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The result was an angry radio show, as the news went out that duties, “as high as 69%” were being slapped on Canada. Meanwhile, provincial NDP industry minister Ed Phillip was calling on Ottawa to retaliate, and turn the steel. skirmish into a huge trade war with America - our major trading partner and a country ten times our size. So, let’s talk about trade for a minute. About 30% of Canada’s economy depends on it. We are three times more dependent on trade than the U.S. is, because we Hill report Garth Turner MP Halton-Peel have a population that’s 90% small- er and a standard of living that is higher. We just can’t finance this lifestyle solely by selling things to Besides, we’re good at trade. We’re competitive. Why do you think the U.S. steel industry con- vinced that government to impose duties on Canada? Because while other countries’ share of the U.S. steel market fell during the reces- sion, Canada’s share rose. 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Secondly, despite the occasional protectionist broadside by the Yanks (they’ve always done it; always will), just four years into the 10-year implementation of free trade, our trade has mushroomed and 95% of it involves no disputes whatsoever. Thirdly, with the free trade ment we can now appeal any silly American action against us - no other country can do that, and neither could we before we had the free trade deal. This steel problem can now be (and will be) appealed to a panel of outside experts from both countries, on which there is equal Canadian and American representation, for a binding resolution. So far with free trade, there have been eight dis- putes settled this way. And we haven’t lost once. Start a trade war, like Ontario wants? What a way to destroy the province. Tear up the free trade deal as Sheila Copps and the NDP suggest? What a way to ensure U.S. actions rob us of Canadian jobs. Trade’s the life blood of this community, and this country. 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