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  List of Lists
List of Canadian Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration
List of Canadian Ministers of Manpower and Immigration
List of Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/listoflists.html   (2044 words)

  
 Minister of Agriculture (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the Cabinet of Canada, The Minister of Agriculture (French: Ministre de l’Agriculture) is responsible for overseeing several organizations including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian Dairy Commission, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Farm Products Council and the Canadian Grain Commission.
The current Minister of Agriculture is Andy Mitchell.
Since 1995, the post has been more formally termed the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (French: Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Agroalimentaire).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_(Canada)   (124 words)

  
 Prime Minister of Canada - Biocrawler definition:Prime Minister of Canada - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Prime Minister of Canada, the head of the Canadian government, is usually the leader of the political party with the most seats in the Canadian House of Commons.
Since the Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful member of the Canadian government, he or she is sometimes erroneously referred to as the head of state.
Most Canadian legislation originates in the cabinet of Canada, which is a body appointed by the Prime Minister largely from the ranks of his party's MPs.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada   (1984 words)

  
 WynGrant's Common Agricultural Policy page
The prime minister's office stated, 'It is our opinion that Fischer Boel's ownership of a farm from which she does not draw a business-related income is not the same thing as the treaty's understanding of acting in a business capacity.' But it added that the Commission would have the final say on the matter.
The days when agriculture ministers were men from a farming background who were corpulent enough to demonstrate that they had done their bit to consume part of the surplus.
Agriculture and rural development will account for 45 per cent of the total EU budget, a reduction on the days when it was over 70 per cent, but still a large amount for countries which include some of the most urbanised in the world.
members.tripod.com /~WynGrant/WynGrantCAPpage.html   (22330 words)

  
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Greer was the Minister of Health for Ontario during the NDP governmentin the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Brother Maher, an Irish Canadian from New Brunswick, was the Superior of the Presentation Brothers in Canada and the first non-Jesuit principal of the prestigious Brebeuf College School in Toronto.
Mulroney, of Irish parentage, was the Prime Minister of Canada from 1984-1992.
www.geocities.com /brebeufalumni/irishcanadianlist.html   (1704 words)

  
 Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Canadian delegation indicated that a decision on the March 2002 proposal was delayed because of disease concerns and that a risk assessment, which was undertaken by APHIS in North Dakota and Montana and submitted in February 2002, did not provide adequate protection for wildlife.
The Canadian delegation stated that it is Canada's intention to prevent the introduction of U.S. endemic cattle diseases that do not exist in Canada and reported that Canada is currently unwilling to accept U.S. feeder cattle outside the October 1- March 31 period.
The Canadian delegation noted that the Vancise compensation claim (see CCA Minutes March 22, 2002) was denied by the United States in May 2002 and indicated that in a similar situation in the past, Canada had provided compensation.
www.fas.usda.gov /itp/canada/CCA-11-02.htm   (4136 words)

  
 John Carling - Serving Agriculture: Canada's Ministers of Agriculture 1867-2004
Carling served as postmaster general from 1882 to 1885 and minister of agriculture from 1885 to 1892.
When he was defeated as an MP in the election of 1891, Carling was appointed to the Senate and continued to serve as minister of agriculture.
Carling's legacy as minister of agriculture was the experimental farm research program.
www.agr.gc.ca /bios/index_e.php?page=carling   (768 words)

  
 CBC.ca - The Greatest Canadian - Top 100 - 11 to 100
In his three terms as prime minister, he was never afraid to take a stand, notably refusing to send Canadian troops into the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Known as one of the most reliable defencemen in the NHL for nearly 22 years, he was credited with bringing “honour” to hockey by refusing to fight on the ice, while others claim he invented the slap shot.
Saskatchewan’s Sandra Schmirler won three Canadian and world titles, but with her Olympic gold medal at the 1998 Games in Nagano, she became "The Queen of Curling." Tragedy struck and the beloved Hall of Famer died of cancer at age 36.
www.cbc.ca /greatest/greatcanadians   (4388 words)

  
 Canada's Fifth Report on CEDAW - PART II
Other Canadian initiatives place priority on issues related to the safety, health and well-being of women, and help address violence against women, although they are not specifically directed to the prevention of family violence.
In keeping with Canadian values and important national policies in support of families and children, it was proposed to prohibit sponsorship by people in default of court-ordered obligations (alimony or child support) and people convicted of crimes involving domestic violence.
The Canadian government is working interdepartmentally to develop domestic policies to deal with trafficking in women in Canada and a federal government interdepartmental working group on trafficking is examining issues related to trafficking in women in preparation for negotiations of the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime.
www.bayefsky.com /reports/canada/cedaw5/fd_e.html   (18077 words)

