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Topic: List of Canadian Ministers of Foreign Affairs


  
  dfait   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DFAIT was established by the Liberal Party in 1995 by merging the Department of External Affairs with the Department of International Trade.
Following the union, the department maintained two separate ministers, one for foreign relations and the other for trade, and added a third with responsibilities for international cooperation through agencies such as CIDA (the Canadian International Development Agency).
At the time of the External Affairs portfolio's inception in 1905, Canada was still seen as a subsidiary of the United Kingdom without its own foreign policy, conducting most of its relations with other British Empire nations that could not be considered "foreign" lands.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /DFAIT.html   (246 words)

  
 Cabinet of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
List of Canadian Ministers of Immigration and Colonization (1917-1936)
LIst of Canadian Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration (1950-1966)
List of Canadian Ministers of Manpower and Immigration (1966-1977)
1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/c/ca/cabinet_of_canada.html   (1549 words)

  
 Cubasource
Though the 25 EU foreign ministers have not tipped their hand as to what the final disposition will be, Perez Roque spoke as if the rapprochement were practically a done deal.
Marking the occasion, Cuban Vice Foreign Minister Jose Guerra said the relationship between Havana and New Delhi "is a true example of sincerity and coordination." "What has brought us together is the coincidence in participating in the common cause of development and welfare," Jose was cited as saying.
The South Asian minister along with her accompanying delegation, sustained dialogues with Cuban officials of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), resulting in the drafting of a Memorandum of Understanding, to be signed by both sides in the coming months.
www.cubasource.org /publications/chronicles/coc200501fa_e.asp   (6992 words)

  
 "The Lebanese-Canadian Crisis" (January 2003)
Canadian officials later explained that Chrétien had not been adequately briefed, but the gaffe-prone prime minister's remarks signified precisely the Canadian government's policy toward Hezbollah prior to December 2002.
"Canadians can no longer tolerate the progress of a government moving at a snail's pace in dealing with organizations and groups who have shown themselves to be bent on the destruction of the West," said the group's executive vice-president, Frank Dimant.
On January 16, Baaklini was called to a meeting with Foreign Minister Graham and announced, "I regret that my comments caused offence and that they created a controversy," a carefully-worded statement (well short of an actual apology) which had apparently been negotiated in advance by Lebanese and Canadian officials.
www.meib.org /articles/0301_l3.htm   (2127 words)

  
 Cabinet of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is a council of ministers chaired by the Prime Minister, and is part of the Westminster System and is based on the British original.
Most Ministers of the Crown are formal heads of a federal department or agency; Ministers of State are either assigned more specific responsibilities outside or spanning the departmental structure or are named to cabinet without portfolio.
The number of ministers and their titles is selected by the Prime Minister.
www.peacelink.de /keyword/Cabinet_of_Canada.php   (1056 words)

  
 CIC Canada | Jobs Exempt from Work Permit Requirement
Foreign artists and their essential supporting staff coming to Canada to perform do not need a permit if they are only performing in Canada for a limited period of time and will not be performing in a bar or restaurant.
Foreign health-care students can do their clinical clerkships or short-term work in Canada without a work permit if the work is for the primary purpose of acquiring training Health care students must have written approval from the Canadian regulatory board responsible for their occupation.
Foreign members of a crew working on foreign vehicles (for example: flight attendants or shipping crew) do not need a work permit if the vehicle is in Canada for the international transportation of cargo or passengers.
www.cic.gc.ca /english/work/exempt-1.html   (762 words)

  
 World-Wide Web Resources - Foreign Affairs
Foreign Media Reaction, Department of State's Office of Research summary of foreign media commentary on major foreign policy issues or related events.
Rulers of the World, contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases.
Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately.
www.uky.edu /Subject/fa.html   (1844 words)

  
 Military, Defence, Canadian Foreign Affairs History - TWR
Exasperated by the continuation of 'illegal foreign fishing within Canadian waters and over fishing by foreign fleets of "transboundary" stocks which straddle the 200-mile limit,' the secretary of state for external affairs, Joe Clark, and the minister of fisheries and oceans, Thomas Siddon, unveiled new fisheries protection measures on 13 June.
The associate minister and project officials indicated that the most significant factors in the selection of the Oerlikon Buhrle bid were the resistance to countermeasures and the degree of survivability bestowed by ADATS' passive electro-optical target tracking and laser beam-rider guidance.
By far the greatest let-down for the Canadian defence establishment and the Canadian defence industry, however, was the absence of a cabinet decision on the 'country-of-origin' for the SSN programme.
www.thewednesdayreport.com /twr/Gulfwar/twr.htm   (11811 words)

