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ThePeter
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"Canada passes "Buy Canada" type resolution

18 hours ago

WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian mayors have passed a resolution that would potentially shut out U.S. bidders from local city contracts.

The resolution is in retaliation to "Buy American" provisions in President Barack Obama's stimulus bill. Mayors voted 189-175 to approve the resolution at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Whistler, British Columbia.

The resolution says the federation should support cities that adopt policies that allow them to buy only from companies whose home countries do not impose trade restrictions against Canadian goods.

The mayors also voted to hold off on any action for 120 days while Canada is negotiating a possible compromise with the U.S. government."


Little background:

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"WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canadian municipal leaders threatened to retaliate against the "Buy America" movement in the United States on Saturday, warning trade restrictions will hurt both countries' economies.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities endorsed a controversial proposal to support communities that refuse to buy products from countries that put trade restrictions on products and services from Canada.

The measure is a response to a provision in the U.S. economic stimulus package passed by Congress in February that says public works projects should use iron, steel and other goods made in the United States."

6/7/2009 11:46:31 AM

sarijoul
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soapbox?

6/7/2009 11:47:11 AM

arog20012001
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"CANADA

ON

STIKE"

6/7/2009 11:47:31 AM

Ronny
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Stike.

6/7/2009 11:47:38 AM

ncsuapex
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Stiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike

6/7/2009 11:47:50 AM

Kiwi
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I just want to point out that you misspelled a word. Stike, in case you didn't know.

6/7/2009 11:49:04 AM

BubbleBobble
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Stike

6/7/2009 11:49:20 AM

ThePeter
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Its early god dammit

6/7/2009 11:49:30 AM

JMONEY
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Stike!

6/7/2009 11:50:59 AM

BubbleBobble
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Stike~

6/7/2009 11:51:33 AM

arog20012001
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Canadians love to bitch and moan.

6/7/2009 11:54:33 AM

Nitrocloud
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This proposition titled, "No Canuck Left Behind"?

6/7/2009 12:02:02 PM

Spontaneous
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Wait, why are we being encouraged to buy American?

Fuck these protectionistic policies. I want progress, dammit.

6/7/2009 1:59:27 PM

KeB
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stike

6/7/2009 2:47:06 PM

BigMan157
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i hope this doesn't affect the price of syurp

6/7/2009 2:52:24 PM

nicklepickle
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"stike"

6/7/2009 2:53:32 PM

AndyMac
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Canada on Stipe!

6/7/2009 2:58:01 PM

hgtran
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I don't think I've ever bought anything that's made in Canada.

6/7/2009 3:00:19 PM

Ytsejam
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Canada has the AIDS?

6/7/2009 3:00:57 PM

Mindstorm
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"Wait, why are we being encouraged to buy American?

Fuck these protectionistic policies. I want progress, dammit."


I think most government contracts tend to have some stipulation for some or all of the stuff used in said contract to be made in the US. And doing a little bit of a search gives me this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_American_Act

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"The Buy American Act (BAA - 41 U.S.C. § 10a–10d) passed in 1933 by Congress and signed by President Hoover, required the United States government to prefer U.S.-made products in its purchases. Other pieces of Federal legislation extend similar requirement to third-party purchases that utilize Federal funds, such as highway and transit programs.

In certain government procurements, the requirement purchase may be waived if the domestic product is more expensive than an identical foreign-sourced product by a certain percentage, if the product is not available domestically in sufficient quantity or quality, or if doing so is in the public interest.

The President has the authority to waive the Buy American Act within the terms of a reciprocal agreement or otherwise in response to the provision of reciprocal treatment to U.S. producers. Under the 1979 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Government Procurement Code, the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement, the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) 1996 Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), the United States provides access to the government procurement of certain U.S. agencies for goods from the other parties to those agreements. However, the Buy American Act was excluded from the GPA's coverage."


So what we're doing isn't anything new, surprising, or unusual for us. Other countries' media networks have likely helped to blow the issue out of proportion by making it seem like this is outrageous because this is the first time federal funds have been used this way. Basically, the notion is to "Buy American with Discretion", where if it's cheaper to hire out portions of the project to foreign entities then we should consider doing so.

This is just a wildly entertaining series of knee-jerk reactions by people who can go pound sand.

6/7/2009 3:15:00 PM

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