOR ALBANIA AND
[...] (U) Summary: On January 14, Canada announced its ratification of the protocols of accession to NATO for Albania and Croatia. Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon and Defence Minister Peter MacKay jointly noted that Canada's action would help move the two countries closer to membership in the allia [...]
2009-01-14 21:46:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KTIA PARM HR AL CA
09OTTAWA364CANADA'S LIST OF TRADE IRRITANTS CEMENTING IDEA OF GROWING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent U.S.-Canada trade irritants have led Canadian business associations and the media to accuse the USG of economic protectionism. The major problem areas are the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) voluntary requirements on meat products and "Buy American" provisions [...]
2009-05-15 17:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EIND PREL KPAO CA
09OTTAWA365CANADA TO MATCH PRIVATE DONATIONS FOR AFGHAN AID
[...] (U) The Canadian government on May 14 launched a pilot project to match individual online donations to aid organizations participating in Canada's reconstruction and development effort in Afghanistan. The 'Afghanistan Challenge' encourages individual Canadians to participate directly in gove [...]
2009-05-15 18:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PREL MOPS AF CA
09OTTAWA37CANADIAN AMENDED LANGUAGE ON CWC CHALLENGE
[...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Senior Adviser Adrian Ghita-Duminica told pol/miloff on January 13 that Canada and the U.S. are "very close" to agreement on an Exchange of Notes on CWC challenge inspections that would integrate U.S. [...]
2009-01-15 18:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KTIA CWC CA
09OTTAWA374CANADA NON-COMMITTAL ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) Summary: During a May 11 meeting with Canadian officials, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Dan Fried discussed the possible resettlement in Canada of the three Uighur detainees now at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba who have pending refugee applications in Canada. [...]
2009-05-20 21:28:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL PTER PHUM CA
09OTTAWA376CANADA REFOCUSES MULTILATERAL AID
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian International Development Agency plans to narrow its foreign aid priorities to focus primarily on increasing food security, stimulating sustainable economic growth, and securing the future of children and youth. The new strategy complements a February announcement ( [...]
2009-05-21 18:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV CA
09OTTAWA377SEEKING SENATE REFORM -- AGAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the economy remains the most likely ballot-box issue in the next federal election, the Conservatives continue to move ahead on non-economic fronts, notably on law and order issues, but also on the "wedge" issue of Senate reform. The government's reform initiatives have [...]
2009-05-21 18:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA378FROM COAST TO COAST - CANADA COMBATING HUMAN
[...] (U) Summary. The recent conviction of a British Columbia couple that had smuggled Indian nationals from Canada into the United States through the Peace Arch border crossing and arrests by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) of four people in Ontario and New Brunswick involved in a human [...]
2009-05-21 19:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM KTIP SMIG GY IN CA
09OTTAWA379CANADA AND SABERI
[...] (SBU) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) In response to reftel demarche points, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Iran desk officer Alistair Wallbaum said that Canada was pleased to be of assistance in the Saberi case. He added that Foreign Ministe [...]
2009-05-21 19:53:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CASC IR CA
09OTTAWA382DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 15:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA EAID PHUM PK PREF
09OTTAWA383CANADA SECURES FIRST WAR CRIMES CONVICTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada on May 22 secured a landmark first judicial decision under its 2000 Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act (CAHWCA),convicting failed refugee claimant Dsir Munyaneza on all seven charges against him related to genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes during t [...]
2009-05-22 17:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KAWC PREF RW CA
09OTTAWA384CANADA TO ATTEND MAY 29 SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT
[...] (C) Canada will attend the May 29 meeting of the Somali Piracy Contact Group (reftel),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) senior policy advisor Sarah Robertson, who expressed Canada's appreciation to USG for its efforts to include Canada in the contact g [...]
2009-05-22 20:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM MARR CA
09OTTAWA385CANADA GIVING $8 MILLION FOR PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 20:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA PK EAID PHUM PREF
09OTTAWA386CANADIAN FUNDING FOR ADAPTATION ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) ESTH counselor discussed U.S. thinking and planning on funding for climate adaptation with John Moffet, Director General of Environment Canada,s International Climate Change Office, and inquired about Canada,s own assistance efforts for adaptation and planning for future assistance. Moff [...]
2009-05-22 21:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG CA
09OTTAWA393Talk of Retaliation Against "Buy American" Escalates in
[...] (SBU) Summary: Calls for retaliation against "Buy American" provisions in U.S. federal legislation are growing in Canada. Canadian officials and businesses claim "Buy American" actions threaten serious economic damage here, both to American and Canadian firms and their joint supply chains. I [...]
2009-05-27 19:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA394SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, Mission Canada warmly welcomes you to Toronto and hopes that you will soon be able to visit Ottawa and our other six constituent posts as well. Canada remains one of if not the closest partners we have around the world, and there are few foreign policy priorities and pr [...]
2009-05-27 19:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON CA
09OTTAWA398COULD THERE BE A SUMMER ELECTION IN CANADA?
[...] (C) Summary. The Conservatives appear increasingly to favor a summer election, but so far the other opposition parties -- all of whom must vote together to bring down the government -- may not be willing to play along. Usually, summer elections are anathema to Canadian electors, but the Co [...]
2009-05-28 21:37:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
09OTTAWA407CANADA: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS
[...] (SBU) Canadian officials on June 1 confirmed to pol/miloff and DATT that there are no Mi-17 helicopters in Canadian military or civilian aircraft inventories. Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / BREESE [...]
2009-06-01 16:51:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL SMIG MOPS PK CA
09OTTAWA413CANADA APPRECIATES COUNTER-PROLIFERATION FEEDBACK,
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Policy Officer Che van Haastrcht expressed appreciation on June 2 for ref a, noting that it had "significantly influenced" the interagency effort underway to reinvigorate Canada's counter-proliferation regime. In part due to ne [...]
2009-06-03 11:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP PINR CA
09OTTAWA423COURT ORDERS CANADA TO REPATRIATE ABDELRAZIK
[...] (U) In a decision on June 4, a Federal Court judge ruled against the Canadian government in the case of Abousfian Abdelrazik and ordered it to issue him an emergency passport, arrange (and, if necessary, pay for) his transportation -- within 30 days -- from Khartoum to Montreal along with an [...]
2009-06-04 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL SU CA
09OTTAWA424PARLIAMENTARY REPORT NOTES INCREASING VIOLENCE,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 20:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS EAID AF CA
09OTTAWA425Prime Minister announces proposal to expand NAFTA's
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Harper is receiving guarded support from Canada's provinces over his proposal to counter "Buy American" measures by expanding the NAFTA government procurement chapter. The government hopes such an expansion will secure access for Canadian suppliers to the U.S. su [...]
2009-06-04 20:23:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA426(S) VANCOUVER OLYMPICS 2010: SECOND CANADIAN
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Defence and Security Relations Shelley Whiting conveyed to Embassy on June 4 the second of two Canadian diplomatic notes seeking U.S. military-to-military support in advance of and during the February 2010 Winter Olympic [...]
2009-06-04 21:01:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL MARR KOLY PTER CA
09OTTAWA429PARLIAMENTARY REPORT NOTES INCREASING VIOLENCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary. The government's fourth quarterly report to Parliament on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan cited improvements in Canadian and Afghan combat effectiveness in Kandahar, but noted that progress on key development benchmarks had faced challenges from growing insurgent violence. [...]
2009-06-05 12:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS EAID AF CA
09OTTAWA430CANADA DECLINES UIGHUR DETAINEES
[...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper's spokesman Kory Teneycke on June 4 confirmed to the media that Canada had declined requests from the Obama and Bush Administrations to take any Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay, noting "given that these detainees have no link with Canada...I do not see [...]
2009-06-05 16:34:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM CA
09OTTAWA432DEMARCHE TO CANADA ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AT THE
[...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on June 5 delivered ref a demarche to Assistant to the Cabinet for Foreign and Defence Policy Gordon Venner and Director of Operations for the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Privy Council Office Matthew Levin, and strongly urged that Canada defer introduction [...]
2009-06-05 20:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UN CA
09OTTAWA434 SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO CANADA BY DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO
[...] (SBU) Summary. DHS Secretary Napolitano held productive meetings in Ottawa on May 27 with PM Harper, National Security Advisor Morin, Public Safety Minister Van Loan, and Citizenship Minister Kenney, at which Canadian officials pledged cooperation on border issues, especially in facing threa [...]
2009-06-05 21:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PTER CA
09OTTAWA435GOC AGREES WITH USG APPROACH TO UN CONFERENCE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 17:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN UNGA CA
09OTTAWA436CANADIAN POLICY ON CUBA
[...] (SBU) The Government of Canada continues to promote the advancement of democracy, good governance, and human rights in Cuba according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Officials. Canada shares the U.S. goals of promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba, while [...]
2009-06-08 17:21:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU CA
09OTTAWA437CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE MYERS IN ICSC
[...] (SBU) Canada will support the election of U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers in the upcoming election for the UN International Civil Service Commission, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's UN and Commonwealth Affairs Division Deputy Director Shannon-Marie Soni. Ms [...]
2009-06-08 19:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KUNR KAWC UNGA APER CA
09OTTAWA44RAISING TIP AWARENESS IN CANADIAN HIGH SCHOOLS
[...] (U) Summary: A Catholic religious group has produced an educational packet to raise awareness of trafficking in persons among high school students in advance of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. While the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has downplayed the possibility of increased traffi [...]
2009-01-16 21:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KTIP SMIG KCRM KWMN CA
09OTTAWA440Canadian municipalities adopt resolution to counter US Buy
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 6, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) adopted a non-binding "Buy Canadian" resolution on municipal procurement to counter alleged Canadian losses resulting from "Buy American" legislative provisions. The resolution called on municipalities to only purchase go [...]
2009-06-09 15:47:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA441CANADA OPPOSES INCREASE IN IAEA BUDGET
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Nuclear Cooperation Shawn Caza and Senior Policy Officer Ryan Hewer told polmil officer on June 5 that current Canadian policy called for zero nominal growth in t [...]
2009-06-09 17:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL ENRG IAEA AORC KNNP UN CA
09OTTAWA442CANADA WILL NOT ATTEND EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director General for Export and Import Controls Suzanne McKellips confirmed to polmiloff that Canada "is not in a position to send officials" to the tenth International Export Controls Conference June 25-27 in Istanbul, Turkey. [...]
2009-06-09 17:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETTC KSTC TU CA
09OTTAWA443CANADIAN AND U.S. ANTI-PIRACY PRESCRIPTIONS ALIGN
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Advisor for Defence and Security Sarah Robertson confirmed to polmiloff on June 9 that Canadian and U.S. policy prescriptions on the best way to prosecute suspected pirates off the Horn of Africa (ref a),and elsewhere, [...]
2009-06-09 18:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EWWT KCRM PTER MARR CA
09OTTAWA448SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) Mission Canada warmly welcomes the Secretary to the International Joint Commission centennial celebration on June 13 and to the bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon. I along with Consul General John Nay and his staff from Toronto will be on hand to welcome you. 2 [...]
2009-06-09 20:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD CA
09OTTAWA451CANADA WANTS STRONG ANTI-PIRACY ROLE FOR NATO
[...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for NATO Operations Amy Galigan, Canada "agreed totally with the essence" of ref a points on the need for NATO members to support Operation Ocean Shield. Galigan said that she was not aware o [...]
2009-06-10 19:43:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO KCRM MOPS CA
09OTTAWA452CANADA SEEKS MORE ANTI-TERRORIST TOOLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The federal government has begun a new legislative push to restore two anti-terrorism tools -- investigative hearings and preventive arrest -- that lapsed in 2007. Separately, the government has introduced a bill to allow victims of state-sponsored terrorism to sue the perpetra [...]
2009-06-10 20:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL CA
09OTTAWA453CANADA TO CONSIDER PROPOSAL TO INCREASE
[...] (SBU) Doug Rubbra, Senior Trade Policy Officer, Multilateral Market Access, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade explained that the GOC initially opposed the U.S. sponsored proposal advocating for increased transparency in export licensing. However, according to Rubbra the pr [...]
2009-06-11 13:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD CA
09OTTAWA455CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. IN ADVANCE OF OSCE CORFU
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade OSCE Senior Policy Advisor Jude Pecora expressed appreciation for reftel demarche on June 10 and noted that it "looks like the points (he) prepared for senior officials and the foreign minister." Pecora specified that Canadian and U.S. [...]
2009-06-11 17:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO OSCE PGOV MARR CA
09OTTAWA459CANADIAN SUPPORT ON IRAN AND SYRIA AT IAEA
[...] (SBU) In a discussion with PolMinCouns on June 12, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Acting Director General for International Security Andre Giroux expressed appreciation for reftel views on Iran and Syria, and said that Canada had already been already planning to make a [...]
2009-06-12 17:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY CA
09OTTAWA466LIBERAL BRINKSMANSHIP MAY FORCE SUMMER ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary. The Liberals have demanded greater accountability in the government's June budget update and on its handling of a growing medical isotope shortage in exchange for their votes in favor of the June budget estimates, a confidence vote. The 77-person Liberal caucus appears united [...]
2009-06-15 18:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CA
09OTTAWA468CANADA'S DEMOCRACY PROMOTION COMMUNITY ACTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Several government-funded Canadian organizations are active around the world in promoting human rights and good governance, whose work the government's proposed creation of a new Canadian democracy promotion agency focused on political party development would comp [...]
2009-06-16 12:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN AORC EAID CA
09OTTAWA469REQUEST FOR UPDATED GUIDANCE ON ABDELRAZIK
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (S) According to Privy Council Office Director of Operations Matthew Levin, the government would have to file an appeal to the Federal Court by June 19 should it decide to contest the court's order to repatriate Abousfian Abdelrazik from S [...]
2009-06-16 17:14:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPTER PREL SU CA
09OTTAWA470LIBERALS BEGIN TO BLINK?
[...] (C) Summary. Chances for a snap election over the summer dimmed on June 16 in the wake of unusual meetings between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Official Opposition. The public appears overwhelmingly against a summer election. Some Liberals privately question the wisdom of thei [...]
2009-06-16 20:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
09OTTAWA478CANADA PLANNING JUNE 23 REPATRIATION FOR ABDELRAZIK
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (S) Canada will not appeal the June 4 federal court ruling that the government must repatriate Abousfian Abdelrazik from Sudan and present him for a July 7 hearing in Montreal (Ref B),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Internati [...]
2009-06-18 20:13:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPTER PREL SU CA
09OTTAWA479NO ELECTION - FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Canadians have dodged a summer election, but the reprieve appears likely to last only till autumn. Following three meetings in less than twenty-hours, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff agreed that a bipartisan panel will study Employme [...]
2009-06-18 20:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA481VANCOUVER OLYMPICS 2010: CANADIAN REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Action Request: The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) conveyed to Embassy on June 16 Diplomatic Note No. GGA-0028 seeking United States Postal Inspection Service support to the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver. The dipno [...]
2009-06-19 15:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KOLY PTER ECPS CA
09OTTAWA482UN COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON TERRORISM DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Acting Pol/C delivered ref points on June 17 to Chantal Meagher, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Acting Director for International Crime and Counterterrorism. Meagher apologized for her unfamiliarity with the upcoming negotiations and expressed regret that [...]
2009-06-19 19:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER CA
09OTTAWA486CANADA ON RECONCILIATION OF AFGHAN INSURGENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials want to coordinate with State Department counterparts on the development of a plan for the reconciliation of Afghan insurgents. In particular, the Canadians would like to hear current U.S. thinking on secu [...]
2009-06-23 15:25:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA488CANADA: DUTY OF CARE, ROE'S FOR CIVILIANS ASSIGNED
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Deputy Director for Counterinsurgency and Security Niall Cronin made an urgent request to pol/mil officer on June 23 for information on U.S. "duty of c [...]
2009-06-24 15:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA492CANADA REACTS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE TO
[...] (U) Summary: Across Canada the reaction to President Obama,s June 4 speech in Cairo was overwhelmingly positive. Canadian Muslim leaders, national and local politicians and journalists described the speech as inspirational, respectful, and empowering. Many remarked it was a turning point in U [...]
2009-06-25 14:57:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR PTER SCUL KPAO CA
09OTTAWA495INAUGURAL U.S.-CANADA DEMOCRACY SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the first U.S.-Canada Democracy Support Consultations in Ottawa in late May, the delegations agreed to explore establishing an early warning and rapid response task force for threats to democratic governance. Canada will consider placing the issue of restrictive NGO laws [...]
