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| Subject: Economic argument for Canada and the FC | |
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] Date Posted: 15:46:55 11/01/04 Mon Canadian lumber exports to the US had massive taxes slapped on them for years because US Senators from the US timber producing states got those taxes slapped on...illegally as the WTO eventually ruled. But we lost thousands of jobs in the years it took to get a WTO ruling. The US does this to us any time they want to, with any of our exports, despite NAFTA rules that the US ignore whenever they choose. How come the US never does this to the British? How come the British sell US$12 Billion in arms to the Pentagon each year without any problem? Answer.......the Brits have clout plus the US needs the Brits all over the World. So what if we were in a Commonwealth Federation............would the US impose illegal taxes on our exports? You can bet your life it would never happen!!!!!!!!!!! With the Brits, Australians, New Zealanders & others we would have somewhere between 7 to 10 times the economic clout that we have now. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
| [> Subject: The view from my side of the Pacific is remarkably similar to what you describe | |
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Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 17:12:24 11/01/04 Mon [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| [> [> Subject: But we're on the Indian ocean, not the Pacific nt | |
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Author: West Australian [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 17:46:48 11/01/04 Mon [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| [> [> [> Subject: Good to hear from you, sandgroper | |
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Author: Ian (Sydney, Darwin, etc) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:35:38 11/01/04 Mon Is the view similar from your side of the island too? [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Fremantle'd [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:36:40 11/01/04 Mon We can just about see Africa on a clear day. ;))) [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| [> [> [> [> [> Subject: sense of place in the world | |
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Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:49:01 11/01/04 Mon Saying that we are a Pacific nation is ultimately almost as silly as saying we are an Antarctic nation. In WA, I imagine you are more likely to feel like one corner of the great cricket-playing triangle that links us to South Africa and the Indian subcontinent. When I moved from Sydney to Darwin, the sense of "isolation" that is so famously "Australian" suddenly seemed a bit silly - you can just about swim to Timor, if the crocs are kind to you. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |