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Ambassador Kergin's Letters

• Ambassador Kergin's letter to Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, 14 September 2004
  "None of the September 11th hijackers entered the United States through Canada."

• Ambassador Kergin's letter to Sen. Thomas A. Daschle, 16 April 2004
  "No animal born in Canada after the feed ban has ever tested positive for BSE."

• Ambassador Kergin's letter to Sen. Charles E. Grassley and Sen. Max Baucus, 7 April 2004
  "Canada and the United States have a strong, extensive, highly integrated energy relationship."

• Ambassador Kergin's letter to James H. Billington, The Librarian of Congress, 18 February 2004
  "Canada is part of the solution to the global problem. Our Smart Border Accord, deep law enforcement cooperation, and the latest technology at the disposal of both our nations, means having Canada to your north makes the US more, not less secure."

• Ambassador Kergin's letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, 16 December 2003
  "Canada has refrained from taking a position on the highly contentious United States domestic debate on prescription drug imports, but Canada does take issue with the suggestion that our drug prces are subsidized by American consumers."

• Ambassador Kergin's op-ed in The Washington Times, 16 January 2003
  "Simply put, Canadians will not tolerate terrorism and terrorists are not welcome in our country."

• Ambassador Kergin's letter to the editor of The Wall Street Journal, 26 July 2002
  "We have declared war against terrorism, not immigration."

• Ambassador Kergin's op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, 15 May 2002
  Proposed energy legislation currently before Congress includes two substantial intrusions into gas markets. Canada, the largest foreign energy supplier to the U.S., urges Congress to refrain from distorting the North American energy market.

• Ambassador Kergin's letter to Rep. Larry Combest, March 18, 2002

• Ambassador Kergin's Letter to Trade Bill Conferees Outlining Concerns on the Breaux Thomas Amendment, February 28, 2002

• Ambassador Kergin's Letter to Conferees on the Bioterrorism Legislation, January 24, 2002

• Ambassador Kergin's op-ed in The Washington Times, 24 December 2001
  "It has been a cause of considerable frustration to Canadians to see themselves portrayed by some public figures in the US as being 'soft on terrorism' and 'a weak link.' None of the 19 hijackers came into the United States from Canada, as has been confirmed by Attorney General John Ashcroft."

• Ambassador Kergin's Letter to Key Senators during Senate Deliberations of Farm Bill, November 9, 2001

• Ambassador Kergin's letter to the Editor of The New York Times, 28 March 2001
  "Protectionism has a price. Restrictions on Canadian softwood lumber imports are like a $1,000 tax on each home built in America."