PACIFIC LEADERS TAKE ACTIONON CLEAN ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION, OCEAN CONSERVATIONVANCOUVER, B.C. – Leaders from British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington have signed onto a series of joint actions that will help create jobs, strengthen the Pacific Coast economy, advance action on climate change and clean energy, and protect the marine environment.The actions were ratified...
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Natural Resources
Pacific Policy Agreements
Statement by Federal Minister on Forestry
Statement by the Honourable Christian Paradis, P.C., M.P. Minister of Natural Resources concerning Canada’s forest industryDiversification is the key to a prosperous future for Canada’s forest sector. Particularly, the development of biomarkets offers a wealth of possibilities. The forest sector of tomorrow will produce everything from solvents and plastics ...
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Aquaculture Policy BC Revised
VICTORIA – The Province has placed a moratorium on issuing new finfish aquaculture licences and will no longer be accepting new applications for shellfish aquaculture, following Tuesday’s B.C. Supreme Court ruling. The province will also negotiate the regulatory transfer of shellfish aquaculture to the federal government in addition to the...
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BC MINING TAX CREDIT
PROPOSED TAX CREDIT EXTENSION BENEFITS MINING INDUSTRYVANCOUVER – The Province intends to introduce legislation to provide greater certainty to British Columbia’s mining industry by extending the BC Mining Flow-Through Share Tax Credit for another three years to 2013, Premier Gordon Campbell announced at Mineral Exploration Roundup.“The mining industry...
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New Brunswick and Quebec conclude negotiations following energy agreement
January 20, 2010. January 20, 2010. Fredericton, NB and Québec City, QC .– Premiers Shawn Graham and Jean Charest announced today the conclusion of negotiations on an energy agreement between the provinces of New Brunswick and Québec. Fredericton, NB and Quebec City, QC .- First Shawn Graham and Jean Charest today announced...
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Review of Railway Cost of Capital
Review of Railway Cost of Capital Methodology- January 18, 2010A review of the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (Agency) cost of capital methodology is currently in progress. The review is being conducted in two phases: a study phase and a hearing phase. In the study phase, an independent consultant...
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