Canada

Leaving Kyoto

The announcement that Canada plans to leave the Kyoto Protocol has been greeted with dismay by environmentalists at home and abroad. We look at reaction from the national media.

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Umweltschützer

En français s’il vous plaît

CANADA: Look out, Burger King. Global companies in Quebec are being encouraged to add an explanation in French of trade names that are in English. Will we soon see Le Roi du Boeuf Haché?

Acht geben

Markennamen

News: They shoot horses, don't they?

Canada is now a major exporter of horsemeat. But is this a good thing? Critics are concerned about the conditions under which the horses are being transported for slaughter. And there may be other problems, too.

Politician Jack Layton. Photo: I. Lievaart/Wikipedia

Goodbye, Jack

On the night of his death, Canadians attended vigils and put candles in their windows. They spoke of broken hearts and quoted Jack Layton's last letter to them, written just a few days before he died.

an Nachtwachen teilnehmen

Kerzen

zitieren (aus)

Intercultural Communication: Canada

Despite its size, Canada often stands in the shadow of its powerful neighbour. Not on our podcast! Today we’ll focus on doing business with Canadians. We talk to our intercultural communication expert, Robert Gibson, and his guest.

An unhealthy situation

This week, we look at media comment on the federal election campaign in Canada as well as at the need for tax cuts to encourage consumer spending in Britain. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic need to be more responsive to ordinary people.

Bundeswahlkampf

Steuersenkungen

Konsum

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Comeback of a fabric

CANADA: Remember rayon? The lightweight material was popular in 1980s clothing. Now it's making a comeback because cotton has become so expensive.

Viskose

Are you sure it's Toronto? Could it be Shanghai?

Citizens of the world

“Multiculturalism has failed,” says Angela Merkel. A Bavarian premier says immigrants have a duty to integrate and to accept the German Leitkultur. Germany in the autumn of 2010? Well, no, actually. These comments were made six years ago.

Ministerpräsident(in)

Business Spotlight 1/2011

When communicating internationally in English, you need to be very careful about using management jargon. Carol Scheunemann tests your knowledge of key management terms in Business Spotlight 1/2011.

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