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Ah NAFTA ! Cattlemen Suing U.S. Gov

Posted on Monday, August 16 at 11:52 by whelan costen
Canadian Cattlemen for Fair Trade filed the claim under a provision in the North American Free Trade Agreement that allows individuals to sue over trade practices they feel are damaging. It argues that the U.S. government is restricting the right of Canadian ranchers to earn a living. "President Bush and the American administration have caused us a lot of damage," feedlot operator Rick Paskal said. "And we're upset with that. And it's time that he let science rule the day, rather than this political rhetoric." http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=cbc/calgary_home&articleID=1686788

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  1. by Anonymous
    Mon Aug 16, 2004 7:30 pm
    Doomed to fail - NAFTA will not work in this case as the Canadian cattlemen are not set up and working out of the continental US.

    One thing this case will do is keep pressure up on the government to stand up for Canadians.

    Ask me - turn off the oil for a few days - the whole affair would end in no time.

    Roy

  2. by avatar Scape
    Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:47 am
    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    *ahem*

    HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!!!

    Oh, you though NAFTA worked for you?


    HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHA!!

    I needed a good laugh...

  3. by Dave Ruston
    Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:52 pm
    Yeah, I agree, turn off the OIL for a few days!!! Let`s see what happens.

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    Dave Ruston

  4. by Nebraskan
    Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:43 am
    Yeah, turn off the oil. No, wait a minute. not really. If we can't get oil from canada we'll have to destroy Alaska to get it. I prefer your corporations pilage your environment to extract oil to sell to us gas guzzling
    Americans. So go ahead and turn off the oil. But if you're committed! leave it off! Don't turn it back on. Don't sell out for the mighty buck. Make us get it elsewhere or go without. We've needed an alternate energy plan for 20 years.

    Now, as for the mad cow suit. I'm all for it. We shouldn't be able to prevent cattle trade over one mad cow in Canada when we've already shown that we have mad cow in the U.S. That's a bogus attempt to prevent canadian imports. I live in cattle country, but this embargo on canadian beef is bull.

  5. by avatar whelan costen
    Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:22 am
    You are right! It isn't about the BSE, it's so much more. Oh about the oil, if they were our companies it might not hurt so much, but they are U.S. companies for the most part, and they are paying us bottom of the barrel royalties, unlike Alaska or Norway??? Sucks to have such political 'no will'!

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    If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?



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