“We need the CCPA to remind us that our dreams of a decent, egalitarian society are reasonable — indeed that with a little work, they are practical. And I love that practicality, that protection of the dream of the possible.”
— Naomi Klein
Issue(s): Health, Health care system, Pharmacare, International trade & investment, Deep integration
Projects & Initiatives: Trade and Investment Research Project
February 19, 2001
OTTAWA--Contrary to repeated assurances from the Minister of International Trade and other federal government officials that Canada's health care system is protected from trade challenge under the WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), a new study released today shows that the government has, in fact, recklessly exposed health care to the GATS commercial rules.