Here's the government of Canada giving $270,000 to the Calgary Folk Festival, funding that came out of the Marquee Tourism Events Program and the Calgary MP who happens to be Minister of State for Tourism, Diane Ablonczy, is nowhere to be found. Instead, it's Ontario MP and Industry Minister (and heavy metal fan, I might add) who is handing out the cash.

James J. Jackson, a specialist in international trade and finance with the U.S. Congressional Research Service, takes a close look at Canada's system of financial regulation with an eye towards adopting some new policy recommendations for the United States. "Canada’s financial system, in particular is garnering attention, because it seems to be more resistant to the failures and bailouts that have marked banks in the United States and Europe. In particular, some observers are assessing the merits of the way Canada supervises and regulates its banks, as one possible model for the United States," Jackson writes.

..will be replaced by Canadian Roger Alexander. The press release from Areva is below, with information about Alexander. Also of note: I'm interested to see how Areva now describes itself. It is not a "nuclear power company" or a "nuclear" anything -- the term "nuclear" can be one that makes certain environmental types nervous. Instead, Areva is now "a world leader in CO2-free power generation"...

... the beltway media are missing this point: "The condescending reaction to the Dean insurgency by television's political correspondents can be reminiscent of that hilarious party scene in the movie "Singin' in the Rain," where Hollywood's silent-era elite greets the advent of talkies with dismissive bafflement. "The Internet has yet to mature as a political tool," intoned Carl Cameron of Fox News last summer as he reported that the runner-up group to Dean supporters on the meetup.com site was witches . ."