2009-06-25 21:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CA
09OTTAWA501CANADA PROTESTS IRAN ELECTION IRREGULARITIES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Across Canada government officials and the public continue to express condemnation for the Iranian regime's use of violence against dissent following the disputed June 12 presidential election. A day after President Obama rescinded July Fourth invitations to Iranian officials, [...]
2009-06-26 20:04:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IR CA
09OTTAWA510LOBBYING REFORMS LACK TEETH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada has broadened and tightened federal regulation of domestic lobbying since 1985, creating an independent Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying in 2008, and building a new Canadian model to enhance transparency and integrity in government. However, the expanded role of the [...]
2009-07-06 21:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA522CANADA WELCOMES COMMERCIAL, NOT GOVERNMENTAL,
[...] (SBU) The Government of Canada would welcome USG discussions with Canadian commercial entities regarding extraction of Helium-3 for the purposes outlined in reftel, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Nuclear Cooperation [...]
2009-07-09 20:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PINR XS CA
09OTTAWA529CANADA SUPPORTS NGO INVOLVEMENT AT UNITED NATIONS
[...] (U) Canada supports the U.S. position on the involvement of NGOs at the United Nations as outlined in reftel, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade United Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Division Policy Advisor David Murphy Haglund. He noted that U.S. and Canadia [...]
2009-07-10 20:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CA
09OTTAWA540CANADA EMBRACES ENHANCED MEASURES TO DETER URANIUM
[...] (C) Senior Canadian leaders are seeking enhanced measures to block Iran's nuclear proliferation ambitions, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Senior Policy Officer Ryan Hewer. He called the U.S. initiative (ref a) "very [...]
2009-07-14 20:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP IR CA
09OTTAWA543CANADIAN PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT TORTURE VICTIMS
[...] (U) Summary. Canada avoids deporting individuals to any country where they would be at risk of persecution, torture, or cruel and unusual punishment. With a few exceptions, anyone ordered removed from Canada may apply for a pre-removal risk assessment. "Security certificate" legislation s [...]
2009-07-16 18:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PGOV PREL UN CA
09OTTAWA544CANADIANS AGAINST FUTURE AFGHAN ROLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Public opinion has turned "decisively" against Canada's military mission in Afghanistan, with more than 50 pct now opposing it, especially in the key electoral battleground provinces of Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia, as well as in Atlantic Canada. A separate poll indicat [...]
2009-07-16 18:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV AF CA
09OTTAWA547CANADIANS SEE PEMBINA DIKE CONCERNS AS "ONE OF A
[...] Summary. Canada sees the Pembina dike/road and the other water issues in the North Dakota/Manitoba border region as carrying risks for both sides and which would be best treated as a "suite of issues." They are interested in greater bilateral involvement at the Federal Government level, but al [...]
2009-07-17 20:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA SENV
09OTTAWA549TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF MANITOBA
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by APP Winnipeg. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the Canadian central plains, trafficking in persons is tied inextricably to the prostitution of aboriginal women and female children in the largest cities. A conference hosted by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs July 8-9 br [...]
2009-07-17 20:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP SOCI CA
09OTTAWA550FIRST U.S.-CANADA DEMOCRACY SUPPORT CONSULTATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the first U.S.-Canada Democracy Support Consultations in Ottawa in late May, the delegations agreed to explore establishing an early warning and rapid response task force for threats to democratic governance. Canada will consider placing the issue of restrictive NGO laws [...]
2009-07-17 20:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CA
09OTTAWA569SLEEPY SUMMER FOR CANADIAN POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary. Even by Canadian standards, political life in Canada in summer 2009 is remarkably comatose, at least on the surface. Neither the Prime Minister nor the Liberal Party leader has even been in the public eye for over ten days. They may both genuinely be on vacation or, like boxe [...]
2009-07-22 19:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CA
09OTTAWA575CANADA IN SYNC WITH U.S. ON AFGHAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Canadian policy in Afghanistan is "very much on the same page" as that of the U.S. Canada has tripled its civilian presence in Afghanistan in the last 15 months and will have 50 civilian police advisors by December 2009. In Jun [...]
2009-07-23 15:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA577INTERIM RESPONSE ON CANADIAN UNGA ATTENDANCE
[...] Responses keyed to reftel, per instructions. A. Attendance of Head of State -- The Governor General has no plans to attend UNGA, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) UN and Commonwealth Affairs Policy Advisor David Murphy Haglund. -- Governor General [...]
2009-07-24 18:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA CA
09OTTAWA581Canada's Foreign Investment Reforms Create A More Open
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's July 17 federal court action against U.S. Steel attempts to force the company to meet the production and employment commitments it made to the Federal Government in 2007 in exchange for permission to take over Canada's Stelco. At that time, the GOC exercised its legal r [...]
2009-07-27 19:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL CA
09OTTAWA583COPYRIGHT REFORM IN CANADA: DAY 4,235
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 20, the Government of Canada kicked off broad public consultations on copyright reform with an invitation-only roundtable discussion in Vancouver. Over the next several weeks the Government will solicit the opinions of experts at roundtable and town hall meetings across [...]
2009-07-27 19:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
09OTTAWA594CANZUS INDIGENOUS ISSUES CONSULTATIONS ADDRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. (CANZUS) officials met recently in Ottawa for consultations on indigenous issues. Governmental changes since the last meeting in July 2006 have resulted in a number of new policy directions on aboriginal issues. Between now and the [...]
2009-07-30 18:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV AS NZ CA
09OTTAWA595LEADERS BREAK SUMMER LULL WITH TOUGH TALK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Federal Conservatives used a late July election training conference and a summer caucus meeting in Ottawa to sharpen their attack lines and spark a flurry of renewed election speculation in an otherwise somnolent political summer. Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff also ratcheted [...]
2009-07-30 21:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR CA
09OTTAWA596DETERMINED PRO-MEK DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST OUTSIDE
[...] (SBU) Approximately 95 supporters of the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (Mek) gathered again across the street from the chancery on July 30 to condemn the recent attack on the Ashraf camp in Iraq by Iraqi military and police forces (reftel). The protest began on July 29 at 09:14 with approximately 80 pro [...]
2009-07-30 21:26:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM IZ IR CA
09OTTAWA597NATIVE BORDER DISPUTE RAISES COMPLEX ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: An ongoing dispute between Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Mohawk aboriginal reserve of Akwesasne over the arming of border guards on the reserve straddling the Canada-U.S. border raises cross-cutting political, jurisdictional, and law enforcement issues. CBSA reta [...]
2009-07-30 21:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PBTS CA
09OTTAWA609DELIVERY OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST
[...] (U) On August 5, Acting Pol/C delivered the finalized copy (reftel) of the Host Country Agreement (HCA) on challenge inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Deputy National Coordinator (WCW Issues and IPCW Inspections),Adr [...]
2009-08-06 20:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KTIA CBW CWC CA
09OTTAWA610CANADA IN THE UNHRC: A CHAMPION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. Canada closed its three year term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) with an enhanced reputation as a strong advocate for human rights protection and democracy promotion worldwide. During its term, Canada was a spirited advocate -- condemning human rights abuses, standing alon [...]
2009-08-06 20:43:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UNHCR CA
09OTTAWA615CANADA UNABLE TO OFFER ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO
[...] (C) Canada concurs that "now is the right time" for U.S. and other like-minded countries to marshal support for the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Lisa Stadelbauer [...]
2009-08-07 20:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID KPKO SO CA
09OTTAWA616MTCR: CANADA ON-BOARD FOR ONE OR MORE
[...] (C) Canada will pleased to offer "at least one but perhaps more presentations" at the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Rio Plenary Information Exchange in November, according to Phillip Baines, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Missiles, Space Se [...]
2009-08-07 21:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC MTCRE ETTC KSCA TSPA CA
09OTTAWA621CANADA ON SOMALIA SANCTIONS: NO INFO TO SHARE YET
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 19:02:00Embassy OttawaSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC CA
09OTTAWA622FURTHER PROGRESS ON DUBAI PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian officials, there was some -- but not much -- "concrete progress" at the most recent Dubai Process meetings, notably in that Afghanistan and Pakistan had agreed to call on international experts to assist them in drafting action plans, MOUs, and assessments for [...]
2009-08-11 21:27:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SNAR ETRD PK AF CA
09OTTAWA623RECEIPT OF CANADIAN LETTER ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS
[...] (U) Canada responded on August 10 to Embassy's August 5 delivery of U.S. finalized language on the conduct of challenge inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (ref a). Text of letter from Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade CWC National Coordinator Louis-Phi [...]
2009-08-12 15:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KTIA CBW CWC CA
09OTTAWA624NEW CANADIAN AID FOR DISPLACED PAKISTANIS
[...] (U) Summary: Canada will provide C$25 million (C$1 = US$0.93) in additional support to displaced civilians in Pakistan. The contribution brings Canada's total humanitarian assistance to Pakistan to C$33 million since October 2008. Canada also remains active in facilitating dialogue and improv [...]
2009-08-12 19:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PK AF CA
09OTTAWA627CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT CONTEMPLATED FORSYS SALE AND IRAN NEXUS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 20:57:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR CA NA
09OTTAWA628CANADIAN POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NUCLEAR
[...] (U) In response to reftel request, the following are Embassy and Canadian government points of contact for nuclear non-proliferation issues: Jeremy Brenner First Secretary and Political-Military Officer U.S. Embassy Ottawa P.O. Box 5000, MS - 12 Ogdensburg, NY 13669 tel: 613-688-5241 e [...]
2009-08-14 17:47:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP ENRG UNGA NPT IAEA PGOV CDG CA
09OTTAWA629APPEALS COURT REAFFIRMS CANADA MUST SEEK KHADR'S
[...] (SBU) Canada's appellate court on August 14 upheld a lower court ruling requiring the government to seek the repatriation of Guantanamo detainee and Canadian citizen Omar Khadr. According to the Prime Minister, the government will study the decision before deciding on next steps. An appeal [...]
2009-08-14 19:05:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER CU CA
09OTTAWA630UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 16:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL PTER UNSC KTFN CA
09OTTAWA631CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Canada supports U.S. leadership to make the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) a durable international institution and welcomes the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as an official observer (ref a),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Internat [...]
2009-08-17 18:09:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC CA
09OTTAWA634CANADIAN OPINION LEADERS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canadians have noted a new tone in U.S. foreign policy and have responded enthusiastically, according to a group of Canadian opinion leaders who met with the Charge on August 13. They praised the Secretary's recent Council on Foreign Relations speech and commented the new rheto [...]
2009-08-18 21:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO CA AF
09OTTAWA636CANADIAN-SOMALIS FEAR AL-SHABAB STRENGTHENING
[...] (C) Rumors continue to circulate within the Somali Diaspora in Canada of increasing Ethiopian and Kenyan meddling in Somalia, according to Farah Aw-Osman, Executive Director of the Canadian Friends of Somalia. Aw-Osman expressed worry that these rumors might fuel Somali-Canadian youth to retu [...]
2009-08-19 17:26:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID SO CA
09OTTAWA639CANADA IMPOSES 45-DAY HOLD ON FORSYS URANIUM SALE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 20:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC KNNP EINV IR NA CA
09OTTAWA64SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO OTTAWA
[...] (C) Mr. President, Mission Canada warmly welcomes you and the First Lady to Ottawa. We and Canadians alike are thrilled that your first foreign trip as President will be to Canada, which Canadians claim as a long-standing tradition reflecting the vital importance of this bilateral relationship b [...]
2009-01-22 16:35:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON MARR SENV AF CA
09OTTAWA642CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER PRAISES AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] (U) In remarks to reporters in Pangnirtun, Nunavut on August 20, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that "what is taking place in Afghanistan is remarkable" and praised the 2009 Afghan elections -- "warts and all," noting the inherent difficulties involved in elections in a country that had [...]
2009-08-20 20:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM AF CA
09OTTAWA643ABORIGINAL LAND CLAIMS DEFY TIMELY RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The recent imbroglio between the Canadian Border Services Agency and the Mohawk community of Akwesasne over armed agents at the crossing point on Cornwall Island, Ontario (reftel) highlights again the complexity, lack of clarity, and evolving nature of relations between the fed [...]
2009-08-21 14:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CA
09OTTAWA644REQUEST FOR COPYRIGHT TALKING POINTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests interagency-cleared talking points for Embassy to deliver to appropriate senior Canadian Officials to encourage them to quickly introduce legislation to modernize Canada's copyright regime. The Government of Canada is conducting wide ranging consultations on copyr [...]
2009-08-21 15:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
09OTTAWA647NO PASSPORT FOR CONVICTED TERRORIST KAMEL
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear an appeal on August 20 by convicted terrorist and naturalized Canadian citizen Fateh Kamel of the federal government's refusal to issue him a passport (reftel). The decision decisively underscores the federal government's [...]
2009-08-21 19:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA649GOVERNMENT TO APPEAL COURT DECISION ON KHADR
[...] (C) On August 24, Christian Rousseau, Director of Operations for Defence and International Security Policy at the Privy Council Office, informed PolMinCouns that the Canadian government would appeal to the Supreme Court the August 14 decision (ref a) of the Federal Court of Appeals upholding [...]
2009-08-24 17:02:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL CU CA
09OTTAWA65CANADA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON REMOTE SENSING
[...] (C) Pol/miloff delivered reftel text to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament James Junke on January 22. Junke expressed appreciation for the U.S. responses to the Canadian demarche of July 9 and inquiries raised at the De [...]
2009-01-22 16:44:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ISN CA
09OTTAWA651CANADA APPRECIATIVE OF INFORMATION ON THE BMENA
[...] (U) Canadian interlocutors expressed thanks for the information on the upcoming BMENA Forum for the Future, which they also received from the Italians and Moroccans, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Algeria, Libya, and Morocco Desk Officer Denys Laliberte. He [...]
2009-08-25 20:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMPI KDEM KPAO CA
09OTTAWA654CANADA WILL ATTEND ARF INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING ON
[...] (SBU) Canada will send a representative to the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief (ISM-DR) in Honolulu, Hawaii, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Defense Relations Senior Policy Advisor Paul Jones. He ad [...]
2009-08-26 20:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR ARF EAID CA
09OTTAWA656CANADA LOOKS FORWARD TO SINGAPORE PSI EXERCISE,
[...] (SBU) Canada is looking forward to its participation in the October Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercise "Deep Sabre" in Singapore, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) International Counter-Proliferation Senior Policy Officer David MacDuff. He [...]
2009-08-27 14:56:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP MNUC CA
09OTTAWA658GETTING IN SHAPE FOR FALL
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Stephen Harper announced new Senate appointments and key changes to his inner team on August 27 as the Conservatives prepare for the return of Parliament -- and a possible election -- in the fall. The Liberal caucus will gather for a planning retreat at month's end. Senior [...]
2009-08-28 19:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR CA
09OTTAWA659CANADA SEEKING OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION FORSYS URANIUM DEAL HAS COLLAPSED REF: A. OTTAWA 639 B. OTTAWA 627 C. STATE 84119
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 19:52:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL PARM MNUC KNNP EINV IR NA CA
09OTTAWA662CANADA CONFIRMS COLLAPSE OF FORSYS URANIUM DEAL REF: A. OTTAWA 659 B. OTTAWA 639 C. OTTAWA 627 D. STATE 84119
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 19:05:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL PARM MNUC KNNP EINV IR NA CA
09OTTAWA67ITALIAN AMBASSADOR SEEKS UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) Italian Ambassador to Canada Gabriele Sardo met with Charge d'Affaires on January 21 to sound out the U.S. response to himself as a candidate for Director-General of UNESCO. Ambassador Sardo, who noted he had served as Italy's Ambassador to UNESCO from 1998 to 2002 and as First Counselor [...]
2009-01-23 16:25:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL UNESCO CA IT
09OTTAWA68NEW LIBERAL LEADER MICHAEL IGNATIEFF
[...] (C) Summary: An intellectual, historian, and award-winning author and journalist, Michael Ignatieff is the new interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (pending formal confirmation at a party conference in May). Harvard-educated and a former U.S. resident, the would-be prime minister is [...]
2009-01-23 19:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CA
09OTTAWA689JOHN WILLIAMSON: NEW DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 shake-up of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) senior political staff, Prime Minister Stephen Harper named John Williamson as the new Director of Communications, the fourth in as many years. A strong fiscal conservative, Williamson does not have a high public profi [...]
