According to The Canadian Dictionary of ASL there are five broad regions of ASL variation in Canada, the Pacific, Prairie, Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic regions.

According to the Fraser Institute, Alberta has very high levels of economic freedom and rates Alberta as the most free economy in Canada, and second most free economy amongst U. S. states and Canadian provinces.

According to the laws of Canada, a Canadian whisky must be mashed, distilled and aged in Canada.

According to Canadian broadcaster, CTV, " IKEA's publications have developed an almost cult-like following online.

According to the Canadian Encyclopedia " its grand plaza and lower office buildings, designed by internationally famous US architect I. M.

According to the 2001 Canadian Census, the largest ethnic group consists of people of Scottish descent ( 38. 0 %), followed by English ( 28. 7 %), Irish ( 27. 9 %), French ( 21. 3 %), German ( 4. 0 %), and Dutch ( 3. 1 %) descent.

According to law professor H. Patrick Glenn of the Canadian McGill University, located in Montreal, Quebec, " oday it is said that the dhimmi are ' excluded from the specifically Muslim privileges, but on the other hand they are excluded from the specifically Muslim duties ' while ( and here there are clear parallels with western public and private law treatment of aliens – Fremdenrecht, la condition de estrangers ), ' or the rest, the Muslim and the dhimmi are equal in practically the whole of the law of property and of contracts and obligations '.

According to the American calendar, the U. S. summer season is commonly regarded as beginning on Memorial Day weekend ( the last weekend in May ) and ending on Labor Day weekend ( the first weekend in September ), more closely in line with the meteorological definition ; the similar Canadian tradition starts summer on Victoria Day one week prior ( although summer conditions vary widely across Canada's expansive territory ) and ends, like the United States, on Labour Day.

According to the 2008 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations claimed 214, 738 members in 2002.

According to Canadian Lawyer Magazine, the law school ranks among the top five in Canada.

According to Northeast Intelligence Network, Al-Qaeda listed the crash among its successes, and a Canadian militant cooperating with authorities suggested that it had been brought down with a shoe bomb.

According to a worldwide ranking by the École des Mines de Paris, Concordia ranks first among Canadian and 33rd among world universities in terms of graduates occupying the rank of Chief Executive Officer at Fortune 500 companies.

According to the Canadian Royal Heritage Trust, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn — due to his having lived in Canada between 1791 and 1800, and fathering Queen Victoria — is the " ancestor of the modern Canadian Royal Family.

According to Canadian historian Michael H. Kater, Orff claimed at the end of the war to his Allied interrogators that he was a founding member of the White Rose and was released.

According to this literature, Canadian identity has been defined by a fear of nature, by settler history and by unquestioned adherence to the community.

According to Canadian protocol, as a former Prime Minister, he is styled " The Right Honourable " for life.

According to Canadian historian Ken Coates, the border has not merely influenced the Pacific Northwest — rather, " the region's history and character have been determined by the boundary ".

According to the study, from 1990 – 1997, the Innu community of Davis Inlet had a suicide rate more than twelve times the Canadian average, and well over three times the rate often observed in isolated northern villages.

According to Hopewell's rather romantic account, Blanchette met another French Canadian ( Bernard Guillet ) at the site of St. Charles in 1765.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village, founded by a French Canadian Roman Catholic priest ( that later converted to Protestantism ) and friend of Abraham Lincoln by the name of Charles Chiniquy, has a total area of, of which, of it is land and 1. 92 % is water.

According to the 2011 Canadian census, the population of the city proper was 123, 363, while the population of the census metropolitan area ( CMA ) was 159, 561.

According to the Canadian Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, of which, of it is land and of it ( 5. 10 %) is water.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Canadian has a total area of, all of it land.

According to Robertson Davies in his book The Manticore, the Canadian arms had toned down the genital aspects of the lion and the unicorn, who in previous times had been represented with what Davies called " saucy pizzles.

According to the document the military of the Republic of Bulgaria should include two mechanized brigades, four regiments ( Logistics, Artillery, Engineering, SpecOps ), four battalions ( Reconnaissance, Mechanized, NBC, PsyOps ) in the Land Forces ; Fighter base, helicopter base, SAM air defense brigade and Air force training base in the Air Force ; and two naval bases in the Navy.

According to a modern history of the regiment, the idea for creating this unique force was proposed by Jacques Prevost, a Swiss soldier and adventurer who was a friend of The Duke of Cumberland ( William, who was the King's second son and was Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.

