MONTREAL - Stephen Harper's government has provided funding of $1,000,000 to the Montreal 2009 Just for Laughs Festival. The 27th Festival will take place from July 3 to 26, 2009.
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Foreign acquisitions of Canadian-controlled firms, particularly in mining, manufacturing, retail and accommodation and food services industries, drove the 13.7% increase in assets under foreign control in 2006, the fastest rate of growth since 1999. Canadian assets under Canadian control rose 8.2%.
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Real gross domestic product (GDP) declined 0.8% in the fourth quarter, weakening progressively each month. This was the sharpest quarterly decline since 1991. Declines in exports, capital investment and personal expenditures all contributed to the economic contraction. Final domestic demand fell 1.2%. Government current and capital expenditure rose. Real GDP declined 1.0% in December.
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Visitors from the United States made 5.2 million overnight trips to Canada during the third quarter of 2008, the lowest third-quarter level since records were first kept in 1972.
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Investments in non-residential construction and machinery and equipment are expected to total $237.5 billion in 2009, down 6.6% from 2008. Private sector investment is anticipated to fall by 13.1%, mainly due to the mining and oil and gas extraction industry.
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Canadian Union of Public Employees CUPE National does not support the resolution passed by the Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee (OUWCC) of CUPE Ontario on February 22, 2009. The views expressed in the resolution are those of a small number of CUPE Ontario members, according to a statement by Paul Moist, CUPE National President. The resolution does not represent CUPE National policy.
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In December 2008, 538,200 Canadians received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, up 25,000 or 4.9% from November, after seasonal adjustment.
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Delegates to the CUPE Ontario convention in Ottawa voted unanimously to support the international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel until that state recognizes the Palestinian right to self-determination.
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Public sector employment reached 3.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2008, up by 96,000 or 2.9% over the same period in 2007.
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Canada lost nearly 322,000 manufacturing jobs from 2004 to 2008, with more than one in seven manufacturing jobs disappearing over the period.
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