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Submission to the government of Canada’s consultation on a possible Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement

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Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms are discredited. No new trade deal should include them.
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Release Date: 
Friday, March 3, 2023
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Submission to the government of Canada’s consultation on a possible Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement
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8 pages
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In early 2023, the federal government held a public consultation on the possibility of creating a free trade agreement between Canada and Ecuador. The following text is a submission to that consultation by Stuart Trew, director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project. The submission focuses on the possibility for the trade deal to include an Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism.

Over 125 organizations and advocates demand BC enact pay equity legislation

Release Date: 
Thursday, March 2, 2023

Vancouver, unceded Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) homelands – A coalition of more than 125 leading BC organizations, academics, and advocates are calling on the BC government to urgently enact pay equity legislation.

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No Strings Attached: Canada’s health care deal lacks key conditions

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There’s more money on the table—but without adequate strings attached, the provinces could end up spending it on tax cuts instead of fixing health care.
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Release Date: 
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Number of pages in documents: 
10 pages
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As emergency rooms are overwhelmed, surgery wait times continue to lengthen, and under-resourced childrens’ hospitals face surges related to viral infections like COVID, the  provincial and territorial governments have accepted the federal government’s new health care funding deal.

But there’s more than meets the eye with this deal.

Poverty in the Midst of COVID-19

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A report card on child and family poverty in Ontario in 2020
Release Date: 
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Number of pages in documents: 
31 pages
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In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the shutdown of large sections of the Ontario economy. In a few short months, total economic activity in the province fell by 13%. By May, 1.1 million workers were out of a job. The unemployment rate, which had been 5.5% in February 2020, was 13.2% in May.

New report: Canada isn’t spending what it takes to succeed in the global shift to a clean economy; Budget 2023 must include ambitious climate investment plan

Release Date: 
Thursday, February 9, 2023

Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 9 February 2023

Attached Document Title: 
Spending What It Takes
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Spending What it Takes

Sub Title: 
Transformational climate investments for long-term prosperity in Canada
Release Date: 
Thursday, February 9, 2023
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34 pages
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