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Susan's Canada Online Blog August 2008 Archive

By Susan Munroe, About.com Guide to Canada Online since 1997

Will Harper Call a Fall Election?

Tuesday August 26, 2008
There have been on-again off-again threats about forcing a federal election on Canadians from both the government and all three opposition parties for at least the last year. It's now ... Read More

A New Immigration Class for Canadian Experience

Tuesday August 26, 2008
The Canadian federal government is introducing a new immigration class for some temporary foreign workers and international student graduates who have Canadian work experience. Unlike other classes of Canadian immigration, ... Read More

Deadly Listeria Outbreak in Canada Likely to Grow

Monday August 25, 2008
Updated: Wednesday September 10, 2008 A national and deadly outbreak of listeriosis has been definitely linked to recalls of meat products from a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto, officials from ... Read More

Changes to the Canadian Immigration Act

Sunday August 17, 2008
Canada has a huge backlog of immigration applications - well over 900,000 - and hundreds of thousands more people apply every year. Many people have been waiting years for their ... Read More

Dealing With the High Price of Gas

Sunday August 17, 2008
The price of gas seems to beat even the weather as a topic of conversation these days. Petroleum marketing specialists M.J. Ervin and Associates tracked the average price of gas ... Read More

Atlas of Canada

Sunday August 17, 2008
The Atlas of Canada has been a valuable resource of information on the geography of Canada for over 100 years. The online version of the Atlas of Canada makes the ... Read More

The Seventh Book of Remembrance

Sunday August 10, 2008
The Seventh Book of Remembrance was created by Veterans Affairs Canada to honour the men and women of the Canadian Forces who have died in service to Canada, either overseas ... Read More

National Car Scrapping Program

Sunday August 3, 2008
For years there has been a smattering of car scrapping programs in Canada which offered incentives for vehicle owners to get rid of old heavily polluting cars and switch to ... Read More

Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act

Sunday August 3, 2008
The history of Chinese immigration to Canada is scarred by racism and discrimination. While Chinese labourers were welcome when needed to complete the dangerous portions of the Canadian Pacific ... Read More

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