Today in Canada’s Political History: President Ronald Reagan sends the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement to Capitol Hill for Congressional approval
The Canada-US Free Trade Agreement moved another step towards approval on this date in 1988. Speaking at the White House, President Reagan announced the that the FTA was being sent over to Capitol Hill for consideration. He signed the necessary documents during a brief ceremony in the White House’s Roosevelt Room.
“This agreement is moving quickly because it’s good for the United States, it’s good for Canada, it’s good for our continent,” Reagan said. “It’s moving quickly because we recognize that we’re truly the people of the New World, with a common bond distinct on the globe. North Americans are bound in our vision, in our optimism, and in our commitment to moving forward together. We settled this continent to change the world, and this agreement proves we mean to keep on changing it for the better.
You can read a full transcript of Reagan’s remarks at this link: https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/remarks-canada-united-states-free-trade-agreementis an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy.
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