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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks to Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

Flaherty says transaction tax unattractive

Sat Nov 7, 1:02 PM

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Proposals for a tax on financial transactions to fund the cost of future bank bailouts are unattractive, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Saturday.

  • Toronto's Mayor David Miller (c) celebrates with two Canadian Mounties after winning the bid to host the 2015 Pan-American Games in Guadalajara city, November 6, 2009. Toronto won with 33 votes, Lima 11 and Bogota 7 during the General Assembly of Pan American Sports Organization. REUTERS/Alejandro Acosta
    Toronto wins vote to host 2015 Pan American Games Fri Nov 6, 8:54 PM

    GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Toronto was awarded the 2015 Pan American Games on Friday by beating the South American capitals Bogota and Lima on the first ballot.

  • A Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) logo is seen in Toronto November 9, 2007. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
    Gold miners pull TSX out of jobs-linked funk Fri Nov 6, 6:06 PM

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended higher for a fourth straight session on Friday as gold miners rallied around record high bullion prices, offsetting the index's fall at the outset on weak jobs data that fueled worry about economic recovery.

  • Canada grow-ops send home values up in smoke Fri Nov 6, 5:27 PM

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Marijuana grow-ops are a huge industry in parts of Canada, creating health and safety risks and leaving both unknowing home buyers and mortgage lenders vulnerable to fraud, a conference heard on Friday.

  • Canada to host G8 foreign ministers in Quebec city Fri Nov 6, 3:28 PM

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will host a meeting of G8 foreign ministers in March 2010 in the French-speaking province of Quebec, laying the groundwork for a leaders' summit in June of next year.

  • Two-year-old Ellon reacts while receiving the H1N1 pandemic vaccine from a nurse at the The East York Civic Centre clinic in Toronto October 29, 2009. REUTERS/ Mike Cassese
    Canada may choose extra pandemic supplier in future Tue Nov 3, 11:25 AM

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government, facing public impatience over the pace of vaccinations for the H1N1 flu, signaled on Tuesday that it might no longer sole-source vaccines for future pandemics.

  • New bill seen getting opposition backing Tue Nov 3, 3:37 PM

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - The opposition New Democratic Party will most likely back a new bill on employment insurance, but is making no promises about long it will keep the minority Conservative government in power.

  • Canada watchdog grumbles at realtor home sale rules Tue Nov 3, 2:21 PM

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's Competition watchdog wants "anti-competitive" realtors to change the way they work, and wants new rules that could help new players to enter the market and allow for consumers to pay less.

  • Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page waits to testify before the Commons finance committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
    Budget watchdog says needs more cash Tue Nov 3, 12:10 PM

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's parliamentary budget officer said on Tuesday he may have to shut down his operations due to lack of funding, less than two years after the government created his job to improve transparency.

  • Three miners die in mine accident in Quebec Tue Nov 3, 11:36 AM

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Metanor Resources Inc said on Tuesday the bodies of all three missing miners have been found following an accident at its Bachelor Lake gold mine in northwestern Quebec.

  • Britain's Prince Charles waves to the crowd during the official welcoming ceremony for him (L) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in St. John's November 2, 2009, on the first day of their Canadian Royal tour. They are accompanied by Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean (2nd L) her husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond (R) and followed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen in the background on the left. REUTERS/Greg Locke
    Prince Charles in Canada as relevancy questioned Mon Nov 2, 6:13 PM

    ST JOHN'S, Newfoundland (Reuters) - Prince Charles arrived in Canada on Monday for a 11-day cross-country visit that comes at a time when many Canadians say the royal family is no longer relevant to them.

  • China refuses Canada canola extension request Mon Nov 2, 4:40 PM

    WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - China, Canada's top export market for canola seed last year, has refused a Canadian delegation's request to delay for six months a plan to reject Canadian canola with blackleg disease as of November 15, the Canola Council of Canada said on Monday.

  • The Olympic torch is carried from Fisgard Lighthouse at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site during the Olympic Torch relay in October 2009 in Colwood, British Columbia, Canada. The 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay, already the longest in Games history, will break another record on Sunday when it visits the North Pole.  Photo:Jeff Vinnick/AFP
    Canada fights EU ban on seal products at WTO Mon Nov 2, 12:25 PM

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has taken action at the World Trade Organization to overturn a European Union ban on imports of seal products on concerns by animal rights groups of brutality in the seal hunt, the government said on Monday.

  • Two sealing boats navigate towards a break in the ice created by the two passing car ferries Caribou (L) and the Joseph and Clara Smalllwood (R) as they try to leave Sydney harbour, Nova Scotia, March 28, 2009. REUTERS/Paul Darrow
    Canada launches WTO dispute over EU seal trade ban Mon Nov 2, 12:10 PM

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Canada requested on Monday consultations with Brussels over the European Union's restrictions on seal product imports, effectively launching a World Trade Organization dispute in the matter.

