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Cutting through the spin on CETA
Lessons from the fight against CETA
Why has government ignored all information detailing the potential negative consequences of CETA and gleefully implemented legislation to activate it?
February 21, 2017

Cutting through the spin on CETA

<b>Cutting through the spin on CETA</b> is a series examining the reticent nature of a treaty that threatens Canada’s economic sovereignty
What really prompted Wallonia’s feisty standoff against CETA?
What really prompted Wallonia’s feisty standoff against CETA?
The Belgian regional government had it right all along on the controversial Canada-European Union trade agreement.
November 2, 2016
CETA: What government doesn’t want you to know about ISDS lawsuits
Opposition to CETA is increasingly focusing on the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) section. What’s at stake for citizens?
February 10, 2015
CETA, temporary workers, and the attack on middle class jobs
Leaked excerpts of the Canada-EU trade deal reveal serious implications for Canadian workers
August 19, 2014
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…
June 18, 2014
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?
March 24, 2014
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…
March 10, 2014
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…
March 4, 2014
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
February 24, 2014
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…
February 17, 2014