Over the last 30 years, the CCPA has provided alternative research and analysis that have been indispensable in exposing the corporate agenda. I don’t know what I’d have done without them.
— Judy Rebick
National Office | Update
Projects & Initiatives: Trade and Investment Research Project
February 15, 2012
CBC Radio's The House did a segment last Saturday (Feb. 11) on the Harper government's bilateral free trade strategy and specifically its approach to China. CCPA's Scott Sinclair was on a panel with Bay St. trade lawyer Lawrence Herman.
For those who are interested, the podcast can be found here. The segment begins with a clip from NDP trade critic Brian Masse at the 23 minute mark.
It may be that the sheer bravado and aggressiveness of the Harper government's bilateral negotiating strategy (including talks with China) could reopen much-needed public debates on the merits of free trade and Canada's trade and investment treaties. Host Evan Solomon closed this way -"Back to the future -- the free trade debate is back on the agenda."