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And that is?

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  nostalgia7 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  Outrage in Canada as U.S. Firms Sever Ties To Obey Stimulus Rules.
  Is this what the first trade war of the global economic crisis looks like?
  
  Ordered by Congress to "buy American" when spending money from the $787 billion stimulus package, the town of Peru, Ind., stunned its Canadian supplier by rejecting sewage pumps made outside of Toronto. After a Navy official spotted Canadian pipe fittings in a construction project at Camp Pendleton, Calif., they were hauled out of the ground and replaced with American versions. In recent weeks, other Canadian manufacturers doing business with U.S. state and local governments say they have been besieged with requests to sign affidavits pledging that they will only supply materials made in the USA.
  
  Outrage spread in Canada, with the Toronto Star last week bemoaning "a plague of protectionist measures in the U.S." and Canadian companies openly fretting about having to shift jobs to the United States to meet made-in-the-USA requirements. This week, the Canadians fired back.
  
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic...
  
  Now how is the recession going in Canada?
  
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    Jaydee407 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    Our local economy is doing good, getting better every year. Here is a link from November and the release since then was just as positive. Now if the US tries to stop buying Canadian there are only some things the they can get within the US, the main things we ship they have no choice in the matter. There will be some adjustment need to be made but there are other markets to be had and truth to be told the rest of the world is in much better economic shape so getting paid becomes easier.
    
    http://www.gov.pe.ca/news/getrelease.php3?number=6...
    
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