2009-09-04 17:29:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KPAO CA
09OTTAWA695TIP: BC PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS A SUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) Summary: Increased collaboration among the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP),British Colombia (BC) government officials, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has strengthened the province's capacity to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Advocacy groups and police continue to d [...]
2009-09-08 19:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KTIP KCRM CA
09OTTAWA696HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS: A LOW PROFILE, AT LEAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's federal and provincial human rights commissions (HRCs) have maintained a lower public profile this year than in 2008. They could, however, face a sharp increase in complaints in 2010 due to new Vancouver city bylaws enacted for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games. The ex [...]
2009-09-08 20:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CA
09OTTAWA698SLOWER, LOWER, WEAKER: NGOS PROTEST FREE SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is protesting new Vancouver city bylaws that allow "draconian curtailment of free expression" during the 2010 Winter Olympics. BCCLA argues the new laws are "ripe for constitutional challenge." Local media has given wide [...]
2009-09-09 17:09:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KOLY CA
09OTTAWA70Canada's Coming Federal Budget and Stimulus Prospects
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the economy dominating the political landscape (ref a),Canada's opposition parties have made the January 27 federal budget a litmus test of PM Harper's ability to make his Conservative minority government work. Ottawa observers estimate that the budget will pass with just [...]
2009-01-26 13:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA700CANADA WELCOMES U.S. OUTREACH ON MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
[...] (C) Summary: Canadian nonproliferation and enforcement officers told visiting U.S. officials that Canada is in broad agreement with U.S. goals for the upcoming plenary session of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Canadian political leaders are likely to support U.S. efforts to sin [...]
2009-09-09 20:19:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC MTCRE ETTC KSCA TSPA CA
09OTTAWA707CANADA: SHARING U.S. VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA
[...] (C) Summary: Canada is in full agreement with U.S. views concerning Iranian and Syrian nuclear-related activities. Ottawa is prepared to consider additional steps, and seeks enhanced dialogue and coordination with the U.S., as well as additional insights into U.S. thinking for the G20 and UNS [...]
2009-09-11 19:26:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM KNNP IAEA MNUC TRGY PREL SY IR CA
09OTTAWA709ATLANTIC CANADA: FALL ELECTION WON'T CHANGE MUCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: A fall election "that no one wants" appears increasingly likely as Parliament reconvenes on September 14. Polls suggest such a fourth election in five years would produce another minority government. After falling to a historic low of 77 seats in the 2008 election, the Liberal [...]
2009-09-11 21:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA716CANADA: RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP NON-PAPERS
[...] (C) Summary: Canada sees no immediate problem with the proposals contained in the non-papers drawn from reftel, but is concerned about the system for classification of AG documents, given that there are now 41 members. Canada sees no advantage in inviting Russia to join the AG, but foresees [...]
2009-09-15 15:02:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC CA
09OTTAWA717CANADA READY TO HELP ON MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN
[...] (C) Canadian Foreign Minister Cannon and other senior officials will be seeking meetings with Iranian counterparts on the margins of the upcoming UN General Assembly in New York to raise the issue of detained Canadians in Iran, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade [...]
2009-09-15 15:13:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINR PROP PTER CASC IR CA
09OTTAWA718CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 25 HAITI KEY
[...] (SBU) Canada expressed thanks for its inclusion in the September 25 Haiti Key Players Meeting in New York, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Haiti Task Force Director Denis Robert. He noted that Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon will be in New York on September [...]
2009-09-15 18:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC UNGA HA CA
09OTTAWA719CANADA: ODDS RISE FOR GOVERNMENT TO SURVIVE -- THIS WEEK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 19:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA72PRIME MINISTER HARPER'S POPULAR WIFE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Laureen Harper, wife of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, plays no formal public role (unlike the U.S. First Lady),but those close to the family have described her as politically engaged and as her husband's most valuable political asset. Extroverted and friendly, she is widely cre [...]
2009-01-26 16:56:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR CA
09OTTAWA725CANADA; AFGHANISTAN QUARTERLY REPORT CLAIMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Canadian government's fifth quarterly report to Parliament on "Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan" on September 15 again claimed progress on most of the benchmarks of its six priority areas and three signature projects, while admitting high levels of insurgent violence an [...]
2009-09-15 21:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR EAID AF CA
09OTTAWA727CANADA: IAEA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (SBU) The relevant Canadian policymakers are unavailable to discuss the ref b message until their return from the IAEA General Conference in Vienna. However, polmiloff had already raised the key issues at stake with respect to the Middle East in conversations with working-level Department of [...]
2009-09-16 18:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KNNP IAEA IR SY CA
09OTTAWA728CANADIAN PM TO ATTEND FRIENDS OF DEMOCRATIC
[...] (U) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on September 16 confirmed to PolMinCouns that Prime Minister Stephen Harper would attend the September 24 Friends of Democratic Pakistan Summit in New York and that he wishes an opportunity to speak. Neither DFAIT nor the [...]
2009-09-16 19:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EAID PK CA
09OTTAWA730CANADIAN DELEGATION TO FRIENDS OF DEMOCRATIC
[...] (U The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has confirmed that the Canadian delegation to the September 24 Friends of Democratic Pakistan Summit will consist of: Prime Minister Stephen Harper Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime [...]
2009-09-17 13:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EAID PK CA
09OTTAWA731CANADIAN MINISTERS AT SEPTEMBER 25 HAITI KEY
[...] (U) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed on September 17 that both Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon and Minister of State (Americas) Peter Kent, likely along with Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Latin America and the Caribbean Alexandra Bugaili [...]
2009-09-17 19:28:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO EAID UNSC UNGA HA CA
09OTTAWA732CANADA SHARES OUR CONCERNS ON IRAN
[...] (C) CDA, accompanied by PolMinCouns, delivered ref a Iran demarche on September 17 to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Political Director Yves Brodeur. CDA highlighted the need to use all public and private avenues, including bilaterally and with other nations, to try to inf [...]
2009-09-17 20:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA CASC IR CA
09OTTAWA735CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SURVIVES CONFIDENCE VOTE
[...] (U) The government of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper on September 18 easily survived a confidence vote on a Ways and Means motion, with the unusual support of both the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Bloc Quebecois. The Official Opposition Liberal Party voted en masse against [...]
2009-09-18 17:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA736CANADA; WEIGHING IN ON VIKTOR BOUT
[...] (C) Charge on September 18 discussed Victor Bout case (reftel) with Yves Brodeur, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs and Political Director of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Brodeur was already familiar with the case. Charge [...]
2009-09-18 19:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PETER CO RS TH CA
09OTTAWA739CANADA EAGER TO JOIN INFORMAL MEETING OF CTBT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada is enthusiastic about participating in the informal meeting on the margins of the Article XIV Conference. Foreign Minister Cannon will deliver Canada's national statement at the conference, and the Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security is expected to att [...]
2009-09-21 17:34:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CA
09OTTAWA7440th PARLIAMENT'S THRONE SPEECH - TAKE TWO
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the January 26 opening of the second session of the 40th Parliament, the government's latest Throne Speech was brief, sober in tone, focused exclusively on the economy, and unabashed in hitting key Liberal Party buttons in a clear bid to secure bipartisan political support. T [...]
2009-01-26 21:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON CA
09OTTAWA743CANADA TO SKIP IRAN SPEECH AT UNGA, NO FORMAL
[...] (C) According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's United Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Division Director Patrick Wittmann, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon has instructed the Canadian delegation not to send a representative to the speech by Iran at the UN General [...]
2009-09-22 20:47:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IR CA
09OTTAWA747COURT QUASHES SECURITY CERTIFICATE, FOUR REMAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 24, the Federal Court of Canada announced it will quash an immigration security certificate against Moroccan-born Adil Charkaoui, reducing the number of active certificates in suspected terrorist cases to four. The decision is the latest setback for the government i [...]
2009-09-25 15:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM CA
09OTTAWA748Treasury Discussions with Canada Regarding Export Credits
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, Treasury DAS for Trade and Investment Sharon Yuan, Treasury Director for Trade Finance Steve Tvardek, Embassy EMIN, Embassy Commercial MC and Senior ECON FSN met with officials from key GOC departments and representatives from Canada's export financing agency to [...]
2009-09-25 19:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EFIN EAIR ECON EINV PREL CA
09OTTAWA756Canadian Finance Minister Announces Canadian Economy
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian government's plan to eliminate the nation's budget deficit and return to pre-recession growth rates by 2015 without cutting spending or raising taxes is leaving some economists scratching their heads. Ottawa observers suggest that the optimistic forecast is an atte [...]
2009-09-28 21:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA762Canadian Government announces plan to eliminate tariffs on
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's plan to eliminate tariffs on a broad range of manufacturing should take effect in early 2010. GOC submits that the elimination of tariffs for inputs in key manufacturing sectors will help facilitate economic recovery and improve Canadian competitiveness. Critics in C [...]
2009-09-30 17:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA765CANADA SPEAKING OUT ON AVERTING A REFUGEE
[...] (SBU) According to Policy Advisor for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Sarah Robertson of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Affairs (DFAIT),DFAIT's Director General for Stabilization and Reconstruction Elissa Goldberg spoke out at the UNHCR's Executive Committee [...]
2009-10-01 19:09:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KE UNHCR CA
09OTTAWA766CANADA: CONSERVATIVES SURVIVE ANOTHER CONFIDENCE VOTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative minority government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper on October 1 again survived a confidence vote in the House of Commons. The censure motion, introduced by the Official Opposition Liberal Party, was the first that the Conservatives had faced since they took of [...]
2009-10-01 22:23:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA768VISAS VIPER: THE "TORONTO 18" AS CANDIDATES FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY At Embassy Ottawa's monthly Visas Viper meeting on September 09, 2009, a list of 27 indidivudals who were involved in the so-called "Toronto 18" conspiracy, a plot to engage in terrorist activities in the Toronto metropolitan area, was submitted for consideration. All of these i [...]
2009-10-02 20:25:00Embassy OttawaSECRETKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA
09OTTAWA769CANADA CONFIRMS LIKE-MINDED MEETING DELEGATES
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Middle East and Maghreb Director General John Holmes will lead the Canadian delegation to the October 7 Like-Minded Meeting in Washington, DC (ref b),according to DFAIT's Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar Deputy Director Gallit Dob [...]
2009-10-02 20:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC ETTC IR CA
09OTTAWA770CANADA PROVIDES INFORMATION ON FOREIGN DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 20:38:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL CASC IR CA
09OTTAWA771 S/CIEA Goldwyn visit to Ottawa - Energy security,
[...] (U) Summary: S/CIEA David Goldwyn's September 17-18 trip to Ottawa was immensely successful and has continued to reap positive engagement from Canadian interlocutors. Goldwyn's message of Canada as a pillar of U.S. energy security was embraced by the Government of Canada and by a Canadian pub [...]
2009-10-02 21:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET SENV CA
09OTTAWA772CANADA TO DEMARCHE RTG ON VIKTOR BOUT
[...] (C) Director General for South, Southeast Asia & Oceania Kenneth Macartney of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed to PolMinCouns on October 3 that the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok would demarche the Royal Thai Government on the extradition of Viktor Bout, as Emb [...]
2009-10-05 11:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM TH CA RS CO
09OTTAWA777CANADA: FOUR BY-ELECTIONS TO TEST ELECTION MOMENTUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called four federal by-elections for November 9 to fill current House of Commons vacancies. The Conservatives held none of the seats, but have a crack at two of the four. In contrast, the opposition Liberals have little realistic prospect of wi [...]
2009-10-05 20:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA778CANADA: BRIEFING ON P5+1 IRAN TALKS IN GENEVA
[...] (C) Canada has "done its homework" for the upcoming Like-Minded Meeting in Washington on October 7 (ref b),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar Deputy Director Gallit Dobner, and looks forward to participating in the discussi [...]
2009-10-05 21:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC IR CA
09OTTAWA779AMBASSADOR BEGINS MEETING CANADIAN LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since presentation of credentials on October 2, Ambassador has actively engaged top Canadian political leaders, including the Prime Minister, to underscore the central importance of this highly successful bilateral relationship. He will begin a series of provincial travels o [...]
2009-10-06 16:09:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON MARR ETRD CA AF
09OTTAWA78LIBERALS TO SUPPORT BUDGET, WITH CONDITIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff publicly confirmed on January 28 that his party will support PM Harper's latest "flawed" budget (septel),on the condition that the government submit three reports to Parliament this year on its budget implementation, notably about actual expendit [...]
2009-01-28 22:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN CA
09OTTAWA786CANADA: FEDERAL COURT EXPANDS TERROR WIRETAP POWERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Federal Court has approved the authorization, on a case-by-case basis, of warrants permitting the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to track terrorism suspects electronically overseas, in addition to existing authority to do so domestically. The decision si [...]
2009-10-09 20:28:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL CA
09OTTAWA789CANADA: FREE SPEECH V. HATE SPEECH HEADED TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) has appealed to the Federal Court to clarify Canada's hate speech laws after a controversial ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The Tribunal's finding related to the constitutionality of a law and penalty targeting the dis [...]
2009-10-13 20:47:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CA
09OTTAWA79COURT BOLSTERS PASSPORT DENIAL FOR TERRORISTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Canadian appeals court has upheld the constitutional authority of the Foreign Minister (in charge also of Canada's passport agency) to refuse to issue a passport to Canadian citizens convicted of terrorist offences. The decision appears to bolster the federal government's abil [...]
2009-01-30 20:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL CA
09OTTAWA790CANADA: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Upon receipt of reftel demarche on October 14, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade DFAIT) Deputy Director for Israel/West Bank and Gaza Greg Lemermeyer promised to deliver the U.S. talking points to Canada's permanent mission to the UN immediately and to report back to [...]
2009-10-14 16:26:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL CA
09OTTAWA791CANADA DEMARCHES RTG ON VIKTOR BOUT
[...] (C) Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Political Director Yves Brodeur confirmed to DCM on October 14 that the Canadian Ambassador in Bangkok had on October 6 made a demarche supporting the extradition of Viktor Bout to the Thai Ministry of Justice's Permanent Secretary. The A [...]
2009-10-14 20:02:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KRCM PTER TH CA RS CO
09OTTAWA793CANADA TO SUPPORT US CANDIDACY IN IMO ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 20:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA APCS EWWT IMO UK CA
09OTTAWA794CANADA: SECURITY CERTIFICATES TAKE MAJOR HIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Federal Court has formally quashed the immigration security certificate against alleged terror suspect Adil Charkaoui. The Court also blocked a potential federal appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal to clarify the limits of legal disclosure in national security cases. [...]
2009-10-15 20:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV CA
09OTTAWA795BLUE DAYS FOR LIBERAL LEADER MICHAEL IGNATIEFF
[...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party poll numbers continue to decline, while the Conservatives appear in their strongest position in at least a year. Fundraising has also slowed down noticeably. Leader Michael Ignatieff is clearly on the defensive, but has vowed to do a better job in shaping the po [...]
2009-10-15 21:24:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CA
09OTTAWA8CANADA ON SEPARATIST REGIONS OF GEORGIA
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on January 7 to discuss our way forward on the separatist regions of Georgia (reftel),Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Europe Robert Hage confirmed that Canada remains concerned about Abkhazia and South Ossetia and [...]
2009-01-07 20:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID GG RS CA
09OTTAWA80Canada Budget Offers Economic Stimulus
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although battered by economic shocks, Canada is well positioned for economic recovery if and when commodity prices rise and U.S. demand returns. To best position Canada for eventual recovery, the Conservative government's January 27 budget provides massive (by Canadian standards [...]
2009-01-30 21:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA801CANADIAN PM WELCOMES AFGHAN RUN-OFF ELECTION
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Harper on October 20 expressed pleasure that both leading Afghan presidential candidates had recognized the need for a run-off election, encouraged the people of Afghanistan to participate in the second round of elections, and reiterated Canada's continued support. [...]
2009-10-20 20:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF CA
09OTTAWA802GICNT: CANADA WELCOMES UNODC AS AN OBSERVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 22:05:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC CA RU
09OTTAWA803CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon -- who is visiting Libya, Israel, and Saudi Arabia October 19-25 -- will be unable to participate in the 2009 G-8 BMENA Forum for the future. Canada's representative will be the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Conservative Member of Parliame [...]
2009-10-21 17:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI CA
09OTTAWA809CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND G-8 BMENA FORUM
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon has agreed to represent Canada at the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa Forum for the Future in Marrakech November 2-3. His staff confirmed that he reversed an earlier decision (ref b) to send Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Deepak O [...]