  
 IPC Membership   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
For the last fifteen of those years he served as Canada’s chief agricultural trade negotiator and principal agricultural trade policy advisor to the ministers of agriculture and trade.
Gifford has acted as an agricultural trade policy advisor to the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture, the Canadian Wheat Board, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
In the latter capacity he undertook an agricultural trade policy capacity study for Egypt and is currently participating in an agricultural trade policy capacity building project regarding China.
www.agritrade.org /Membership/Gifford.htm   (271 words)

  
 Virtual Library of Useful URLs - 941-999 History & Geography
Contents include: A to Z Listing of Artists or Potters, A to Z Listing of Pottery Topics, Exhibitions, Galleries, Museums, Antiques, Festivals, plus Styles (over 40 ceramic styles and 200 photos), Timeline, Clays, Glazes, Keshiki (Ceramic Landscapes), Kilns, Techniques, and more.
Canadian Military Heritage series), Learning Resources, Glossary of Military Terms, Explore the Timeline of Canada's Military History by century, decade, year or subject in HTML or Flash, and more.
Canadian Wartime Experience: The Documentary Legacy of Canada at War from University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections.
www.aresearchguide.com /941-999.html   (6252 words)

  
 Canadian Food Inspection Agency - BSE in North America - News Releases
Statement by the Honourable Andy Mitchell, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food on the Ruling in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Statement by the Honourable Andy Mitchell, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food on the
Ministers of Agriculture Announce $460 Million in Assistance for Cattle Industry
www.inspection.gc.ca /english/anima/heasan/disemala/bseesb/newcome.shtml   (643 words)

  
 Finding Canadian statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A small collection of Canadian social and macroeconomic statistics: key monthly and quarterly measures of economic performance, annual economic data, land area, plant and animal life, and environment, population traits and trends, education, culture, health, government finances, employment, justice, and elections.
Also 1996 census of agriculture data at province and census division level, aggregate data from censuses between 1666 and 1871, and statistics from the 1997 federal general elections at the province and federal electoral district (FED) levels.
A list of more than 110 digital environmental datasets pertaining to various aspects of the environment of Nunavut.
www.chass.utoronto.ca /datalib/findcans.htm   (8418 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Canada
Canadian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Ambassade du Canada à Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie
Canadian High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago / Haut Commissariat du Canada à Port of Spain, Trinidad et Tobago
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) / Conseil Canadien des Ministres de l'Environnement (CCME)
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/ca.html   (2919 words)

  
 Federal Government
Prime Minister Paul Martin vows Thursday that those responsible will be held accountable in the sponsorship scandal.
The proportion of Canadian households experiencing core housing need declined from 17.9 per cent in 1996 to 15.8 per cent in 2001, according to an analysis of 2001 census data.
"Minister of Finance Ralph Goodale introduced legislation in the House of Commons today to protect the continuity of payments to Canada’s Equalization-receiving provinces and to allow for the payment of $2 billion to the provinces and territories for health care from 2003–04 revenues, as announced at the January meeting of first ministers."
www.canadiansocialresearch.net /fedbkmrk.htm   (10167 words)

  
 Canadiana -- The Canadian Resource Page
Canadian Government foreign policy and programs, courtesy The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Canadian Confederation, from the National Library of Canada
Canadian Composers Portraits project, (courtesy Faculty of Music, McGill University)
www.cs.cmu.edu /Unofficial/Canadiana/README.html   (518 words)

  
 The Ministry - Current List - Addresses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Mauril Bélanger, P.C., M.P. Minister for Internal Trade, Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Minister responsible for Official Languages and Associate Minister of National Defence
Geoff Regan, P.C., M.P. Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Giuseppe (Joseph) Volpe, P.C., M.P. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
www.parl.gc.ca /information/about/people/key/Ministry.asp?lang=E   (720 words)

  
 Canadian Social Research Links
All Canadian federal, provincial and territorial government home pages on one page
I launched the Canadian Social Research Links website on November 13, 1997.
I receive no funding from any source whatsoever for this work; the biases you find are mine and mine alone.
www.canadiansocialresearch.net   (1337 words)

  
 GE Free Maine
With each seed we plant we resist the onslaught of the industrial agricultural practices and their devastating effects on small-scale farmers, local economies, the health of people and the earth and global food security.
Basmati may be beloved of students because it is easy to cook, but to connoisseurs, its long grains and natural scent make it one of the world's most desired varieties of rice.
It is one of the Indian agriculture sector's prime exports.
www.gefreemaine.org   (3770 words)

  
 The Canadian Resource Page
Learning, Teaching and Researching Canadian History (courtesy Department of History, University of Victoria)
Kindred Spirits: Mailing list and FAQ list dedicated to life and works of L.M. Montgomery
Thanks to Canadiana--The Canadian Rescourse Page for allowing us to use their links.
www.execulink.com /~bcox/canadian.htm   (458 words)

  
 A to Z Index - Complete List of Keywords | Canada Site
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