In two days, the heads of 34 governments of the Western Hemisphere will meet in Quebec City in the largest such gathering ever held in this country. They will be there to talk about trade and how they can create a free trade zone from Baffin Island to the Antarctic by 2005. They will be doing it behind a three-metre high security fence amidst the tightest security cordon Canada has ever seen. As Canadians we survive by trading with our neighbours. We are a nation built on, by and for trade.
Nobody disputes that.
What is at issue is how we are going about doing it. A city prepares - a report from producer Bob Carty from Tuesday, April 17, 2001. Summit of Americas 2001 - indepth coverage from CBC News Online. Summit of the Americas - from Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Summit of the Americas - from the Government of Quebec.