Unlike Sen. Obama, Hillary Campaign Never Contacted Canadian Government About NAFTA

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3-6-2008

The Hillary camp is denying the accusations against them, while the Obama camp neither denies nor confirms allegations against them.

"Unlike the Obama campaign, we can and do flatly deny this report and urge the Canadian government to reveal the name of anyone they think they heard from. The Obama campaign has given a variety of misleading answers to the press and the public about its top economic adviser’s contacts with the Canadian government and should come clean about why they did so." – Campaign spokesperson, Phil Singer

Last week, CTV reported that a senior member of Obama’s campaign called the Canadian embassy, reassuring officials that Sen. Obama’s talk on NAFTA was just campaign rhetoric. The initial report carried a strong denial of similar low-level meetings with the Clinton campaign:

“Low-level sources also suggested the Clinton campaign may have given a similar warning to Ottawa, but a Clinton spokesperson flatly denied the claim.”

The Clinton campaign also offered blanket immunity to any Canadian official who could provide names of any initiators or recipients of such contacts.


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