Canada

Canada, the second largest country after Russia, is on the north border of the U.S., with the Pacific Ocean to the west, Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The capital city is Ottawa and the population is 32.2 million, about a tenth of the U.S.

Media
The BBC says of the country's media:


 * Canada has a long history of public broadcasting. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was set up in the 1930s in response to the growing influence of American radio. The Canadian media are free to present a wide range of views and opinions. The broadcasting regulator rules that quotas of Canadian material - usually 30-35% - must be carried by TV and radio stations.

U.S. on/off torture watch list
On January 17, 2008, Canada put the U.S. and Israel on a torture watch list - a list of countries where prisoners can be tortured. Reuters reported that this was likely to embarass the Conservative minority government of Canada.

Two days later, on January 19, Reuters reported that Canada, responding to pressure from allies, said that it would remove the U.S. and Israel from this same list, the U.S. and Israel expressing unhappiness at being put on the list. Amnesty International Canada (AIC) said that is has a lot of evidence that torture is going on in U.S. and Israeli prisons and AIC was disappointed in the removal.

Canadian military bases overseas
Canada has the military base Camp Mirage at the Minhad Air Force Base in the country of United Arab Emirates. The base is a staging area for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan and for a Canadian warship when one is assigned to a U.S. battle group. U.S. soldiers are also stationed at the base.

Leaders

 * Stephen Harper, Prime minister, Conservative party, defeated Paul Martin in 2006 to end 12 years of Liberal government

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Access to Information Act (Canada)
 * Atlantic Council of Canada
 * Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
 * Canadian Association of Journalists
 * Canadian federal election, 2004
 * Canadian Government emails about rendition flights
 * Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
 * CanWest
 * Conservative Party of Canada
 * Direct-to-consumer advertising: CanWest's Bid to Overturn Canada's Ban
 * Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy-Canada
 * Greenwashing/Canada
 * Kyoto Protocol & Canada
 * Liberal Party of Canada
 * Mad Cow Canada
 * Privatization of Parks,Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
 * Regulating lobbying/Canada
 * The Council of Canadians
 * U.S. military bases overseas

External articles

 * "Canada rejects anti-terror laws", BBC, February 28, 2007.
 * Lee Berthiaume, "Corporate Social Responsibility Rules for Mining Industry Blasted," Embassy (Canada), April 1, 2009.

External resources

 * Timeline: Canada, BBC, accessed March 2008.