Trade treaties bloom, sovereignty wilts
The federal government is engaged in five major "free trade agreements" that threaten the degree of control Canadians have over their land, resources, freedom and future
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Players, absentees and spectators in the CETA ambush
Who supports the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, and why? Who might have opposed it, but hasn’t? Are there prospects for stopping it?
Forfeiting control and the right to litigate
The federal government doesn't want us to know how much we're giving up for CETA. Presented as a "trade agreement" with the European Union, provisions in CETA's investment chapter undermine our right to regulate and hold transnational corporations accountable for the consequences of their actions
CETA will erode our traditional rights
In the third of this 5-part series: Canadians' wants and needs may change in the coming two decades, but the constraints under our new treaty with the European Union will not
Opening the door to foreign corporate takeover of Canada’s economy
In the second of this 5-part series: CETA will facilitate the "de-Canadianization" of our industries, a process that could be extremely difficult to reverse
CETA “not about trade”
In the first of this 5-part series: What the North American Free Trade Agreement has taught us, and the implications of another treaty based on the neoliberal "free trade" ideology
CETA on our doorstep
As the enormously controversial Canada-European Union free trade deal looms, details of the negotiations are being kept secret by the federal and provincial governments. At risk are our natural resources and livelihoods.
Sleeping through trade agreements, waking up to corporate empire
May 11 is World Fair Trade Day, a time to talk about trade injustice and Canada's waning control over its own sovereignty.