Jim Peterson
Jim Peterson
James Scott "Jim" Peterson, PCis a retired Canadian politician and former Minister of International Trade...
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This is a very big increase, ... It demonstrates the concerns that have been expressed by the prime minister that we face new challenges and vast new opportunities. If (Canadian companies) don't remain globally competitive they will not be in business very long.
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We've been off the gold standard for an awful long time in this country. We want to see NAFTA respected,
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We have been looking for an upward move in large-cap growth, and we started to see that in the last three months. In the last five years, value stocks have trounced growth stocks, and it is time for that trend to change.
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We have sorely neglected our trade relationships over the years with the new and emerging markets - the Chinas and Indias,
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This new flexibility which goes well beyond the 1995 agreement will improve how the NAFTA works and it will make North America more competitive.
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We stand ready to vigorously defend the NAFTA and we will take all steps open to us to ensure it is respected.
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We're going to examine this decision very carefully. My message is very simple: We want the U.S. to live up to and respect the Nafta.
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We would welcome the decision to repeal the Byrd amendment. But we strongly maintain that the Byrd amendment should be eliminated immediately. The WTO ruling was clear.
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There are no experts out there willing to testify that because these guys are testing negative now that they will continue to test negative. The jury is still out and will be out for a long time as to whether these people are disease free. It might be five, 10, 15 years down the road before we know whether they'll continue to test negative.
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We have said all along that the Byrd amendment must be withdrawn,
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We will continue to enforce our legal rights under the WTO, NAFTA and before the U.S. courts, and we will continue government-to-government advocacy, but we will also take our case to the court of public opinion,