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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03OTTAWA1636 |
CANADA PROVINCIAL ELECTION: MANITOBA RE-ELECTS NEW [...] SUMMARY. As expected, Manitoba Premier Gary Doer and his left-of-center New Democratic Party (NDP) won a second majority government in the June 3 elections. The Manitoba NDP is a strong proponent of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly and a driving force behind Canadian opposition to U.S. propo [...] |
2003-06-10 16:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CA NDP |
| 04HALIFAX159 |
FEDERAL ELECTION: LIBERALS LIKELY TO RETAIN HOLD ON [...] Despite several close races, overall there appears to be little excitement surrounding the federal election campaign in Atlantic Canada: voters appear to be headed toward re-electing a majority of Liberals in the region's 32 ridings. Key factors are a general mistrust of the newly configured [...] |
2004-06-17 16:02:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON CA NDP |
| 05OTTAWA1283 |
HARPER SUGGESTS POINT OF NO RETURN ON ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-27 21:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA PGOV NDP |
| 05OTTAWA1371 |
PARLIAMENTARY MELTDOWN WHILE THE SHARKS CIRCLE [...] (C) Summary: The Conservatives continue to press the Liberals to allow a vote in the House of Commons that would let them attempt to bring down the government, but the Liberal leadership has thus far skillfully maneuvered around the circling sharks. Speaker Milliken announced today that the [...] |
2005-05-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA PGOV NDP |
| 05OTTAWA1461 |
CANADA: PARALYSIS IN PARLIAMENT -- WHO'S RUNNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canada's House of Commons came to a grinding standstill on May 12, when the opposition Conservative Party and Bloc Quebecois flexed their muscle by adjourning the daily session of Parliament, to the surprise of the ruling Liberal Party. In the wake of a controversial "confiden [...] |
2005-05-13 18:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA NDP |
| 05OTTAWA1528 |
MARTIN SURVIVES BUDGET VOTE, WILL THE TORIES STAND [...] (C) Summary: The Liberal government survived a budget vote May 19 by a one vote margin, the first time in Canadian history that the Speaker had to vote to break a tie. The impending cliffhanger kept Ottawa buzzing for a week and now leaves MPs to return to their ridings for the long weekend a [...] |
2005-05-24 11:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA PGOV PREL NDP |
| 05OTTAWA587 |
Proposed law would ban trans-fats in Canada [...] A law proposed by Canada's social democratic party, the NDP, would amend Canada's Food and Drug Act to prohibit content of more than 2 grams of trans-fatty acids per 100 grams of oil or fat in foodstuffs. This proposed law, would take Canada down the same path as Denmark, which in March 2003, [...] |
2005-02-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO CA NDP |
| 06OTTAWA153 |
ECONOMIC POLICY IN CANADA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] While the governing Liberal Party has highlighted its own strong economic record, and while both they and the leading Conservative Party have made various spending promises, economic policies have been less significant in this campaign than other issues such as crime and political corruption. [...] |
2006-01-18 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI EFIN PGOV CA NDP |