Monday, November 21, 2011

CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters)

Canada's Asian oil push not a slap to U.S.: minister

TORONTO (Reuters) ? Canada is looking to diversify the market for oil sands crude by courting buyers in Asia, and is not trying to punish the United States for delaying TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline to Texas, the country's natural resources minister said on Friday. Ottawa officials including Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver have spent the past few weeks traveling to Asia, partly to sell China and other countries on the idea of buying oil from Canada.

Inflation eases but rate cut seen less likely

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate moderated in October from a near three-year high in September but was still higher than expected, scaling back market bets for a central bank interest rate cut. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.9 percent in October from a year earlier, easing from 3.2 percent in September as gasoline prices rose at a slower year-on-year pace, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

Older Canadians to carry mortgages into 70s: poll

TORONTO (Reuters) - A third of older Canadians will be paying off their homes until their 70s or even later, well past the age they hope to retire, according to a poll by Royal Bank of Canada released on Thursday. The survey by Canada's largest lender showed that while nearly 72 percent of Canadians hope to mortgage-free by the time they are 65 years old, 33 percent of those over the age of 55 still have 16 years or more on their mortgage term.

Canadian health system too expensive: report

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's public healthcare system is becoming too expensive but could offer better value without drastic cuts or abandoning its state-funded structure, one of the country's most influential economists said on Thursday. Changes needed include more treatment of patients outside of hospitals - through family doctors and home care, for example - and by offering more private services paid for by the public purse, said Don Drummond, a former Toronto-Dominion Bank chief economist and federal finance official.

WTO ruling on U.S. meat law to benefit Canada: source

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada can expect "significant positive news" on Friday from a World Trade Organization ruling about a U.S. meat labeling law, Canadian government sources said on Thursday. The law currently requires U.S. packers to label meat with the name of country it is from, raising their costs and discouraging imports of cattle and hogs.

Honda to start manufacturing CR-Vs in Canada

(Reuters) - Honda Motor Co's Canadian unit will start manufacturing its CR-V compact sport-utility vehicle in Canada early next year, Japan's No. 3 automaker said on Thursday. Honda will produce its new model 2012 CR-V destined for sale in Canada at its manufacturing plant in Alliston, Ontario, north of Toronto. Until now, CR-Vs for North America were built at the company's East Liberty plant in Ohio.

Oil sands opponents "treacherous": Canadian environment minister

OTTAWA (Reuters) - In a sign of the strain the Canadian government is feeling over development of the tar sands, Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Wednesday that opposition legislators who campaigned in Washington against the idea were treacherous. The right-of-center Conservative government was taken aback last week when the U.S. administration delayed approval of TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL pipeline designed to carry crude from the vast Alberta oil sands to refineries in Texas.

Canadian pork producers fear loss of Korea trade

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's pork producers could lose C$300 million ($295 million) a year in exports to South Korea unless Ottawa relaunches stalled talks on a free trade deal, the industry said on Thursday. South Korea, which charges tariffs of up to 25 percent, takes 10 percent of Canada's pork exports. Major producers fear this will shrink when a free trade deal that Seoul has signed with the United States takes full effect in 2016.

Canada worried by reports of F-35 fighter delays

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is worried by reports that delivery of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jets could be delayed and is talking to the manufacturer, Defense Minister Peter MacKay said on Wednesday. Canada says it plans to buy 65 of the jets, which in theory will start arriving in 2016. It has not yet signed a binding contract.

Canada pipeline firms sprint to end U.S. oil glut

HOUSTON/CALGARY (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc and TransCanada Corp have raced forward with new pipeline plans in the fierce battle to unclog a year-long U.S. oil bottleneck, which could quickly end an unprecedented distortion in crude markets. After purchasing ConocoPhillips' stake in the 350,000 barrel-per-day Seaway pipeline for $1.15 billion, Enbridge and Enterprise Products Partners said they plan to reverse the line's flow to send crude locked up at the Cushing, Oklahoma, oil hub to the Texas coast. They will not pursue a similar project called Wrangler mooted in September.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/energy/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111118/wl_canada_nm/canada_summary

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