Ms Spence has staged her protest in a traditional teepee within sight of the parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada's capital city.

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The agriculture minister said he hoped to have another announcement to make to Parliament on the position of the United States and Canada within weeks.

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For the only time in Canadian history, a foreign flag - that of the Netherlands - flew over Canada's Parliament.

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For all his youthful globetrotting, Trudeau spent his adult life working in Canada, and served as a member of parliament and a cabinet minister.

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News of the arrests Monday came the same day Canada's parliament debated an anti-terrorism bill.

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But a member of Parliament who represents Manitoba said removing the beaver would ignore the animal's impact on Canada's history.

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In 11 out of 14 countries, for example, confidence in parliament has declined, with especially sharp falls in Canada, Germany, Britain, Sweden and the United States.

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