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    Public-Service Unions

    The public sector is highly unionized in Canada. Approximately 80% of those public-sector employees eligible for collective bargaining are covered by collective agreements, compared with only 25% in the private sector.

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    Public Services and Procurement Canada

    Public Services and Procurement Canada (formerly Public Works Canada) has been the builder and custodian of the federal government's real property assets since before Confederation. Originally created in 1841, it is also one of the largest departments, assuming the role of the federal government's chief purchasing agent.

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    Puffins in Canada

    Puffin is a common name for three species of medium-sized seabirds of the Auk family. Most commonly, the name refers to the Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), about 26–36 cm long, 460 g, with a wing span of 47–63 cm and a distinctive triangular bill, red with a bluish grey base. The Atlantic puffin is the provincial bird of Newfoundland and Labrador. 

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  • Macleans

    Pugwash Wins Nobel Prize

    Vivian Godfree had just cleared the morning dishes at her Pugwash, N.S., home when her mother called from the British city of Bristol with surprising news - the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to an antiwar movement spawned in the tiny Nova Scotia village where she lives.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 23, 1995

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    Pulp and Paper Industry

    The pulp and paper industry consists of manufacturing enterprises that convert predominantly woody plant material into a wide variety of pulps, papers and paperboards. The Canadian industry began in the 1800s and has undergone revolutionary changes over the years. Most recently, the move from newsprint to electronic media caused the industry to decline; however, pulp and paper remains a fundamental part of the Canadian economy, especially for remote and northern communities.

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    Pulse Crops

    Pulse crops are members of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae (see LEGUME). The term "pulse crops" generally refers to those plant species harvested primarily for dry seed that is used as both human food and animal feed.

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    Pump Drill

    The pump drill was used by Indigenous peoples to start fire and drill holes into materials such as wood, shell, bone and stone. While modern power tools replaced the pump drill after the 19th century, some specialized craftspeople continue to use the tool.

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  • Macleans

    Pumped to find another way

    With Keystone XL and the Northern Gateway mired in controversy, the industry turns to Plan BThis article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 2, 2013

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    Pumpkin

    Pumpkin is a common name for squash with large, orange fruits.

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    Purple Martin

    The purple martin (Progne subis) is the largest (14.4–14.9 cm) and most urbanized of Canadian swallows, and is the northernmost representative of an otherwise tropical genus native to the Americas.

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    QLT PhotoTherapeutics

    Strange things were happening to Philip Watts. When he woke in the morning he noticed a spray of brown markings on his pillow, which at first looked like coffee grounds. He soon realized they were caused by blood.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 1, 1999

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    Quail

    Quail is the name most commonly applied to an Old World species, Coturnix coturnix, of chickenlike birds.

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    Quality Records Ltd.

    Quality Records Ltd. Independent Canadian-owned record and tape manufacturing company active1950-85 in Toronto, initially under the direction of George Keane as vice-president and general manager, and latterly, 1975-85, of George Struth as president.

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    Quarantine Act

    Canada adopted quarantine legislation in 1872, five years after Confederation. It was replaced by the current Quarantine Act, which was passed by the Parliament of Canada and received royal assent in 2005. The act gives sweeping powers to the federal health minister to prevent the introduction and spread of communicable diseases. These powers can include health screenings, the creation of quarantine facilities and mandatory isolation orders. The Quarantine Act was introduced in the wake of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) crisis of 2003. It was invoked in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Quasar

    Quasar, a point-like astronomical object which radiates over a wide spectral range. Although the name is a contraction of a "quasi-stellar radio source", these objects also emit light, x-rays and even gamma rays.

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