2009-10-23 14:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC KPAO KDEM KMPI CA
09OTTAWA811Ambassador meets with Liberal Party leadership
[...] (C) Summary. In a luncheon on October 23, Ambassador discussed key bilateral issues, notably ""Buy America"" and climate change policies, with Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff and key staff. Ignatieff reiterated that Canadians do not want an election now, but said that he could not be [...]
2009-10-23 20:23:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD SENV PGOV CA
09OTTAWA814AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETINGS WITH PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In separate meetings with the Speaker of the Senate and the Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group on Parliament Hill on October 22, Ambassador underscored the close ties between our two nations, welcomed more legislative exchanges, and responded to concerns about "Buy America" [...]
2009-10-23 19:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA815Canada coordinating 64th UNGA positions closely with US
[...] (SBU) Canada is closely coordinating its 64th UN General Assembly, Third Committee positions on no-action motions, country-specific resolutions, and the defamation of religions thematic resolution with the U.S., according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) [...]
2009-10-26 20:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN CA
09OTTAWA816Canada Appreciates Learning Results of U.S. Review of
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 14:02:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC CA
09OTTAWA817Canada: A defensive response to UN report on minority issues
[...] (SBU) Summary: A United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues has highlighted Canada's Muslim communities' fears of "unsubstantiated use" of security certificates, racial profiling, and harassment as well as "uneven and unclear" human rights protections for all minorities in Canada. T [...]
2009-10-27 18:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA820Canada provides details for coordination with US for 64th
[...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) human rights officials, Canadian priorities for this year's Third Committee echo those of U.S. (refs a and b). Canada's main priorities are the adoption of the Iran resolution and other country-specific resoluti [...]
2009-10-28 17:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN CA
09OTTAWA821Canada to vote against UNGA Goldstone Report motion
[...] (C) Canada "will vote against" the Goldstone Report resolution during the November 4 UN General Assembly discussion and shares U.S. concerns against transmitting the matter to the Security Council or to the International Criminal Court, according to Greg Lemermeyer, Deputy Director of the Isr [...]
2009-11-03 21:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KPAL UN IS CA
09OTTAWA822CANADA: MPs PASS CENSURE MOTION ON IRAN
[...] (U) Summary: Canada's House of Commons has unanimously passed a strongly-worded, non-binding motion supporting the democratic aspirations and human rights of the people of Iran, condemning Iran's disregard of UN Security Council Resolutions 1696, 1737, 1747 and 1803 and International Atomic En [...]
2009-10-28 18:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV IR CA
09OTTAWA823U.S. Security Dialogues with Canada
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to questions posed in reftel concerning U.S. security dialogues. 2. (SBU) Canada and the United States have conducted a security dialogue for 70 years through the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD),created in 1940. The PJBD brings toget [...]
2009-11-06 16:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CA
09OTTAWA826CANADA: LIFE SENTENCE FOR RWANDAN WAR CRIMINAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Quebec court has sentenced D????sir???? Munyaneza, a failed Rwandan refugee claimant, to life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for 25 years for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes stemming from his participation in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The l [...]
2009-10-29 19:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ICTR KAWC CA RW
09OTTAWA827Canada Broadly Support U.S. Strategy for NATO Enlargement
[...] (C) Summary. Canada broadly supports U.S. goals with respect to NATO enlargement, including strong support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, although Canada wants to see more evidence of reform. Bosnia represents the one area of divergence, as Canada supports the Membership Action Plan (MAP) p [...]
2009-11-06 16:24:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA BK GG MK MW UP CA
09OTTAWA828HydroQu??bec to acquire most of the assets of NB Power
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request, see para 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 29 the Quebec and New Brunswick (NB) provincial governments announced that HydroQu????bec intends to purchase the assets of New Brunswick Power (NB Power). The deal is attractive to HydroQu????bec becaus [...]
2009-10-29 20:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV SENV PGOV CA
09OTTAWA829Canada Supports U.S. Sudan Strategy, See Little New
[...] (C) Canada sees the new Sudan strategy as "basically a continuation of General Gration's strategy for the past year" and praises it as a "flexible, pragmatic step forward," according to Jeremy Bryan, Multilateral Affairs Officer, Sudan Task Force in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Interna [...]
2009-11-06 17:33:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU CA
09OTTAWA83CANADA RECEIVES NPT REQUESTS, NAMES POCS
[...] (U) Pol/miloff delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Karen Garner on February 2. Garner said that she looked forward to receiving U.S. views in greater detail well in advance of th [...]
2009-02-02 22:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM IAEA UNGA KNNP MNUC CA
09OTTAWA833CANADIAN RESPONSE TO PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD
[...] (U) The Secretary's letter and proposal were delivered to Foreign Minister Cannon. The proposal was also shared with the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrifood Canada (AAFC) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Jennifer MacKay, Development Policy Officer, Foreign Affairs a [...]
2009-11-10 21:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD CA
09OTTAWA834Canada: 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy
[...] . (U) Summary In 2009, Canada continued to implement its National Anti-Drug Strategy, involving three action plans to reduce the supply of and demand for illicit drugs as well as associated crime. Canada remains a country of concern due to the amount of MDMA (3, 4-methylenedioxymethampheta [...]
2009-11-02 22:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CA
09OTTAWA835Canadian Response to UK Decision to Ban the Provision of
[...] (C) ECONOFF demarched Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) Iran Deputy Director Gallit Dobner regarding referenced cable. She expressed surprise that the UK was moving forward with this action given that it is one of a suite of actions the Like-Minded Countries have considere [...]
2009-11-13 22:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KNNP XF ZP ZR IR UK CA
09OTTAWA836AMBASSADOR JACOBSON'S VISIT TO WINNIPEG, OCTOBER 18-20
[...] Summary. Ambassador Jacobson's October 18-20 trip to Manitoba capitalized on Manitoba Premier Doer's preparation as Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. and the swearing-in of a new Premier, Greg Selinger. The headline read "New kids roll up their sleeves," and the atmosphere of good will, good i [...]
2009-11-03 15:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON MARR PREL PGOV SENV CA
09OTTAWA837CANADA: ENGAGING AFGHAN GOVERNMENT ON APPOINTMENTS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada strongly supports U.S. efforts to ensure the new Afghan administration is committed to the fight against corruption. The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister have both made statements calling on President Karzai to address corruption, and the announcement of future aid [...]
2009-11-13 22:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO AF CA
09OTTAWA839SEARCH FOR NEXT HEAD OF UN OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT
[...] (C) Sheila Frazer has been a very high profile and well respected Auditor General of Canada since 2001. She has assumed a much more activist stance in this office than her predecessors, sometimes to the discomfort of the government, which she has not been shy to criticize when she has encou [...]
2009-11-16 21:05:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC AMGT UN CA
09OTTAWA84Canada warns "Buy American" legislation would trigger
[...] (SBU) The "Buy American" provisions in the U.S. economic stimulus bill in the Senate have received widespread critical attention in Canada - the United States' largest trading partner. -- Running front-page headlines, newspapers across Canada have been uniformly negative about the "Buy American [...]
2009-02-03 21:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA840CANADIAN WARSHIPS COMPLETE COUNTER-NARCOTICS OPERATION
[...] (U) Summary: On October 30, two Canadian Forces (CF) warships completed operations in support of Operation CARIBBE, Canada's contribution to an ongoing U.S.-led, multi-national effort to interdict drug trafficking in Caribbean and east Pacific waters. The Canadian vessels provided surveillance [...]
2009-11-03 20:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS SNAR CA XL
09OTTAWA841Deputy Secretary Steinberg's Meeting with Canadian Foreign
[...] (U) October 22, 2009, 11:15 a.m., Ottawa, Canada. 2. (U) Participants: United States James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary David Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Lourdes Cue, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary Kurt van der Walde, notetaker Canada Claude C [...]
2009-11-17 21:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KGHG UNRWA IR AF PK CU CA
09OTTAWA843WHA Assistant Secretary's Meeting with Canadian Trade
[...] (U) October 22, 2009, 8:45 a.m., Ottawa, Canada. 2. (U) Participants: United States Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemispheric Affairs David Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Eric Benjaminson, Economic Minister-Counselor, notetaker Kurt van der Wal [...]
2009-11-23 20:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ECON CA
09OTTAWA845Canadian Relations with Cuba
[...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) interlocutors tell us that Canada continues to promote the advancement of democracy, good governance, and human rights in Cuba. Canada shares the U.S. goals of promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba, while maintaining it [...]
2009-11-25 20:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC ETRD CU CA
09OTTAWA850Canada IPR: One Step Forward, 26.2 Miles To Go
[...] (SBU) The Canadian Department of Justice on November 3 proposed amending Canadian regulations in order to include offenses against the Copyright Act under Proceeds of Crime provisions. This change will allow law enforcement officials to seize assets that were paid for with money gained from ac [...]
2009-11-04 19:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
09OTTAWA854QUEBEC SCHOOL LANGUAGE LAW FAILS CONSTITUTIONALITY TEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Quebec law that closed a loophole in allowing English-language education in the francophone province, finding that it was "excessive" and violated constitutional minority language rights. Signaling that it found the procedures -- [...]
2009-11-05 14:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CA
09OTTAWA858CANADA BY-ELECTIONS: CAN LIBERALS ARREST SLUMP?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Voters go to the polls in four federal by-elections in Quebec, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia on November 9 (ref a). Although the contests will not change the balance of power in the House of Commons, pundits are looking for signs that the federal Liberals can pull themselve [...]
2009-11-05 19:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA861Canada's Prime Minister Ventures to China for First Time
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make his first visit to China as Canadian leader December 3-6. He will most importantly meet with President Hu Jintao, National People's Congress chairman Wu Bangguo, and Premier Wen Jiabao. According to Canadian officials, his main empha [...]
2009-12-01 22:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETRD EMIN PHUM CH CA HK KS
09OTTAWA862Embassy Ottawa FY 2012 Mission Strategic Plan and Global
[...] (U) Further to reftel, Embassy Ottawa designates Deputy Political Counselor Kurt van der Walde as its FY 2012 Mission Strategic Plan Coordinator. His email address is: vanderwaldek@state.gov. 2. (U) Economic Minister-Counselor Eric Benjaminson will serve as the Mission's Global Partne [...]
2009-11-05 21:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PREL KSPR KICA AFIN ABUD CA
09OTTAWA867Canada working "behind the scenes" on democratic reform in
[...] (C/NF) Canada is working "behind the scenes" on new ideas for advancing democratic reform in Burma and welcomes U.S. high level engagement with the Burmese government (reftel),according to Erin Koenig, deskoff for Burma, Thailand, and Regional Human Rights in the Southeast Asia and Oceania Rel [...]
2009-12-03 19:42:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM BM CA
09OTTAWA869Canada taking "harsher line" on DPRK's UPR
[...] (C/NF) Canada agrees with U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the DPRK (reftel),according to Cyndy Nelson, Policy Advisor for Human Rights, and Daniel Ulmer, Policy Officer for Human Rights, in the Human [...]
2009-12-03 22:25:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL AORC SOCI UN KN CA
09OTTAWA870CANADA: CONSERVATIVES AID JOBLESS, BUY TIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, the federal Conservatives unexpectedly secured swift final passage of Employment Insurance (E.I.) legislation to extend jobless benefits. The achievement is the key deliverable for the left-of-center New Democratic Party (NDP),which stepped in to prop up the min [...]
2009-11-06 21:21:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON CA
09OTTAWA874Ottawa: Ambassador Jacobson and Environment Minister
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 22:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CA
09OTTAWA876CANADA: CONSERVATIVE BOUNCE FROM BY-ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The governing Conservatives added two seats in the House of Commons on November 9, after the governing party surprisingly won two of four federal by-election victories. Its upset win in rural Quebec suggests the party may at least be back in the game in that province. The Con [...]
2009-11-10 22:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
09OTTAWA877Iraq's Ambassador seeks USG help with Canada
[...] (U) This is an action request -- para 4. 2. (C/NF) In a lunch with Ambassador on December 10, Iraq's Ambassador to Canada Howar Ziad requested U.S. Embassy assistance in pressing the Canadian government to permit the Iraqi embassy to set up "out of country" polling stations in major Cana [...]
2009-12-10 21:27:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM IZ CA
09OTTAWA879CANADA IN AFGHANISTAN: SOME PROGRESS, WITH STEPS BACKWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary. In its sixth quarterly report to Parliament on Canada's engagement in Afghanistan, the government cited slight progress - mostly on school construction, micro-finance, and polio eradication -- in its efforts in Kandahar Province. Training and mentoring of Afghan Security Forc [...]
2009-12-11 22:21:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS EAID AF CA
09OTTAWA885Promoting Support for UNSCR 1540 Voluntary Fund: Canadian
[...] (SBU) Summary. Canada is concerned that the creation of a UN-based 1540 fund might deplete other nonproliferation resources and be subject to additional administrative costs. Canada supports a G-8 led, states-based approach in which donors would provide support on a bilateral basis. A ne [...]
2009-12-21 18:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN CA
09OTTAWA887EU Draft Code of Conduct for OUter Space Activities:
[...] (C/NF) In a meeting on December 16, polmiloff conveyed reftel non-paper to Phil Baines, Deputy Director for Missiles and Space Security in the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and to Pearl Williams, Senior Policy Adviso [...]
2009-12-21 18:43:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MCAP KTIA KACT EUN ESA CDG CA
09OTTAWA890CANADA: AFGHAN DETAINEE CONTROVERSY RE-ERUPTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In testimony to a House of Commons committee on November 18, a Canadian diplomat claimed to have filed numerous written reports in 2006 and 2007 from Afghanistan alleging that "all" Afghans detained by Canadian Forces and transferred to Afghan authorities likely faced torture [...]
2009-11-19 21:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM AF CA
09OTTAWA894CANADIAN VIEWS OF U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE NEW AFGHAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Canada strongly agrees with the U.S. priorities for the new Afghan government, notably the need for greater anti-corruption efforts and for greater security, especially in the south. Canada also calls upon Afghanistan to implement its international human rights commitments, [...]
2009-11-20 21:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM AF CA
09OTTAWA895Canada's Burgeoning Pol-Mil Relationship with Mexico
[...] (SBU) Summary. The defense and security relationship between Canada and Mexico is evolving and both countries are open to exploring new areas for further cooperation. Humanitarian assistance, disaster response, counternarcotics, and nonproliferation were among the areas for detailed disc [...]
2009-12-22 16:35:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR CA MX
09OTTAWA897CANADA AGREES TO URGE IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT CASES
[...] (C/NF) In response to December 18 reftel demarche by PolMinCouns, Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed on December 22 that he was prepared to meet with the Iranian Charge d'Affaires in Ottawa to mak [...]
2009-12-22 18:24:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL CASC PHUM CA IR
09OTTAWA899CANADA CONCURS ON NEW NORAD COMMANDER
[...] (C/NF) Canada has agreed to the appointment of Vice Admiral James A. Winnefield, Jr., as the next Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. Text of diplomatic note in para 2. 2. (C/NF) Begin text Note No. IDR0948/09 The Department of Foreign Affairs an [...]
2009-12-22 20:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR CA
09OTTAWA9CANADA AND ICSID SECRETARY-GENERAL NOMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 20:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA KIDE EINV ECON EFIN
09OTTAWA901CANADA'S CANDIDACY FOR THE 2011-2012 UNSC
[...] (SBU) In a letter that Embassy received on December 22, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon laid out to Ambassador Jacobson some of Canada's goals if it wins a seat on the UN Security Council for the 2011-2012 term, highlighting Canada's "strong track record at the UN." (Full text in para 4.) [...]
2009-12-22 22:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC CA
09OTTAWA902(SBU) Canada Concerned about Serbian ITU Proposal
[...] (SBU) On November 20, Econoff delivered reftel points to Christine Phillips, Senior Desk Officer for Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Phillips was unaware of Serbia's proposed Annex, but is concerned about Serbia's activities with [...]
2009-11-23 19:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ECPS ITU KV CA
09OTTAWA903Canada's Supreme Court strengthens free speech
[...] (U) Summary: A Supreme Court of Canada ruling on December 22 has added greater protections for journalists against claims of defamation in striking down two separate findings of libel against two newspapers. Stating that "current [defamation] law does not give adequate weight to the constitu [...]
