Am I missing something here? We will oppose protectionism with protectionism? Perhaps it's like fighting forest fires with controlled fires? Or maybe it's political grandstanding ...
Canadian mayors pass anti-'Buy American' resolution
CBC News
In response to the 'Buy American' provisions of the U.S. stimulus package, Canada's mayors narrowly passed a resolution Saturday that could potentially block U.S. companies from bidding on city contracts.
The resolution was passed at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Whistler, B.C., by a vote of 189-175.
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.
"Today, Canada's cities and communities joined the federal and provincial governments in a common front to try and stop American protectionism," Jean Perrault, FCM president and mayor of Sherbrooke, Que., said in a statement.
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The Americans have always been protectionist and that didn't really change a whole lot under NAFTA, which gave Canadians a limited privileged access to U.S. markets.
Their buy-American bill is structured in the same way, preserving American protectionism while ensuring that the access granted under NAFTA remains intact.
The Canadian mayors serve nobody by passing a measure which is not rooted in this historical structure. Were a mayor use it to simply invoke a "no Americans" clause in bidding,. he or she would immediately bump up against NAFTA, which most certainly supersedes FCM resolutions.
Though the measure will result in no practical benefit, we should take solace in the large number of mayors opposed, which shows that the Canadian polity has not gone off the deep end, and that there is a certain amount of measure and reflection in its deliberations.
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