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 Another problem with the carbon tax. You don't really know what the spinoff effects will be until you see them.
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With sales already soaring, Toyota's cutting cost of some models
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 The dramatic shift among U.S. consumers away from trucks is starting in Canada as sales of full-sized pickups took another double-digit tumble last month, a top General Motors of Canada executive says.
Sales of big pickups for all automakers fell 24% i
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 DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. outsold Toyota Motor Corp. in June to retain its traditional U.S. sales lead, even though GM says its sales dropped 18 per cent for the month.
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 OTTAWA - Hugh Thompson knows he's part of a dying breed, a Canadian manufacturer who still makes products that come with the red-Maple-Leaf emblazoned "Made in Canada" label.
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|  Canada wants British workers to emigrate
The Canadians are hoping to recruit GPs, teachers, nurses, electricians, carpenters, engineers, construction workers, management consultants, and cardiac and diabetic specialists, although anyone of any age can apply.
| Posted: | 7:08 AM on Tuesday the 1st, 2008 |
| Topic: | Business |
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| Poster: | mtbr |
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2225860/Canada-wants-British
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The Canadians are hoping to recruit GPs, teachers, nurses, electricians, carpenters, engineers, construction workers, management consultants, and cardiac and diabetic specialists, although anyone of any age can apply.
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Canadians looking forward to a July long weekend can be forgiven for feeling a little short changed this Canada Day.
With the country's biggest party falling on a Tuesday, failing to trigger three days off work in a row, the public service and many
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 "We appear to be riding high due to global demand for our resources, but this is not a sustainable course for our country," she said.
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 Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat.
"We have an energy crisis in this county and maybe the only reliable trading partner that we have in this country is my neighbours, my friends in Alberta."
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 The French do it again lmao
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 The project forms the centerpiece of the Saudi plan to increase the total amount of oil it can produce to 12.5 million barrels per day by the end of 2009 -- up from a little more than 11 million barrels per day now.
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 Canadians are more likely than Americans to think NAFTA has been bad for their country, while the economy and the soaring cost of fuel have become top issues on both sides of the border, according to a new poll.
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 Canada should lower barriers to foreign investment in telecommunications, uranium mining and air transport, and lift a ban on domestic bank mergers, an expert panel commissioned by the government said on Thursday.
In a report that was prompted by wid
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 Oil prices rose above $142 US a barrel on Friday as investors continued to pour into commodities.
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Taiwan has surpassed Canada to top the list of investment in Vietnam by country of origin, as pledged foreign direct investment in the Southeast Asian country soared nearly fourfold so far this year.
A Vietnamese government official said Monday it i
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New case of mad cow disease found in BC; third in three yearsThe Canadian Press - 6 hours agoOTTAWA - The discovery of another case of mad cow disease in BC will have no impact on Canada's already hard-hit beef industry, the Canadian Food Inspection Agen
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“The government’s argument was that the CWB is not, in their view, controlled by farmers but remains subject to significant government control. As both a farmer and an elected director of this organization, I find that attitude very troubling,” Hill said.
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Despite increasing local demand for zero-emissions cars and trucks and robust exports of electric vehicles, Canada will not allow them on its roads, lament manufacturers.
"It's a daily embarrassment," said Ian Clifford, president of Zenn Motor Compa
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The Ottawa International Airport Authority is reducing its terminal fees by five per cent effective July 1. The airport operator said Monday it "recognizes that this is an industry in crisis, given the skyrocketing cost of fuel and the weakened economies
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 As costs rise, business cools to carbon tax, such as that outlined in Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion's plan
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Miss him already
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 Waxing is waning, or at least that's what the fashion mags and websites are saying. Seems that heading down Rio way – whether you opt for a landing strip or some other fanciful way of trimming your hedge, or go for the full Lolita – has lost its appeal.
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The music industry is suffering, and it's all because of those darn fans. Er, what? It turns out that KISS member Gene Simmons believes exactly that. He claims that piracy is to blame for the industry's woes, and KISS is apparently taking its ball and g
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When the annual assessment for Norman Gettel's home didn't arrive in the mail this year, he phoned the BC Assessment Authority.
"They said, 'You don't own the property any more,' " said Gettel, a printer who retired from his job at Pacific Press i
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 Mr. Durfy did, however, reiterate WestJet's promise to increase its fleet by 16% in 2008, despite the sizable capacity cuts and layoffs announced by its domestic rival, Air Canada, this week.
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In 1990, only about 30% of airport revenue came from retail, parking, concessions and other business partnerships. The majority of revenue came from charges to the airlines: landing charges, passenger and cargo fees, security and hangar charges, and other
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Quebec's Jewish chaplain for prisons got a speeding ticket quashed after convincing a judge he'd been rushing to a medical emergency: a baby boy who was bleeding from a ritual circumcision.
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VICTORIA -- A majority of British Columbians oppose the B.C. Liberal government's carbon tax, a new poll reveals.
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 Sex for money may be recession resistant but it\'s not recession proof. \"Business is in a lower slump than I\'ve ever seen it before,\"
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 Dave de Sylva has nothing against coffee and burger restaurants: "I sign all kinds of real estate deals at Tim Hortons," says the Markham developer.
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 Air Canada will cut up to 2,000 jobs at the end of this year as it sharply reduces capacity to deal with the rising cost of fuel and is warning there are likely more cutbacks to come.
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 A celibate monk has set up a website telling Catholic couples how to have better sex.
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