lawrence river, the great river of canada. beginning with its source in the great lakes and, of course, its course downstream moving northeasterly all the way to the atlantic. and quebec being the main french fortress and most powerful single point in canada was to be very significant in the conflict. so let's take a look at a modern map and get a sense of this geography. now today beyond discussing the military history i'd like to give you a little sense of the human dimensions of this conflict. and the various peoples and interests involved. the struggles, the sufferings which were great, the haipt lea. the french colonists of acadia who were largely deported and expelled from their native land by the british during the conflict. we'll also talk about a battle that occurred in the lake champlain corridor actually on the shores of lake george and triggered a famous episode, a massacre that's featured in the movie, "the last of the mohicans." as well as the book, of course, by james fennimore cooper, the 19th century novel. we

those people came over through canada. they walked in and got a legitimate driver's license and they did what they did. so that's why i'm concerned as well. these were u.s. citizens who collaborated with people from canada as well. so there's a lot involved, even in our pocket of the world. and again, southwest border needs protection. i want to make sure we have the adequate resources on the northern border because -- and we have a great relationship with canada. they are doing what they can. but i want to make sure that that's considered a high priority of our government, as well. >> if i can add, the canadians are great and we have done also wonderful things. their cooperation is wonderful. but when i was last before this committee, i mentioned i'm finishing a book on hezbollah's global presence right now. i've had the opportunity not only to interview u.s. law enforcement, but many foreign law enforcement intelligence agencies as well, especially in canada. on both sides of the border, people have told me they are conc

this is not a new focus for the united states or canada to be in the pacific. in fact our fleet right now is 55% in the pacific, 45% elsewhere. and we're gradually going to move that to where it's 60% in the pacific. in terms of our allies, we want to keep doing what we're doing in things like surface and anti-submarine capabilities in isar, in the myriad of ways to overcome the tyranny of distance in the pacific. canada participates in rimpac and has every single time the ring of the pacific exercise that that has been -- that's the largest maritime exercise in the world. canada is one of the only two countries that have been there every single time. with our ships and our submarines to cross deck with our aircraft in terms of training, in terms of doctoring, in terms of operations and how we do it. if i could wave my magic wand, i think we would be pretty much where we are today, which is closely cooperative, which is making sure that we do exercise together, making sure that our platforms are compatible, making sure that our -- both leadership officers, but

that's its flame in canada. however, in pto remember that they first gave colonial names to this region, the french using the name acadia or acadi in french to indicate what we d called the prince edward island the isle st. jean. well there were several things which determined british authorities on the expulsion of the acadians in the mid-1750s, and it occurred during this war in north america that we talked about that began in the ohio country. as french-british tensions built to a pitch, certain british officials determined or decided that it would be in their empire's interests to evict and settlers in acadia. who were the main actors in this? and why was the decision taken and what was the acadian position at the time? we could devote a whole class to that. so i can only hit a few high points here. let's go back to the map of acadia. and we come to the rationale of the british. the rationale was that a small minority of the acadians, even though living under british rule had assisted the french in r ha assi

is there more that we can learn from canada? >> well, let me start off with the comment about the great moderation and then work in the differences and experiences. because i think it's a really good point. you know, in actual fact, you the murder on the orient express works. i cannot find anybody who is not to blame for what happened. people took mortgages they never should have and less thnders ma mortgages they should not have loaned. it was facilitated by incentives like mortgage interest deductiblity which is something that we do no have which encourage s people to take out bigger mortgages. and the regulatory oversight was not robust and financial innovation was not so quick, people could not keep pace with what was happening. so regulators fell behind. banks did not hold enough capit capital, so in fact, everyone was to blame. and part of the reason the interest rates were so low so long is because the global circulation of the reserves from china flowing into the treasury and when we think about the great moderation, it

and canada and also with greenland. legislation was passed on a on a trade ban on seal skins. with the exemption actually actually of indigenous. tribes they seal skin that was hunted by indigenous. and that's obviously had a devastating effect on certain communities at least in the arctic and particularly in greenland and so on in canada but we should not forget that the legislation which is very much the same regulation was passed by the u.s. in the seventy's i'm not aware of any major dispute between canada and the u.s. in that regard so. it's no doubt we should be should have a say elaborate on the issue and and see what can be done but yeah it was due to a certain political inferences of animal protection lobbies in our us at this legislation was passed and they are also i can argue. at a time when the e.u. arctic forum was not yet in place and not get active so that was also the reason why a holistic picture of the effects and side effects that the regulation might have was maybe not present in the debate among the poor materials do you think we need a precise legal and

