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Trade

Governments and big business have spent the last 15 years telling us that free trade is good for us. But Canadians know better.

What’s been a bonanza for big corporations and private investors has been bad news for the rest of us — and for the public good. Our resources and the environment are under threat. Our public services such as health care are being cut and privatized. Our jobs and the promise of a living wage are being steadily eroded.

The World Trade Organization (WTO), the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) all have influence on our economy, our society, our lives. Free trade agreements, negotiated in secret, represent a charter of rights for large corporations and they clearly undermine the ability of countries and citizens to govern themselves.

On the global stage, the Canadian government has become an important ally to the United States in pushing the flawed free trade model on unwilling countries around the world.

But we believe that a better Canada, and a better world, is possible.

Action Alerts

In this section, you’ll find out how to promote fair trade in Canada, on the world stage, and in your community. Or contact us at inquiries@canadians.org or
1-800-387-7177, for more information.

FEATURES

Canadians Reject McCain’s NAFTA Plea - Continental Movement for Renegotiation Grows - June 20, 2008, Ottawa

Stop the Bush-McCain Agenda, Stop Unfair Trade - June 20, 2008, Ottawa

VIDEO: The Council fights TILMA in Alberta
Global Lethbridge newscast of the Council opposing TILMA – featuring University of Alberta chapter Michael Grochowalski and Prairies organizer Sheila Muxlow, and clips from a public forum, May 30, 2008

Building a Diversified, Value-Added, Productive Economy (PDF) CAW Submission to the Government of Canada’s Competition Policy Review Panel, 2008

Democracy vs. Free Trade: Renegotiate NAFTA? Sounds like a good idea. Maude Barlow, March 5, 2008

NAFTA's legacy: the worst agreement we ever signed, Murray Dobbin, The Globe and Mail, March 5, 2008

Provincial trade barriers? What provincial trade barriers? Globe and Mail, Murray Dobbin, January 11, 2008

Victory! Well, sort of... Council welcomes NAFTA victory while decrying NAFTA rules, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2007

Suing over NAFTA (VIDEO)
Steven Shrybman, trade specialist at Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP and Board Member of The Council of Canadians, discusses ExxonMobil’s announcement that they will sue Canada under NAFTA provisions over local content and jobs requirements in the Newfoundland offshore oil industry. Business News Network (BNN), September 28, 2007

New Chapter 11 affidavit by Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada.

Court upholds corporate rights under NAFTA - Read the November 30, 2006 decision and analysis.

Revisiting NAFTA: Still not working for North America's workers
Report by Robert E. Scott, Carlos Salas & Bruce Campbell, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Open letter to Trade Ministers to the WTO - Multilateral Trading System: time for a new approach

 



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June 23, 2008