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  • British Magazine The Economist Takes Swipe at "Mr. Dithers" - Paul Martin (BWAHAHAHAHA!!)

    02/18/2005 9:00:06 AM PST · by UpHereEh · 11 replies · 545+ views
    OTTAWA (CP) - To hundreds of thousands of influential readers around the world, Canada's prime minister will now be known as an indecisive leader dubbed "Mr. Dithers." The Economist magazine pronounced its dismay with Paul Martin's first 14 months in office under an article headlined, 'Mr. Dithers' and his Distracting Fiscal Cafeteria. The prestigious British-based magazine said Martin has been a pale shadow of the deficit-slaying finance minister long respected by the economic community. "Mr. Martin, a successful finance minister for almost a decade until 2002, cannot quite shake off the impression that Canada's top job is too big for...
  • "Three amigos" NAFTA summit planned: Canada PM

    02/02/2005 5:49:58 PM PST · by youngtory · 2 replies · 460+ views
    Yahoo.ca ^ | Jan 27,2005 | Canadian press
    "Three amigos" NAFTA summit planned: Canada PM Thu Jan 27, 1:27 PM ET Canada - AFP OTTAWA, Jan 27 (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said that US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) and Mexico's President Vicente Fox (news - web sites) had agreed to join him in a summit to tinker with the North American Free Trade Agreement. Martin has pressed Bush especially to act to strengthen NAFTA's dispute settlement mechanism, irked by the US response to rulings on issues such as Canada's softwood lumber exports to the United States. "There are gaps in NAFTA...