in the seventy's i'm not aware of any major dispute between canada and us in that regard so. it's no doubt we should we should have a say elaborate on the issue and and see what can be done but yeah it was due to a certain political inferences of animal protection of the levees and i was at this legislation was passed and there also i can argue. at the time when that you arky foreign was not yet in place and not get active so that was also the reason why a holistic picture of the effects and side effects such a regulation might have was maybe not present in the debate around the perimeter and do you think we need a precise legal and political framework for the arctic circle to be established by the arctic council. well you have. numbers of regulations in place the basis of it all is the united nations commission love to see you have several sector oriel regulations and several regional regulations and also international rate organizations like very important the i would be international maritime organization which is working on a mandatory polish shipping code forty arctic so

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or canada north of the border and toronto.askin and south of the border in rochester, new york, president and chief investment officer at menden capital advisers. thank you for spending the time today. >> my pleasure. >> so let's zero in on what went so well in canada. what makes investing in canadian banks a better bet for u.s. investors than buying u.s. bank stocks? >> we're well-regulated, low competition, and high return. dumpb f duri during the crisis, banks fell sharply but then came right back. because in the end, no canadian bank had a losing quarter, cut its dividend and each of them, in fact, now has a higher dividend than before the financial crisis. >> so you think it was because of the fact that the regular la environment was stronger? i'm still trying to figure out why it was that the canadian banking sector held up so much stronger than u.s. >> a lot of it has to do with the nature of the mortgage business in canada. we never got involved with subprime mortgages here. right now in canada, one half of one percent

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why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft. >>> air canada pilots are on a lockout.anada tableed the final and best offer to the union representing the pilots in order to bring finality to the set of negotiations. air canada issued a notice it would lock out pilot, one minute after midnight. >>> take a look at this, a huge fire in a castle in slovakia. none of the exhibits inside were damaged. fixing the roof is going to take time. it seems kids trying to light cigarettes set the fire. they lit grass around the castle and it set it on fire and spread to the castle. the kids are under the age of 15 and cannot be prosecuted. >>> public anger is intense, that mass protests are underway on the anniversary of the madrid train bombing. the two biggest trade unions drawn thousands to the streets for rallies. they are outraged over reforms making it easier and cheaper for companys to fireworkers. the unemployment rate is soaring. 20% of spaniards are out of work. >>> year since the earthquake and tsunami that struck japan. people paused to remember across the country at the

. >>> ion peals court in canada overturned the ban -- the appeals court in canada overturned the ban on brothels. they ruled the law against brothels was too broad and safest way to sell sex was for a prostitute to work indoor. but the ban of street prostitution was upheld. they can legally work in brothels but hire security and other staff. >>> there's more evidence in the disasterous impacts on bp's deep water horizon oil spill. it is having on the gulf of mexico almost two years after the oil line broke and was capped. scientists discovered dead and dying coral colonies that were covered with brown and white mix of oil and organic

and not only that we can reverse pipelines that go out the eastern canada side.as economic, but the fact is that canada is not going to place all its bets with the u.s. anymore really over this transcanada issue. >> i want to know, though, a lot of oil executives are up in arms about this, andy. and putting a lot of pressure on obama to go the full approval as opposed to the partial approval. what are the chances that their pressure might actually work? or are we going to have to wait until, for example, after the election? >> i think you have to wait until after the election and really that's the bottom line. no matter how much pressure the executives put on it. transcanada was planning to build this leg first. so i expect that as that goes forward we'll see that completed by the end of next year. but the canadian leg is still a couple of years away, early 2015. >> there may be another vote in congress about this. in the senate, for example, the pipeline supporters got 56 votes. they had two others in reserve. they need two others to get it passed. but, look, th

