Browsing All posts tagged under »Stockwell Day«

The CATA Press Release RE Their 116 Campaign: A Just Cause Lost in a Sea of Self-Serving Rhetoric

December 1, 2009

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Canada’s venture capital industry is in trouble. That industry is seriously underfunded, while Canada’s emerging technology and life sciences companies are so capital-starved they risk being uncompetitive in the North American market. At the same time, much needed and sought after US capital that could richly fund that industry and those companies is being blocked […]

PI Window on Business Celebrates 75th Broadcast With Special Anniversary Offer

November 30, 2009

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It is hard to believe that the December 3rd segment titled “Motivating Ideals: How to Engage and Ignite Your Company’s Workforce” will be our 75th show. What is the old saying about time flying by when you are having fun.     Over the first 75 segments there have been so many great moments such […]

A Buy American Exemption and the Opportunity for Suppliers

October 6, 2009

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In the September 30th PI Window on Business Buy American Special I had a brief interview with Canada’s Trade Minister Stockwell Day that simplified a complex issue (Note: here is the Direct Link to my interview with Canada’s Trade Minister Day) Underneath the complexities of the Buy American debate is a simple question . . […]

Buy American Policy: Economic Imperative or Popular Opinion?

October 1, 2009

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In today’s PI Window on Business Show I had a brief interview with Canada’s Trade Minister Stockwell Day that simplified a complex issue . . . Underneath the complexities of the Buy American debate is a simple question . . . now that Canada has closed the Congressional loophole that justified locking Canadian business out […]

IACCM to announce the release of global economic study during September 30th PI Window on Business Broadcast.

September 30, 2009

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As you know tomorrow  at 3:00 PM EDT I will be welcoming as a guest to the PI Window on Business Show Canada’s Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway Stockwell Day along with an esteemed international guest panel to discuss the impact of the Obama Administration’s Buy American policy on the […]

Will Britannia Rule the Waves of the Vast Sea that is the Global Economy?

September 24, 2009

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In preparing for my interview on Monday with Canada’s Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway Stockwell Day, I have done a considerable amount of research regarding the Buy American Policy and the repeated references to the Smoot-Stonehouse Act of 1930 which many cite as being the primary cause of the Great […]

Guest Panel Finalized for Buy American Segment on PI Window on Business

September 18, 2009

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As announced in my September 4th post “Buy American: A Clear and Present Danger?” Canada’s Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway Stockwell Day, will be joining us as a guest on the September 28th PI Window on Business Show on Blog Talk Radio. We will be providing Minister Day, who is […]

Buy American: Establishing Artificial Boundaries or Removing Unwanted Barriers?

September 6, 2009

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“This idea of international free trade is a fallacy. We don’t need free trade. We need smart trade . . . Even Canada is not truly a free trade partner. Their regulations require broadcasters use a specified percentage of Canadian-produced programming. That’s protectionism, and to deny it is to be the patsy to foreign governments […]

The Buy American Policy: A Clear and Present Danger?

September 4, 2009

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In April 2009, Trade Minister Stockwell Day expressed concern that what at the time was the proposed “Buy American” bill was representative of the same kind of U.S. protectionism “that fueled the Great Depression in the 1930’s. Citing the “Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930” (Smoot-Stonehouse Tariff Act), Canadian Chamber of Commerce President Perrin Beatty suggested that […]