Canada


Colombians blast flower trade
Flowers from Colombia are grown in blood, according to a small delegation from that country asking Canadians to think twice about the origin of flowers they buy for Valentine's Day.
China looking even better
Treaty-level action on trade and investment policy from Ottawa could support Canadian business interests in China
Colombia-Canada trade pact needs more thought: Activists
The signed free trade deal between Canada and Colombia could devastate indigenous communities in the South American country if implemented in its current form, says an official with a national Colombian indigenous group in Ottawa Tuesday to lobby government and opposition MPs to delay implementation of the economic pact.
Quebec leader calls for closer trans-Atlantic ties
Quebec Premier Jean Charest said Wednesday it was now "more urgent" for the 27-nation EU bloc and the North American countries to move faster to seek new free-trade pacts.
No such thing as free trade
When Canadian Minister of International Trade Stockwell Day signed the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Peru on November 21, it was a happy day for Canada's oil and gas sector, but the deal was celebrated instead as a landmark for human rights and democracy in Colombia.
Ottawa involved in AbitibiBowater dispute, Day says
The federal government has confirmed it is now playing a part to help resolve a dispute between AbitibiBowater and the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
Canada-Panama FTA on track to be signed
There have been important advances in respect to the negotiation of goods and the access to loan and investment services a spokesman of the Panamanian Commerce and Industry Ministry.
Montrealers occupy Minister's office in solidarity with Gaza. "Tear up Quebec-Israel bilateral accord! Condemn Israel's attack on Gaza!"
Montrealers are occupying the ministerial office of Raymond Bachand, Quebec's Economic Development Minister, in solidarity with Gaza and to call on the Charest government to immediately rescind the Quebec-Israel economic accord.
Guyana - Jagdeo says negotiating mechanism flawed
President Bharrat Jagdeo has taken another jab at the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM). This time he is adamant that it cannot speak for Guyana at upcoming trade talks with Canada.
Quebec supporting apartheid?
Quebec inked an economic partnership agreement with Israel this fall in Jerusalem. Attracting little attention from major media outlets, Quebec's bilateral accord was signed during a government-led delegation to Israel that included high-level state officials and corporate representatives this past September, amidst Israel's ongoing siege of Gaza.