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it will strengthen vital ties with our ally, canada. i urge my colleagues to support the hoeven-lugar-vitter keystone x.l. pipeline amendment. madam president, i ask unanimous consent to include my full statement in the record, and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lautenberg: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. lautenberg: thank you, madam president. i rise to speak against three republican amendments that pose grave threats to our health, our children, and our environment. the first seeks to delay and weaken new e.p.a. standards that would reduce the pollution produced by industrial boilers. these boilers emit dozens of toxins, including lead, which reduces children's intelligence levels and dioxins, which can cause birth defects. boilers also release mercury, which is brain poison for children. and i ask my colleagues here: just think for a moment how lucky you are if all of your children are healthy and feeling good. under the republican amendment, polluters will ha

parts of southern canada have been freezing, the coldest air anywhere on the globe has been across canada. not much made it to the west. but the cold air is there and because it has been so warm here across areas to the south it feels like may in the south. it feels like a hot and humid and muggy day, not like march. and the cold air is in there and we have one of these things and you get the two air masses colliding, abnormally warm air and an normally cold air right now across areas of canada. >>shepard: usually, it seems like, you tell me, there is the jet stream, a clipper, that skirts along canada and dips in to the united states, goes back around and up off the east coast to canada, that never dipped this year did it? >>guest: at times but not long. scenely, you get a blocking pattern, a big area of high pressure that sets up over green land and the storms try to go off the coast and they cannot because the high pressure is blocking it and the cold stays cross the united states and the high pressure never set up across green land so any kind of cold we had, quickly moved off show an

making process now their idea was to cut him out of the equation because the pipeline originates in canada and not in the u.s. but the measure needed sixty votes to pass and it quite literally sprung obama into action he and his team lobbied other democratic lawmakers into saying no this bill our ports are the obama phone calls himself so as you can imagine the g.o.p. it was not too happy about that. this report this morning that the president is personally making phone calls for democratic senator who she thinks might vote for the amendment asking them not to and frankly charge to even comprehend how much completely out of touch she is on this issue. now those words were simply not convincing enough because the measure failed today fifty six to forty two but eleven democrats voting in favor of the measure now mr mcconnell says the president is out of touch he's referring to all the job opportunities that supporters say could come from the construction of the pipeline even a former president bill clinton has shown support for the pipelines capabilities and speaking of jobs has become a div

i thought canada was in canada, isn't it? laughter ] for a guy who shoots old men in the face, he has a weird sense of what's dangerous. apparently, dick cheney is worried because his presence has caused violent protests in canada in the past, which i guess can be dangerous. he's not in great health. what if he suffered another heart attack. he would be whisked to the hospital where he would get expert medical care for free. everything he believes in would be destroyed. hey, here's something. i don't want to bring the mood down. but this is something i'm very upset about. have you seen the movie "the artist"? it's a very good movie. won best picture at the academy awards. and the best part of the movie, in my opinion, was the dog. there's a dog named jack. it's played by an actor dog named uggie. uggie is a great dog. he knows a lot of tricks. so we thought it would be fun to have him on the show to make oscar predictions last month and we did. he was here for five nights. here's uggie in the movie "the artist." okay? see, go

and in canada, now the question is should we be exporting gas or not. that's a political debate still happening and will happen over the next several years, i presume. >> you have liquefied natural gas terminals all over the world, but none in the u.s. are you planing on building in the u.s. soon? >> probably the largest lng -- we're the largest lng player out there on a global basis. we look at the north american market and say the fundamentals are here for liquefied natural gas export to other parts of the world. we think that likely happens first in can da because canada needs less of that natural dz itself. it's primed for export because of the iement of resources found in the u.s. are pretty astounding as well. i think the real political debate will be do we export liquefied natural gas from the u.s. shell is looking at those projects and evaluating those and pushing very hard on one in canada. and pushing in >> there's been opposition to drilling in the united states, is that a problem going forward? >> it is a problem and a valid problem, because

is canada a rising imperial super power? economy in the world, has a better unemployment rate than the united states, and canada's aaa. after the u.s. delayed the keystone pipeline, canadian prime minister stephen harper went to china to talk about redirecting the pipeline

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rob maryfield from canada. and we had a little conversation about this, we talked about what's happening in canada and with -- with their budgets, they are actually going to be introducing an austerity budget. they have lowered their tax rates. they believe that they are on firm ground and certainly prime minister harper who has been here and other places around the world is looking for those trade partnerships. so we know that when we're talking about america, we're actually talking about an expanded north american envelope of influence really and canada being so tied directly to europe, they are also affected by that. and i wanted to talk a little bit about you were starting two things. you were starting to head down a path and i believe we had run out of time, but the brits separating the retail versus institutional spending, and you had said it was much more radical and i wanted to give you a brief time to, expand on that. >> i'm not sure i can do justice to the reform. what they propose to do over time is

