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To: Stephen O who wrote (4619)	3/28/2005 12:53:45 AM
From: marcos	Respond to of 37806

I haven't spent much time in Vancouver for years, just specific in-and-out business stuff, and driving to and from the airport, so i don't really know what 'meddling' and 'quotas' go on there .... not keeping up with the news as well, maybe ... anyway, not sure what you mean The last census we got the long form, with the question on ethnicity and all, i put down 'canadian' i think .... or maybe clicked other boxes too, as they let you make multiple choices[?] .... can't remember, just recall there was something amusing about it You maybe mean government hiring quotas, 'affirmative action' as they call it in the US .... yeah that is pretty sick, and wrong - if we are all to be equal before the law, then some of us can't be more equal than others .... quotas will set up a situation where it is felt that those chosen under them couldn't have made it any other way, what a thing to be saddled with for life

To: Stephen O who wrote (4619)	3/31/2005 11:00:40 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37806

Canada slaps sanctions on millions in US imports over trade dispute Canadian Press Thursday, March 31, 2005 Federal International Trade Minister Jim Peterson. (CP PICTURE ARCHIVE/Jacques Boissinot) OTTAWA (CP) - Canada is slapping millions of dollars worth of sanctions on U.S. imports in retaliation for a lingering trade irritant. The announcement of a 15 per cent surtax on cigarettes, oysters and live swine from the United States came Thursday, just as the European Union took similar measures. Canada is joining countries from around the world protesting a U.S. trade measure known as the Byrd amendment, which the World Trade Organization has deemed illegal. The Byrd amendment allows American companies to keep the proceeds that Washington collects in anti-dumping disputes - something Canada and other countries complain unfairly enriches their U.S. rival firms. "For the last four years, Canada and a number of other countries have repeatedly urged the United States to repeal the Byrd amendment," Trade Minister Jim Peterson said in a statement Thursday. "Retaliation is not our preferred option, but it is a necessary action. International trade rules must be respected." The highly unusual Canadian sanctions, which also cover certain types of fish, are to take effect May 1. The EU says it will slap duties of up to 15 per cent, also on May 1, on such U.S. imports as paper, textiles, machinery and farm produce. The 25-member EU said it took that action "in light of the continuing failure of the United States to bring its legislation in conformity with its international obligations." Both Canada and the EU have long asked Washington to repeal the three-year-old Byrd amendment. Last November, the WTO gave Canada and the other co-complainants the authority to retaliate. The other countries involved include Mexico, Japan, India and Brazil. "As large trading nations, let us not forget that the world is watching," said Peterson. "We must send a clear message by way of our actions." © The Canadian Press 2005 canada.com