Buy American debate
Posted by turdslinger on February 7th, 2010 at 9:31 am
So there’s a deal. And apparently it’s the same one rejected a year ago, but I’m not sure about the validity of that claim.
In any case, James Laxer seems to hit one of the main veins of criticism on this:
In return for this “concession” from Washington, Ottawa has agreed to pay an unacceptably high price. Under the deal, Canadian provinces and municipalities will permanently give up the right to favour local companies in awarding contracts.
So we’re upset because to get something from them, we’ve had to give the same thing in return?
Then there’s the issue–which James hits on in the title of his post–that parliament isn’t sitting, so there’s no debate on this. And presumably the whole thing’s meaningless until ratified by parliament, though I’m not clear on whether that’s the case.
