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India
and Canada are a good fit
Yet
while there have been calls for Ottawa to step up economic
ties to India -- or even engage in some form of free trade
talks—Canada’s trade and investment with India is meager.
Maher
Arar's Ordeal - Canada's Shame
President George W. Bush's "war on terror," includes waging illegal
war and perpetrating grotesque human
rights violations,
including secret prisons, torture and perpetual
detention
without trial. [Read
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INDIA:
A Superpower in the Making?
With nearly 1.1 billion inhabitants, India is the second largest
country on earth in population, and seventh largest in geographical
area, over 1.1 million square miles. This is almost 1,000 people for
every square mile of area nationwide—much denser than even China. [Read
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Union
Carbide Must Clean Bhopal Mess - Residents
Union
Carbide has failed to appear in the ongoing case in the
Madhya Pradesh High Court. The company can evade liability
because it does not have any direct assets in India. All its
business
in India is conducted through a subsidiary of Dow
Chemical.
Survivors allege that the Indian Government, which can enforce
Carbide's appearance by going after Dow, is soft-pedalling
because
of pressure from the U.S. government.
[Read
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Muslims and
the Media in India
The
author points to the negligible presence of Muslim employees
in 'mainstream' media organizations and to the remarkably
low
number of Muslim-owned newspapers and magazines in languages
other than Urdu. [Read
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CAMSC calls
for procurement policy reform to
drive economic growth
"The
full participation of aboriginals and visible minorities
in
the Canadian economy is crucial for Canada's
competitiveness
and our place in the global economy...Many aboriginals and
visible minorities are already active entrepreneurs. They
are
tremendous contributors to Canada's private sector, and
are
more likely to be engaged in research and development than
other entrepreneurs." [Read
more ... ]
TB and
AIDS – India and Canada’s Response to the Global Emergency
The
Toronto-Calcutta Foundation and Results Canada presented
an evening of awareness-raising and relationship-building
coinciding
with the AIDS 2006 Conference. [Read
more ... ]
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