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StateofVermont
SenateChamber
Montpelier,Vermont
SenateResolution
OfferedbySenatorsBaruth,Beck,Bongartz,Brennan,Brock,Chittenden,Clarkson,Collamore,Cummings,
Douglass,Gulick,Hardy,Harrison,Hart,Hashim,Heffernan,Lyons,Major,Mattos,Norris,Perchlik,Plunkett,Ram
Hinsdale,Vyhovsky,Watson,WestmanandWhite,
S.R.11.SenateresolutionrelatingtosupportingwarmandcooperativerelationsonthepartofboththeUnited
StatesandtheStateofVermontwithCanadaandurgingPresidentTrumptoremovealltariffsthathehasimposed
againstCanadianimportsandtorefrainfromsubsequentlyimposinganynewtariffsagainstCanadianimports.
Whereas,theUnitedStatesandCanadahavebeenmilitaryanddiplomaticalliesandeconomicpartners,even
thoughepisodesofcommercialdisagreement,sinceCanadianconfederationin1867,and
Whereas,perhapsnoAmericanstatehasacloserandmoreactivetwo-wayrelationshipwithournorthernneighbor
thantheStateofVermont,and
Whereas,thesetiesentailpersonal,cultural,andeconomicrelationships,and
Whereas,manyVermontersenjoytraveltoMontrealandQuebecCitywhileCanadians,especiallyQuebecers,
reciprocatewithjourneystoVermonttotakeadvantageoftheState’soutstandingoutdoorrecreationalopportunities,
and
Whereas,ontheeconomicfront,for2023,theCanadianConsulateinBostonreportedthatVermontexported$680
millioningoodsand$165millioninservicestoCanada, andthatsameyear,Vermontimported$2.6billioningoods
fromCanada,andCanadianinvestmentsintheStatesupportedover17,000Vermontjobs, and
Whereas,accordingtotheDepartmentofPublicService,in2023,24percentofVermont’selectricsupply
portfoliowasservedbyHydro-Québec,asidefromanyrenewableenergycredits,andVermontGasSystemsreceives
100percentofitsgasfromCanada, and
Whereas,inrecentyears,GovernorPhilipScotthasrepeatedlytraveledtoMontrealontrademissionsandhas
strivedtoenhanceVermont-Quebectradeties, and
Whereas,onthenationallevel,accordingtoTDBank,duringthefirstthreequartersof2024,approximately$683
billionincombinedgoodsandserviceswasshippedinbothdirectionsacrosstheUnitedStates-Canadaborder,and
Whereas,thesamereportalsonotedthatCanadaistheUnitedStates’numberoneexportmarket, andsignificant
elementsofthistradeareintegratedcommerce,especiallyintheautomobilemanufacturingsector, and
Whereas,GovernorPhilipScotthasestablishedaninteragencytaskforcetopreparefortheimplementationof
tariffsonCanadiangoods,now therefore be it
ResolvedbytheSenate:
ThattheSenateoftheStateofVermontsupportswarmandcooperativerelationsonthepartofboththeUnited
StatesandtheStateofVermontwithCanadaandurgesPresidentTrumptoremovealltariffsthathehasimposed
againstCanadianimportsandtorefrainfromsubsequentlyimposinganynewtariffsagainstCanadianimports,andbe
itfurther
Resolved:ThattheSecretaryofStatebedirectedtosendacopyofthisresolutiontoPresidentDonaldJ.Trump,
GovernorPhilipB.Scott,CanadianPrimeMinisterMarkCarney,QuebecPremierFrançoisLegault,andtheVermont
CongressionalDelegation.