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January 26, 2007 |
Plan for superhighway ripped as 'urban legend'
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Congressmen and a policy official of the Department of Transportation engaged in a spirited exchange over whether NAFTA Super Highways were a threat to U.S. sovereignty or an imaginary "Internet conspiracy," such as the "black helicopter myths," adva |
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January 25, 2007 |
Ambassador warns of careful implementation measures
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TORONTO, Ont. -- Careful implementation of cross-border initiatives is the key to continued economic prosperity between Canada and the US, urged Canada’s Ambassador to the US.
Michael Wilson, in a speech to the Empire Club of Canada, talked about |
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January 25, 2007 |
Topple trade, travel barriers: McLellan
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EDMONTON -- Former deputy prime minister Anne McLellan says trade and travel barriers within North America must be toppled - and she admits that's an about-face from the Liberal line she used to talk. |
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January 24, 2007 |
Corporate Rights Deal to Make Us April Fools
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y now most Tyee readers will have heard of TILMA, the corporate rights agreement signed by Gordon Campbell and Ralph Klein in April of last year. The agreement -- the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement -- was first pitched as a deal that |
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January 23, 2007 |
Corporate Control of the Media
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omorrow night President Bush will give his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. Last weekend, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders gave what could be described as an alternate State of the Union before thousands gathered in Memphi |
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January 22, 2007 |
Threat to New York as centre of finance
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New York is facing a threat to its position as the world's leading financial centre, according to a report commissioned by Michael Bloomberg, the city's mayor, and New York Senator Chuck Schumer. |
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January 22, 2007 |
Beijing to diversify investment strategies
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China is to diversify the use of its swelling foreign exchange reserves, a policy change that is likely to mean a rise in investment in overseas securities and more purchasing of foreign technology and raw materials. |
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January 18, 2007 |
U.S. parkway leased to Aussie firm
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A decision by the Virginia Department of Transportation to lease the Pocahontas Parkway to an Australian investment consortium is drawing sharp criticism from opponents of public-private partnerships promoted by the Federal Highway Administration. |
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January 17, 2007 |
Congressman battles North Americanization
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Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., is preparing to introduce a series of House resolutions aimed at stopping the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America from integrating the continent into a trilateral U.S.-Mexico-Canada structure of administrati |
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January 15, 2007 |
U.S., Mexico, Canada 'harmonizing' policies
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WASHINGTON – The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, which some have criticized as a framework for moving toward regional government between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, has laid out plans for increased regulatory cooperation betwee |
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