More than any two countries in the world, the U.S. and Canada make things together as integrated economic partners. The U.S. sells more goods to Canada than to any country – more than it sells to China, Japan and the UK combined.
That is why we believe that both countries must stand strong for a common cross-border manufacturing response as we tackle the COVID-19 public health crisis and help our shared economies rebuild and recover.
Specifically, we believe that our two countries must continue to work together on a collaborative manufacturing response to COVID-19, to achieve the following objectives:
• Securing the availability of personal protection equipment (PPE) in both countries;
• Designing Canada-US manufacturing solutions to replenish and maintain strategic stockpiles of medical equipment;
• Continuing to ensure people and goods cross the border efficiently without interrupting our critical supply chains;
• Expanding market opportunities between our two countries in order to spur recovery and compete globally.
Maintaining an open and efficient supply chain through and beyond COVID-19 will save lives and help us in the fight against this pandemic. It will provide the infrastructure required for jumpstarting the economy to compete with other regions of the world in a rapidly-changing global economic environment.
We stand with a growing number of businesses, workers, and advocacy organizations to urge our governments and all American and Canadians to stand together in the global marketplace, push aside those who would divide us, and meet our global competition head-on
Association of Oil Pipelines
Andrew Black, President & CEO
BIOTECanada
Andrew Casey, President & CEO
Business Council of Canada
Goldy Hyder, President & CEO
Canadian American Business Council.
Maryscott Greenwood, CEO
Canada Arizona Business Council
Glenn Williamson, Founder & CEO
CanAm Border Trade Alliance
James D. Philips, President & CEO
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Dennis Darby, President & CEO
Canadian Pharmacists Association
Glen Doucet, CEO
Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal
Michel Leblanc, President and CEO
Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance
Toby Mack, President & CEO
Government of Ontario
Ian Todd, Ontario’s Representative in Washington, D.C.
Earl Provost, Ontario Agent General in Chicago, Illinois
Jag Badwall, Ontario Agent General in Dallas, Texas
Government of Quebec
Catherine Loubier, Québec’s Delegate General in New York
Marie-Claude Francoeur, Quebec’s Delegate in Boston
Martine Hebert, Quebec’s Delegate in Chicago
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Joe Reardon, President & CEO
International Business Council, Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Laura Ortega, Executive Director
Innovative Medicines Canada
Pamela C. Fralick, President
Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
Tom Torti, President
Medtech Canada
Brian Lewis, President
New England Canada Business Council
Jon F Sorenson, President
New Hampshire Canadian Trade Council
Senator Lou D’Allesandro, Chair
North Country Chamber of Commerce
Garry Douglas, President & CEO
Ohio-Canada Business Association
Dan Ujczo, President
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Rocco Rossi, President & CEO
Quebec’s Federation of Chambers of Commerce
Charles Milliard, President & CEO
The Business Council of New York State, Inc
Heather C. Briccetti, President & CEO
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Honourable Perrin Beatty, P.C., O.C., President & CEO
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Neil Herrington, Senior Vice President for the Americas
Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Christopher Carrigan, V.P. Business Development
Women In Trucking Association
Ellen Voie, President & CEO
