Martin to Bush: Keep border open . .Mad cow, security high on agenda

[ConcernedCanuk]

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Martin to Bush: Keep border open

Breakfast chat set for tomorrow
Mad cow, security high on agenda

Monterrey, Mexico — A "free and open" Canada-U.S. border is Prime Minister Paul Martin's key demand as he makes his debut as Canada's leader on the world stage and heads tomorrow into his first official meeting with President George W. Bush.

Speaking last night after a one-on-one meeting with Mexican President Vicente Fox, Martin said he and Fox are united in their push for free movement of goods and people across North America.

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Martin doesn't expect any big surprises in the talks and says the more substantial discussions will take place at a full-fledged Canada-U.S. summit, which the Prime Minister said should take place in the next two months.

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The Prime Minister said he's walking into this meeting prepared. "I think he (Bush) is now a very well-known quantity in terms of where his priorities lie and obviously I think that it's quite well known where our priorities are," Martin told reporters en route to Mexico.

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Hmm - doesn't sound like Martin is gonna be doing any "waffling" ?



And Gee

- are we gonna see Lorenzo kiss the First Lady, or maybe Barney ?


Mexican protocal official Lorenzo Vignal kisses the hand of Sheila Martin, wife of Prime Minister Paul Martin, on thier arrival in Monterrey yesterday for the Summit of the Amreicas.

[lovedems]

1. I wonder if * was "disengaged" in this meeting too! n/t

[Venomous_Rhetoric]

2. YuK

I wonder what Autralian readers think of a Prime Minister who's wife's name means "Woman" "hello, this is woman Martin, and over here, we see the Prime Ministers' lovely dog, Scruffie, who has a name"....
Kissing the hand thing? Barf!!!!:puke:

[lovedems]

3. It looks more like he is licking it.

double barf...

[TrogL]

4. link to original

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1073862608947&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154