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What Brian Mulroney got wrong on free trade with the U.S.
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
Mulroney, Reagan and Thatcher sang a siren song. Get governments out of the way! Let the market rule! Economic globalization, with its program of free trade, privatization and deregulation and everyone would benefit. Corporations surely did… And Canadian CEOs did too… the richest CEOs are paid 246 times more than the average worker.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, privatization, standard of living
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‘Do you have running water? I don’t and I live in Canada’
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Jul. 28, 2011
For the past decade, Ottawa has consistently opposed recognizing the right to water and sanitation. The Harper government voted to abstain when the General Assembly vote took place, and then argued (incorrectly) that the resolution is not binding… with an enforceable obligation, the government would likely face extensive liability with respect to the terrible drinking water and sanitation conditions in so many first nations communities. There are at least 49 “high risk” aboriginal communities in Canada with little access to clean water and more than 100 facing “boil water” advisories
Tags: Health, Indigenous, rights, standard of living
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What you don’t know about a deal you haven’t heard of
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
Jan. 6, 2011
In coming days, Canadian and European officials will intensify negotiations on a new trade agreement most Canadians have never heard of. The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is by far the largest free-trade deal this country has ever undertaken… CETA will likely have a NAFTA-type investor-state enforcement mechanism… [which] emphasizes investor protection over government policy… CETA serves the only profit interests of the big business community. We can do better.
Tags: globalization, ideology, participation, privatization
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