The New - 20/20 Magazine

did you know:
• Quebec’s aerospace industry is home to
260 companies, including 17 world-class
contractors and equipment outfitters,
and 70 per cent of aerospace r&D.
• in 2009, bilateral Quebec-us
merchandise trade totalled $66.4 billion.
“I think that Canada is one of
the most impressive countries
in the world, the way it has
managed a diverse population,
a migrant economy. Obviously
there is enormous kinship
between the United States
and Canada, and the ties that
bind our two countries together are things
that are very important to us.”
Barack Obama
did you know:
• canada was illinois’ main trading partner,
purchasing almost 30 per cent of the
state’s foreign-bound goods.
• in 2009, bilateral illinois-canada
merchandise trade totalled $38.8 billion.
“Living next to the United
States is in some ways like
sleeping with an elephant.
No matter how friendly
and even-tempered is the
beast, one is affected by
every twitch and grunt.”
“In a world darkened by
ethnic conflicts that tear
nations apart, Canada
stands as a model of how
people of different cultures
can live and work together
in peace, prosperity and
mutual respect.”
Bill Clinton
did you know:
• 68,800 jobs in arkansas depend on
trade with canada.
• in 2009, bilateral arkansas-canada
merchandise trade totalled
$1.8 billion.
Pierre Trudeau “Geography has made
us neighbours. History
has made us friends.
Economics has made us
partners. And necessity
has made us allies. Those
whom nature hath so
joined together, let no
man put asunder. What unites us is far
greater than what divides us.”
John F. Kennedy
did you know:
• 190,900 jobs in massachusetts depend
on trade with canada.
• in 2009, bilateral massachusettscanada
merchandise trade totalled
$8.8 billion.
“I have never heard a
Canadian refer to an
American as a ‘foreigner.’
He is just an ‘American.’
And, in the same way,
in the United States,
Canadians are not
‘foreigners,’ they are ‘Canadians.’ That
simple little distinction illustrates to me
better than anything else the relationship
between our two countries.”
Franklin Roosevelt
did you know:
• 517,000 jobs in new york depend on
trade with canada.
• in 2009, bilateral new york-canada
merchandise trade totalled $29 billion.
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