Trade campaigner Stuart Trew
“It contradicts everything the government has said about the China investment treaty, about it having no impact on the environment and there being no threats to non-discriminatory environmental measures.” – Stuart Trew, trade campaigner with the Council of Canadians, commenting in the Globe and Mail on Lone Pine Resources’ $250-million NAFTA challenge against Quebec’s moratorium on fracking.
The Toronto Star report on the Calgary-based company (incorporated in Delaware) stating its intention to sue Canada under the North American Free Trade Agreement over Quebec’s moratorium on fracking is at http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1288637–ottawa-faces-250-million-suit-over-quebec-environmental-stance.