2009-12-23 18:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CA
09OTTAWA904Canada not "TIP"ping the scales in data collection
[...] (U) PolMinCouns on November 23 chaired the monthly Reporting Officers' DVC, with a particular focus on trafficking in persons. He underscored the continued commitment of the new Administration to combating TIP, and highlighted the need to maintain a substantive reporting and outreach focus on [...]
2009-11-24 18:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KTIP KWMN CA
09OTTAWA905CANADA DEMARCHES IRAN ON AMCIT CASES
[...] (C/NF) As promised (ref a),Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade raised the six Amcit cases in Iran (ref b) in a discussion with Iranian Charge d'Affaires in Ottawa Bahram Ghasemi on December 23. DG Holmes s [...]
2009-12-23 22:19:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL CASC IR CA
09OTTAWA906CANADIAN OFFICIALS DENY AFGHAN ABUSE CLAIMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 21:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS AF CA
09OTTAWA907CANADA OKAYS FLIGHT SANTA SLED 01
[...] (U) In a diplomatic note dated December 17, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade provided authorization for Flight SANTA SLED 01 to overfly Canada, with unlimited "touch and go" landings. (Full text in para 2.) The diplomatic note also declared all Canadian childre [...]
2009-12-24 13:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CA
09OTTAWA909CANADA TO SUSPEND PARLIAMENT, AGAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Canada's Parliament will be suspended until March 2010, reminiscent of a similar but shorter suspension one year ago. The Conservatives' argument is that the government will have additional time to concentrate on the "next phase" of its economic recovery plan. There will be [...]
2009-12-30 20:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF CA
09OTTAWA911Canada will co-sponsor AQAP UNSCR 1267 listing request
[...] (S) Canada is prepared to co-sponsor Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula UNSCR 1267 listing request, according to Jessica Dawson in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) International Crime and Terrorism Division (ICT). Dawson added that DFAIT has "no information [...]
2009-12-30 20:14:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR PREL KTFN SA YM UN CA
09OTTAWA92Response to OPIC on Operation Eyesight Universal
[...] (SBU) The health NGO Operation Eyesight Universal Foundation (OEUF) is well known and highly regarded in Canada. USAID's Canadian counterpart, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),cites OEUF as having been a key partner for more than thirty years. The 2007 OEUF annual report [...]
2009-02-05 13:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV CA
09OTTAWA940NO ROOM FOR DOUBT: ALL CANADIAN TROOPS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN BY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In testimony to Parliament on December 8, Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) General Walter Natynczyk confirmed that, in accordance with a March 2008 parliamentary motion, no Canadian Forces - apart from a military attache in Kabul - or military equipment will remain in Afghanistan [...]
2009-12-09 15:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS AF CA
09OTTAWA944CANADA: DEFENCE MINISTER IN HOT SEAT OVER ALLEGED ABUSE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's opposition parties united on December 9 and 10 to demand the resignation of National Defence Minister Peter MacKay and to institute a public inquiry into allegations that the government ignored credible evidence of abuse at least in 2006 of Afghan detainees transferred [...]
2009-12-10 20:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MOPS AF CA
09OTTAWA954CANADA: RULING CONSERVATIVES SURVIVE 2009 IN COMFORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Early in the fall, the ruling Conservatives sidestepped the threat of an election, seized control of the parliamentary agenda, and moved forward on a twin-track of economic and justice issues, largely unhampered by their minority status. By the close of the fall parliamentary [...]
2009-12-14 22:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON CA
09OTTAWA956WFP Assistance Demarche for Pakistan Delivered to Canadians
[...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Jennifer MacKay, Development Policy Officer Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and to Frederic Levesque, Program Officer, Pakistan/Afghanistan, DFAIT on December 14. MacKay acknowledged the demarche and said she would do her best to find [...]
2009-12-15 21:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PK PREF PREL CA
09OTTAWA96CANADIAN HOTLINE SUPPORTS FIGHT AGAINST TIP
[...] (U) The Department of Public Safety, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP),and Canadian Crime Stoppers Association have formed a new partnership to raise awareness about human trafficking and to explain how to identify and report suspected cases. In this national campaign, the NGO Canadian Cr [...]
2009-02-06 13:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KWMN KCRM SMIG CA
09OTTAWA980CANADIAN FORCES' INVESTIGATION FINDS AFGHAN DETAINEE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 21, the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) -- the independent investigative arm of the Canadian Forces Military Police (CFMP) -- cleared the Canadian Forces (CF) of almost all allegations of mistreatment of Afghan detainees while in CF custody b [...]
2009-12-22 19:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MARR AF CA
09PARAMARIBO103DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered demarche to Chantal Elsenhout and Tom Kartoebi, Acting Head of the International Organizations Division and Head of the Americas Division, respectively, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Both Elsenhout and Kartoebi indicated that [...]
2009-04-09 11:44:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OAS XM CA IAHRC PGOV PHUM
09PORTAUPRINCE73YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN: CANADIAN GOVERNOR GENERAL SHINES IN HAITI
[...] (U) During her four day working visit to Haiti January 15-19, Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean once again charmed her former countrymen. The Governor General, accompanied by her husband, met with senior government officials, including president Rene Preval and Prime Minister Michele P [...]
2009-01-23 18:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL HA CA
09PRAGUE381CZECH COMMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S PRESIDENT NOT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 13:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EUREM IR ET CA EZ EUN
09QUITO871Constitutional Court Ruling Keeps Airport Negotiations Alive
[...] (C) Summary: On October 5 the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court released a ruling designed to "clarify" its July 23 decision that threatened to scuttle the new Quito airport construction project. While not as clear or expansive as hoped by the project lenders, OPIC staffers told econoff on [...]
2009-10-07 21:53:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR EFIN ECON PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM
09QUITO899Mixed Signals from GOE Complicate New Airport Negotiations
[...] (C) Summary: Meetings on October 14 and 15 between project lenders, Quiport, and the Quito Mayor's office resulted in a one-page protocol that, if ratified by all parties, would allow the Mayor's office to comply with a recent Constitutional Court proclamation and avoid pushing the new Quito in [...]
2009-10-23 22:39:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR ECON EFIN PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM
09RABAT907CANADA AND DRL DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE FORUM FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Forum for the Future (FFF) in Marrakesh, Assistant Deputy Minister Carmen Sylvain met with DRL Assistant Secretary Michael Posner to discuss the future direction of the FFF as Canada takes the G8 presidency. Both parties agreed that the next Forum should [...]
2009-11-12 13:29:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM CA MO
09RABAT952CIVIL SOCIETY AND G8-BMENA GOVERNMENTS MEET AT SIXTH FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 15:42:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV ECON KMPI XF XT CA
09ROME163ITALY DOES NOT HAVE A CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO DG
[...] (C) Italy has not, and does not intend to, put forward a candidate for director general of UNESCO, according to Barbara Bregato, director of the MFA office of multilateral cultural cooperation. Bregato told Poloff February 11 that there had been some tentative discussions about the possibilit [...]
2009-02-11 14:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO CA IT
09SANSALVADOR315DEMARCHE FOR US CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 21:48:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGIV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC ES
09STATE118141BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on transactions citing the Canadian exemption for the export of thermal imaging systems to Canada. Emb [...]
2009-11-16 20:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE11821AF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALL TO MALI
[...] (C) Summary: Two Canadian nationals, United Nations Special Envoy Robert Fowler and Special Assistant Louis Guay, and Nigerien national Soumaina Mounkaila are currently being held in northern Mali by Al Qaida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). In response to a February 2 Canadian demarche, [...]
2009-02-09 20:40:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER ML CA
09STATE118567BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on transactions citing the Canadian exemption for the export of satellite flight hardware to Canada. E [...]
2009-11-17 17:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE11918JANUARY 27 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the first G8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the Italian 2009 G8 Presidency, Chair Gianluca Alberini outlined a program of work that included the two main G8 Global Partnership (GP) objectives agreed to at the 2008 G8 Summit: (a) completing current G8 Globa [...]
2009-02-10 00:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
09STATE120099BLUE LANTERN OUTREACH TO CANADA: DISCUSSIONS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met October 13-16 with Mission Canada staff in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto, GOC officials, and local defense industry to discuss the Blue Lantern end-use moni [...]
2009-11-20 18:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC CA
09STATE121729TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Ottawa. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has expressed interest in working with DOE on helium-3 (He-3) supply, stipulating that the United States would remove and retain ownership of all residual tritium con [...]
2009-11-25 18:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM PINR PREL CA XS
09STATE122382BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on transactions citing the Canadian exemption for the export of inertial navigation units to Canada. E [...]
2009-11-30 13:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE122385BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on a transaction citing the Canadian exemption for the export of displacement gyroscopes to Canada. Em [...]
2009-11-30 13:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE122387BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on a transaction citing the Canadian exemption for the export of inertial measurement units to Canada. [...]
2009-11-30 13:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE122389BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on transactions citing the Canadian exemption for the export of Gyroscopic compasses to Canada. Embass [...]
2009-11-30 13:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE122391BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on a transaction citing the Canadian exemption for the export of accelerometers to Canada. Embassy is [...]
2009-11-30 13:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE122725PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND
[...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow, P3 Embassies (London and Paris),the European Union Council and Commission, which participate in the G8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG),as well as Norway -- see paras 7 and 10 to be left as non-papers. For USUN, see para 12, for Ottawa, see [...]
2009-12-01 00:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN RS CA UK FR NO
09STATE126206U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR
[...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.p [...]
2009-12-09 22:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAS CA CDG EC ESA EUN FR GM IT JA KACT KS KTIA MCAP
09STATE129187ENGAGING COALITION PARTNERS TO QUICKLY REVIEW
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 3). 2. (U) Begin Summary: Significant numbers of additional U.S. civilian personnel are now arriving in Afghanistan for deployment to all Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) as a critical element of our strategy. To facilitate timely deploy [...]
2009-12-17 22:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ
09STATE1467NOTIFICATION OF TREASURY DESIGNATION OF MUHAMMAD
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY. The United States Government intends to designate Muhammad Hamshu pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13460 as early as January 12, 2009, but no later than January 16, 2009, for engaging in and facilitating public corruption [...]
2009-01-07 18:02:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN CA SY
09STATE16110DEMARCHE TO ENCOURAGE GOC TO ACCREDIT AND APPOINT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 21:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ CA MOPS PREL
09STATE22067GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN DEMARCHES ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] This is not an action request. ------------------- SUMMARY ------------------- 2. A Government of Sudan (GOS) demarche to the United States Government(USG) on GOS reactions to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to arrest the President of Sudan, Omer Al Bashir, on charges [...]
2009-03-09 23:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAF APER CA IO PGOV PHUM PREL UNC
09STATE22315CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: TALKING POINTS FOR
[...] USUN may draw from the following points for the March 10 Security Council briefing with the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for the Central African Republic (CAR) Francois Fall. Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank SRSG Fall for his briefing today [...]
2009-03-10 15:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM CA XA ZF
09STATE22496GUIDANCE FOR G-8 BIOTERRORISM EXPERTS GROUP
[...] (U) This message provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the U.S. delegation to the G-8 Bioterrorism Experts Group (BTEX) workshop in Tokyo, March 12-13, 2009. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Disarmament, Nonproliferation a [...]
2009-03-10 19:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER GM JA RS CA UK IT FR TBIO
09STATE28833PROMOTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) This is an action message (see paras 7-8). 2. (SBU) Summary: The United States has nominated Dinah L. Shelton for a seat on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Shelton is a professor of international law at The George Washington University Law School and an expert [...]
2009-03-25 20:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC
09STATE3809SPACE COOPERATION WITH INDIA
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Through press reports and diplomatic exchanges, the Department is aware of Indian satellite launches tentatively scheduled for 2009 that will require a signed and implemented Technology Safeguards Agreement. Wishing to avoid [...]
2009-01-14 19:19:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL TSPA AG CA IN
09STATE44713RESPONSE TO CANADA,S QUESTIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ------------------------- OBJECTIVES/ACTION REQUEST ------------------------- 2. (C) Washington requests Post deliver the non-paper in paragraph 3 to appropriate host government officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Inte [...]
2009-05-01 22:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL ETTC CA
09STATE45914CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY
[...] (SBU) Action Request in Paragraph 9. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objectives: -- Work with the Government of Canada to negotiate a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) chall [...]
2009-05-06 13:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA KTIA PARM PREL CWC
09STATE4638WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC FISHERIES COMMISSION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The fifth meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission was held in Busan, Korea from 8 ) 12 December 2008. The meeting focused on conservation and management measures for the region,s two major fish stocks - yellowfin and bigeye tuna, adopting a suite of measur [...]
2009-01-16 16:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS PHSA SENV KSCA XB XV ZN AQ AS CA CH CW FM FJ
09STATE56857BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on a transaction citing the Canadian exemption for the export of communications equipment to Canada. E [...]
2009-06-03 12:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE58613BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on a transaction citing the Canadian exemption for the export of optical component parts to Canada. Em [...]
2009-06-08 13:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE59813BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on transactions citing the Canadian exemption for the export of aircraft component parts to Canada. Em [...]
2009-06-10 18:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE60540CANADA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 22:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CA
09STATE61455BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on a transaction citing the Canadian exemption for the export of electronic component parts to Canada. [...]
2009-06-15 14:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE61457BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on transactions citing the Canadian exemption (part 126.5 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulati [...]
2009-06-15 14:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE62400JUNE 4 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthias Mitman led the USDEL to the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting in Rome on June 4--the final meeting prior to the G-8 Summit July 8-10. The GPWG focused on achieving consensus on the final GP Annual Report and the GP [...]
2009-06-16 21:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CB TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
09STATE67887ACTION REQUEST: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S AU ATTENDANCE
[...] (U) This action request is directed to all posts sending delegations to the July 1-3 African Union Summit in Tripoli. See para 3 for instructions. 2. (SBU) Background: The Department has learned that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedi-Nejad (AN) will attend the July 1-3 AU Summit in Tripoli [...]
2009-06-30 21:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EUREM IR ET CA IS
09STATE67888ACTION REQUEST: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S AU ATTENDANCE
[...] (U) This action request is directed to all posts sending delegations to the July 1-3 African Union Summit in Tripoli. See para 3 for instructions. 2. (SBU) Background: The Department has learned that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedi-Nejad (AN) will attend the July 1-3 AU Summit in Tripoli [...]
2009-06-30 21:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EUREM IR ET CA IS
09STATE69767REQUEST FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CANADIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Ottawa. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Since September 11, 2001, United States Government commercial use of helium-3 has grown faster than available supply. As a result, the United States faces a shortage of helium-3 (He-3). He-3 i [...]
2009-07-06 19:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM PINR PREL CA XS
09STATE75002REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN FACILITATING TALKS WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request for Consulate General Toronto. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: According to REF A, the Government of Canada (GOC) would welcome United States Government (USG) discussions with Canadian commercial entities regarding the extraction of Helium-3 (He [...]
2009-07-17 21:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM PINR PREL CA XS
09STATE78318BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050020298 and 050068921 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Canada. Post is requ [...]
2009-07-28 12:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE78415RESPONSE TO ONTARIO POWER GENERATION REGARDING A
[...] (U) This is an action request for Consulate General Toronto and Embassy Ottawa. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Per REF A, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is "highly supportive" of the United States' proposal to extract helium-3 (He-3) from OPG facilities and has offered sever [...]
2009-07-28 14:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM PINR PREL CA XS
09STATE81056CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FINALIZED
[...] Action Request in Paragraph 7. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objective: -- Deliver to the Government of Canada the finalized copy of a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) challeng [...]
2009-08-04 18:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CA
09STATE82558RESPONSE TO ONTARIO POWER GENERATION REGARDING A
[...] (U) This is an action request for Consulate General Toronto. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Per REF B and in response to REF A and C, Washington has agreed to draft a Request for Proposal to Ontario Power Generation (OPG) regarding estimated costs associated with the trans [...]
2009-08-07 21:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM PINR PREL CA XS
09STATE82651BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSE
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of Claymore fragmentation weapons, detonation cord, and safety fuse to Georgia. Pos [...]
2009-08-09 18:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA ETTC GG IS KOMC
09STATE85830BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050148621 for the export of carbines to Canada. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lante [...]
2009-08-18 14:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE91636BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050186457 for the export of an infrared camera to Canada. Post is requested to complete this [...]
2009-09-02 20:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
09STATE92113TALKING POINTS ON COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION FOR USE WITH GOC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 19:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
09STATE93000(C/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON CANADA'S MISSION
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTELS, WHICH COVERED ALL FACETS OF CANADA'S MILITARY AND DEVELOPMENT MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN. EMBASSY,S INSIGHTS INTO POLITICAL, MILITARY, AND LEADERSHIP MATTERS PERTAINING TO CANADA'S INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO [...]
