* Stephen Wetmore, CEO Canadian Tire Corporation

Canada's automobile industry, on the other hand, has been dominated by American firms from its inception, explaining why Canadians use the American spelling of tire ( hence, " Canadian Tire ") and American terminology for the parts of automobiles ( for example, truck instead of lorry, gasoline instead of petrol, trunk instead of boot ).

The oldest loyalty program in Canada is probably Canadian Tire money, in which the Canadian Tire company gives out coupons which look like currency.

Almost every gas station in Canada offers some sort of program such as Esso Extra at the Esso gas stations, Petro Points at Petro-Canada, Save-On-More at some Chevron stations in BC, Canadian Tire money at Canadian Tire gas stations, or a coupon that grants the customer 3. 5 cents off per litre of fuel purchased at Sobeys Fast Fuel locations that can be used at a Sobeys banner store.

The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series enjoys generally strong car-counts using the base of the sport in Canada ( the short-oval region of Southern Ontario ).

* CASCAR Super Series 1981 – 2006 ; now NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

* Official website of NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

* Canadian Tire, a Canadian company engaged in retailing, financial services and petroleum

* Alfred J. Billes ( 1902 – 1995 ), cofounder of Canadian Tire

* The Canadian Tire Couple ( Ted Simonett and Gloria Slade )-They appeared in a sketch made to look like one of their regular ads, where they promoted the " Baby Power Washer ".

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is a Canadian retail company.

Retail operations include Canadian Tire, the core retail and automotive service operation, Canadian Tire Petroleum, men ’ s, women ’ s, and work apparel retailer Mark's Work Wearhouse, FGL, and PartSource, retailing auto parts and accessories.

The retailer is known for its Canadian Tire money, a loyalty program first introduced in 1958.

In 1937, Canadian Tire moved into the new Main store at 837 Yonge Street, after completing extensive alterations to what once was the Grand Central Market.

The British and Canadian Liaison Officers, as well as Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, the American Red Cross, and similar interested organizations were informed from time to time as training aids were developed.

Anthropologists were recruited from England and the USA, setting the foundation for the unique Canadian style of anthropology.

Abugidas were long considered to be syllabaries or intermediate between syllabaries and alphabets, and the term " syllabics " is retained in the name of Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics.

Canadian scholar Richard Toporoski theorised in 1998 that " if, let us say, an alteration were to be made in the United Kingdom to the Act of Settlement 1701, providing for the succession of the Crown ... t is my opinion that the domestic constitutional law of Australia or Papua New Guinea, for example, would provide for the succession in those countries of the same person who became Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

While the British foreign affairs were in favour of support of the Canadian argument, the event resulted in what was thought of as a betrayal, leading to alienation of the British from the new nation of Canada.

This would make US cars more expensive and Canadian cars less so until their prices were similar.

Various local legends were compiled by J. W. Burns in a series of Canadian newspaper articles in the 1920s.

The other judges were John Toohey QC, a former Justice of the High Court of Australia who had worked on Aboriginal issues ( he replaced New Zealander Sir Edward Somers QC, who retired from the Inquiry in 2000 for personal reasons ), and Mr Justice William Hoyt QC, former Chief Justice of New Brunswick and a member of the Canadian Judicial Council.

Following the 1852 Telegraph Act, Canada's first permanent transatlantic telegraph link was a submarine cable built in 1866 between Ireland and Newfoundland. Telegrams were sent through networks built by Canadian Pacific and Canadian National.

The agreement was complicated by the fact that some Canadian destinations were served by only one of the two networks.

Canada became a kingdom in its own right on that date, but the British Parliament kept limited rights of political control over the new country that were shed by stages over the years until the last vestiges were surrendered in 1982 when the Constitution Act patriated the Canadian constitution.

Into the late 1960s, nationally televised, multi-cultural concerts held in Ottawa were added, and the fête became known as Festival Canada ; after 1980 the Canadian government began to promote the celebrating of Dominion Day beyond the national capital, giving grants and aid to cities across the country to help fund local activities.

Conversely, these arguments were disputed by those who claimed Dominion was widely misunderstood, and conservatively inclined commenters saw the change as part of a much larger attempt by Liberals to " re-brand " or re-define Canadian history.

In 1976, jurisdiction over telecommunications services, most of which were then delivered by monopoly common carriers ( for example, telephone companies ), was transferred to it from the Canadian Transport Commission although the abbreviation CRTC remained the same.

All Italian-Canadians were denied RAI programming by RAI International's removal of its programming from the Canadian marketplace, a move intended to create a public outcry and a threat that Canadians would resort to using satellite viewing cards obtained via the US in order to watch RAI, even though these cards were either grey market or black market, according to different analyses ( see below ).

The CRTC contends that this low level of Canadian content, particularly when compared to the 35 % rule on local radio stations, was necessary because unlicenced U. S. receivers were already flooding into the country, so that enforcing a ban on these receivers would be nearly impossible ( see below ).

The first Canadian dictionaries of Canadian English were edited by Walter Spencer Avis and published by Gage Ltd.

The Beginner's Dictionary ( 1962 ), the Intermediate Dictionary ( 1964 ) and, finally, the Senior Dictionary ( 1967 ) were milestones in Canadian English lexicography.

The policies in the early years of Confederation were designed by Central Canadian interests, and they reflected the needs of that region.

CANDU reactors were first developed in the late 1950s and 1960s by a partnership between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited ( AECL ), the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario ( now Ontario Power Generation ), Canadian General Electric ( now GE Canada ), and other companies.

Because rye was once a standard ingredient in Canadian whisky, the terms " rye whisky " and " Canadian whisky " are often used interchangeably in Canada.

; Royal prerogative: Reserve powers of the Canadian Crown, being remnants of the powers once held by the British Crown, reduced over time by the parliamentary system.

Unable to afford the services of the Elvis band for a month, the band featured the talents of obscure Colorado-based rock guitarist Jock Bartley ( soon to skyrocket to fame with Firefall ), veteran Nashville sideman Neil Flanz on pedal steel, Kyle Tullis on bass and former Mountain drummer N. D. Smart ( once described by Canadian folksinger Ian Tyson as " a psychotic redneck ").

Then in London, Astor at once made a contract with the Northwest Company of Montreal and Quebec ( then the magnate of the Canadian Northwest fur trade ).

Here, gentle rolling hills remain from the glaciation that once extended from the Canadian Shield to the Missouri River.

The Canadian prime minister serves at Her Majesty's pleasure, meaning the post does not have a fixed term ; once appointed and sworn in by the governor general, the prime minister remains in office until he or she resigns, is dismissed, or dies.

At age 44, he tried to enlist in the Canadian military once World War I broke out, but was turned down as being medically unfit.

Turner kept MGM's pre-May 1986 and pre-merger film and TV library, which included nearly all of MGM's material made before the merger, and a small portion of United Artists ' film and TV properties which included few UA pictures, the TV series Gilligan's Island, the U. S and Canadian distribution rights to RKO Radio Pictures library, and the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library and the Fleischer and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons that both were once the property of Associated Artists Productions, which merged with UA Television in 1958 ).

It is used, or was once used, in the national legislatures and subnational legislatures of most Commonwealth and ex-Commonwealth nations upon being granted responsible government, beginning with the first of the Canadian provinces in 1848 and the six Australian colonies between 1855 and 1890.

A number of proposals have been mooted in the past to have Barbados integrated with either neighboring countries or once even the Canadian Confederation.

Several Canadian provinces also once had a Legislative Council, but these have all been abolished, the last being Quebec's Legislative Council in 1968.

* CMC Electronics-formerly the Canadian Marconi Company, once part of EE / GEC & BAe

Because many automatic belt system designs compliant with the US passive-restraint mandate did not meet the safety performance requirements of Canada — which were not weakened to accommodate automatic belts — vehicle models which had been eligible for easy importation in either direction across the US-Canada border when equipped with manual belts became ineligible for importation in either direction once the US variants got automatic belts and the Canadian versions retained manual belts.

The North Canadian once had sufficient flow to flood every year, wreaking destruction on surrounding areas, including the original Oklahoma City Zoo.

There is an urban legend that a CBC announcer once referred to the network on the air as the " Canadian Broadcorping Castration ", which also sometimes remains in use as a satirical nickname.

The town of Thélus fell during the second day of the attack, as did the crest of the ridge once the Canadian Corps overcame a salient of considerable German resistance.

An even more ambitious trench raid on 1 March 1917, once again by the 4th Canadian Division, failed and resulted in 637 casualties including two battalion commanders and a number of company commanders killed.

Reserve units from the 4th Canadian Division came forward and once again attacked the German positions on the top of the ridge.

The 10th Canadian Brigade attacked once again at 5: 00 am, this time supported by a significant amount of artillery and the 24th British Division of I Corps to the north.

Although never actually a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Doohan was once labelled the " craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Force.

All the former colonies and territories that became involved in the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867, were initially part of New France, and were once ruled by France.

* Canadair-predecessor aerospace company ( once part of Canadian Vickers and General Dynamics ) acquired by Bombardier Inc. that became the core of Bombardier Aerospace

Since 2001, the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board has accredited several university programs in software engineering, allowing graduates to apply for a professional engineering licence once the other prerequisites are obtained, although this does nothing to help IT professionals using the title with degrees in other fields ( such as computer science ).