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Download 1.2 MB 42 pages This report also examines the potential impact of providing foreign investors with increased access to public procurement and the impact…

CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. Ottawa – L’Accord économique et commercial global (AECG) proposé entre le Canada et l’Union européenne et d’autres traités sur le commerce…

Download 1.72 MB76 pages The report, Globalization, Trade Treaties and the Future of the Atlantic Canadian Fisheries, describes how new treaties could undermine the ability of Canadians…

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Ottawa – The proposed Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and other trade and investment treaties threaten the sustainability…

Recent leaks from the negotiations between Canada and EU confirm concerns that a comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) would infringe on Manitoba’s ability to…

To date, 38 municipalities have passed motions expressing concern about the closed door negotiations for a comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) going on between…

Oversold benefits, untold costs After close consideration of the costs and benefits, our new report on the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) concludes that the…

Halifax—Close consideration of the probable costs and benefits of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (“CETA”) for Nova Scotia reveals that the agreement’s benefits are being…

Who Pays for ‘Free’ Trade? Download 514.25 KB 44 pages This report is a step toward remedying the unjustifiable lack of transparency about the Comprehensive…

Last month’s over-the-top “celebrations” of the 25th anniversary of Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan’s signing of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement seemed strained, to my mind.…

The pending takeover of Canadian oil and gas producer Nexen by the state-owned Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation is attracting a lot of attention. There…

OTTAWA—A trade deal with the European Union (EU) that’s being negotiated behind closed doors could result in as many as 70,000 job losses in Ontario,…
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