health canada. >> reporter: we looked at 63 versions of the 12 most popular drugs on canada drugs' websitewhere they would come from. almost all of them were from india, turkey, australia or the uk. >> we're quite proud of what we do and working with licensed pharmacy partners. each one of our pharmacy partners undergoes inspection and has license from local and national regulatory authorities. >> reporter: cbs news learned one of canada drugs' key suppliers is this man, tom haughton. i. tom, armen keteyian. >> reporter: who admits his company was responsible for sending at least 36 vials of counterfeit avastin into the u.s. last year. haughton owns several pharmaceutical related businesses here in barbados and some 3,000 website domain names. many that take you to canadadrugs.com. >> we've worked with tom for quite some time. he's one of our trusted partners. >> reporter: a source close to a federal investigation told cbs news haughton's role in shipping the fake avastin into the u.s. is a key part of a criminal probe. haughton told us, he didn't know the drugs were counterfeit. >> we did

they said when they got to canada, the dog ran away. apparently he sought asylum in canada. his wife romney's wife said the dog lived a long and fruitful life. at least i hope that comes up in a debate. we've got to get into that. >> the dog stayed in canada as a draft dodger, explaining why he had to be tied to the roof. >> thank you craig. >> one campaign note about this nonsense. if you think american's politicians miss the obvious let's see what's happening in the local elections in canada. the wide rose party danielle smith. that would be her head and portrait her chest being exactly where the double wheels and tires go. this perhaps was where for the wild rose party the wheels fell off. >> a budget so rounds out current's new morning news block. >>it's completely inappropriate for television. the real world. it has under-seat storage to bring everything, available seating for up to seven people to take everyone, and the grip of available all-wheel drive to go everywhere. think of it as a search engine helping you browse the real world. this march, get no extra charge t

-canada border. at the same time they are moving fo pipeline, like from oklahoma to texas that don't cross the border and don't need state department evaluation or decision. so i think we've handled this, madam chairman in a way that was commensurate with the law and regulation. i strongly believe we have to increase our energy security. i strongly support the creation of a new energy bureau. just last week we important agreement with mexico to encourage transboundary exploration in the gulf of mexico, something that we are committed to do what we can to get the supplies we need. >> thank you, madam secretary. now to syria. >> we are concerned. i think it is an issue that deserves the attention of the international community. non-lugar was in a per missive environment. it was after the soviet union had fallen. the new russian federation came into being. they welcomed our work with them as did kazakhstan, ukraine and other countries. at this time there was not a per missive environment but we're going

the united states and canada are allies, friends, neighbors. our trade and military partnerships are strong and enduring as our border is long and the connection between our two countries is far more than geographical. it encompasses our shared principles, values and security. our formal defense ties were established in a pretty informal session. august 18, 1940, 60 miles or so south of here when prime minister mackenzie king and president franklin roosevelt that in roosevelt's car in the village of wealth to income in new york and agreed in principle to what became known as the ogdensburg agreement. it was a simple five sentence document that established the permanent joint word, focused on the defense of the north had at the western hemisphere. it was so informal that the agreement says that the first meeting of the board would happen and i quote, shortly. [laughter] at the government has gotten much more precise since then. [laughter] they took shortly too hard because the first meeting of the board was the following monday here in ottawa. a

you are from canada. no, born in england and moved to canada. >> i cooperate have more rights than this. i come from a bilingual province called quebec where out going messages take this. hi, you have reached gavin. please leave a message after the tone. this is an out going message. [speaking french]. and then you say, you know what, i will just text you. >> and then you realize it was 1985. >> you have to do your joke in two languages so you go you are just burning doing the neutron dance. [speaking french]. >> why is he starting in puerto rico? why not get the puerto ricans in the bronks to start speaking english? start locally. >> it takes a lot of beans, i believe that is a g-rated word. i admire he went and said, you foreigners in your country. stop speaking like that. i have to give him credit for that. diana, everybody wants a universal language. isn't evening lish the best language? we should get rid of the others so we don't have to deal with the others. >> i think it should be the number one la

