Posted Aug 25, 2009, 4:25 PM
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Thanks for posting that article.
I agree that ideally, a continuous corridor from Chicago - Quebec could be viable. But despite NAFTA and platitudes about the benefits of free trade, we don't have free trade with Canada, given how hard it is to move back and forth for work (my college-educated Canadian roommate with several years of work experience and substantial savings can't get a permanent resident visa in the US for the life of him without shelling out thousands for legal counsel, and will ultimately just move back) and, as already mentioned, the absurd waits at busy border crossings for any sorts of travel, be it business or leisure. Maybe some day the US and Canada could actually integrate their economies in a fashion similar to the EU, rather than paying lip service to the idea as is current practice.
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