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    The main contractor for Obamacare’s troubled Healthcare.gov website, blamed early problems on another contractor’s software, according to written testimony posted to a congressional website on Wednesday. “Unfortunately, the (front door software) created a bottleneck that prevented the vast majority of users from accessing” the federal health insurance marketplaces, CGI senior vice president Cheryl Campbell said in testimony submitted to the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee. CGI Federal is a subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. of Montréal, Canada’s largest technology company which employs 39,000 people worldwide and recorded revenue of $4.8 billion in 2012. CGI blames Verizon for many of the problems relating to the website access.    

Brussels — The EU and Canada signed a free trade accord Friday after four years of  tough talks, saying it will boost growth and set the stage for others, including a massive  EU-US deal.Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper hailed it as the biggest (trade) deal our  country has ever made while European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso said it  was highly ambitious and far-reaching. It will provide new opportunities by increasing market access and be the basis for  gaining a strong foothold in the North American market and so provide a catalyst for  growth and the creation of jobs in Europe, Barroso said. The accord is widely seen as a possible template for EU efforts to conclude a similar  Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the United States, touted as  one of the biggest free-trade agreements ever. According to EU figures, bilateral trade in goods last year was worth  ($84 billion), with  Canada the EU's 11th largest trading partner, while the 28-memb

Canadian retailers say prices are higher here than in the US. in part due to higher labour costs, rents, import duties and suppliers' prices. A relatively small population spread over a vast geography costs more to service. BMO found most of the narrowing in the price gap over the last six years is due to the decline in the value of the Canadian dollar relative to the US. greenback. To eliminate the price gap completely, the Canadian dollar would have to fall to 88 cents US., Porter said in an interview. Apart from the currency, the price gap between the two countries is narrowing, very gradually, the report found Ottawa's attempt to reduce the price gap by cutting import tariffs on some items — including baby clothes and hockey gear— have had only a limited impact on overall pricing. A small minority profits from this narrow tarrif relief. Free trade what a non bonus for Canadian shoppers. If you live close to the border the benifits are there with a short drive to the USA bor

Here in Canada, we have 20.7 doctors for every 10,000 people, according to the World Health Organization. The average Canadian can expect to live until the ripe old age of 82. Compare these figures to a third world country Rwanda, however, where there are only 0.6 doctors per 10,000 people. The average life expectancy for Rwandans? Sixty — more than two decades shorter than in Canada and five years before most Canadians retire. Partners In Health, however, has long been working to build long-term health capacity in the developing world, especially in Rwanda and Haiti (one of the founders of Partners In Health, by the way, is the current president of the World Bank). To view your Country click link below http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_phy_per_1000_peo-physicians-per-1-000-people