iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on May 10, 2021 12:03pm Many of Ottawa s major lobbying firms reside on Queen Street. (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
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EVSX, a subsidiary of Montreal’s
St-Georges Eco-Mining, was registered by consultant Jean-Luc Plante to seek financial support from Natural Resources Canada to recycle critical minerals.
Capital Power Corp. is interested in federal support to phase out coal-fired electricity generation in Alberta and retire coal-fired power plants under the Capital Stock Turnover Plan. The Edmonton company was registered by Crestview Strategy’s Muhammad Ali.
The development of the Lake Erie Connector Projector an underwater electricity line that would connect the Ontario market with the American regional transmission group, PJM is the listed topic for the registration of
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More than a decade after its publication and at least four years after it was promised, an update is coming this year to the Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship study guide.
The current guide, created in 2009 and lightly updated in 2012, is provided to newcomers to learn about the nation’s history, culture and ethics in advance of the citizenship test they must pass to become Canadians. The study guide is, in essence, a distillation of how the government wants the nation to be seen and of the foundational touchpoints it wants immigrants to understand.
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A view of the Toronto area, which is home to Canada’s largest Jewish community. Photo: John Vetterli via Wikimedia Commons.
JNS.org – The Canadian government said on Thursday that it will not participate in upcoming events marking the 20th anniversary of a UN-sponsored anti-racism conference that singled out Israel for criticism.
The announcement was made on the same day that Australia said it would not attend and three days after the United States said it won’t participate in Durban IV, which is set for Sept. 22 in New York.
“Canada remains committed, at home and abroad, including at the UN, to advancing human rights, inclusion and combating antisemitism, Islamophobia and systemic racism in all its forms,” said Global Affairs Canada spokesperson Grantly Franklin. “Canada opposes initiatives at the United Nations and in other multilateral forums that unfairly single out and target Israel for criticism.”
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