  
 Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute - Board of Directors
He is a director of Canadian Utilities Limited, a director of the Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation, President of The Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada, Vice-Chair of the Advisory Council to the University of Calgary Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, and a Director of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.
He was the Rowell Jackman Fellow at the Canadian Institute of International Affairs (1996-2000) and is a member of the Royal Military College of Canada Board of Governors (1997-).
He is both a Board member (2004-) and the Chair of the Advisory Council of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (2001-).
www.cdfai.org /boardofdirectors.htm   (2252 words)

  
 Retirement Abroad - Consular Affairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
However, your Canadian citizenship may not be recognized in the country of your other citizenship, and the authorities of that country may not recognize Canada’s right to provide you with consular assistance.
Canadians with disabilities who hold a valid parking permit in Canada may take their permit with them for use in any of the 48 member and associate member countries of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT).
Many Canadians for whom the principal motivation for retiring abroad is climate elect to maintain their Canadian residency and spend several months of each year in a warmer place.
www.voyage.gc.ca /main/pubs/retirement_abroad-en.asp   (9557 words)

  
 No BMD, eh?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
OTTAWA - Canadian military planners believe the real aim of a U.S.-sponsored proposal for a North American missile defence system is to solidify American military and political power, rather than protect against so-called "rogue" states, according to Department of National Defence briefing papers.
At a closed-door military briefing in Ottawa last Nov. 15, Canadian defence policy officials pointed out the threat posed by nations such as North Korea or Iran is, at best, secondary to the main aim of the ballistic missile defence.
Other clauses empower ministers to cover up their 'shutter control' activities, should they deem it in the national interest to do so.
nobmdeh.blogspot.com   (5375 words)

  
 Minister of Finance (Canada)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Minister of Finance is one of the most important in the Cabinet of Canada.
The Minister of Finance is usually one the most unpopular positions in the government responsible for unpopular cuts and increases in Paul Martin Jr.
The Canadian Department of Finance is headquartered the Esplanade Laurier building in downtown Ottawa the corner of O'Connor and Laurier.
www.freeglossary.com /Canadian_Ministry_of_Finance   (481 words)

  
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The Institutional Dimension: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Missions, in: Carlsnaes, Walter, and Marie Eloïse MULLER (eds.).
Report on a Conference organised by the South African Institute of International Affairs and the Centre for Southern African Studies at the University of the Western Cape, 28-31 August 1992.
Proceedings of a workshop convened by the Foundation for Global Dialogue on 13 August 1996 in conjunction with the South African Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs.
sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu /ejab/6/Biblo-.html   (4128 words)

  
 Browse Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sylvan Shalom, Israel's foreign minister, told Haaretz, "Our objective is for the Europeans to have enforcement capabilities in the field, and not just a symbolic presence".
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara must have planned today to enchant, enthral and mesmerize the 15 Foreign Ministers and Kofi Annan with tales of Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba from 1001 Arabian Nights.
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair was "seduced by the glamour of U.S. power" in the build-up to the Iraq war and repeatedly failed to influence U.S. policy, a former top diplomat said in comments published on Monday.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/t-foreign/browse   (5673 words)

  
 Foreign Governments/North America
Newest Canadian province as of April 1, 1999, after separation from the Northwest Territories as part of settlement of Inuit land claims
List of consulates in the U.S. Children's section
Speeches by the minister and undersecretaries of foreign affairs
www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/forna.html   (709 words)

  
 Embassies and Consulates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Web sites of our embassies, consulates and high commissions abroad are listed below.
For a complete listing of embassies and consulates outside of Canada, please go to the Canadian Representatives Abroad directory.
You can also read a full description of Canadian Government offices abroad, or find information about foreign representatives in Canada by visiting the Office of Protocol.
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /world/embassies/menu-en.asp   (98 words)

  
 Australian Embassies, high commissions, consulates, multilateral missions and representative offices
About the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
*** DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (ZAIRE) (Canadian Embassy - Kinshasa)
*** NIGER (Office of the Canadian Embassy - Niamey)
www.dfat.gov.au /missions   (388 words)

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