Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!dalcs!aucs!850181p
From: 850181p@aucs.UUCP (STEVEN E. PARKER)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: Free Trade: Why is there no 'Plan B'?
Message-ID: <1367@aucs.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 88 22:30:34 GMT
References: <410@telly.UUCP> <1826@pembina.UUCP> <6761@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
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In article <6761@watcgl.waterloo.edu>, drforsey@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Dave Forsey) writes:
> In article <1826@pembina.UUCP> cdshaw@pembina.UUCP (Chris Shaw) writes:
> 
> Chris raised an excellent point about the debt is well taken, though the
> comment about "socialist" seems a bit out of place when you consider the
                                    ^^^
  You were very kind to say that the comment seemed only a bit out of
place! 

> 
> Dare anyone speculate on what happens to Canada if the good-old USofA goes
> down the tube because of its trillion-dollar deficit?  Will the FTA help
> or hinder?  Or is Canada already too inextricably intertwined with the US
> economy?  Would it be better to be part of "1992" in Europe (to whom the
> US owes a lot of this money)?
> 
> 	Inquiring minds want to know!

  Dave has raised some excellent questions. 

For me the greatest question is: 

WHY would Canada want to become partners with an economy that is free falling??

  Why don't we look into "hooking up" with economic partners that are on the
upswing? i.e. Japan. 

  If the U.S. continues its slide we will probably be hurt, but not as much
as if we are linked in a contract (even with the six month "get out clause").

I like the idea of signing with a creditor of the U.S., what a great way to
pull our economy back into the black. 

Let's see a trillion dollars divided . . . :-)




George Bush: Vegetable or Noxious Weed?
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