VIRTUAL REFERENCE DESK
Quick Links: 1- Agriculture; 2- Economics; 3- Trade; 4- International Law and International Organizations;
and 5- Other Institutes . . .
1. AGRICULTURE
a. Federal Government
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Electronic Information Service (ACEIS)
http://www.agr.ca/newintre.html
Economic and Policy Analysis Directorate (EPAD)
http://www.agr.ca/policy/epad/english/e-home.htm
AgriWeb Canada: Directory of Canadian Agricultural and Agri-food Resources
http://www.agr.ca/agriweb/awhome-e.htm
Canadian Dairy Commission
http://www.cdc.ca/indexen.html
Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
http://www.cgc.ca/
Canadian Wheat Board
http://www.cwb.ca/
b. Provincial Governments
Alberta Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/
Manitoba Agriculture
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/
New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
http://www.gov.nb.ca/agricult/index.htm
Newfoundland Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods
http://www.gov.nf.ca/forest/
Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing
http://agri.gov.ns.ca
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/index.html
Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture and Forestry
http://www.gov.pe.ca/af/
Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec
http://www.agr.gouv.qc.ca/vanglaise/indexan.htm
Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/
c. Other
AgInfoNet & AgriCarta
http://www.aginfonet.com
2. ECONOMICS
a. Federal Government
Bank of Canada
http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca/english/intro-e.htm
Department of Finance
http://www.fin.gc.ca/fin-eng.html
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
http://www.wd.gc.ca/eng/content/index.html
b. Provincial Government
Alberta Economic Development
http://www.edt.gov.ab.ca/
Alberta Treasury
http://www.treas.gov.ab.ca/
British Columbia Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations
http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/
Manitoba Finance
http://www.gov.mb.ca/finance/
Manitoba Industry, Trade and Tourism
http://www.gov.mb.ca/itt/index.html
New Brunswick Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Culture
http://www.gov.nb.ca/edt/index.htm
New Brunswick Department of Finance
http://www.gov.nb.ca/finance/index.htm
New Brunswick Regional Development Corporation
http://www.gov.nb.ca/rdc/index.htm
Newfoundland Department of Finance
http://www.gov.nf.ca/fin/
Newfoundland Department of Industry, Trade and Technology
http://www.success.nfld.net
NOVAcorp (Nova Scotia Innovation Corporation)
http://www.innovacorp.ns.ca
Nova Scotia Department of Economic Development
http://www.gov.ns.ca/ecor/
Nova Scotia Department of Finance
http://www.gov.ns.ca/fina/
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://www.ontario-canada.com/
Ontario Ministry of Finance
http://www.gov.on.ca/FIN/
Prince Edward Island Business Development
http://www.peibusinessdevelopment.com/
Prince Edward Island Treasury Department
http://www.gov.pe.ca/pt/
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
http://www.lacaisse.com/welcome.html
Ministère de l'Industrie et du Commerce du Québec
http://www.mic.gouv.qc.ca/english/index.html
Ministère des Finances du Québec
http://www.finances.gouv.qc.ca/index_e.htm
Saskatchewan Economic and Co-operative Development
http://www.gov.sk.ca/econdev/
Saskatchewan Finance
http://www.gov.sk.ca/finance/
The Canadian Governments On-Line (CGOL)
http://www.intergov.gc.ca
3. Trade
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
http://www.acoa.ca/english/index_frame.html
Business Development Bank of Canada
http://www.bdc.ca/bdc/home/Default.asp
Canadian Commercial Corporation
http://www.ccc.ca/index-e.htm
Canadian Consulate Trade Office, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
http://www.cdntrade.com/
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
http://www.citt.gc.ca/
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/menu-e.asp
Export and Import Controls Bureau
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/~eicb/epd_home.htm
Export Development Corporation
http://www.edc.ca/
ExportSource
http://exportsource.gc.ca/
InfoExport
http://www.infoexport.gc.ca/
Northstar Trade Finance Inc.
http://www.northstar.ca/home.html
Trade Data Online (Strategis)
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.html
4 .INTERNATIONAL LAW & INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
International Network on Cultural Policy
http://www.pch.gc.ca/network-reseau/eng.htm
International Trade Law Library
http://www.intl-trade.com/library.html
Virtual Law Library
http://www.law.indiane.edu/law/v-lib/lawindex.html
Lex Mercatoria
http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/toc.html
NAFTA Secretariat
http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
http://www.uncitral.org
United States International Trade Commission
http://www.usitc.gov/
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org
World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.orgOrganization for Economic Co-operation and Development
http://www.oecd.org
5. OTHER INSTITUTES IN CANADA, THE UNITED STATES
AND AROUND THE WORLD
The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies www.aims.ca Brookings Institute www.brook.edu Canada West Foundation www.cwf.ca Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies www.ciss.ca CATO institute www.cato.org C.D. Howe Institute www.cdhowe.org The Canadian Foundation for the Americas www.focal.ca Economic Strategy Institute www.econstrat.org The Fraser Institute www.fraserinstitute.ca The Helen Kellogg Institute of International Studies www.nd.edu/~kellogg/ International Council for Canadian Studies www.iccs-ciec.ca Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy www.iatp.org Institute for International Economics www.iie.com Institute for International Research www.iirgulf.com Institute for Research on Public Policy www.irpp.org Montana State University - Trade Research Centre www.trc.montana.edu National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade www.natlaw.com/index.htm North-South Institute www.nsi-ins.ca North American Institute (NAMI) www.northamericaninstitute.org Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA) www.riia.org World Trade Centre Institute www.wtci.org