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Friday, October 19, 2001 _NEWS ___ WEEKEND EDITION 3

Watch Jeff Bray, MLA
for Victoria-Beacon Hill
on Constituency Report.

Topics covered include health care, the
economy and his recent activities in the
community.

Saturday at 7:00 pm & Sunday at 11:00 am
On Shaw Cable Channel 11

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B.C: Premier Gordon ‘Campbell (chairman of the 2001: premiérs. gs
conference) to call.on the feds to ‘co-operate fully with the’ U,S.on: F rguson says 1 the existing business climaté i is bleak, a ‘theme
. security measures in ‘the “war on terrorism” — in such a way that’. ‘that was reinforced at a recent business conference he attended
would allow a loosening o of current border restrictions in the wake ~in Seattle, (representing the local chamber of commerce), which
' * ittracted.900 businesspeople from Canada, Washington State and

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“Business on both sides of the border is down dramatically”

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of the Sept, 11 terrorist attacks ontheUS. © °° heading across the border into the U.S. is down by 30 percent. | inte eects ni
Campbell supports the idea of a security perimeter around While the flow of commerce entering Canada from the US. has visie off Prensely Dressings jaunts.
North America as a way of opening up the Canada/U.S. border. n't been affected quite as much, he says, it’s still bad, - ha, cw an parent
Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce (GVCC) president Jan: “There is a lot of hurt out there. ‘There's a lot of pain and a lot”. | aie the {
Ferguson says a continental perimeter would be a positive way of of people needing a qu ick fix,’ says Winter, rice tw uaa wna
opcning up the border and allowing business activity toflow more But fixing the border problem won't be easy, he says, since the Se weer gue fitting
freely, He notes that Canada and the U.S, normally do more than . U.S. is focusing all its attention on the terrorism threat and (tof that you'll bw helping tlie eatin,
$1 billion per day in trade. certain extent) is ignoring the ramifications that the Sept, 11 ter- ens
“White we have international concerns around terrorism, we rorist attacks have had on cross-border trade between Canada ©} Available at Aaa gt
have to do everything we can over the next 12 months to en- and the US. i

courage trade,” says Ferguson.

As it stands now, he says, the “understandable” border re
strictions are having an impact on the economy.

“It's hur tng, "adds the 2 GVCC president.

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