Canadian PM Looks Forward to Meeting Bush on Shared GoalsCanadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien said Thursday, December 14, that he is looking forward to meeting US President-elect George W. Bush on shared goals "at the earliest opportunity.""Canada and the United States have a relationship unique in the world... with the largest trading relationship on the globe," he said in a statement on the US presidential election. "I look forward to working with President-elect Bush to continue building on that relationship and to identify new ways of achieving our shared goals," said the prime minister. He pointed out one important opportunity for cooperation as next April's Summit of the Americas in Quebec City. "We will join our partners in the Americas to promote democracy, prosperity, and social equity in our hemisphere," he said. Bush, 54, claimed the US presidency in a nationally televised address Wednesday night. His presidency will mark the second father-son presidential combination in the American history, following John Adams and John Quincy Adams. |
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