2009-09-08 14:47:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR MOPS NATO PREL AF CA
09TBILISI1560GEORGIA: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] (C) In response to reftel, Post provides the following answers. Unfortunately, per reftel para four, copies of the acquisition contracts are not attainable as they are classified in the Georgian system as "GEORGIAN CONFIDENTIAL." We have no agreement on sharing classified documents between t [...]
2009-08-18 12:02:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALCA ETTC IS KOMC GG
09TEGUCIGALPA222HONDURAS CONSIDERS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 22:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC HO
09TELAVIV2554NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 24 briefing to the diplomatic corps held at the Canadian Embassy, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero described positive meetings with GOI interlocutors in which both NATO and the GOI expressed interest in enhancing the NATO-Israel relation [...]
2009-11-27 09:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS NATO CA IS
09THEHAGUE152NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-BARAKAAT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 16:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KTFN ETRD CA SO NL
09TORONTO106FIRST SENTENCE FROM "TORONTO 18"-- 2.5 YEARS, TIME SERVED
[...] (U) On May 22, an Ontario Superior Court sentenced the first man convicted in the "Toronto 18" terror plot to two and a half years in prison and 3 years probation. The Toronto-area man, who has already been in police custody for three years, was credited for time served and is expected to be r [...]
2009-05-22 20:51:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER CA
09TORONTO117CANADA AND ONTARIO APPROVE GENERAL MOTORS RESTRUCTURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 1, the Ontario provincial and Canadian federal governments (GOC) announced the terms of their support for General Motor's (GM) restructuring plan. The GOC and Ontario together will invest US$9.5 billion (C$10.6 billion) in GM in exchange for an equity position in the com [...]
2009-06-02 20:24:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09TORONTO147 Canada Takes First Step Toward National Securities
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada has taken the first step toward the creation of a national securities regulator with the creation of the Canadian Securities Transition Office (CSTC). The CSTC will lead the effort to establish a national regulator (e.g., addressing provincial concerns) and help the feder [...]
2009-06-30 17:28:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINT EINV PGOV CA
09TORONTO149 Measuring Anti-Semitism in the GTA
[...] (U) Summary: Law enforcement statistics on hate crimes in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in 2008 are becoming publicly available, with the Toronto Police Service (TPS) statistics already released, and York Regional Police statistics soon to follow. The statistics show that the Jewish communit [...]
2009-07-02 19:15:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PGOV CA
09TORONTO151De-Radicalization Program Beginning in Toronto
[...] (U) Summary: Mohammed Robert Heft, a Canadian Muslim convert, is using Paradise Forever (P4E),a community center that provides assistance and social services to new Muslim converts in Toronto, to counter the effects of radicalization among young Muslims. Heft plans to help de-radicalize waywa [...]
2009-07-07 13:50:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KISL PGOV PINR CA
09TORONTO161Oshawa and Windsor: Company Towns Looking for New Life
[...] (U) Summary: Ontario's auto manufacturing sector has been deeply affected by the current economic downturn, resulting in the province's highest unemployment rate (9.6%) in 15 years. Oshawa and Windsor are two Ontario cities that are heavily dependent on the auto sector. Both cities are lookin [...]
2009-07-20 19:56:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09TORONTO168C$100 million of Heroin found in Ontario
[...] (U) On July 28, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's (RCMP) Ontario Division announced that a joint police forces group had executed one of the largest heroin busts in Canadian history a week earlier. The task force seized 117 kilograms of heroin with a street value of C$100 million and more th [...]
2009-07-29 20:34:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM CA
09TORONTO186OPG SETS PREREQUISITES FOR DISCUSSIONS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 15:36:00Consulate TorontoCONFIDENTIALMNUC ASEC KNNP CA
09TORONTO200 TORONTO'S SOMALI COMMUNITY REMAINS CLOSE TO HOMELAND
[...] (U) Summary: Nearly 80% of Canada's Somali population resides in Ontario, with the largest community in the Toronto area. The community, which consists mostly of recent immigrants, has had difficulty integrating into mainstream Canadian society due to problems with discrimination, both perceiv [...]
2009-08-27 14:31:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER SCUL SMIG KISL KPAO SO CA
09TORONTO202BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: EXPORT OF U.S. DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 20:22:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR ETTC KOMC CA
09TORONTO210CREDIT FOR PRE-TRIAL CONFINEMENT LIGHTENS SECOND "TORONTO
[...] (U) Saad Khalid, a 23-year-old Toronto-area man accused of participating in the 2005 Toronto 18 terrorism plot, and the first of the group to be tried as an adult, was given a sentence of 14 years on September 3. 2. (SBU) Superior Court Justice Bruno Durno found that as an active member and [...]
2009-09-04 20:11:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PINR CA
09TORONTO213UAE CHARITY FUNDS TORONTO DE-RADICALIZATION EFFORTS
[...] (C/NF) Muhammed Robert Heft, director of the Paradise Forever (P4E) center in Toronto, traveled to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in late August and early September, accompanied by Toronto-area Liberal federal MP Derek Lee. Heft and Lee met with officials of P4E's principal benefactor, the Mohammed Bin [...]
2009-09-09 20:09:00Consulate TorontoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER KISL PREL CA AE
09TORONTO215Nuclear Power at Ontario's Energy Strategy Core
[...] (U) Summary: Nuclear power remains at the center of Ontario's energy strategy, despite the recent cancellation of three nuclear power plant projects, and the passing of Ontario's much publicized Green Energy Act (GEA). The steady supply of power from existing nuclear plants, combined with dram [...]
2009-09-10 18:08:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV CA
09TORONTO239Toronto Diaspora Series: An Influential Pakistani-Canadian
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a reception held in his honor, the new Pakistani CG in Toronto praised Toronto's Pakistani community and the important role it has played in promoting trade with Canada and development in Pakistan. The Canadian Pakistani Business Council (CPBC),the organization that hosted th [...]
2009-10-02 15:05:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL KISL PK CA
09TORONTO240LIGHT SENTENCES CONTINUE FOR TORONTO CONVICTIONS
[...] (U) Twenty-six-year-old Ali Mohamed Dirie, who pled guilty on September 21 to participating in the "Toronto 18" terror plots, received a seven-year sentence on October 2. Somali-born and raised in Syria and Toronto, Dirie was arrested at the Canada-U.S. border in August 2005 attempting to smug [...]
2009-10-05 15:35:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PINR CA
09TORONTO28Ontario Government Still Planning to Run with EDL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ontario Ministry of Transportation officials have told us that they hope to begin issuing an Enhanced Drivers License (EDL) by the June 1, 2009 deadline for the Western Hemisphere's Initiative (WHTI). However, a labor dispute and changes in technology standards have delayed the [...]
2009-02-06 12:35:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CPAS ETRD PBT KFRD PGOV CA
09TORONTO294CANADA'S FM SPEAKS ON ARCTIC, AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 23 speech in Toronto that had few surprises, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon laid out Canada's foreign policy priorities, highlighting Afghanistan and a plan for the Arctic. While Afghanistan topped Cannon's list of foreign policy priorities, the promo [...]
2009-11-23 22:18:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CA AF XQ
09TORONTO296Toronto's Transit Expansion, Opportunities for U.S. Firms
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) C$2.6 billion Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension Project presents potential opportunities for U.S. businesses as there is no domestic content requirement for the design and construction phases. The project, part of the biggest expan [...]
2009-11-24 18:16:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINT ELTN CA
09TORONTO33Ontario on Track to Eliminate Trash Shipments by 2010?
[...] (U) Summary: Two recently released reports make it difficult to judge exactly how close Ontario is to its goal of phasing out shipments of municipal trash to Michigan by the end of 2010. A 40% reduction by 2009 was set as an interim target. According to U.S. media reports, the reductions appe [...]
2009-02-12 19:53:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN SENV PGOV PREL CA US
09TORONTO39TORONTO: IS JUST BEING DIVERSE GOOD ENOUGH?
[...] (U) Summary: Toronto proudly proclaims its status as one of the most diverse cities in the world, with some 47% of the population in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) having been born abroad and over 150 languages spoken daily. Comparatively few minorities are seen in visible leadership roles, ho [...]
2009-02-27 18:29:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI SMIG SCUL CVIS CA
09TORONTO40TORONTO: IS JUST BEING DIVERSE GOOD ENOUGH?
[...] (U) Summary: Toronto proudly proclaims its status as one of the most diverse cities in the world, with some 47% of the population in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) having been born abroad and over 150 languages spoken daily. Comparatively few minorities are seen in visible leadership roles, ho [...]
2009-02-27 18:49:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI SMIG SCUL CVIS CA
09TORONTO42South Asian Drug on Ontario Law Enforcement's Radar
[...] (U) Summary: Local authorities have begun to see an increasing number of cases involving doda, an opium-related drug popular in the local South Asian immigrant community. The drug's relative low cost and easy availability (the drug is made from the same poppy flowers used by florists) have add [...]
2009-03-02 17:23:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM CA
09TORONTO47Toronto Tamil Community Presents Letter of Concern
[...] (U) During a March 3 Tamil protest in front of U.S. Consulate General Toronto, a representative of the Tamil community asked to meet the Consul General to present a letter of concern about Tamils in Sri Lanka. Due to the ongoing protest (which remained peaceful),and the fact that some members [...]
2009-03-06 20:40:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PHUM CE CA
09TORONTO52Toronto Tamils Turning Tiger?
[...] (U) Summary: Canada is home to the largest Tamil population outside Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's domestic issues recently have been taking a more public stage in Canada, particularly in Toronto. Post has seen four large pro-Tamil demonstrations in downtown Toronto and in front of the Sri Lankan and [...]
2009-03-13 19:17:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM CE CA
09TORONTO54Canada's Employment Insurance Program Can't Keep up with
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ontario's unemployment rate continues to rise as manufacturing jobs disappear in Canada's industrial heartland. While the GOC has increased the number of weeks of unemployment benefits nationally, that will have limited benefit for unemployed Ontarians. As the ranks of Ontario's [...]
2009-03-17 14:30:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EFIN CA
09TORONTO6Ontario Union Call For Ban on Israeli Professors; Canadian
[...] (U) Summary: The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in Ontario announced on January 6 that it would propose a ban on Israeli academics speaking, teaching, or researching at Ontario universities. The proposal is in response to the December 29 Israeli bombing that damaged the Islamic Uni [...]
2009-01-06 20:29:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWBG XF IS PREL KPAL GZ CA
09TORONTO63Ontario Budget: Infrastructure Spending, Deficit, Both
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ontario government's 2009 budget introduces significant measures to help stimulate the province's ailing economy, including C$27.5 billion in infrastructure spending, and the harmonization of the 8% provincial sales tax (PST) with the 5% federal goods and services tax (GST). [...]
2009-03-27 18:07:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB EFIN EINV PGOV CA
09TORONTO64Ontario Budget: Infrastructure Spending, Deficit, Both
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ontario government's 2009 budget introduces significant measures to help stimulate the province's ailing economy, including C$27.5 billion in infrastructure spending, and the harmonization of the 8% provincial sales tax (PST) with the 5% federal goods and services tax (GST). [...]
2009-03-27 18:08:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB EFIN EINV PGOV CA
09TORONTO75Ontario's Compost Pile - Exports Shift to New York
[...] (U) Summary: Ontario faces an overflow of kitchen compost, and has begun sending thousands of tons to New York state for incineration. The province's Green Bin program has grown so quickly that it has outstripped the ability of municipalities to process organic kitchen waste locally, a situati [...]
2009-04-16 16:58:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN SENV PGOV PREL CA US
09TORONTO84Toronto Tamil Demo: WTM-organized?
[...] On April 23, 50-75 demonstrators gathered outside of the U.S. Consulate to call on the U.S. government to intervene on behalf of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Although it was a small gathering, it was the fifth held in front of the Consulate since January. 2. Just as the demonstration began, Sri La [...]
2009-04-23 20:45:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PHUM CE CA
09TORONTO86Pro-Tamil Protestors Stage Sit-In in front of U.S.
[...] (U) A pro-Tamil Tiger demonstration that began Sunday April 26 carried over into Monday, with 500-1,000 plus protestors in front of the U.S. Consulate General. After spending the night outside on Sunday, protestors began a sit-in on the street early Monday morning, forcing police to cordon of [...]
2009-04-27 20:40:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PHUM CE CASC CVIS CA
09TORONTO90Police Arrest 15 in On-Going Pro-Tamil Tiger Rally
[...] (U) On April 29, Police arrested 15 demonstrators at the Pro-Tamil Tiger rally that began on April 26 in front of the U.S. Consulate General. The arrests took place during two separate scuffles between police and groups of young men, occurring when the demonstrators began to spill over police [...]
2009-04-30 17:52:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PHUM CE CASC CVIS CA
09TORONTO93Iranians in Toronto: A Complex Community
[...] (U) Summary: The Toronto area is home to a large and well-established Iranian expatriate community that has steadfastly held on to its Iranian identity. Nevertheless, the Iranian community is far from monolithic. It is divided mainly into two factions that clash over differing views about the [...]
2009-05-04 18:19:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IR KISL CA
09TRIPOLI306NOC BLOCKS SALE OF CANADIAN OIL FIRM
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 12, the President of Canada's Verenex Energy, Jim McFarland, briefed the Ambassador on the difficulties he has encountered in attempting to sell his company to another foreign operator in Libya, the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC). The gist of the problem is that [...]
2009-04-15 14:16:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET EFIN ETRD ENRG CA LY
09TRIPOLI517BUSINESS IS POLITICS IN LIBYA: CANADIAN OIL FIRM VERENEX STILL TRYING TO SELL COMPANY TO THE CHINESE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 16:02:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV LY CA EFIN PGOV ECON
09TRIPOLI778LIBYAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND AGREES TO BUY CANADIAN OIL FIRM VERENEX REF: A) TRIPOLI 148; B) TRIPOLI 517 TRIPOLI 00000778 001.2 OF 002
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 16:46:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV LY CA EFIN PGOV ECON
09TRIPOLI867PETROCANADA CAUGHT IN QADHAFI'S CROSS-HAIRS REF: A) TRIPOLI 775; B) TRIPOLI 770; C) TRIPOLI 825 TRIPOLI 00000867 001.2 OF 003
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 08:47:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET EMIN ENRG LY CA
09TUNIS547FOREIGN MINISTER REPRIMANDS CANADIAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Canadian Ambassador Bruno Picard told the Charge late July 30 that he was recently convoked by Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah to be reprimanded for the aide-memoire that Ottawa delivered on the upcoming Tunisian elections the previous week (reftel). Picard said that the conversation [...]
2009-08-03 16:26:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM TS CA
09UNVIEVIENNA152UNODC AND COUNTERNARCOTICS IN THE AF-PAK POLICY
[...] This is action request. Please, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador met UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on April 2, and discussed with him the Administration's new Af-Pak strategy and deployed the points in Ref A, highlighting our new regional emphasis and our interest in incorporati [...]
2009-04-08 12:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF AS CA IR IT JA PK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA170AFGHANISTAN: PAKISTAN NOT A FRIEND, FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to our Afghan embassy contact, Afghanistan does not want to invite Pakistan to the next Friends of Afghanistan meeting in Vienna,to be hosted by UK on April 28. The GOA is apparently concerned that inclusion of Pakistan could politicize the Group,and could be a precu [...]
2009-04-17 10:23:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF CA IR IPK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA249 EVALUATING PARIS PACT ON AFGHANISTAN: OPTIMIZING THE NEXT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A May 14 briefing for donor and participant countries by the consultant UNODC hired to assess the Paris Pact emphasized inefficiencies in expert roundtable meetings, the unsustainable Pact footprint, the Pact's enduring political utility, and under-utilization of the ADAM system, [...]
2009-05-29 14:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA284 KEY PARIS PACT MEMBERS URGE RESULTS RATHER THAN MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an informal June 9 meeting, key Paris Pact members agreed to continue their support for the Pact. They also agreed to use 2010 to review the implementation of recommendations from three past roundtables -- precursors, financial flows, and cross-border management. In addition [...]
2009-06-18 09:11:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IT UK SW AS
09UNVIEVIENNA3 AFGHAN MINISTERS TALK COUNTERNARCOTICS IN VIENNA
[...] (SBU) On the margins of the Paris Pact meeting in Vienna on December 15-16, Ambassador and DCM met with Afghanistan's Minister of Counternarcotics General Khodaidad, Deputy Minister of Interior General Daud Daud, and other Afghan officials. The Ministers complained about the lack of countern [...]
