June 7, 2018
The Quebec Treasury Board (click here) has launched a large-scale call for applicants for professional jobs in Quebec’s civil service and is hoping anglophones get aboard the hiring bandwagon.
There are currently 1,500 full and part-time positions available, largely in the Quebec City and Montreal regions as well as others in the regions, including Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
“There’s a hiring blitz. The important thing is we want to be really proactive by using our networks.
The message is ‘we need you in the civil service and it’s an interesting career,’ ” Kathleen Weil, minister responsible for relations with the English-speaking community, said in an interview Thursday.
“We want to get them when they are very young. I have met with school boards and high schools, universities.”...
The Summit
Friday, June 8, 2018
12:30 – 14:00 (click here)
G7 working lunch
- Theme: Economic growth that works for everyone
- Location: Le Point Cardinal, golf clubhouse, Le Manoir Richelieu
- Participants: Leaders and sherpas
- Media: Closed
Saturday, June 9, 2018
I fully expect Ivanka Trump to be in attendance.
08:00 – 09:00
G7 and Gender Equality Advisory Council breakfast
- Location: G7 Outreach Meeting Room, Le Manoir Richelieu
- Participants: Leaders, sherpas and council members
- Media: Photo opportunity
09:30 – 10:30
G7 working session
- Theme: Gender equality and women’s empowerment
- Location: G7 Summit Room,Le Manoir Richelieu
- Participants: Leaders and Sherpas
- Media: Photo opportunity
The climate crisis is a very big deal for all attending, except the USA. So, expect the Trump crowd to seek distraction of one kind or another. Perhaps if Donny is too much for anyone to handle, they will consider making it the G6.
10:45 – 11:45
G7 working session
- Theme: Climate change and clean energy
- Location: G7 Summit Room, Le Manoir Richelieu
- Participants: Leaders and sherpas
- Media: Closed
15:00 – 16:30
G7 working session
- Theme: Economic growth and the future of work
- Location: G7 Summit Room, Le Manoir Richelieu
- Participants: Leaders and Sherpas
- Media: Photo opportunity
18:30 – 20:00
G7 working dinner
- Theme: A more peaceful and secure world
- Location: Black Bear Chalet, La Malbaie
- Participants: Leaders
- Media: Closed
And it looks like there is a Sunday agenda:
12:15 – 13:15
G7 and outreach working session
- Theme: Oceans
- Location: G7 Outreach Meeting Room, Le Manoir Richelieu
- Participants: G7 and outreach leaders, and Sherpas
- Media: Photo opportunity
13:15 – 13:45
G7 and outreach family photograph
- Location: Press theatre, Le Manoir Richelieu
- Participants: G7 and outreach leaders
- Media: Photo opportunity
13:45 – 15:15
G7 and outreach working lunch
- Theme: Oceans
- Location: G7 Outreach Meeting Room, Le Manoir Richelieu
- Participants: G7 and outreach leaders, and Sherpas
- Media: Closed
16:00 – 17:00
Chair’s press conference
- Location: Press theatre, Le Manoir Richelieu
- Participant: Prime Minister of Canada
- Media: Open coverage
Of course, Putin is all bent out of shape that he won't be there, so he is throwing in a special poison to Europe. It is really meant for Ukraine.
June 7, 2018
Anton Troianovski
Moscow — As he watches Europe’s confrontation (click here) with President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be enjoying an “I told you so” moment.
European leaders long ignored his warnings about the dangers of a world dominated by the United States, Putin said Thursday during his nationally broadcast annual call-in show . With Trump’s new metals tariffs, Putin said, Europeans are now finally getting their comeuppance for showing excessive deference to Washington — and getting a taste of the way the United States had long treated Russia.
“In essence, these are sanctions,” Putin said of the tariffs. “What, did they ‘annex Crimea,’ as many of our partners say?”
Putin went on: “Our partners probably thought that these counterproductive policies would never affect them. . . . No one wanted to listen, and no one wanted to do anything to stop these tendencies. Here we are.”
One of the show’s hosts responded, “They got what they deserved.”...
