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  Parliament of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The new Canadian Parliament consisted of the Queen (represented by the Governor General), the Senate and the House of Commons.
The monarch's functions are customarily delegated to the Governor General (presently Her Excellency The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson), who is appointed on the advice of the Canadian Prime Minister.
Though the Governor General is theoretically permitted to refuse to dissolve Parliament (thereby forcing the Prime Minister to resign, see King-Byng Affair), it is highly improbable that he or she would do so.
www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Canadian_Parliament   (4055 words)

  
 Governor General of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Although state power rests legally with the Governor General--Parliament sits at "his or her pleasure", Royal Assent is necessary for all laws passed by Parliament, and the Governor General is the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Armed Forces--real political power rests with the Prime Minister, Parliament, and the provincial governments.
The Governor General's official residence is Rideau Hall; by tradition, he or she also spends several weeks a year at the Citadelle in Quebec City.
The present Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson, will reach five years in office on October 7, 2004, but it is not yet known if her term in office will be extended or if a new Governor Genral will be appointed.
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 List of Governors General of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of the Governors and Governor General of Canada and the previous territories and colonies that now make up the country.
Governors from the Conquest to the union of the Canadas
Governors of New France (1627-1760) - Governors of Acadia - Northwest Territories (1869-1905)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Governors_General_of_Canada   (237 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
2 The Governor General and the Lieutenant Governors
Duke of Edinburgh, and the Governor General, in the
Canadian appointed to the role of Governor General, though he was not the first Canadian to perform the role of Governor General.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada   (1223 words)

  
 Talk:Governor General of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Governor General of Canada is NOT hyphenated, as it clearly states on her official website.
I would expect that Canadian laws and government publications would be more likely to be accurate than even the one illustrious Australian committee to which you have made mention in terms of the title of the Queen's representative in Canada.
Look at the photo on the governor general page and then look at a picture of the Windsor and you will see they are quite distinct.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Governor_General_of_Canada   (4682 words)

  
 MANITOBA FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In general, temperatures and precipitation decrease from south to north.
Twenty colonists, including the governor, were killed by the Métis in the Battle_of_Seven_Oaks in 1816.
Negotiations between this government and the Canadian government resulted in the creation of the province of Manitoba and its entry into Confederation in 1870.
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 Female Governors 1920-90   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is a list of female governors both of federal territories and unitarian states.
This means that some of the governors listed are the actual leaders of the states, other are official representatives of the central power with no executive roles.
She acted as interim governor for a week until the newly elected governor was sworn in and afterwards continued as state senator.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /Governors1920.htm   (1855 words)

  
 Female Governors 1990-2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is a list of female governors and similar leaders of both federal territories and unitarian states.
Some of the governors listed are the actual leaders of the states, others are official representatives of the central power with no executive roles.
She was ousted as Governor by a vote of no confidence but retained her position as MP, but later the High Court apparently reinstalled her as governor, but it was not effectuated.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /Governors1990.htm   (3826 words)

  
 Advisors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fernando Gast is General Director of the Instituto Humboldt in Colombia.
Thomas Lovejoy is generally credited with having brought the tropical forest problem to the fore as a public issue.
He was elected by the Board of Governors to be director of the Biology Institute of the UNAM for two consecutive periods, and he held this post from 1979 until 1987.
www.all-species.org /advisors.html   (9005 words)

  
 Ellipsis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In some programming languages (Perl, Ada etc), a shortened 2-character ellipsis is used to represent a range of numbers.
The above command in Perl would iterate through the list of integer numbers from 1 to 100.
In computing, the ellipsis character in the Unicode encoding is encoded as hexadecimal 0x2026, which is displayed as “…”.
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 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He held the position of military governor of Canada from 1760 to 1763.
This idea had already been tried a year previous: on June 24, 1763, infected blankets were given to the Delawares by the commander of Fort Pitt, perhaps on his own initiative.
In 1763, Amherst was appointed governor of Virginia and in 1778 was made commander-in-chief of the army.
www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Jeffrey_Amherst   (385 words)

  
 ipedia.com: List of Canada-related topics Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
List of Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
List of elections in the Province of Canada
List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada
www.ipedia.com /list_of_canada_related_topics_1.html   (175 words)

