Changing Gears » Jobs Bill http://www.changinggears.info Changing Gears is a public media project about the future of the industrial Midwest. Each week, reporters Dan Bobkoff in Cleveland, Niala Boodhoo in Chicago and Kate Davidson in Ann Arbor cover issues of interest to the Great Lakes region. Changing Gears also sponsors public events and conversations. Tue, 21 May 2013 01:19:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Changing Gears Podcast is produced by Changing Gears, a public media project looking at the future of the industrial Midwest. Each week, Senior Editor Micki Maynard looks at the project's latest stories by Dan Bobkoff in Cleveland, Niala Boodhoo in Chicago and Kate Davidson in Ann Arbor. Changing Gears no Changing Gears changinggears@umich.edu changinggears@umich.edu (Changing Gears) Copyright © Changing Gears 2011 Remaking the Manufacturing Belt Changing Gears » Jobs Bill http://www.changinggears.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/just_our_gears_sm.jpg http://www.changinggears.info Canada Says Obama Jobs Bill Hurts Both Countries http://www.changinggears.info/2011/09/19/canada-says-obama-jobs-bill-hurts-both-countries/ http://www.changinggears.info/2011/09/19/canada-says-obama-jobs-bill-hurts-both-countries/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:00:06 +0000 Dan Bobkoff http://www.changinggears.info/?p=9093 Continue reading →]]> The President’s jobs bill provides over $100 billion for infrastructure like schools and roads. It also requires that all the steel, iron and manufactured goods used come from American firms.

“It seems to be a reflexive protectionism,” said Roy Norton, Canada’s consul general for Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. “We understand the impulses.”

Canada fought against buy-American language in the 2009 stimulus bill and ultimately won an exemption. Now Canada’s leaders are urging Washington not to make the same mistake in this bill.

“We were surprised to see it all over again,” Norton said in an interview in Cleveland Friday.

He said it hurts the Midwest too. He points to US firms that could not bid on projects in 2009 because they sourced components from Canada.

]]> http://www.changinggears.info/2011/09/19/canada-says-obama-jobs-bill-hurts-both-countries/feed/ 0 -73.9224701 293.9062500 canada,Jobs Bill,protectionism,trade,US The President’s jobs bill provides over $100 billion for infrastructure like schools and roads. It also requires that all the steel, iron and manufactured goods used come from American firms. - "It seems to be a reflexive protectionism, The President’s jobs bill provides over $100 billion for infrastructure like schools and roads. It also requires that all the steel, iron and manufactured goods used come from American firms. "It seems to be a reflexive protectionism," said Roy Norton, Canada’s consul general for Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. "We understand the impulses." Canada fought against buy-American language in the 2009 stimulus bill and ultimately won an exemption. Now Canada’s leaders are urging Washington not to make the same mistake in this bill. "We were surprised to see it all over again," Norton said in an interview in Cleveland Friday. He said it hurts the Midwest too. He points to US firms that could not bid on projects in 2009 because they sourced components from Canada. Changing Gears no