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 census of 2001, 92 % of the MP residents followed Hinduism, while others are Muslim ( 6 %), Jain ( 0. 9 %), Christians ( 0. 3 %), Buddhists ( 0. 3 %), and Sikhs ( 0. 2 %).

According to one MP, nurses also benefited from the largest pay rise they had received in a generation.

According to the journalist Paul Routledge, Donald Bruce, a former MP and Parliamentary Private Secretary and adviser to Bevan, had told him that Bevan's shift on the disarmament issue was the result of discussions with the Soviet government where they advised him to push for British retention of nuclear weapons so they could possibly be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the United States.

According to the cables Bouterse met Roger Khan several times in Nickerie at the house of MP Rashied Doekhi, who is prominent member of Bouterse's political party.

According to Neath MP Peter Hain “ Rhodri was the party ’ s favourite and feelings ran very high " but nevertheless, in a volte-face, Hain agreed to run the campaign for Michael who he described as " the establishment candidate .” Although Morgan had the overwhelming support of Labour Party members, Alun Michael, backed by Blair and by the trade unions, duly won.

According to an article in TamilNet, John McDonnell and fellow MP Jeremy Corbyn signed a petition calling on the UK to lift a ban on the LTTE, which is listed as a terrorist group by the European Union.

According to the book Women in Parliament published in 2005, Soames has been named as the ' most sexist ' MP, with several female MPs stating that he has made vulgar comments to them.

According to former MP Evan Harris, one of Laws ' former colleagues, " Laws is a fully social liberal on equality, abortion, faith schools, religion and the state.

According to the press, they were separately nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for their work on Chinese organ harvesting by Canadian MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj and Balfour Hakak, chairman of the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel.

According to architect James Gandon's autobiography, Thomas and his brother Paul ran a drawing academy in Nottingham before they came up to London in 1741, in order to take up employment in the military drawing department at the Tower of London ( a post procured for them by John Plumptre, MP for Nottingham ).

* According to a September 14, 2007, article from CTV News, Canadian Liberal MP Belinda Stronach went to the United States for breast cancer surgery in June 2007.

According to The Independent, " She was not the only significant Labour woman MP at that time – Edith Summerskill, the scourge of the boxing fraternity, Bessie Braddock, that larger-than-life Liverpudlian, such compassionate personalities as Peggy Herbison and Alice Bacon – but no one else quite spelt out the grievances of her people with Red Ellen's power and charisma.

According to CTV News, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigated allegations that Guergis allowed Jaffer to conduct commercial business out of her office unrelated to her parliamentary work, after Jaffer had lost his own position as an MP, and also sometimes accompanied Jaffer to his business meetings during this period.

According to MP Diane Ablonczy ( Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, CPC ): " The Governor of the Bank of Canada is an independent officer.

According to Hansard, mentioned by Denis MacShane MP in connection with dealing in Anglia Television shares.

According to www. howdtheyvote. ca, during the 38th Legislature, he was the new Quebec MP who spoke the most in the House of Communs and ranked 38th among all MPs.

According to newspaper reports, the plans were drawn up upon the instructions of John Prescott MP, the Deputy Prime Minister, and senior officers at the Metropolitan Police.