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• Parliament and the Birth of the Canadian Flag

  By loprespub on February 10, 2015

  

  Reading Time: 3 minutes (Disponible en français : Le Parlement et l’avènement du drapeau canadien) The raising of the red maple leaf flag for the first time on Parliament Hill 50 years ago, on 15 February 1965, was the culmination of a long, heated parliamentary… Read More ›

• Parliament and the First World War – 3. Quagmire

  By loprespub on December 8, 2014

  

  Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Le Parlement et la Première Guerre mondiale – 3. L’embourbement) This is the third in a series of three articles.  No peace in sight By the time Parliament was prorogued on 15 April 1915, about 33,000 Canadian… Read More ›

• Metadata, National Security and Law Enforcement Agencies

  By loprespub on November 21, 2014

  

  Reading Time: 4 minutes Holly PorteousLegal and Social Affairs Division   This HillNote is the third in a series of four. (Also available in French: Métadonnées et organismes de sécurité nationale et d’application de la loi) Metadata – data about data – matters to… Read More ›

• Ebola: The Disease, Canadian Government Interventions, and Economic Impacts

  By loprespub on November 6, 2014

  

  Reading Time: 5 minutes Raphaëlle Deraspe Economics, Resources and International Affairs Division (Aussi disponsible en français : Ebola : La maladie, les interventions du gouvernement canadien et les répercussions économiques) The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has been described by the World Health Organization… Read More ›

• The International Day of the Girl Child

  By loprespub on October 9, 2014

  

  Reading Time: 2 minutes (Disponible en français La Journée internationale de la fille) On 11 October 2014, Canada and the international community will be celebrating the third annual International Day of the Girl Child. The occasion serves to recognize the rights of girls and… Read More ›

• Parliament and the First World War – 2. Initial Enthusiasm

  By loprespub on October 3, 2014

  

  Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Le Parlement et la Première Guerre mondiale – 2. L’enthousiasme des débuts) This is the second in a series of three articles.    Canada at war From the moment Great Britain declared war on 4 August 1914,… Read More ›

• Canada-China: Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement comes into force

  By loprespub on September 30, 2014

  

  Reading Time: 3 minutes Pascal Tremblay Economics, Resources and International Affairs Division 30 September 2014 (Disponible en français: Canada-Chine : L’accord sur la promotion et la protection des investissements entre en vigueur) Between 2003 and 2013, China’s direct investment in Canada increased from $216 million… Read More ›

• Parliament and the First World War – 1. Before the Storm: From Discord to Unity

  By loprespub on September 23, 2014

  

  Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Le Parlement et la Première Guerre mondiale – 1. Prélude à l’orage : De la discorde à l’unité) This is the first in a series of three articles.  A Canadian contribution to the Imperial Navy? At the… Read More ›