Concerns about the North American Free Trade Agreement in the wake of the election of US president Donald Trump promise to be front and centre at the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce Tuesday.
Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz has been scheduled to meet the Chamber at a round table Feb. 28 during the noon hour. Ritz is the Conservative opposition critic for international trade. The round table will take place at the Chamber’s offices at the Balych Mural Meeting Room.
The issue of NAFTA has come to the forefront lately in the wake of Trump’s repeated pledges to renegotiate or scrap the trade deal.
According to Chamber executive director Linda Machniak, it was Ritz’s office who had requested the meeting. Ritz also has meetings scheduled elsewhere with the Chamber in Lloydminster and with other groups as well on the issue.
A long presentation is not planned; instead, the focus of the meeting will be on getting input from people on the ground. The Chamber is inviting those members who are particularly impacted by NAFTA to the meeting to voice their concerns about the issues surrounding changes to the agreement.
