The House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities met Thursday and, at that meeting, heard from a variety of departmental officials at Human Resources, the department that administers Canada's employment insurance system. Some numbers that popped out at me during that meeting...
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Friday, February 13
The U.S. "Buy America" clause and Stockwell Day's reaction
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DavidAkin
on Fri 13 Feb 2009 09:58 AM EST
SEC. 1605. USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFACTURED GOODS. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States. Stockwell Day:If the bill in its final form which is presented to the President, if it has the language that says clearly from the President's point of view that nothing in that agreement should in any way violate their international agreements with us or with anyone else, then that will be some comfort to us.... more » |
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