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No guarantees on Pacific trade, despite Harper’s 180

In an OpEd published in the Nov. 14 Globe and Mail, I talk about the importance of Canada getting serious about joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.  I also caution that Harper’s announcement does not make this a done deal.  There are many in the U.S. and New Zealand who need to be convinced of Canada’s [...]

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“…we remember with gratitude and affection…”

Excerpt from a letter from President Obama to Prime Minister Harper, September 10, 2011: “On the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, we remember with gratitude and affection how the people of Canada offered us the comfort and friendship and extraordinary assistance that day and in the following days, by opening their airports, homes, and [...]

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