Stuart Trew
Stuart serves as director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP), which pools the expertise of academic, labour and non-governmental organization researchers to understand the impacts of trade and investment treaties and policy on the Canadian economy, public services, human rights and international relations. He joined the CCPA in 2014 as editor of the Monitor magazine. Stuart has a BA in journalism and political science and a MA in political economy from Carleton University. He was previously a trade researcher and campaigner with the Council of Canadians. In 2009, he co-founded the Trade Justice Network, which continues to bring together labour, environmental, student, human rights and social justice groups to contest neoliberal trade rules and propose progressive alternatives.
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