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...finance chiefs talked about the U.S. housing market, rising energy prices, financial-sector reform, credit problems, inflation and exchange rates. But rather than resulting in specific measures, the meeting produced a kind of watch-and-wait strategy whereby the G-7 nations, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, would "continue to take appropriate actions, individually and collectively, in order to secure stability and growth in our economies," according to their statement...
There was, however, at least one specific point of agreement: the importance of the joint-initiative of Japan, Britain and the U.S. to start a climate-change fund in cooperation with the World Bank. "There's clearly a role for a fund aimed and focused at technology and technology adoption in developing markets," says Paulson. "We have no chance of solving this problem unless we accelerate the use of clean technology and come up with incentives for the private sector." Japan hopes to take the lead in climate change when it hosts the Group of Eight summit in Hokkaido...
...evidenced by the 2007 election of Alex Salmond, the head of the Scottish National Party (a political party that advocates an independent Scotland), there has been a furor of nationalistic fervor in Scotland. The Kingdoms of England and Scotland were united in 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain under the provisions of the Act of Union. The Parliament of Scotland consented to the union in large part due to the guarantee of Protestant leadership provided for by the Act of Settlement. While neither Salmond nor the vast majority of present day Scots still harbor the anti-Catholic sentiments...
...amended. Canada, still legally a commonwealth of the United Kingdom, has determined that the Act of Settlement is a part of Canadian constitutional law. Therefore, amending the act would require an amendment to the Canadian constitution as well. Although the vast majority of Canadians feel no allegiance to Britain and believe in republican status for Canada, it has remained a commonwealth because changing its political status would lend legitimacy to Québécois separatists who advocate for an independent Quebec. Thus, an amendment to the Canadian constitution catalyzed by the modification of the Act of Settlement could plausibly...
CORRECTION: A Feb. 7 op-ed, "Britain and Catholicism" incorrectly stated that Canada is a commonwealth of the United Kingdom. On the contrary, it is sovereign and not subject to any British legislative power. However, Canada is a member of both the Commonwealth realm, an organization of 16 sovereign countries that recognize Queen Elizabeth II as their monarch, and the Commonwealth of Nations, an international organization composed of 53 sovereign states, many of which used to be British colonies. Also, the writer mistakenly referenced the "Commonwealth League of Nations." This organization does not exist. The writer intended to reference...