Love affair between Canada and President Obama appears to be coming to an end
Lyle Fisher OTTAWA (NEWS1130) | Friday, January 30th, 2009 7:20 am OTTAWA (NEWS1130) - The honeymoon appears to be over between Canada and newly elected U.S. President Barack Obama, as Obama's first foreign visit to Ottawa in February will likely focus on a protectionist bill now before Congress.
The $820 billion American economic stimulus package will have some strings attached.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that includes a provision barring foreign iron and steel for infrastructure projects.
But Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that doesn’t mean Canadian auto sector jobs will disappear.
“The premier of Ontario and myself made it clear that we are working together and working with our colleagues, in both the outgoing and now the incoming administration, to ensure we are on the same page in terms of helping the auto sector and to ensure that we bring our share of any restructuring package to the table and to preserve those jobs in Canada.”
Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement says he expects the United States to live up to its treaty obligations of open and fair trade as outlined in NAFTA.
Too Faced
David & Scotti
Vila
His love affair with many will be wearing off before the crocuses bloom. What did the Canadians expect? Did they think Congress would be concerned with their jobs?
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"Enjoy life, it's ungrateful not to." - Ronald Reagan
I wonder how many of our allies will still be our allies in four years.
2The better question is how many of our current allies can count on us, when they need support, and how many will fall to the wayside in the spirit of "triangulation".
3"triangulation" ??? i can only come up with a math issue - please clarify I am feeling dumb at the moment.
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"Enjoy life, it's ungrateful not to." - Ronald Reagan
It was the way Clinton, operated, staying above the fray, avoid making enemies in an effort to keep his popularity.
5OMG we re-elected a Carter/Clinton spawn.
6Did anyone notice that he is going to have relative issues like his spawners. His step brother was arrested in Kenya with pot.
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"Enjoy life, it's ungrateful not to." - Ronald Reagan
I don't think it's such a great idea to piss off our northern neighbors.
But then again, Obama's been saying he wants to rework NAFTA. Maybe this is his opening salvo.
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7"He that lives upon Hope will die fasting." - Benjamin Franklin
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