International Trade committee   way anti-trade. Beyond all the issues of tariffs and schedules, a trade deal remains, at its heart, an international agreement between two governments--a statement of commitment and belief in each other as economic and political partners. So does Canada want to endorse the Uribe

International Trade committee   want to reiterate the fact that was mentioned, that there seems to be this misconception that, specifically, people who raise questions about this potential free trade agreement are anti-trade. That's not the case. The Liberal Party historically has signed many free trade agreements

Agriculture committee  , but the percentage is around 25%. How can Canada allow products from the U.S., our principal trading partner, to come in without any harmonization and without any restrictions? The Canadian government has issued regulations on BSE. These are anti-trade restrictions. They are preventing us from

International Trade committee   that, because I'm on the board of three American organizations. We have a different vision of what North America must look like and what we need to hold on to. We are not anti-trade. We hope we continue to have wonderful trade relationships with the United States. But strong fences make good

Canadian Livestock Industry   with government members in condemning the United States Senate for adopting a protectionist, anti-trade, anti-science based assessment motion which effectively keeps the border closed. As I stated a moment ago, the continued closure of the border is the result of a United States judge

Softwood Lumber   be able to stop this group of small anti-trade very closely held landowners from being able to inflict this kind of damage on my constituency, on our country and on the consumer of the U.S. There is however one small light in the tunnel. President George W. Bush has assigned former

Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  . It is about destroying the democratic spirit of those outside the fence as resolutely as the police were committed to protecting the mass of concrete steel and barbed wire. Critics of mine and the critics of other protesters have tried to say that New Democrats are anti-trade

Supply   to say that we are anti-trade. We have heard that today in this room. We are not anti-trade. We are pro-trade. We are pro-community. We want our voices to count through our democratically elected government. We understand that we are inextricably linked globally by our

Supply  . We ran our campaign against the FTAA on that very concept, fair trade not free trade. There is a world of difference. We need to put forward very clearly that the our position is not one that is anti-trade and pro-protectionism. It is not a position that is anti-internationalism

Natural Gas  Madam Speaker, that is part of the free market economy. The NDP are not anti-business or anti-trade. As long as it is fair business on a level playing field that will benefit Canadians, the NDP will support. Thousands of jobs are tied to the natural gas resource sector

Treaties Act   negotiation process externally. It is essential that this happen. It is important that this occur partly because of some of the misinformation and mistruths about trade agreements that are utilized by anti-trade individuals and organizations, for example with the MAI or previous