Former Deputy PM Manley Calls on Harper to Repair Canada-U.S. Relations
Posted on: Monday, 6 February 2006, 18:00 CST
TORONTO (CP) - A former senior Liberal cabinet minister says repairing Canada's relationship with the United States should be a top priority for new prime minister Stephen Harper.
John Manley says the two countries need to regain a personal trust that critics say deteriorated between President George W. Bush and former prime minister Paul Martin.
Manley, who recently decided not to pursue a run to replace Martin as the federal Liberal leader, was speaking at a Toronto forum on bilateral security.
He was joined by former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, who agreed the two countries need to work together better.
Ridge says the United States has accepted its differences in Canada on the Iraq war and the softwood lumber trade debate.
But Ridge says it's in both countries' interests to improve border security in a way that ensures no economic harm.
Source: Canadian Press
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