The Canadian economy relies on foreign trade. Nearly three-quarters of Canada's exports go south.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy.
Canada is rich in hydrocarbons and other natural resources... India's requirements and Canada's surplus are a perfect match.
There is $1.4 billion a day in trade that goes back and forth across the border. That means millions of jobs and livelihoods for families here in Canada and for families in the United States.
I don't think Canada is very inexpensive anymore. I travel there all the time; it's rather on the expensive side. I think there's significant risk to the Canadian economy.
Canada and the United States are also working at the World Trade Organization and in our own hemisphere with negotiations for a Trade Area of the Americas to try to help countries create a positive climate for investment and trade.
Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it's doing in the Maritimes.
We already get more energy from Canada than from any other foreign country.
We get more oil from Canada than any country.
The problem remains that the market is grossly distorted by Canadian unfair trade practices.
I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to the world as a Scotch banker.
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