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why doesnt canada join the EU (pg. 2)
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| ShadoWolf |
| quote: | Originally posted by swilly
which would of been bending over to american pressure.
siigh
swilly |
no, now it's the opposite
If we had signed on, we would have had full sovereignty of our air space and control over the BMD program through NORAD.
Now, the U.S. will shoot down whatever it pleases wherever it wants to. |
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| swilly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Smitty McSmith
North america shouldn't be in the north american free trade agreement |
WTF does that mean?
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| Smitty McSmith |
| quote: | Originally posted by swilly
WTF does that mean?
swilly |
because of the north american free trade agreement, jobs are being sent over seas because it has become cheeper for companies to outsource. The idea of the agreement was to stimulate the economy but instead it has hurt it further. More and more money is goign out and not enough is coming back in... the US is become a consumer economy apposed to manufacturing. The only thing we got left is pharmaceuticals and they may be outsourced as well. |
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| swilly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Smitty McSmith
why the would we encourage you do develop a missle program?
(im not sure if thats what your saying... the wording of it is somewhat confusing) |
Joining onto an unproven technology that was not in our best interests, just to appease our trading partner is bowing to american pressure.
Hell look at how well the whole bomark missles lasted and how we even gave up the avro arrow to support that move.
Some years later they scrapped the missles and we got stuck buying american war planes because our prime minister was too much of a to stand up for canadian industry.
At the end of the day in the EU we would be interacting with nations of similar sized GDP ( relativly) and also similar sized populations. Thus our concerns and issues will be taken seriously. As opposed to the jump and we ask how high relationship we are in now.
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| swilly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Smitty McSmith
because of the north american free trade agreement, jobs are being sent over seas because it has become cheeper for companies to outsource. The idea of the agreement was to stimulate the economy but instead it has hurt it further. More and more money is goign out and not enough is coming back in... the US is become a consumer economy apposed to manufacturing. The only thing we got left is pharmaceuticals and they may be outsourced as well. |
yes well deindustrialization is pheonema world wide. |
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| Smitty McSmith |
| quote: | Originally posted by swilly
Some years later they scrapped the missles and we got stuck buying american war planes because our prime minister was too much of a to stand up for canadian industry.
swilly |
we got some of the best out there... i woudn't be complaing that you dont get to use your own stuff... the amount of money my gvt puts into the military and defence is upsetting. |
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| Euphorica |
| nafta is not that only/main reason why companies outsource. |
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| swilly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Smitty McSmith
we got some of the best out there... i woudn't be complaing that you dont get to use your own stuff... the amount of money my gvt puts into the military and defence is upsetting. |
except that we would have an indepdant source of fighter aircraft and a canadian jet industry.
We have one now with bombardier but....we had one back the 50s. before the gov't sank it.
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| Smitty McSmith |
| quote: | Originally posted by Euphorica
nafta is not that only/main reason why companies outsource. |
its certantly not because they do a better job. They do an acceptable job at a quarter the price because it doesn't cost a corp moeny to trade, in this case employment, with outside nations. |
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| kabelicious |
| quote: | Originally posted by Smitty McSmith
its certantly not because they do a better job. They do an acceptable job at a quarter the price because it doesn't cost a corp moeny to trade, in this case employment, with outside nations. |
Yes, I love calling for tech support and getting someone in India who cannot understand a damn word I say. I am more and more appreciative of the "made in America" tags on items I buy. Damn Georgie Bush! 3 more years of stonewalling and we can get rid of you!
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| Smitty McSmith |
| go blue states! |
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