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2012

  • Downplaying fiscal cliff risks 'foolish': Stephen Harper
    Toronto Sun
    Speaking to the Canadian American Business Council (CABC), a policy forum on the business relationship between the two countries, he warned of the potential of a "significant negative shock" in the U.S. - and globally - if Congress didn't come to an ...     
  • Harper: Canada views state enterprises differently
    The Malaysian Insider
    ... enterprises because — yes — state-owned enterprises represent a different kind of player and obviously those are some of the issues that are before us today,” Harper said in a question-and-answer session at the Canadian American Business Council     
  • Stop crisis, Harper urges U.S.
    Ottawa Citizen
    He made the comments during an appearance at a conference sponsored by the Canadian American Business Council. He participated in a question-and-answer session and spoke about such issues as U.S. trade protectionism, Canada's approach to ...     
  • Harper feels slighted by U.S.
    Business First (blog)
    Stephen Harper has made that point to a an official with the Canadian American Business Council. “My only complaint about the United States – and every Canadian will say this, but it's just the way it is – is we always like to have more attention in ...     
  • Cnooc Said to Agree on Canada Demands for Nexen Takeover
    Businessweek
    “State-owned enterprises represent a different type of player, and obviously those are some of the issues that are before us,” Harper said during a conference organized by the Canadian American Business Council in Ottawa yesterday. Investment by ...
  • Harper 'surprised' by protectionist feelings from U.S.- Nov 19, 2012 Prime minister fields questions in relaxed session at business forum in Ottawa- Canada has changed its views when it comes to trade to the point that protectionist feelings on the Canadian right are "virtually non-existent," Prime Minister Harper told a business audience in Ottawa Monday.
  • Public attitudes a big hurdle to foreign takeovers -  The Globe and Mail- Published Tuesday, Nov. 20 2012--The Abacus Data Inc. poll, done for the Canadian American Business Council, found that 67 per cent of Canadians oppose companies from China buying domestically controlled natural resource companies, with similar levels of resistance to firms from Russia and India.

  • Why we got into the TPP talks-Embassy- Scotty Greenwood, a senior adviser for the Washington-based Canadian American Business Council, said the group discussed Canada getting in to the TPP talks ...
  • Rep. Manzullo to Address Canadian American Business Council Thursday-Congressman will discuss China’s influence on US-Canada relations   WASHINGTON – Congressman Don Manzullo, Chairman of the U.S.-Canada Interparliamentary Exchange, will discuss the impact China has had on U.S.-Canada relations during his Capitol Hill speech Thursday to the Canadian American Business Council.

  • Buy American revision reopens threat to Canadian economy    WASHINGTON—Canadian companies hoping to bid on the crumbling road and bridge system in the U.S. may find themselves behind yet another Buy America law prohibiting them from bidding on any government-funded construction project if it has the smallest amount of federal funding.

  • Thinking Continentally- by Robert A. Pastor       The stories of anti-Americanism in Mexico and Canada and of U.S. arrogance toward or ignorance of its neighbors are widespread and well-known.
  • Economics fuel Arctic sovereignty claims..TheChronicleHerald.ca -A survey of top business leaders on both sides of the border, released last week by the Canadian-American Business Council in Washington, found that “the ambiguity of the Arctic” is among the top 10 on their priority list of cross-border issues.
  • Household debt dragging down Canadian economy: OECD Toronto Star “We see improvement in both consumer and business confidence in the United States.” That is also the view of the Washington-based Canadian American Business Council. A survey last week of its business leaders found a smooth flow of goods between the ...

  • Federal Liberals turn to U.S. Democrats for advice- Scotty Greenwood of the Canadian American Business Council, who knows Democratic politics well in the U.S., says these political players can lend Liberals the nuts-and-bolts kind of talk that promises to dominate the convention this month.