we're working closely with canada. canada's got it as a top priority. i'm in a unique position as the norad commander with my relationship with canada so i can tell you that we're joined at the hip with not just canada but all eight of the northern region countries. >> do submarines play a part in that thinking? >> submarines are still active up there and i know that our navy operates in the arctic region and will i presume continue to do so. >> and they are important to both economic and national security in that area. >> the arctic will, as it opens up as a domain, i'm sure will be -- will find all types of commercial, economic and military activity in the arctic. >> thank you. my time has expired. which means that your time has expired. thankfully, i'm sure, from your standpoint. i want to thank you again on behalf of the entire committee for your service and for your sacrifice, your family's service and sacrifice and for being with us today. thank you very much, gentlemen. i declare this hearing is adjourned. thank you. >>> as this senate hearing co

and jc watts says, the keystone xcel pipeline would move 700,000 barrels from canada to the u.s. part of the pipeline would pass through curbing, oklahoma where there is a glut of oil, because we don't have enough pipe to move it. so that's the background on president obama's visit to curbing, oklahoma from both sides. we turn to you outside of washington to get your take on this. new york, noel, a republican, what do you think? >> caller: well, i think he has no policy whatsoever. i think what he's doing right now is just totally political. he's trying to get re-elected. and he is not doing a very good job of it, actually. i think this it guy is berest of any kind of policy whatsoever with regards to energy. thank you. >> knoll, before you go -- hey, noel -- we lost noel. we'll go to ohio. al, democratic caller. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i agree with the last caller. he's a little late on the pipeline. he had, you know -- he got the speculators that he's the one that got all the gas. i'm a democrat, and i know he's doing wrong. first of all, that pipeline, he should

of course they controlled the atlantic and the supply routes to canada. so next time when we continue, we'll see how that helps determine the outcome of the war. thank you very much. >>> lectures this history airs each saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern and sundays at 1:00. we feature classroom lectures on different topics and eras. to keep up during the week or to sends your questions and comment, follow us on twitter at twitter.com/c-span history. >>> on november 2nd, 2011, the cia released more than 200 declassified documents and videos that president reagan used in developing his soviet union possible. next officials discuss president reagan, the use of intelligence and the end of the cold war. this hour and a half long symposium was held at the ronald reagan presidential library. >> thank you, duke. i think we all owe you a sincere thank you for making this spectacular venue available today to showcase the declassification and release of the cia and presidential library records. on behalf of our director and our chief information officer i wa

and what it felt like to be in that place in canada and in other opportunities to be in that land inreland. i wonder if you can reflect and margaret as well, what were the physical experiences you were having and what was the importance ever going to the place by way of informing your story? >> i don't know if anybody seen there is a series on now on called african-american lives? >> yeah. >> and it remindses me so much of my experience and some of the things that were said that rang through for me are things like, if we don't know where we come from we don't know that we are somebody. it's like, the effects of colonization when -- when our story is taken from us. in when our language is taken and we are disoriented and we come to a new country, we are not literate, it's a way to keep people oppressed. so, part of reclaiming ourselves as irish americans and having the biggest life possible means knowing everything there is to know about ourselves and our people. >> i will talk briefly about the going to saint john i set that trip up and 911 happened. and so i endsed up going on this

venezuela and get more oil from canada, that is also a policy that we would pursue, wouldn't it? >> well, obviously we would rather buy oil from friendly countries. and we are doing everything we can to diversify our oil supply, including producing more oil here in the united states, which is all to the good. >> so why the -- why the flip-flop on the keystone xl pipeline? >> i don't think there was any flip-flop, congressman. i think this was always a matter that had to be evaluated in accordance with legal and regulatory standards. certainly energy security considerations was a key factor, but not the only factor. there was a lot of concern on the part of one state through which the pipeline traveled. >> and on that note, your environmental impact statement approved the original route, and now there's been agreement upon another route that the governor and others have come out and supported, correct? >> well, i think that what the finding was, is that there was minimal environmental disruption, but the national interest consideration had not yet been finalized, which is why stat

and canada. going back as far as 1998, a series of regional task forces were set up across canada with u.s. and canadian participation to work. telemarketing fraud and other types of mass marketing fraud on a collective basis. and all of our major partners and consumer fraud ranging from the federal trade chigs to the fbi the postal inspection service, the secret service, have all participated in different ways in these task forces. the frame of reference has changed. now when jeff talks about lottery fraud, note he didn't say as we might have a number of years back, south florida or southern california, now it's costa rica, jamaica, the dominican republic, and farther afield, spain, and other parts of the world. now, in part because we have seen and assistant attorney general brewer's remarks highlighted this as well, as we have seen the globalization of crime in general, we've seen the globalization of fraud including the globalization of techniques. when we first started to compare notes with