The City of Temiskaming Shores is supporting a resolution that calls for leveling the playing field with the U.S., since its Buy American practices are harming Canadian manufacturers.
The Town of Halton Hills first put forward the resolution, which Temiskaming Shores is supporting. It calls for Canadian municipalities to only buy goods and materials from companies in countries that don’t impose local trade restrictions against products manufactured in Canada.
Temiskaming Shores passed their resolution to support Halton at a council meeting on May 19.
Part of the Halton Hills resolution involves presenting it to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities at their annual meeting in June in the hope that other cities and towns will adopt it.
Local business owner Peter Birnie of the Wabi Iron and Steel Corporation says Temiskaming Shores "took a brave and positive step forward."
"Those countries of origin that don't trade with us on that basis ought not to be able to compete on municipal and provincial work in Canada," says the New Liskeard company president, who adds that 50 per cent of his business is exports.
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