  
 Vic-Maui 2002: Race History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The biennial 2308 nautical mile Victoria to Maui ocean racing classic was the brain child of Jim Innes, a sailor, member of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, and a senior pilot of what was CP Air, now Canadian Airlines International.
The 2000 Victoria to Lahaina, Maui race is the 17th sailing of this Pacific Ocean test of leading skippers, boats, and crews.
A complete list of past winners of the Vic-Maui Yacht Race is available.
www.vicmaui.org /2002/raceinfohistory.html   (727 words)

  
 Articles - List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the Canadian province of Ontario.
(**)Lord Sydenham was also Governor General of Canada when Upper Canada and Lower Canada united into the Province of Canada.
After Richard Downes Jackson, the Lieutenant Governors were also simultaneously Governors General.
lastring.com /articles/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Ontario?...   (194 words)

  
 Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The hostility between the British and Native Americansaboriginal peoples during the Pontiac Uprising of 1763 led to the first documented use of biological warfare in North American history.
This idea had already been tried a year previous: on June 24, 1763, infected blankets Population history of American indigenous peoples#The smallpox blanket incidentwere given to the Delawares by the commander of Fort Pitt/, perhaps on his own initiative.
In 1776, he was made ''Baron Amherst, of Holmesdale'', but the title became extinct when he died without descendants.
www.infothis.com /find/Jeffrey_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst   (397 words)

  
 CFP 2004 / Computer Freedom & Privacy Conference
She came to the NSF from the University of Pennsylvania where she was Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and the former Director of the General Robotics Automation Sensing Perception Laboratory, which she founded in 1978 at UPENN.
In the November 2002 issue of Discover Magazine she was named to its list of the 50 most important women in science.
Baker is the former General Counsel of the National Security Agency (1992-1994) and author of the book, The Limits of Trust: Cryptography, Governments, and Electronic Commerce (1998), as well as various other publications and articles on electronic commerce and international trade.
www.cfp2004.org /program/speakers.html   (17893 words)

  
 Canada
Because of the valuable fisheries and fur trade, a conflict developed between the French and English; in 1713, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, and Nova Scotia (Acadia) were lost to England.
The country was linked from coast to coast in 1885 by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The Liberal Party, led by William Lyon Mackenzie King, dominated Canadian politics from 1921 until 1957, when it was succeeded by the Progressive Conservatives.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107386.html   (2235 words)

  
 American Universities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A list that includes international universities is maintained by Mike Viron.
--> A list of Canadian universities is maintained by Chris Redmond at Waterloo.
A list of Community Colleges is maintained by the Maricopa Community College District.
www.clas.ufl.edu /au   (461 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Canadian Television Policy and Board of Broadcast Governors, 1958-1968   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Canadian Television Policy and Board of Broadcast Governors, 1958-1968
We will notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this title.
Subjects > History > Americas > Canada > General
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0888642563   (156 words)

  
 annual costs of dentistry education... - www.ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
they just posted a list of fees for ubc dent on their website...it's super expensive...$36000 for 1st year...goes up to $41000 in 4th year....
If anyone's interested, UBC itself has strict guidelines in place that controls the wholesale inflation of mandatory fees.
The UBC Faculty of Dentistry did not get Board of Governors approval for the fee increase.
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 Other Countries - Le monde
The report OECD Regions at a Glance shows that about three-quarters of Canadian job growth was concentrated in 10% of Canada's 288 census divisions between 1996 and 2001.
The last theme was just recently added to the list, so you should explore that one first.
Sustainable Development: A Canadian Perspective outlines Canadian actions on sustainable development over the past 10 years and highlights remaining challenges and some of the current efforts to meet those challenges.
www.canadiansocialresearch.net /internat.htm   (11607 words)

  
 funny things of your area/country - VeggieBoards
Despite these gambling problems, Blackpool governors are pushing to build casinos all over Blackpool.
It is rumoured that one of these govenors sons has a gambling problem.
all canadians call it pop not soda well at least most
www.veggieboards.com /boards/showthread.php?t=5574   (1703 words)

  
 Video List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Legacy of generations [videorecording] : pottery by American Indian women / produced and directed by Linda Lewett.
Wiping the tears of seven generations [videorecording] / a Kifaru production in association with Eagle Heart Productions ; directed by Gary Rhine & Fidel Moreno ; produced by Gary Rhine ; writers, Gary Rhine & Phil Cousineau.
General Omar Bradley [videorecording] / produced by Lou Reda Productions, Inc., in association with A&E Networks.
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