Canada's Prime Minister Brian Mulroney welcomed Nelson Mandela on his first visit to Canada only months after Mandela's release from a South African prison in 1990.
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Politics Today – December 8, 2013

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On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reviews Canada’s relationship with South Africa and its strong connection with Nelson Mandela.

He also reports on a government MP’s private member’s bill to reform parliament, new labour legislation in the western Canadian province of Alberta, and an unprecedented press conference in Canada’s upper chamber, the Senate.

More information:
RCI – Canada, apartheid, and Nelson Mandela (audio report) – here
RCI – Canadian government MP tables bill to reform powers of party leaders, caucuses (audio report) – here
RCI – Province of Alberta prepares to fine public sector strikers, or anyone suggesting a strike (audio report) – here
RCI – Canada’s Senate Speaker convenes unprecedented press conference (audio report) – here

Other information:
RCI – Canada’s PM Stephen Harper: 14 unofficial portraits – here
RCI – Foreign Minister: Canada will support democratic development in Ukraine – here
RCI – Open letter to Canada’s Foreign Minister, MPs about gold mine in Romania – here

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