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| 2 | 2 | | StateofVermont |
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| 3 | 3 | | SenateChamber |
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| 4 | 4 | | Montpelier,Vermont |
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| 5 | 5 | | SenateResolution |
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| 6 | 6 | | OfferedbySenatorsBaruth,Beck,Bongartz,Brennan,Brock,Chittenden,Clarkson,Collamore,Cummings, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Douglass,Gulick,Hardy,Harrison,Hart,Hashim,Heffernan,Lyons,Major,Mattos,Norris,Perchlik,Plunkett,Ram |
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| 8 | 8 | | Hinsdale,Vyhovsky,Watson,WestmanandWhite, |
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| 9 | 9 | | S.R.11.SenateresolutionrelatingtosupportingwarmandcooperativerelationsonthepartofboththeUnited |
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| 10 | 10 | | StatesandtheStateofVermontwithCanadaandurgingPresidentTrumptoremovealltariffsthathehasimposed |
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| 11 | 11 | | againstCanadianimportsandtorefrainfromsubsequentlyimposinganynewtariffsagainstCanadianimports. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Whereas,theUnitedStatesandCanadahavebeenmilitaryanddiplomaticalliesandeconomicpartners,even |
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| 13 | 13 | | thoughepisodesofcommercialdisagreement,sinceCanadianconfederationin1867,and |
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| 14 | 14 | | Whereas,perhapsnoAmericanstatehasacloserandmoreactivetwo-wayrelationshipwithournorthernneighbor |
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| 15 | 15 | | thantheStateofVermont,and |
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| 16 | 16 | | Whereas,thesetiesentailpersonal,cultural,andeconomicrelationships,and |
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| 17 | 17 | | Whereas,manyVermontersenjoytraveltoMontrealandQuebecCitywhileCanadians,especiallyQuebecers, |
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| 18 | 18 | | reciprocatewithjourneystoVermonttotakeadvantageoftheState’soutstandingoutdoorrecreationalopportunities, |
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| 19 | 19 | | and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Whereas,ontheeconomicfront,for2023,theCanadianConsulateinBostonreportedthatVermontexported$680 |
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| 21 | 21 | | millioningoodsand$165millioninservicestoCanada, andthatsameyear,Vermontimported$2.6billioningoods |
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| 22 | 22 | | fromCanada,andCanadianinvestmentsintheStatesupportedover17,000Vermontjobs, and |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas,accordingtotheDepartmentofPublicService,in2023,24percentofVermont’selectricsupply |
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| 24 | 24 | | portfoliowasservedbyHydro-Québec,asidefromanyrenewableenergycredits,andVermontGasSystemsreceives |
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| 25 | 25 | | 100percentofitsgasfromCanada, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | Whereas,inrecentyears,GovernorPhilipScotthasrepeatedlytraveledtoMontrealontrademissionsandhas |
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| 27 | 27 | | strivedtoenhanceVermont-Quebectradeties, and |
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| 28 | 28 | | Whereas,onthenationallevel,accordingtoTDBank,duringthefirstthreequartersof2024,approximately$683 |
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| 29 | 29 | | billionincombinedgoodsandserviceswasshippedinbothdirectionsacrosstheUnitedStates-Canadaborder,and |
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| 30 | 30 | | Whereas,thesamereportalsonotedthatCanadaistheUnitedStates’numberoneexportmarket, andsignificant |
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| 31 | 31 | | elementsofthistradeareintegratedcommerce,especiallyintheautomobilemanufacturingsector, and |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas,GovernorPhilipScotthasestablishedaninteragencytaskforcetopreparefortheimplementationof |
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| 33 | 33 | | tariffsonCanadiangoods,now therefore be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | ResolvedbytheSenate: |
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| 35 | 35 | | ThattheSenateoftheStateofVermontsupportswarmandcooperativerelationsonthepartofboththeUnited |
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| 36 | 36 | | StatesandtheStateofVermontwithCanadaandurgesPresidentTrumptoremovealltariffsthathehasimposed |
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| 37 | 37 | | againstCanadianimportsandtorefrainfromsubsequentlyimposinganynewtariffsagainstCanadianimports,andbe |
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| 38 | 38 | | itfurther |
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| 39 | 39 | | Resolved:ThattheSecretaryofStatebedirectedtosendacopyofthisresolutiontoPresidentDonaldJ.Trump, |
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| 40 | 40 | | GovernorPhilipB.Scott,CanadianPrimeMinisterMarkCarney,QuebecPremierFrançoisLegault,andtheVermont |
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| 41 | 41 | | CongressionalDelegation. |
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