Canada's Parliamentary Secretary for International Trade, Gerald Keddy, says the mandate would violate the North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Indeed, as Roddy Boyd demonstrates in his well-written study of AIG's fall, it was the very solidity of the company's credit rating that led it astray.
"' American Idol 'is clearly a phenomenon," said Randy Falco, President of the NBC Universal Television Group. "But we expected it and are tracking right where we planned to be at this point."