printI wrote an op-ed for the Ottawa Citizen about the three amigos’ Cancun conference—Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, President Bush, and Mexican president Vicente Fox. The column is supposed to run today, Saturday, April 1. To read The Citizen online one has to subscribe. I’ll scan the page and post it on the website as soon as I get the tear sheet. I wrote the thing right after submitting my WorldNetDaily column, so I’m quite drained.
Update: “A Vacation from Reality” can be read by clicking here and enlarging the scanned page. Here’s an excerpt:
So long as the U.S. and Canada remain relatively high-wage areas with tax-funded welfare systems, they will experience migratory pressure from a low-wage country such as Mexico. Protectionist policies, the kind Bush is guilty of, immeasurably worsen this pressure. If people can’t sell their wares into foreign markets, they’re more inclined to relocate in search of better economic prospects. Unhampered trade, not NAFTA, might diminish this pressure.