ACTION ALERT – Tell Stephen Harper: Canada's communities are not for sale

Canada and the European Union are negotiating a new Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) which they hope to sign by the end of this year. This is a big deal for Canadians.

An eighth round of CETA talks will take place in Brussels this July 11-15. It's been called a "critical" round by Canada's lead negotiator because finally provincial-territorial offers on procurement, services and investment will be exchanged and bargained away!

If CETA is signed it will:

Threaten our democracy by putting corporate rights first
Encourage privatization of Canada’s drinking water and wastewater services
Threaten local job creation and “buy-local” policies
Cause prescription drug costs to skyrocket by at least $2.8 billion per year
Allow big corporations to ignore or challenge environmental regulation

The Council of Canadians and Canadian Union of Public Employees are currently touring Canada to highlight the dangers of this proposed deal and to say that Canadian communities are not for sale.

Let’s work together to stop this deal. CETA has not yet been signed. There is still time to stop it.

Here’s what you can do:

Send a message to the federal government using the CUPE Action Alert »

Organize a fight back committee to challenge CETA in your community
(see the Trade Justice Network website » for a list of organizations you can turn to for help in your community)
Call your municipal councillor and tell him/her you want your city or town to take a stand
Ask your city council to pass a resolution to keep cities out of CETA
Lobby your provincial and federal politicians about the impact of CETA on health care
Help spread the word – talk to your colleagues, friends and neighbours

Click here to send Harper a letter today using CUPE's Action Alert!

For more information about CETA, visit www.canadians.org/CETA.

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ACTION ALERT – Tell Stephen Harper: Canada's communities are not for sale

Let’s work together to stop this deal. CETA has not yet been signed. There is still time to stop it.

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