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U.S. Dept. of Energy report on Keystone XL pipeline

February 2, 2011

DOE report on Keystone XL Dec. 2010 As part of the State Dept. review of TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, the Dept. of Energy commissioned a report into the impacts of increased imports of oil sands crude into the U.S. The report concludes that the oil sands production would displace Middle Eastern oil. TransCanada issued…

The real stunner in the border security report

February 2, 2011

Here is the very interesting report on border security out of the U.S. Government Accountability Office in Washington. It says that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has “an acceptable level of control” over only 32 of 4,000 miles of border with Canada. Wow! To be fair, the report says that there are bigger problems on the…

GAO report on border security

February 2, 2011

GAO report on border This December 2010 report, made public in February 2011, raised alarms by disclosing that the U.S. Department of Homeland security “reported that 32 of the nearly 4,000 northern border miles in fiscal year 2010 had reached an acceptable level of security.”

Still friends, eh?

February 2, 2011

Here is an edited excerpt of the panel discussion at the Newseum hosted by Maclean’s and CPAC on the Canada-US relationship.

Wikileaks cable: A briefing on Canada for President Bush

December 2, 2010

DATE 2004-11-18 19:32:00 SOURCE Embassy Ottawa CLASSIFICATION SECRET//NOFORN S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 04 OTTAWA 003115 SIPDIS NOFORN NSC FOR NSA RICE E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/17/2009 TAGS: CA, PGOV, PREL SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH,S VISIT TO CANADA, NOVEMBER 30 – DECEMBER 1, 2004 Classified By: Ambassador Cellucci, reasons 1.4 (b) (d) Summary and…

Wikileaks cable: A briefing on Canada for President Obama

December 2, 2010

DATE 2009-01-22 16:35:00 SOURCE Embassy Ottawa CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 OTTAWA 000064 SIPDIS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM CHARGE D’AFFAIRES BREESE E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/22/2019 TAGS: PREL, ETRD, ECON, MARR, SENV, AF, CA SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP TO OTTAWA Classified By: Charge d’Affaires…

Wikileaks cable: Role of US in Canadian Election & Canadian “Inferiority Complex”

December 2, 2010

DATE 2008-09-22 18:59:00 SOURCE Embassy Ottawa CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 OTTAWA 001258 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/22/2018 TAGS: PREL, PGOV, CA SUBJECT: THE U.S. IN THE CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION — NOT! REF: OTTAWA 1216 Classified By: PolMinCouns Scott Bellard, reason 1.4 (d) 1. (C)…

Wikileaks cable: “Anti-American” Canadian TV shows

December 2, 2010

DATE 2008-01-25 23:15:00 SOURCE Embassy Ottawa CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 OTTAWA 000136 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV, KPAO, CA SUBJECT: PRIMETIME IMAGES OF US-CANADA BORDER PAINT U.S. IN INCREASINGLY NEGATIVE LIGHT OTTAWA 00000136 001.2 OF 003 1. (SBU) Summary: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has long gone to great…

First Canadian WikiLeak Cable: Canadians have “Alice in Wonderland worldview” says CSIS chief

November 29, 2010

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