2011

  • Canadian stimulus helped America too: Ed Clark  (READ  PDF) Ed Clark, president and CEO of TD Bank Group, speaks at the Canadian American Business Council's 17th annual Policy Forum at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Tuesday.
  • "Joint Statement and Declaration by President Obama and Prime Minister Harper of Canada on Regulatory Cooperation and Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness"  Read Here

  • CABC Calls for Regulatory Cooperation in Upcoming Meeting of thePrime Minister of Canada and President of the United States
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 2, 2011)–  At the upcoming meeting of the Prime Minister of Canada and President of the United States, the CABC urges the two leaders to commit to making measurable progress on the issue of cross-border regulatory harmonization. Such bilateral cooperation has the potential to significantly stimulate further economic recovery without requiring financial expenditures by governments. Read more
  • CABC Announces Election of New Director to the Board- WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 24, 2011) – The Canadian American Business Council (CABC) announced today the election of a new member to its Board of Directors - Duncan Dee, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Air Canada.
  • BACON: Go north, young man, go north- Canada is quietly surpassing the U.S. as the land of opportunity-  Unless the Winter Olympics are on television or someone is clubbing baby seals, Americans don't pay much attention to what's happening in Canada. It's as if we live in a house with a set of quiet, orderly neighbors on one side and a bachelor pad with drunken parties, girls in the hot tub and occasional gunshot eruptions on the other. To whom would you pay more attention?






 2010
 
  • Gulf spill makes oilsands more appealing- These pipelines carry steam to Suncor's Firebag in-situ operations north of Fort McMurray. Suncor is the oldest oilsands operator, with two active mine sites (Steepbank and Millennium) and one thermal play (Firebag) that together produce about 260,000 barrels a day.  Photograph by: Chris Schwarz, CanWest News Service
  • Jeanne Shaheen's revelation during the recent Canadian-American Business Council meeting caused a stir, prompting many in the crowd to wonder if it illuminated strains in the Canada-U.S. trading relationship. ...
  • Premiers must engage in bilateral business: executive
  • Continental divide - Keeping a domestically absorbed U.S. aware of the issues that affect us- WASHINGTON–Every so often, about 15 Canadians, Americans and Mexicans quietly get together in downtown Washington. They call themselves the Neighborhood Watch.
  • Diplomats from the Canadian Embassy and the Mexican Embassy are not invited. Neither are bureaucrats from the U.S. government.......read more

  • The Canadian Press  WASHINGTON (Feb 9, 2010)- A 30-second commercial playing up the close ties between Canada and the United States will air on Washington's NBC affiliate dozens of times during the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympics. read more...
  • Trade minister Day shuffled as talks loom- Canadian-American Business Council executive director Maryscott Greenwood said she has high hopes for Mr. Van Loan given his experience as a public safety minister.

    Taking over as public safety minister is former Treasury Board president Vic Toews, of Manitoba. He served as justice minister during the first Conservative minority government starting in February 2006.  read more

 2009
  • CABC'S Executive Director Maryscott Greenwood named 'One of The Top 100 Most Influential People in Politics' by The Hill Times- www.hilltimes.com 
Senate confirms Jacobson as US ambassador to Canada Canada.com
The issues are huge and the challenges complex,” said Maryscott Greenwood, executive director of the Canadian-American Business Council, a leading bilateral ...
Buy American exemption deal in the works
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
According to Canadian government sources, Ottawa expects that the White House will ... said Maryscott Greenwood, of the Canadian American Business Council. ...
Buy American truce elusive

BERTRAND MAROTTE
MONTREAL — From Thursday's Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 12:00AM EDT Last updated on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 2:37AM EDT ......Chipping away at U.S. resistance to exempting Canada from Buy American measures has become no easy task.

Buy American

US keen to resolve Buy American    Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... over protectionist Buy American policies and keen to resolve the issue, ... speech to the annual policy forum of the Canadian American Business Council. ...

Buy American truce elusive

Canada’s Day Sees ‘Buy American’ Trade Talks Soon

Canada deserves spot on U.S. naughty list due to lax copyright laws

U.S. envoy says 'side letters' on labour and environment may benefit NAFTA  


                         
Politico Article: "Canada Gets New Ambassador"


NEW PRESS RELEASE    read

Canadian American Business Council Announces Election of New Directors and Ambassadors Doer and Jacobson Serve As Honorary Co-Chairs



The Canadian American Business Council Brings Together High Level US and Canadian Officials for 2010 Annual Washington Policy Conference

Event Will Feature Remarks from Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and US Senator Jeanne Shaheen on Obstacles to Economic Recovery and Job Growth


 CANADIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MORNING NOTES Michael A ...
1. CANADIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL. Last week I attended attending an unusual meeting of Canadian and American diplomats, ...
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