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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: AK2004 who wrote (509085)	12/14/2003 1:48:14 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

<Even though they are members of NAFTA they regulate prices which put US at disadvantage.> You've been listening to some drug company misinformation Al. Canada buys it's drugs in bulk for it's health system. It NEGOTIATES with manufacturers for the lowest prices - manufacturers that don't make money on the drugs don't sell them there, and Canada goes elsewhere for a drug in the same class. The truth is, US drug manufacturers gouge Americans. I get all my prescriptions there. The drug bill just passed specifically PROHIBITS such negotiation by Medicare, at the behest of the drug companies.

To: AK2004 who wrote (509085)	12/15/2003 2:12:26 PM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"Canada was our ally in WW1 and WW2 and all through the Cold War. It's a NATO member. It's a NAFTA member. It's a NORAD member" Canadian ambassador Kenneth Taylor hid and successfully smuggled American embassy workers in Iran out of that country during the hostage crisis. I have friends who were stuck in nowwheres land in Canada and all of them talked about the warm embrace they recieved from Canadians that took them into their homes in the immediate aftermath of 911. Not to mention the block long lineups of Canadians who didn't miss a beat to donate their blood for those that might need it in New York after 911. Just because Canada doesn't want to be America's lap dog, and choses to make its own course in world affairs, does not make for a neighbor that should be spoken poorly of. Indeed, if anything, Canada has more legitimate gripes with its Southern neighbor than the other way around. Punitive lumber tarrifs would be one example.