U.S.-Canada Joint News Conference

Following the signing of a U.S.-Canada Aviation Agreement, President Clinton and Prime Minister Chretien addressed members of the press. In their prepared statements, the two leaders discussed a wide range of issues including: the role of the United States in the world; the new U.S.-Canada Aviation Agreement; and the Halifax Summit. Media questions focues on these topics: the vote on Quebec’s upcoming referendun to separate from Canada; the president’s review of affirmative action programs; the relationship between the president and the prime minister; the president’s position on the balanced budget amendment; the prime minister’s opinion on giving middle-class Americans a tax cut; the president’s strategy to oppose a number of House Subcommittee proposed cuts in housing and rental assistance, EPA water projects, and the National Service Program; U.S. concern over the value of the Canadian dollar and the Mexican peso; the president’s reaction to House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s comment close