Word: canadas
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...wide range of common interests, such as a revival of the North American economy, reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, and the war in Afghanistan. But the unscripted moments of the President's first foreign visit since being elected to the White House - including a declaration of love for Canada and an impromptu visit to an Ottawa farmers' market for a beaver-tail pastry - overshadowed the official agenda...
...love this country, and I think that we could not have a better friend and ally," Obama told reporters after a private luncheon with the PM on Parliament Hill, expressing an unprecedented depth of emotion for Canada, where Obama has a higher approval rating than any other U.S. politician has had. (See pictures of the world watching President Obama's Inauguration...
...During the course of the 45-minute news conference, Obama and Harper jointly announced a clean-energy dialogue between Canada and the U.S., in part intended to develop alternative energy sources and reduce carbon emissions from Canada's tar sands. Northern Alberta's tar sands are the single biggest supplier of foreign oil to the U.S., ahead of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, but the extraction process is energy-intensive...
...Harper acknowledged a push by the U.S. to strengthen labor and environmental provisions under NAFTA, which underpins the world's biggest trade relationship, accounting for as much as $1.5 billion in daily trade between Canada and the U.S. prior to last year's economic meltdown. "We can address these concerns without opening NAFTA and unraveling a complex agreement," said Harper. The tough rhetoric Obama fired at NAFTA during the election campaign has been replaced by caution...
...national passport from a country taking part in the youth mobility scheme. But because the U.S. has not yet signed the agreement, several internships sponsored by the Institute of Politics and the Center for European Studies are now only available to students with passports from the European Union, Australia, Canada, Japan, or New Zealand. The visa troubles have already impacted students’ summer plans. Anna Raginskaya ’11 spent last summer as an intern at Sotheby’s Auction House in London. At the end of her internship, she was offered an unpaid position...