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?
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BOOK REVIEW: “Beyond Banksters” by Joyce Nelson
Joyce Nelson’s “Beyond Banksters” is an eye-opening, must-read exposé of a ravenous financial system.
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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.
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Brexit, Trumpism, and the challenge to globalism
The focus on xenophobia as the source of Britain’s exit from the EU and the appeal of Donald Trump conveniently ignores the link many Brits and Americans see between our prevailing globalist ideology and extensive job losses and underemployment.
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What public consultation on the TPP?
We went to a federal government-organized ‘public consultation’ on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement that the general public didn’t seem to know about. Here’s what went down.
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Why you need to know about the TPP
Prominent thinkers are speaking out against it and pro-democracy groups are calling for proper public consultations. But is our government listening?
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The missing election issue: Free Trade’s assault on jobs
Looking at the election platforms of our three major parties, it becomes clear there are issues that the politicians don’t want to talk about. Unfortunately, they are precisely the issues that most affect the livelihoods of Canadians.
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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?
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Less representation! Fewer local jobs! Sure, that’ll fix everything.
A looming deficit is no justification for making awful decisions.
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CETA: Time to admit it’s an oversold, underhanded deal
The squabble between the federal and provincial governments over the $280 million MPR package is an opportunity to revisit what we’ve been asked to give up under CETA, and just what we’re getting in return.
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CETA: Cheated Enough Time (and) Again
Why would former Premier Kathy Dunderdale announce that there was an agreement if it was not a done deal? And how on earth does the current Premier expect people to rally behind the overdone “Ottawa is evil” political tactic?
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The threat of CETA: trade, investment and workers’ rights
The damage CETA will wreak on our economy and our democratic rights is unprecedented. But it can still be stopped.
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CETA, temporary workers, and the attack on middle class jobs
Leaked excerpts of the Canada-EU trade deal reveal serious implications for Canadian workers
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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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Public health care facing its greatest threat
Failure to renew the Canada Health Accord threatens us all. This province needs to join others in speaking out.
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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