22 May, 2008

Canada's trade with Russia - GovInfo

A study on Canada/Russia trade from Statistics Canada shows a rate of growth 4 times that of Canada's total world trade figures. In this decade Canada has always had a trade deficit with Russia, a deficit driven recently by imports of mineral fuels, which in 2007 amounted to more than two thirds of total imports from Russia.
Read more about what and how much is being traded between the two countries in the full report Canada's Trade with Russia 1998 - 2007

15 May, 2008

More of the Canada Gazette online - GovInfo

"A Nation's Chronicle: The Canada Gazette" is another major iniatiative from Library & Archives Canada.
The Canada Gazette is the newspaper of our federal government. Through it every Canadian gets to participate in the legislative process, so it's a very important part of our democratic tradition. The digitization of the Gazette, which began in 2007, is ongoing and it's expected that by the beginning of 2009 about 90% of all issues will be available in this searchable database from the Gazette's first issue in1841 until 1998. Approximately 30% of the Canada Gazette is now searchable online. This includes:
Part I - 1983-1997
Part II - 1950-1976, 1983-1997
Part III - 1985-1997

The database is searchable by issue and by keyword. Use Search Help for more information

You can also search the Consolidated Regulations of Canada. There have been five consolidations of regulations published (1874, 1889, 1949, 1955 and 1978). These are not officially part of the Canada Gazette, but have been included in the database for the convenience of researchers.

06 May, 2008

News from "The Hill" and What's Happening in Foreign Policy

Happenings on "The Hill" are published in the weekly "The Hill Times". Tagged as "Canada's politics and government newsweekly", you'll find lots of news stories about what's happening on Parliament Hill.

"Embassy" is Canada's foreign policy newsweekly. Check it out and you'll find news, embassy reports, diplomatic appointments and embassy contacts, etc.