Why free trade with the EU goes nowhere
By Paul Wells - Friday, July 17, 2009 - 31 Comments
The provinces have been so eager to keep one another out, they’re reluctant to let European investors in
The occasion was a recent economic conference in Montreal. The place was crawling with reporters, but the president of Colombia was in town so none of the reporters bothered to attend one particular breakfast session. Well, almost none.
The topic at the breakfast was trade between Canada and the European Union. Guests included Roy McLaren, the former trade minister under Jean Chrétien, who runs something called the Canada-Europe Round Table. Also Ross Hornby, Canada’s ambassador to the EU. Continue…