  • Gary Simpson, an employee at the Virginia Employment Commission office, posts job postings at the office in Alexandria, Virginia November 6, 2009.  The U.S. unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent and 190,000 jobs were lost in October, exceeding expectations for a 9.9 percent rate and a loss of 175,000 jobs.  REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)
    Flaherty sees lagging recovery in jobs Mon Nov 2, 10:41 AM

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday Canadians should not expect the employment market to recover as quickly as the general economy.

  • Local films an endangered species in Canada Mon Nov 2, 3:17 AM

    TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - Hollywood is dominating the Canadian box office at the expense of homegrown films, according to a government report.

  • Three miners missing after Metanor gold mine floods Sun Nov 1, 10:46 PM

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Metanor Resources Inc has suspended operations at its Bachelor Lake gold mine in the Canadian province of Quebec after an accident that left three miners missing.

  • Canadian police arrest two men sought by FBI Sat Oct 31, 4:57 PM

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Two men sought by the FBI and linked to a Detroit Muslim leader killed by U.S. authorities were arrested in Windsor, Ontario on Saturday, Canadian police said.

  • Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper watches ceremonies from behind the Olympic Flame following its arrival in Victoria, British Columbia October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Andy Clark
    Flame arrives in Canada for 2010 Games Fri Oct 30, 10:34 PM

    VICTORIA, British Columbia (Reuters) - The Olympic flame arrived in Canada on Friday, beginning a 45,000-km (28,000-mile) trek that will see it crisscross the country before it arrives at next year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

  • Polar bears look on at the St. Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St. Felicien, March 5, 2009. According to Environment Canada, Canada is home to approximately 15,000 of the estimated 20,000-25,000 polar bears worldwide. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger
    Canada, Greenland to jointly manage polar bears Fri Oct 30, 5:41 PM

    CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada and Greenland agreed on Friday to create a joint commission to recommend how many of the polar bears shared between the two countries can be hunted each year.

  • Canwest headquarters in Winnipeg .THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
    Canwest cleared for move to save National Post Fri Oct 30, 4:24 PM

    TORONTO (Reuters) - An Ontario judge on Friday approved the transfer of Canwest Global's flagship National Post newspaper into a new holding company, a move that will allow the money-losing daily to keep operating.

  • An EnCana pump jack pumps oil out of the ground near Rockyford, Alberta, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Todd Korol
    GDP down, BoC growth forecast in doubt Fri Oct 30, 2:11 PM

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's gross domestic product shrank by 0.1 percent in August, casting doubt on whether Canada climbed out of recession in the third quarter and making official growth projections all but impossible to reach.

  • Backers still pursuing Canadian Arctic pipeline Fri Oct 30, 2:45 PM

    CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Companies backing a C$16.2 billion ($15 billion) Canadian Arctic gas pipeline continue to pursue the long-delayed project despite a report that a federal cabinet committee has balked at providing a financial support package, company executives said on Friday.

  • Canadian Security Intelligence Service Director Richard Fadden delivers a speech at the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies annual conference in Ottawa October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
    Canadian media glorify terror suspects: spy chief Thu Oct 29, 4:10 PM

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's new spy chief accused journalists and human rights advocates on Thursday of often glorifying terror suspects as "quasi folk heroes" and downplaying the risks posed to society by terrorism.

  • Bank of Canada deputy governor to leave next year Thu Oct 29, 2:45 PM

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Paul Jenkins will step down when his current seven-year term ends in April 2010, the central bank said on Thursday.

  • Hydro-Quebec to buy NB Power assets for C$4.75 billion Thu Oct 29, 2:41 PM

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Hydro-Quebec said on Thursday it will buy most of the assets of debt-laden New Brunswick Power in a C$4.75 billion ($4.4 billion) deal that will give it better access to power-hungry markets in the U.S. Northeast.

  • Canadian court gives Rwandan life term for war crimes Thu Oct 29, 2:31 PM

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian court Thursday sentenced a Rwandan man to life in prison after he was found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for his role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said.

  • Tobacco groups ask Obama to challenge Canadian ban Thu Oct 29, 2:30 PM

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Philip Morris International joined with U.S. tobacco industry groups on Thursday to ask President Barack Obama's administration to challenge Canada's new law banning flavored cigarettes and small cigars.

  • The Olympic flame landed in Yellowknife on Thursday as part of the northern leg of its 106-day, cross-Canada tour.
    Greece hands over Winter Games flame to Canada Thu Oct 29, 2:03 PM

    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece handed the Olympic flame to Canada, hosts of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games, on Thursday for the longest domestic torch relay ever ahead of the February 12 opening ceremony.