{"id":1474,"date":"2020-05-21T17:17:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T17:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabc.flywheelsites.com\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2024-04-25T01:22:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T01:22:40","slug":"canadian-american-business-community-calls-for-collaborative-response-to-covid-19-crisis-unveils-new-portal-for-cross-border-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/canadian-american-business-community-calls-for-collaborative-response-to-covid-19-crisis-unveils-new-portal-for-cross-border-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian-American Business Community Calls For Collaborative Response to COVID-19 Crisis, Unveils New Portal for Cross-Border Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Businesses and advocacy groups can sign on to statement <\/em><\/strong>here<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong> in growing push for mutual support, opposition to division<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2020 \/PRNewswire\/ — Today, 27 groups representing businesses and communities across Canada and the United States unveiled the following joint statement calling for continued strong cross-border cooperation, trade, and supply chains as a critical component of both countries’ COVID-19 public health and economic response and recovery efforts. The groups, led by the Canadian American Business Council, also unveiled a new advocacy portal<\/a> that will allow other businesses and organizations to sign on to the statement and make their voices heard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The COVID-19 public health and economic crisis has been devastating for workers, families, and businesses across Canada and America. As both countries work to keep citizens safe and help businesses and workers get back on their feet, it is clearer than ever that a unified manufacturing supply chain between Canada, and the United States must be protected and strengthened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“While cross-border cooperation has long been a key component of both countries’ economic prosperity, this crisis has highlighted the critical need to maintain the fluid border that is essential to many critical sectors that cross national boundaries. In addition, the urgent need for critical medical supplies to move seamlessly across our borders to get to where they are needed most has exposed key vulnerabilities in our manufacturing ecosystem that must be addressed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The longstanding partnership between Canada and the United States \u2013 ranging from logistics, to economics, to geopolitics, and more \u2013 is a key strategic asset to both countries, now more than ever before, Many critical sectors depend on trade between our two countries \u2013 including medical equipment, food and agriculture; communications and energy; automotive and industrial; transit equipment and aerospace; law enforcement and first responders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– 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;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Continuing to ensure people and goods cross the border efficiently without interrupting our critical supply chains;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Expanding market opportunities between our two countries in order to spur recovery and compete globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Association of Oil Pipelines
Andrew Black, President & CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIOTECanada 
Andrew Casey, President & CEO <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Council of Canada 
Goldy Hyder, President & CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian American Business Council.
Maryscott Greenwood, CEO <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada Arizona Business Council 
Glenn Williamson, Founder & CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CanAm Border Trade Alliance
James D. Philips, President & CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Dennis Darby, President & CEO <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian Pharmacists Association 
Glen Doucet, CEO <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance
Toby Mack, President & CEO <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government of Quebec 
Catherine Loubier, Qu\u00e9bec’s Delegate General in New York
Marie-Claude Francoeur, Quebec’s Delegate in Boston
Martine Hebert, Quebec’s Delegate in Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Joe Reardon, President & CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Business Council, Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Laura Ortega, Executive Director <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovative Medicines Canada
Pamela C. Fralick, President <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
Tom Torti, President<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medtech Canada
Brian Lewis, President <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New England Canada Business Council
Jon F Sorenson, President<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Hampshire Canadian Trade Council
Senator Lou D’Allesandro, Chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Country Chamber of Commerce
Garry Douglas, President & CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohio-Canada Business Association
Dan Ujczo, President<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Rocco Rossi, President & CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quebec’s Federation of Chambers of Commerce
Charles Milliard, President & CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Business Council of New York State, Inc
Heather C. Briccetti, President & CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce 
Honourable Perrin Beatty, P.C., O.C., President & CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Neil Herrington, Senior Vice President for the Americas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Christopher Carrigan, V.P. Business Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women In Trucking Association 
Ellen Voie, President & CEO <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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