2009-01-09 08:26:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR CA GM JA PK SW UN
09UNVIEVIENNA303 UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 12:59:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA304 UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 15 meeting, UNODC Deputy Director for Operations Bernard Frahi shared with us the terms of reference for his recent mission to Pakistan and UNODC's plans for its program there. (Mission report and terms of reference were emailed to the Department - IO/T, INL/PC, and SC [...]
2009-06-25 14:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA31 Breaking the UNGASS Impasse on "Harm Reduction"
[...] (U) This is an action message for INL/PC and IO/T. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Negotiations for the UNGA special session have hit an impasse, created by EU insistence on adding the controversial term "harm reduction" to various parts of the draft UNGASS actio [...]
2009-01-27 16:21:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC UK CO RS JA CA FR SW GM
09UNVIEVIENNA323 FINLAND SEEKS TOP UNODC JOB
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering naming its Director of International Affairs, Matti Joutsen, as a candidate to replace UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa, who is lobbying for an extension after his second term expires in May 2010 (Reftels). As several EU co [...]
2009-07-08 15:28:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK FI
09UNVIEVIENNA358Increasing Speculation on Future of UNODC Executive
[...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations in Vienna are starting to discuss more openly their position on a potential one year extension of Executive Director Costa's term, as well as the possibility of other candidates. In the past week Charge has been approached by Canada, Sweden, Australia and France, al [...]
2009-07-27 12:21:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC PREL PTER EAID UN AF PK CA RU
09UNVIEVIENNA6PARIS PACT BREAKS NEW GROUND
[...] (SBU) The Sixth Policy Consultative Group Meeting of the Paris Pact Initiative was held in Vienna December 15-16, 2008. African states participated in this annual meeting for the first time. Members reviewed the 2008 roundtables and approved three for 2009. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Mar [...]
2009-01-12 12:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN AF FR IR CA PK UN RS ZK
09UNVIEVIENNA80REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS AT
[...] (SBU) This is a guidance request. Per reftel, the simmering issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) may come to the fore sooner rather than later. A Canadian contribution of nearly 4 million USD for the Nuclear Security Fund is on hold pending release of an official PSC policy, and there is so [...]
2009-02-25 13:22:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA
09USNATO178NATO SECRETARY GENERAL STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 12:14:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PREL OFDP OPRC CA RS
09USNATO179CORRECTED: NATO SECRETARY GENERAL STATEMENT ON
[...] (U) On May 6 NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer released the following statement regarding Russian revocation of diplomatic status of two Canadian NATO diplomats in the NATO Information Office in Moscow: BEGIN TEXT: The Canadian Ambassador in Moscow, who provides the diplomatic statu [...]
2009-05-08 14:39:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PREL OFDP OPRC CA RS
09USNATO559NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES WANT RUSSIA TO SHOW ITS CARDS
[...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General appealed to Russia during a December 1 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) to approve a plan for NRC reform, and reminded Russia that failure to do so put at risk the entire package of deliverables for the upcoming NRC Ministerial. The Russian Ambassador to NATO said [...]
2009-12-01 17:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO CA RS
09USUNNEWYORK183AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CANADIAN PERMREP MCNEE
[...] (C) Summary. During an introductory meeting on February 18, Canadian PermRep McNee reviewed Canada's priorities with Ambassador Rice, including strengthening the UN mission in Afghanistan, ensuring UN responsiveness to peacekeeping operations' needs, and Security Council reform. He noted tha [...]
2009-02-27 02:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CA
09USUNNEWYORK982UNGA: UN PASSES 18TH ANNUAL RESOLUTION AGAINST THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In plenary session on October 28, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed its 18th annual resolution condemning the United States economic and commercial embargo on Cuba. The Foreign Minister of Cuba delivered a hostile, cold-war style intervention, blaming the United States for pr [...]
2009-11-03 14:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC ECON UNGA CA
09VANCOUVER125BRITISH COLUMBIA GRUDGINGLY MOVES TOWARD PROVINCIAL
[...] Summary: British Columbia heads into May 12 provincial elections with a sagging economy and a fairly apathetic voting public. Premier Gordon Campbell's BC Liberals maintain a slight lead in polling but the real battle will be fought riding-by-riding, with the NDP moving closer, especially in th [...]
2009-05-05 23:30:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDCA PGOV
09VANCOUVER196PRO-MEK DEMONSTRATOR ATTEMPTS SELF-IMMOLATION IN FRONT OF
[...] (C) An illegal but otherwise peaceful demonstration by supporters of the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK) in front of Consulate General Vancouver turned critical on July 31 as one of the demonstrators poured oil over her body and threatened to light herself on fire. The local guard force (LGF) and Ro [...]
2009-08-01 00:08:00Consulate VancouverCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM IZ IR CA ASEC
09VANCOUVER205CODEL BOEHNER HEARS THE CANADIAN SIDE ON BUY AMERICA
[...] (U) Summary: A Congressional Delegation (Codel) headed by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) met with Canadian business, municipal and provincial representatives to discuss the impact of ARRA Buy America provisions on cross-border trade. The Codel heard first-hand accounts of how Buy Ame [...]
2009-08-19 20:03:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON CA ETRD OVIP
09VANCOUVER244CANADIANS DETAIN SHIPLOAD OF TAMILS
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian Navy and Customs and Border Service Agency (CBSA) officials stopped and detained an aging freighter attempting to transport 76 men, mostly Tamils, into Canada. The action took place on October 17, although the vessel had been tracked from earlier in the week thanks to [...]
2009-10-22 03:22:00Consulate VancouverCONFIDENTIALCA PGOV PHUM PREF CE PTER
09VANCOUVER261CALGARY AND VANCOUVER FRAUD SUMMARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. There are no significant fraud incidents to report for this period. Note that this report is on behalf of Calgary and Vancouver. End Summary. 2. (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS. Vancouver and Calgary are low-fraud posts. Malafide travelers find it less difficult to attempt entry a [...]
2009-11-10 17:20:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ASEC KFRD CPAS CMGT CA
09VANCOUVER31VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPICS FEELING THE ECONOMIC PINCH IN
[...] (U) Summary: The global economic crisis and modern demands of post 9/11 security are proving to be huge challenges for the organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The competition and special events venues are complete and already hosting test events, but the financial crisis surro [...]
2009-02-12 18:25:00Consulate VancouverCONFIDENTIALCA PGOV KOLY ASEC ECON
09VANCOUVER40VIOLENT SHOOTINGS SPUR BRITISH COLUMBIA CRACKDOWN ON GANGS,
[...] A series of violent shootings has spurred intense action by British Columbia and Vancouver area city governments to address gangs and the tools they use. The actions reflect community outrage at gang warfare that has left 14 dead so far this year and has turned shopping mall parking lots and s [...]
2009-02-19 23:42:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDCA PGOV KCRM
09WELLINGTON329DRAFT MOU ON LIFE, SECURITY AND MOBILITY SUPPORT DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-23 04:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ
09WINDHOEK304BIO NOTE: ZACKEY NUJOMA
[...] (SBU) Sakaria "Zackey" Nefungo Nujoma was born in 1957 to Sam Nujoma and Kovombo Theopoldine Katjimune. He is the youngest surviving son of Namibia's former president and founding father as well as the brother to Deputy Justice Minister Uutoni Nujoma, the only other surviving child of Sam Nujo [...]
2009-08-21 11:05:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL MNUC EINV KNNP IR CA WA
10BOGOTA97International Donors Signal Future Support for Consolidation
[...] (C) On January 19, the Embassy's Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) working group hosted officials from the Dutch, German and Canadian Embassies to discuss CSDI, Colombia's National Consolidation Plan (PNC) and the status of support from those Embassies for the PNC. The chief con [...]
2010-01-27 19:36:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER EAID SNAR CO CA GM NL
10CALGARY38Signs of Life for Northern Canadian Gas Through the
[...] Summary: The contents of a long-delayed regulatory report on the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline has brought some optimism back to project proponents. The pipeline would bring 1.2 billion cubic feet (bcf) of northern Canadian gas per day from the Northwest Territories' Mackenzi [...]
2010-02-16 23:48:00Consulate CalgaryUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV SENV CA
10HALIFAX4Nova 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 22:07:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA
10HALIFAX6New 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 21:14:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD EINV PGOV CA
10MONTREAL1COPENHAGEN 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 19:15:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG CA PREL PGOV
10MONTREAL38Quebec 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 17:05:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PREL HA CA
10NDJAMENA31CHADIAN POLITICAL THEATER: SOUTHERN REBEL CHIEF
[...] (SBU) The GOC's capture of rebel commander Djibrine Dassert and his top staff in Southern Chad January 4 was a big plus for President Deby's government, and provided an occasion for a bit of Chadian-style political theater. The Chad military's successful ambush of Dassert, who took part in [...]
2010-01-18 11:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR CA SU CD
10OTTAWA1CANADA; TOP FIVE POLICY PRIORITIES IN 2010
[...] (C/NF) Summary. PM Harper's top goal for 2010 is remaining in power, preferably without an election that the public does not want but, if need be, to force the weak opposition parties to bring on another election and bear the political consequences. The Conservatives will need to demonstrate slow b [...]
2010-01-04 15:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD SENV CA AF
10OTTAWA106CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER LAYS OUT G8, G20 PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Harper set out his agenda as host of the June 2010 G8 and G20 summits, focusing primarily on financial sector reform, stimulus programs, and global trade and growth. He also underscored a continued important role for the G8 and its "close coope [...]
2010-01-28 21:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD CA
10OTTAWA12LIBERALS CHART RENEWAL IN 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberal Party of Canada plans an eighteen month program of policy renewal, rebuilding, and member engagement to "inspire, engage, activate" the party faithful between now and its next biennial convention in June 2011. It will also organize a long-delayed "thinkers' conferenc [...]
2010-01-05 20:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
10OTTAWA124CANADIAN SUPREME COURT: GOVERNMENT CAN DECIDE ON KHADR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous decision on January 29, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned an Appeals Court order that the Canadian government must request the repatriation of Canadian citizen Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay from U.S. authorities. However, the Supreme Court also ruled that the f [...]
2010-01-29 21:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PTER CA
10OTTAWA126CANADA: CONSERVATIVES GAIN CONTROL OF SENATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Harper has gained effective control of the Senate in the next session of Parliament following the appointment of five new Conservative Senators, which gives his party a working plurality in the upper house for the first time. The shift should strengthen the Conser [...]
2010-02-01 20:51:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
10OTTAWA140Tales of the U.S.-Canada Border #1 - Who Goes Where
[...] (U) Summary: Canadians regularly complain to U.S. officials that increased U.S. security measures such as the June 2009 Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative passport requirement have stifled cross-border travel and U.S. tourist visits to Canada. Recent Statistics Canada figures show that whil [...]
2010-02-03 18:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON CA EIND ETRD SOCI SMIG
10OTTAWA152CANADIAN COURT INTERVENES OVER TAMIL RELEASE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Federal Court decision has underscored the federal government's responsibility to exercise due diligence in determining the admissibility of individuals to Canada on security grounds, overturning an Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) order to release a Tamil male whom the gov [...]
2010-02-08 20:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM PREF CA CE
10OTTAWA156CANADA CALLS ON IRAN TO END ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
[...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on February 8 issued a statement expressing concern over Iran's decision further to enrich nuclear material, and calling on Iran to "end its contempt for the international community" and to "take steps toward transparency and compliance" with the [...]
2010-02-09 13:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM UNSC IR CA
10OTTAWA158TFHA01: CANADIANS GIVE GENEROUSLY FOR HAITI RELIEF
[...] (U) Summary: Canadians have so far contributed C$113 million (approximately US$105.6 million) to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund; the government has pledged to match all such contributions through February 12. In addition, the Government of Canada has earmarked C$135 million (approximately U [...]
2010-02-09 16:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID HA CA
10OTTAWA162CANADIAN PM VOWS TO KEEP PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper on February 10 expressed Canada's concern about Iran's nuclear enrichment program as well as its "deplorable human rights practices." He pledged to use Canada's G8 presidency in 2010 to work with partners to "hold Iran to account" through "strong and viable [...]
2010-02-11 14:09:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PARM IR CA
10OTTAWA168TFHA01: MORE ON CANADIAN MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS IN HAITI
[...] (U) The Canadian Forces confirmed to DATT that their 60 day deployment to Haiti will end o/a March 13. The deployments will be somewhat staggered, with the Disaster Assistance Relief Team (DART) and at least one ship and possibly some helicopters departing first. Any extension will have to [...]
2010-02-12 16:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS MARR HA CA
10OTTAWA172TFHA01: CANADIAN PM IN HAITI
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a two day visit to Haiti, Canadian Prime Minister Harper pledged C$12 million (US$11.4 million) to construct temporary buildings as a base for key Haitian government departments and underscored that Haiti would remain a long-term Canadian aid priority despite future budge [...]
2010-02-16 17:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID MOPS HA CA
10OTTAWA174CANADA CRITICIZES IRAN'S ARRESTS OF BAHA'I FOLLOWERS
[...] (U) In a statement on February 14, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon criticized Iran for its recent detention of seven Baha'i followers, which he called "unacceptable," as well as for other human rights violations. He called on Iran to adopt "meaningful change in its human rights practices. [...]
2010-02-17 16:28:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM IR CA
10OTTAWA178CANADA: SECOND LIFE SENTENCE FOR ANOTHER TERRORIST
[...] (U) A Quebec court in Montreal on February 17 laid down a life sentence for Moroccan-born Said Namouh on a charge of conspiracy to detonate an explosive device, on which he had been convicted in October 2009. The court at the same time gave him concurrent sentences of four, eight, and eight [...]
2010-02-17 22:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PHUM MO CA
10OTTAWA19Canadian Representation at PRT Conference in Prague
[...] (SBU) In response to a January 14 demarche by PolMinCouns concerning high level Canadian participation at the Prague PRT conference (ref a),Acting Director General Jamie Christoff of the Afghanistan Task Force at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed that Jess D [...]
2010-01-19 15:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF CA
10OTTAWA206Canada To Vote No On UNGA Goldstone Resolution
[...] (SBU) Canada will vote against the Palestinian-drafted resolution in the UN General Assembly on the Goldstone Report, according to the Human Rights Policy Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Canada voted against the draft resolution tabled in the UNGA in No [...]
2010-02-26 22:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA CA
10OTTAWA208CANADA 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 23:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CA ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10OTTAWA21Canadian PM and NATO S-G Discuss Afghanistan, the Strategic
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In a meeting in Ottawa with the NATO Secretary General, PM Harper promised to consider a training role in Afghanistan after Canada's combat mission ends in 2011, while noting the importance of managing messaging to avoid characterizations of ""withdrawal."" Mounting Canadian d [...]
2010-01-20 18:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR AF NATO CA
10OTTAWA23Canada on Amendments to GICNT Terms of Reference
[...] (U) In response to reftel demarche on the draft revised terms of reference for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),David McDuff, Senior Policy Officer in the Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade ( [...]
2010-01-20 18:56:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC CA
10OTTAWA29Canada's Conservative Government and its Arctic Focus
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Since the day after his initial election victory in January 2006, Canadian PM Stephen Harper has continually played up his government's commitment to defending Canada's "North" (the landmass above 60 degrees North latitude represents about 40% of Canada's total territory, but only h [...]
2010-01-21 16:52:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS PGOV SENV CA XQ
10OTTAWA31CANADA PRESSES IRAQ ON BARRING CANDIDATES FROM ELECTIONS
[...] (C/NF) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on January 21, Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed that Canada was "way ahead of you" on pressing the Iraq government over the attempts to bar c [...]
2010-01-22 16:13:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IZ CA
10OTTAWA33CANADA PRESSES IRAN AGAIN ON AMCIT CASES
[...] (C/NF) In a discussion with PolMinCouns on January 22, Director General for the Middle East and the Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade said that he had once again raised the six Amcit cases in Iran (reftels) with the Iranian Charge d'Affaires in O [...]
2010-01-22 16:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL CASC IR CA
10OTTAWA39Canada To Urge Yemen Conference to Consider "Fragile State"
[...] (C/NF) Canada will approach the London Conference on Yemen (reftel) with a "modest" agenda to "find out what is needed" and to "see how Canada might be able to help," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Gulf and Maghreb Relations Director Jeffrey McLaren. [...]
