Updates from the CCPA

CETA: Constraining Manitoba's economic prospects and policy options

This report also examines the potential impact of providing foreign investors with increased access to public procurement and the impact of weakening the provincial government’s ability to...

February 13, 2013 | Manitoba Office

Interview with Scott Sinclair on trade and Atlantic fisheries

CBC recently interviewed...

January 10, 2013 | National Office

CETA and the implications for health care

The CCPA’s Scott Sinclair and Teresa Healy from the Canadian Labour Congress recently presented on the implications of the proposed Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and...

November 13, 2012 | National Office

CETA and Nova Scotia: Who Pays for 'Free' Trade?

As the federal government continues to move forward with the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (“CETA”) our research finds that the benefits are being oversold while the costs and...

November 1, 2012 | Nova Scotia Office

Ontario could be hard hit by new trade deal

A trade deal between Canada and the EU that's being negotiated in Ottawa this week could have devastating effects on Ontario. The CCPA's new report, ...

September 19, 2012 | Ontario Office

The Dark Side of Investment Agreements: Video

Movements around the world have put the spotlight on bailouts and tax evasion that have enriched the 1% at the expense of the 99% but this is only part of the picture. Now the Transnational...

July 6, 2012

Canada's embarrassing second-class status in trade partnership

In an opinion piece published in The Tyee and ...

June 27, 2012 | National Office

Is the free trade debate back on the agenda?

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...

February 15, 2012 | National Office

Tar Sands and the CETA

The recent decision by the European Union (EU) to disregard Canadian government pressure and forge ahead with regulations that recognise the higher green-house-gas intensity of fuel produced...

October 14, 2011 | National Office

Implications of the Canada-EU CETA for municipal governments

In ongoing Canada-EU trade negotiations, the European Commission is seeking full coverage of sub-national (provincial and municipal) procurement. In Canada, as in Europe, many important...

June 16, 2011 | National Office

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