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Columnists
Jim Stanford
| We need a national strategy to maximize Canadian content in Canadian resource developments. Canada, for example, could impose a "Buy Canadian" requirement on future mining projects. |
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Blog
Scott Sinclair
| No one should be surprised that a Buy American provision has been included in the American Jobs Act, President Obama's new job creation bill. |
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News
Peter Julian
| The NDP have secured full support for a motion pushing the Standing Committee on International Trade to hold hearings to review the Buy American agreement. |
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News
Peter Julian
| Canadian companies, and even provincial governments have been hurt by the prime minister's bungling of the 'Buy American' policy. |
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Columnists
Jim Stanford
| It's a clear case of déjà vu all over again. Now, instead of learning from the past, we're seeing a near-exact reprise with last week's "agreement in principle" on government procurement. |
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Blog
James Laxer
| In the middle of a period of prorogation, when Parliament is not sitting, the Harper government has sprung a sweeping new trade deal on Canadians. |
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Blog
Blair Redlin
| Instead of hassling the U.S. about its local purchasing policies or volunteering to hobble local and provincial governments, Canada should be taking meaningful steps to reduce rising unemployment. |
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News
Blair Redlin
| Here in Canada, the sudden demand to end local procurement is coming from the usual suspects at the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters. |
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Columnists
Rick Salutin
| The Buy American clause and the ensuing "backdown" by Congress meant nothing. Those policies have been in place for decades; they still are. |
