Traditionally, the federal government has used its financial leverage to cajole the provinces to apply the principles of the Canada Health Act.

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It may be that only pressure from its southern neighbour will force Canada eventually to act to regain control of its own borders.

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In the UK and Canada, the mere act of creation of a work gives copyright.

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Such a system may well be discussed at the talks in Canada, but the political will to act has so far been decidedly lacking.

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Yet he's also befuddled by America's Hamlet act over the Keystone XL pipeline, which would help unlock Canada's energy bounty.

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His tough approach to separatism was codified last year in the Clarity Act, which erects big legal obstacles to any break-up of Canada.

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Canada should strip its dual citizens of their passports if they commit an act of terror abroad, the country's immigration minister has said.

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An indictment against Mr Abassi, unsealed on Thursday, alleged he came from Canada and was fraudulently seeking a US work visa in order to "facilitate an act of international terrorism".

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And Canada is still fighting for an exemption from a rule inserted into the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act that bars the American government from buying fuels whose production causes more greenhouse-gas emissions than conventional petroleum sources, as producing oil from tar sands does.

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