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Payette pledges herself to the values of tolerance, openness and working together

7/14/2017

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Ottawa, July 14 (Canadian-Media): An announcement was made by the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau on July 13 that Her Majesty the Queen, on Trudeau's recommendation,  had approved the appointment of Julie Payette as the next Governor General of Canada, media reports said.
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  Julie Payette. Image credit: Twitter handle
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Outgoing Gov. Gen. David Johnston will be succeeded by Payette , who will be the Queen's new representative in Canada, the government said.

The installation ceremony for Payette will take place in the fall.

Payette, francophone and an anglophone, will be the fourth woman to be the governor general of Canada and would get an official residence at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa.

Payette, who is 53-year-old is from Montreal and speaks six languages including English and French

She would be the 29th governor general of Canada and would draw a salary of $290,660.

Payette is a computer engineer with a commercial pilot licence and was picked from among 5,330 applicants in 1992 to be one of four new astronauts with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

She had participated in two space flights to the International Space Station and served as the CSA's chief astronaut between 2000 and 2007.

Payette is also an engineer, scientific broadcaster and corporate director, and is an administratrice de sociétés certifiée (ASC is equivalent to the Institute of Corporate Directors, Director [ICD.D] designation).

Payette was a recipient of many distinctions and 27 honorary doctorates and is an accomplished athlete, pianist and choral singer.

She is a Knight of the Ordre national du Québec and an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Payette had served as a board member for Drug Free Kids Canada and  was listed as a National Champion of the Trans Canada Trail.

She pledged herself to the values of tolerance, openness and working together.  

(Reporting by Asha Bajaj) 


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Majority of Canadians oppose China's takeover of Canadian companies

7/5/2017

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#NanosResearchPoll, #Canada’sLiberalgovernment, #JustinTrudeau’s #LiKeqiang, #Norsat, #CanadianSecurityIntelligenceService, #ITFTechnologies, #artificialintelligence, #augmentedreality,  #CanadaChinaBilateralTrade, #CanadiansOpposeChinaFirmTakeover 

Ottawa, Jul 5 (Canadian-Media): According to a Nanos Research poll, more than half of Canadians favouring Liberal government’s pursuit of an amicable bilateral free-trade agreement with China was strong opposied by a majority of Canadians, concerning sale of their technological military-based companies to Chinese investors,  media reports said.
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang hoped that Canada would relax the restrictions on high-tech exports to China believing this would promote the growth of bilateral trade relations between the two countries, Globe and Mail News reports said.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also believed relaxing restrictions on investment from China was in keeping with his foreign-policy objective to deepen trade relations, including a free-trade deal, with China, .

But according to the Nanos poll, commissioned by The Globe and Mail, more than three-quarters of Canadians said Chinese investors should not be allowed to buy two Canadian high tech firms with developed military-edge technology.

U.S. Defence Department also expressed concern, reported The New York Times earlier this year, about Chinese investing in startups important technology such as artificial intelligence, robotics and augmented reality.

“Although people understand it is important to have good trade relations with China, they find it more difficult to understand why transactions that could directly impact our national security or have military purposes – how that connects,” Pollster Nanos said.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service, fearing the transfer of Canada’s advanced military laser technology to China, also opposed Chinese’ takeover of such Canadian military-edge technology firms.

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​76 percent of Canadians, according to Nanos poll, opposed the takeover of Norsat while only 18 percent supported the purchase and 78 percent of Canadians opposed China’s purchase of Montreal-based ITF Technologies.

“For many Canadians, they actually believe those transactions put Canada at risk,” Globe and Mail quoted  NikNanos in an interview. “If the government continues to embark on this path, it will probably be a significant political risk for them."
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​(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)
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