Canada travels to Lybia.

On Tuesday 11^th October, the Canadian Foreign Affair Minister, John Baird, traveled to Tripoli.

During his visit to Libya he attended to a ceremony for the reopen of the Canadian embassy and to announce that Canada will contribute with $10 million to help to secure the 23,000 shoulder-to-air missile launchers in circulation, discarded riles and other guns and stockpiles of chemical weapons, which were part of Gaddafi’s arsenal, before they get in the wrong hands. Baird also focused on the role that the Libyan women are playing on the revolution, so he hosted a round table with Lybian women’s rights advocates. He also met with representatives from non-governmental organizations; Libya’s social affairs minister Anwar Abu Shagur and oil Minister Ali Tarhouni.

In my opinion, the trip of John Baird to Tripoli can be seen as a step towards the improvement of the Libyan situation, but more than a clear impact, it has a symbolic meaning. I mean that even if is important, it is not a key element for the Libyan population right now. The money that Canada and other countries are going to invest to secure the weapons, it is necessary, of course, to protect the international security. But for me, if they are going to invest that much money on the weapons, why they do not spend a little bit more in helping the civilian population. I might have an idealistic point of view, but I go over the idea, that protecting those weapons is key for the world security, but protecting and helping the population is a main point to achieve the peace that the world desperately claims for.

Canada reopens embassy. The nation.

http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/International/12-Oct-2011/Canada-reopens-embassy

Irene Izquieta Garcia.

Americans going to Canada to find a job

Nowadays, an increasing number of U.S.A citizens are moving to Canada to find a job. The world financial crisis and the lack of jobs in the United States has provoked that job seekers from the United States of America move to Canada to find a job and many others are just waiting for they residence permit or job visas. Canada was one of the countries who survived to the 2008 economic meltdown and now, it seems that it is surviving o the actual crisis, or at least it seems like it is doing better. U. S.A workers who have been interviewed for the article say that they need a safe place where they can start a new phase and Canada seems to be the safe place they are looking for.

I have been living in Canada for a year and I can say that life is good up there. Life quality is high. I have been in the U.S.A as well and if I compare the life level, Canada wins the battle. However I can not forget that the number of people who lives in the United States is much more bigger than the number of people living in Canada and of course the poverty does exist as well in Canada, but it t is a good country to live and for example, two good reasons are the easier access to the health system and the cheaper price of education. While I was in Ottawa, I had three of my friends who were looking for a job and the three of them found one. Also, it is an interesting choice, because the process to get a visa or a permit is not as complicated as it is in the U.S.A.

It seems that the “American dream” is moving up to the cold north.

Ferri, Jhon. CNN World. Americans going to Canada to find job.

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/08/america-canada-jobs/?iref=allsearch