andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 2/12/2009
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Fareed Zakaria explains why Canada is in much better shape than us: Guess which country, alone in the industrialized world, has not faced a single bank failure, calls for bailouts or government intervention in the financial or mortgage sectors. Yup, it's Canada. In 2008, the World Economic ...
cbc.ca - 2/19/2009
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cbc.ca —
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean welcomed U.S. President Barack
Obama to Canada Thursday for his first foreign trip...
since taking office in what is being billed as a six-hour no-nonsense working visit with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Obama arrives in Ottawa
thestar.com - 2/20/2009
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thestar.com —
English-language transcript of a news conference held Thursday,
Feb. 19 by U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime...
Minister Stephen Harper, as released by the White House press secretary's office. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, good afternoon. PRIME MINISTER ...
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Canada | Transcript: Obama-Harper press conference
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This is Canada. We only have one road.
democracyarsenal.org —
... deficit since 1976 as exports to the U.S. dropped by 10%. The decline of it's oil industry and the tar sands is a major factor, but Canada's other main commodity exports are also suffering as demand in the U.S. for lumber and other products decline. And while true that years of saner fiscal policies and less risky regulation have left Canada in a better position than most countries to weather the financial storm, everything ain't as sweet as pure maple syrup up north. (H/t Andrew Sullivan for the Zakaria piece)
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