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Appendix B — Acronyms
AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome
APEC - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
B - Billion
BC - British Columbia
BCE - Bell Canada Enterprises
BMI - Body Mass Index
BSE - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
CBRN - Chemical, Biological, Radiological,
Nuclear
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States
(formerly the USSR)
CMA - Census Metropolitan Area
CPI - Consumer Price Index
CPP - Canada Pension Plan
CSE - Communication Security Establishment
CSIS - Canadian Security and Intelligence
Service
CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility
DNA - Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DOJ - Department of Justice
EU - European Union
EUMC - European Monitoring Center on
Racism and Xenophobia
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FDI - Foreign Direct Investment
FTAA - Free Trade Area of the Americas
G8 - Group of Eight
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GM - Genetically Modified
GOC - Government of Canada
HBR - Harvard Business Review
HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HIV/AIDS - Human Immunodeficiency Virus /
Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome
ICT - Information and communications
Technologies
ID - Identity
IDP - Internally Displaced Persons
ILO - International Labour Organization
IMF - International Monetary Fund
IOM - International Organization for Migration
IRPA - Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
ISAF - International Security Assistance Force
IT - Information and Technology
K - Thousand
LAB - Labrador
LDC - Lesser Developed Countries
M - Million
MB - Manitoba
MDC - More Developed Countries
MDGs - Millennium Development Goals
MI5 - UK Security Service (Military
Intelligence, Department 5)
NA - North America(n)
NAFTA - North American Free Trade
Agreement
NATO - North American Treaty Organization
NB - New Brunswick
NL - Newfoundland and Labrador
NGO - Non-Governmental Organization
NS - Nova Scotia
NT - Nanotechnology
NWT - Northwest Territories
NY - New York
ODA - Official Development Assistance
OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development
ON - Ontario
OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries
OSCE - Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe
PC - Personal Computer
PEI - Prince Edward Island
PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
QEW - Queen Elizabeth Way
RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R&D - Research and Development
SAR - Special Administrative Region
SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SEC - Securities Exchange Commission
SK - Saskatchewan
STD - Sexually Transmitted Disease
T - Trillion
TB - Tuberculosis
TIP - Trafficking in Persons
UK - United Kingdom
UN - United Nations
UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme
on HIV/AIDS
UNEP - United Nations Environment Program
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees
UNICEF - United Nations International
Children's Emergency Fund
US - United States
USD - United States Dollars
USFWS - United States Federal Wildlife
Service
WB - World Bank
WEF - World Economic Forum
WHO - World Health Organization
WMD - Weapons of Mass Destruction
WTO - World Trade Organization
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