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Proud to be a Canadian (expat)

I love Canada, I truly do. For all the grief that myself and my fellow compatriots give the country, it really is top shelf as countries go. Sure, it’s a bit vanilla when it comes to foreign affairs and global influence; a bit archaic when it comes... ...full story at Humanaught

from Humanaught on Wed, Jul 01 2009

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02 Jul 08 visit Happy (Late) Canada Day  »  One Eyed Panda Since I can’t be at home for Canada Day I pay attention to a lot of the articles that are written about Canada in Canadian newspapers. David Burwick, former CEO of Pepsi-QTG Canada was an American living in Canada for two years. And as he wrote in...
11 Aug 08 visit Chinese FM meets Canadian FM  »  People's Daily Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met here Monday with Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs David Emerson, who attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 8. The two sides exchanged views the Sino-Canadian relations and...
17 Mar 08 visit China applauds Canadian FM's speech on Canada-China relations  »  People's Daily China on Sunday applauded recent speech of Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier on Canada-China relations. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said China had noticed Bernier's speech on March 12. He talked about Canada-C ...
03 Jul 08 visit Canada Day BBQ in Suzhou  »  Humanaught Ok, I’m a couple days late in posting it - but Happy Canada Day! This year’s Canada Day marked the fourth I’ve been in China for, but the first I’ve celebrated - and what’s better, we did it properly with a BBQ and beer! I...
12 May 09 visit Canada seeks to enhance economic, trade cooperation with China  »  People's Daily Canada is willing to enhance economic and trade cooperation with China so as to jointly tackle the global financial crisis, the visiting Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said here on Tuesday. Facing the global challenges of common concern...

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