2010-01-26 18:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER YM CA
10OTTAWA41Canadian Views on Afghanistan Heading into the London
[...] (SBU) Summary. Canada's priorities for London are the transition to Afghan lead, reintegration, and reconciliation. Canada is looking for more information on the Reintegration Trust Fund before making a decision on its contribution. Canada hopes to avoid specific time lines for transition, [...]
2010-01-26 21:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF CA
10OTTAWA43Canada to maintain human rights pressure on Iran at UPR
[...] (C/NF) Canada agrees with U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Iran (reftel),according to Flavie Major, Deputy Director, and Dane Hiebert, Policy Officer, of the Human Rights Policy Division of the De [...]
2010-01-27 19:22:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL IR CA
10OTTAWA49Transforming the Canadian Forces: The Spirit is Willing...
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian Forces are severely stretched and the ambitious goals set by the Canada First Defence Strategy continue to encounter delays and budget constraints that will limit the scope of the projected transformation of the forces. The government of Prime Minister Harper may [...]
2010-02-04 15:58:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS MARR CA
10OTTAWA5Canadian review almost complete of MOU for Support to U.S.
[...] (C/NF) On January 7, Jamie Pennell of the Bilateral Relations and Operations Division of the Afghanistan Task Force within the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) provided an update on the status of the draft MOU for life support and security to U.S. civilians operati [...]
2010-01-07 18:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO MARR AF CA
10OTTAWA51Ottawa Proposes Only Minor Changes in MOU on Life Support
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has concluded that the draft MOU for life support for U.S. civilians deployed to non-U.S. PRTs cannot be between two embassies and must be non-binding. Either DFAIT or the Department of National Defence would b [...]
2010-02-04 19:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PREL EAID AF CA
10OTTAWA55TFHA01: CANADA CONSIDERING MEDEVACS
[...] (U) Canada is in the process of establishing procedures to treat medevac patients from Haiti. A British Columbia-based NGO -- the Rick Hansen Foundation (which specializes in spinal cord injuries) -- has identified eight Haitian patients with spiral cord injuries recommended by contacts on t [...]
2010-02-05 20:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MOPS HA CA
10OTTAWA57VISAS VIPER: REVOCATION OF VISA OF XXXXXXXXXXXX DUE
[...] (S/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY Based on information received from GRPO, Post nominates XXXXXXXXXXXX, a Turkish citizen who is a permanent resident of Canada, for inclusion in the Visas Viper program. XXXXXXXXXXXX is being nominated because of his association with Hiva ALIZADEH, a Canadian c [...]
2010-02-05 23:02:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA
10OTTAWA61CANADA: WELCOME THE PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes the Presidential delegation to the Opening Ceremony of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and grants country clearance. Ambassador Jacobson looks forward to welcoming the delegation personally upon arrival. JACOBSON [...]
2010-02-10 19:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT OTRA PGOV CA
10OTTAWA67CANADIAN PLANS IN AFGHANISTAN POST-2011
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Canada will not only end its military mission in Afghanistan in 2011 but will likely significantly scale back its assistance after 2011 and offer only relatively modest contributions to Afghan Trust Funds. A top priority is likely to be the Afghan-Pakistan border programs. With grow [...]
2010-02-18 22:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID MOPS MARR AF CA HA
10OTTAWA69Canadian Thoughts on FMCT and Part 1 of the Conference on
[...] (C) Summary. Canada continues to engage Pakistan bilaterally in an effort to persuade Islamabad to join consensus within the CD and allow negotiations to begin on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty. Informal discussions under the auspices of a reputable NGO might offer a venue for more open [...]
2010-02-19 13:46:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MNUC KNNP PREL CA
10OTTAWA70CANADA: MODEST CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Harper reshuffled his cabinet on January 19 in preparation for a new session of Parliament and Speech from the Throne on March 3 and a federal budget on March 4. The changes included ten medium and lower rank portfolios, and reflected a strongly economic focus. He identifi [...]
2010-01-19 22:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PINR CA
10OTTAWA79VISAS VIPER: INDIVIDUALS ASSOCATED WITH HIVA ALIZADEH, A
[...] (S/NF) Based on information received from GRPO, Post nominates the following individuals for inclusion in the Visas Viper program. All of them are known associates of Hiva Alizadeh, a Canadian citizen born in Iran who is strongly suspected of being an Islamic extremist who is plotti [...]
2010-02-24 19:29:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA
10OTTAWA81Canada Supports U.S. Position on Phenyl Acetic Acid at UN
[...] (SBU) Canada is "supportive" of U.S. efforts to tighten controls on phenyl acetic acid at the upcoming UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UNCND) and is willing to help in "rounding up likeminded countries," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) contacts. Ther [...]
2010-02-24 21:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR UNCND AORC CA
10OTTAWA83CANADIAN AUDITOR GENERAL DECLINES OIOS NOMINATION
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 25, Auditor General of Canada Shelia Fraser said that she was "deeply honored" that the USG had nominated her as a candidate for the head of the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). She asked, however, that the USG withdraw her nomination. S [...]
2010-02-25 18:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC AMGT CA
10OTTAWA84CANADA POISED TO TIGHTEN CRIME SENTENCING RULES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although PM Harper continues to criticize sentencing provisions in Canada that permit terrorists and criminals, including at least one convicted "Toronto 18" terrorist, to obtain enhanced sentencing credit for time served in pre-trial custody, Parliament actually passed a govern [...]
2010-01-22 20:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER CA
10OTTAWA85Canada Shares U.S. Views on Challenges, Way Forward in Sri
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Canada's analysis of the challenges the international community faces in Sri Lanka "tracks almost identically" with that of the U.S. Canada is nonetheless less optimistic than the U.S. about Sri Lanka's long-term future in light of the undercutting of democratic institutions [...]
2010-02-26 14:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM CE CA
10OTTAWA86CANADA AND HAITI
[...] (U) Summary. Haiti, even before the recent earthquake, was a major foreign policy priority for Canada. Haiti is Canada's second largest recipient of humanitarian assistance worldwide, with a number of Canadian federal and provincial agencies as well as private sector institutions active in [...]
2010-01-22 20:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MOPS HA CA
10OTTAWA89GCINT: Informing Canadaof 2010 UAE Plenary
[...] (SBU) In a February 25 meeting with David McDuff, Senior Policy Officer in the Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, polmiloff delivered reftel message about the 2010 GCINT plenary. McDuff offered no substantive com [...]
2010-02-26 23:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC CA
10OTTAWA91Canadian Views on Syria and Iran at IAEA BOG Meeting
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada supports the U.S. call for strong statements on both Iranian and Syrian nuclear activities at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting March 1-5. Nonproliferation is a major theme of Canada's G-8 Presidency, and the Prime Minister has repeatedly voiced his strong views on I [...]
2010-02-26 23:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL SY IAEA MNUC TRGY CA IR
10OTTAWA93Canada Willing To Consider Training, Equipping Formed Police
[...] (C/NF) In a discussion with Deputy Pol/C on February 25, Michael Kaduck, Director of Peace Operations and Fragile States at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),dismissed the idea of contributing a Canadian formed police unit (FPU) for Haiti. He noted that Canada [...]
2010-02-26 23:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SOCI MCAP ASEC MARR KJUS KPKO EFIN HA CA
10OTTAWA95Canada Strongly Supports U.S. Approach to OAS Reform,
[...] (C/NF) Canada "strongly supports" the U.S. approach to OAS reform and the mandate for the next OAS Secretary General (reftel),according to Jeff Marder, Director of South American and Inter-American Relations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Marder added th [...]
2010-02-26 23:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM OAS AORC CA
10REYKJAVIK8EMBASSY REYKJAVIK EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On December 15, 2009, American Embassy Reykjavik convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting as per REFTEL A. CDA Watson chaired the meeting. In attendance were A/DCM, POL, PAO, CONS, ECON, IPC, MILREP, MGT and RSO. Ref A was discussed by the EAC. 2. (S/NF) RSO began the [...]
2010-01-11 10:50:00Embassy ReykjavikSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT CASC PTER CA
10STATE2126ADVISORY TO COMMONWEALTH ALLIES REGARDING CHINA,S
[...] (S//NF) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Embassies Canberra, London, Ottawa, and Wellington are instructed to deliver the talking points (and hand over as a U.S. Non-Paper) in paragraph 3 to appropriate Host Nation foreign and defense policy officials as soon as possible on Monday, January 11, 2010 [...]
2010-01-09 21:42:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNAS CA CH MCAP NZ PARM PREL TSPA UK
10TEGUCIGALPA159AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VISITING CANADIAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with visiting Canadian Minister of State for the Americas Peter Kent on February 18. The Ambassador briefed Kent on the current political, diplomatic and economic environment in Honduras following the January 27 inauguration of President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. K [...]
2010-02-19 23:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR CA HO
10TORONTO18Ontario Moves Ahead With DRIC Construction Projects
[...] (SBU) Following the December 3, 2009 approval of the federal environmental assessment by the GOC, Ontario moved ahead with the province's portion of the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) that will expand the busiest trade corridor between the United States and Canada. On December 29, [...]
2010-01-11 18:29:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KHLS PGOV CA
10TORONTO38"LIFE SENTENCE" FOR "TORONTO 18" RINGLEADER PERMITS PAROLE
[...] (U) Summary. Canadian courts have sentenced one key participant in the "Toronto 18" terror plot to life imprisonment and another to twelve years, but they will be eligible for parole in 2016 and 2011, respectively, partly due to Canadian sentencing policies that give double credit for pretrial [...]
2010-01-19 16:42:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PGOV CA
10TORONTO5Ambassador Jacobson on Trade, Border, Security, IPR, in
[...] (U) Illinois Trade Rep for Canada Jeffrey Johnson briefed the Ambassador January 18 on his state's business promotion plans for 2010, following a strong decline in trade in 2009. The Ambassador raised the idea of featuring Illinois at this year's Independence Day celebration and Johnson react [...]
2010-02-01 19:29:00Consulate TorontoCONFIDENTIALETRD ASEC PGOV CA
10TORONTO54ANOTHER LIGHT SENTENCE TO SET FREE "TORONTO 18" CONSPIRATOR
[...] (U) Twenty-three-year-old Amin Mohamed Durrani pled guilty to participating in the "Toronto 18" terror plots and was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison on January 20, two days after the group's ringleader was sentenced to life in prison. However, with double credit for time served in pretrial de [...]
2010-01-20 20:33:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR CA
10TORONTO58Korean Consortium Hits Green Energy Gold
[...] (U) On January 21, Ontario announced a landmark C$7 billion deal to develop 2,500 megawatts (MW) of wind (2,000 MW) and solar (500 MW) power projects at highly-subsidized rates. The winner of the award is a Korean consortium led by Samsung Corporation and the Korean Electric Power Corporation. [...]
2010-01-21 19:39:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETRD EINV SENV CA
10TORONTO62SEVENTH CONVICTION IN "TORONTO 18" PLOT
[...] (U) Thirty-four-year-old Shareef Abdelhaleem was found guilty on January 21 of participating in the "Toronto 18" terror plots. Abdelhaleem was found guilty of knowingly participating in a terrorist group and intending to cause an explosion that was likely to cause serious bodily harm or death. [...]
2010-01-22 16:14:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR CA
10TORONTO7Ignatieff's COS Donolo on Elections, U.S., IPR
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff's Chief of Staff Peter Donolo told CG January 22 that PM Harper would likely push for Fall elections now that his "heavy-handed" prorogue of Parliament had backfired with the public and made Spring elections less attractive. He said tim [...]
2010-02-02 21:07:00Consulate TorontoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL CA
10TORONTO74Ontario Still Clarifying Domestic Content Rules for Feed-in
[...] (SBU) A senior Ontario official told Post on January 29 that the Province's trade and cooperation agreement with Quebec, signed in September 2009, falls short of granting Quebec domestic status in Ontario. Contrary to speculation, Quebec-based companies applying for Ontario's FIT program are r [...]
2010-02-01 19:15:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ENRG SENV CA
10TORONTO90Ontario's Deadline to Eliminate Trash Shipments to Michigan
[...] (SBU) Summary: It is unclear whether Ontario will meet its 2006 commitment to phase out shipments of municipal trash to Michigan by the end of 2010 (reftel). The Province has yet to release up-to-date figures for the last two years, despite assurances that the effort is on track. As part of [...]
2010-02-08 21:36:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN SENV PGOV PREL CA US
10VANCOUVER100CALGARY AND VANCOUVER FRAUD SUMMARY FEBRUARY 2010
[...] (U) SUMMARY. There are no significant fraud incidents to report for this period. Note that this report is on behalf of Calgary and Vancouver. End Summary. 2. (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS. Vancouver and Calgary are low-fraud posts. Malafide travelers find it less difficult to attempt entry acros [...]
2010-02-23 01:32:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD ASEC CPAS CMGT CA
10VANCOUVER102Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #13
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 23, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The intera [...]
2010-02-23 21:13:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER104Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #14
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 24, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The intera [...]
2010-02-24 22:52:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER106Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #15
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 25, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The intera [...]
2010-02-25 23:32:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER108Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #16
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 26, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The inte [...]
2010-02-26 22:39:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER114Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #17
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 27, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The [...]
2010-02-27 22:18:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER116Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #18
[...] (SBU) This is the final report providing security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 28, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010 [...]
2010-02-28 22:11:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER42AS BC POSITIONS TO BECOME A CLEAN ENERGY LEADER, CRITICAL
[...] Summary: Stakeholders in British Columbia's electricity sector are finally beginning to see some clarity in the BC government's approach to the procurement and possible export of electricity in the province. The independent regulator, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC),sent sho [...]
2010-01-26 22:31:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON CA
10VANCOUVER62Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #2
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 12, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...]
2010-02-12 22:48:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER64Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #3
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 13, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The [...]
2010-02-13 22:02:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER66Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #4
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 14, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The [...]
2010-02-14 21:41:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER70Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #5
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 15, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...]
2010-02-15 22:33:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER76Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #6
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 16, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...]
2010-02-16 21:50:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER78Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #7
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 17, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...]
2010-02-17 22:28:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER80Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #8
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 18, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...]
2010-02-18 23:15:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER86Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #9
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 19, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...]
2010-02-19 22:42:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER88Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #10
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 20, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgibin/nctcHome. cgi?event=Vancouver_20 10. The [...]
2010-02-20 21:38:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER90Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #11
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 21, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The [...]
2010-02-21 21:33:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER96Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #12
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 22, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...]
2010-02-22 22:07:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
85DUBLIN2469 BOEING 747 CRASH OFF IRISH COAST
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: ON JUNE 23, AT 0813 A BOEING 747 JET (AIR INDIA 182) ENROUTE FROM MONTREAL TO BOMBAY WITH 325 PASSENGERS AND CREW ON BOARD CRASHED SOME 80 MILES OFF THE IRISH COAST. THERE ARE NO KNOWN SURVIVORS. RECOVERY OPERATIONS CONTINUE. END SUMMARY. 2. ON JUNE 24 THE IRISH DEPARTME [...]
1985-06-24 11:32:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ICAO CA EI IN VI
85VANCOUVER2152 MAJOR POLICE ACTION AGAINST SIKHS IN VANCOUVER
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. THE RCMP AND VANCOUVER POLICE CARRIED OUT A SERIES OF ARRESTS AND COORDINATED SEARCHES OF THE HOMES OF MILITANT SIKHS HERE IN VANCOUVER NOVEMBER 6. THE RCMP ARRESTS OF TALWINDER SINGH PARMAR AND INDERJIT SINGH REYAT WERE IN CONNECTION WITH THE NARITA AIRPORT EXPLOSIO [...]
1985-11-07 21:35:00Consulate VancouverCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS MOPS IN CA
92ZAGREB2829 CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 28, 1992
[...] NOISEMAKERS RESOUND THROUGHOUT ZAGREB OVER THE HOLIDAY. 130,000 DEAD IN WAR BY BOSNIAN COUNT. B-H BATTLES RAGE ON OVER WEEKEND. LASIC IS NEW CROAT REP ON B-H PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL. CANADIANS RETREAT FROM B-H. GERMAN AF CHIEF FLIES IN TO REVIEW SOLDIERS. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SECT [...]
1992-12-28 14:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM HR BK CA RS GM
92ZAGREB66 TUDJMAN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD
[...] No summary [...]
1992-01-16 15:33:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV CA PHUM
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