According to the constitution, it is incumbent upon the King: to sanction and promulgate laws ; to summon and dissolve the Cortes Generales ( the Parliament ) and to call elections ; to call a referendum under the circumstances provided in the constitution ; to propose a candidate for prime minister, and to appoint or remove him from office, as well as other ministers ; to issue the decrees agreed upon by the Council of Ministers ; to confer civil and military positions, and to award honors and distinctions ; to be informed of the affairs of the State, presiding over the meetings of the Council of Ministers whenever opportune ; to exercise supreme command of the Spanish Armed Forces, to exercise the right to grant pardons, in accordance to the law ; and to exercise the High Patronage of the Royal Academies.

According to the Syrian Constitution, the President of Syria is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

According to the Constitution of the Kingdom, serving in the Armed Forces is a duty of all Thai citizens.

According to an interview of some soldiers of the German Special Forces KSK, the post-operation briefing was broken down by an argument between the KSK soldiers and U. S. soldiers.

According to 10 USC 980, the United States Code for the Armed Forces, Limitations on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects, a waiver of advanced informed consent may be granted by the Secretary of Defense if a research project would:

According to the International Institute of Strategic Studies ' Military Balance 2010, the latter includes an Army of 12, 500, a Navy of 500 and a 500-strong Air Force, while the CIA Factbook describes the People's Armed Forces as consisting of the Intervention Force, Aeronaval Force ( navy and air ) and the Development Force.

According to the Swedish Armed Forces field manual, a trained fire and maneuver team is as effective as four individual soldiers of same quality.

According to a 1980 Time Magazine article citing analysts from RAND Corporation, allegedly Soviet non-Slavs, including Jews, Armenians, and Asians were generally barred from senior ranks and from joining elite or strategic positions in the Air Force, Strategic Rocket Forces, and the Soviet Navy because of doubts regarding the loyalty of ethnic minorities.

According to press reports, the Caribbean Bloc of the FARC-EP ( Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ) controls several of the department's gold mines and manages 48. 000 hectares of land through figureheads.

According to the National Defence Act, furthermore, the Minister of National Defence, is responsible and accountable to Parliament for all matters related to national defence and the Canadian Forces.

According to the Croatian constitution, the President of Croatia is the Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia.

According to the 1992 constitution, the President of Czech Republic is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and appoints and promotes generals.

According to the Constitution of Russia, the President of Russia is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

According to Article II, Section 2, Clause I of the Constitution, the President of the United States is commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.

According to French journalist Marie-Monique Robin, author of Escadrons de la mort, l ' école française ( 2004, Death Squads, The French School ), the paternity of Operation Condor is to be attributed to General Rivero, intelligence officer of the Argentine Armed Forces and former student of the French.

According the version of political circles in Washington, Craxi first gave the United States Forces permission to detain the terrorists, but he later reneged on the deal.

According to a story in Ha ' aretz, based on Arab media and interviews with Israeli and Arab sources, Jaradat carried out the bombing as an act of revenge after Israel Defense Forces undercover operatives in Jenin killed her cousin ( Salah, 34 ) and her younger brother ( Fadi, 25 ).

According to the Marine Corps Times, the 20 June 2003 activation of the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, which began with Detachment One, paid homage to the Marine Raiders.

According to the U. S .- Japan Status of Forces Agreement U. S. personnel have partial extraterritorial right, so in most cases suspects were not arrested by Japanese authorities.

According to the federal law, the FSB is considered a military service just like the Armed Forces, MVD Internal Troops, FSO, SVR, FSKN and EMERCOM's civil defence.

According to a 1980 TIME Magazine article citing analysts from RAND Corporation, Soviet non-Slavs were generally barred from joining the Strategic Rocket Forces because of suspicions of loyalty of ethnic minorities to the Kremlin.

According to Al Jazeera English, it was formed in 2002 and includes Islah, Yemeni Socialist Party ( YSP ), Hizb Al-Haq ( a semi-religious party ), the Unionist party, and the Popular Forces Union party.

According to the Israel Defense Forces from September 2000 through 2003, 29 suicide attacks have been carried out by youth under the age of 18, 22 shootings attacks and attacks using explosive devices were carried out by youth under the age of and more than 40 youths under the age of 18 were involved in attempted suicide bombings that were thwarted.