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Building Confidence, Creativity & Talent Small class sizes • P• PA DA Daysays • H• H• Holiday &oliday &oliday &oliday &oliday &oliday & SSummer Cummer Cummer Cummer Campsamps • B• B• Biririrthdaythdaythday PParartiesties • PA Days • Holiday & Summer Camps • Birthday Parties Continued from pg. 1 A grassroots movement needs to start up again and achieve the same success as 2009, said Matt Wilson, CM&E vice-president, Na- tional Policy. "Free trade must be fair and reciprocal and create wealth in the countries involved," he told council Monday night. "The U.S. is our most important trading partner ($6 bil- lion), and will be for the foreseeable future. It is a trade relationship like no other …we don't just trade with each other, we build things to- gether." But the Buy American protocols are pre- venting Canadian companies from bidding on American projects while U.S. companies have free and unfettered access to Canadian projects. "This is not right, this it not fair," he said. For example, he described a Canadian company who had to buy out its American competitors in order to do business south of the border. Once U.S. procurement officers found out the head office was in Canada, their bids were removed from consideration-- de- spite the effect on American jobs. John Hayward, president of Hayward Gor- don, said in a letter to council, " By preventing our companies from competing for contracts in the United States, the loss to Canada's economy is in the billions of dollars. At the same time, American companies are free to bid on Canadian contracts at the federal, pro- vincial and municipal levels. This is not fair and it is not fair trade." That was particularly evident in an anec- dote related by Theresa Erskine, Director of Marketing with Munro Ltd., a manufacturer of concrete and steel products based in Bar- rie. She told council her company is barred from bidding on American contracts and yet the City of Barrie/Simcoe County gave a con- tract to a U.S. competitor, work that her com- pany's 430 employees must pass on the way to work every day. "This is fundamentally unfair and not in keeping with the spirit of free trade between Canada and the United States, and I think this will continue to be the policy of our U.S. neighbours unless we speak up and take ac- tion," she said, adding that Halton Hills ac- tion in 2009 saved jobs and this new initiative will go a long way to saving Canadian jobs again. Wilson said with the Canadian federal gov- ernment poised to spend millions on infra- structure funding over the next several years, the time to act is now to ensure a fair recipro- cal procurement policy. "You guys are making a huge step forward here tonight," said Wilson to members of council. " I think the direction you're going is the right one, and we're supporting it…. It will make a difference and people will notice it." The Halton Hills resolution, supported unanimously by all members of council, calls on FCM to work with the Canadian federal government and CM&E to lobby the U.S. governments and agencies to abstain from its Buy American provisions. The resolution will be forwarded to all Canadian municipalities for support, and the mayor will write a letter to the Prime Minister, federal parties leaders, and area MPs and MPPs for support. Mayor Rick Bonnette said, "in 2009 we took the leadership role and we are happy to do it again." He pointed out that before Canada got its exemption, more than 60,000 Canadian jobs were lost. Councillor Bryan Lewis described Canada as being caught in a fish net, while the U.S. tries to prevent dumping of products from other countries such as China. Councillor Clark Somerville, second vice- president of Federation of the Canadian Mu- nicipalities said Canada has a running start on this with an FCM working group already established. However, Somerville noted that on a recent Peel Region contract when its council urged the bids to go to local suppliers, a half-dozen U.S. senators sent letters stating that was unfair. Buy American policies deemed 'unfair'