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CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – Selon une étude rendue publique aujourd’hui par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), la concurrence…

“Free trade” clearly a disaster, but how do we free ourselves? Bruce Campbell’s article in this issue explains how NAFTA—and its predecessor CUFTA—have worsened living…

Our right to privacy as employees is being increasingly violated Recent CCPA Monitor articles described how our privacy as citizens and consumers is under world-wide…

Canada opposes recognizing water as a basic human right Five million people die unnecessarily every year from lack of clean water. Each day, 6,000 children…

Record shows “free trade” has been detrimental for most Canadians The impact of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement…

Benchmarks, plurilaterals, domestic regulation and other pressure tactics in the GATS negotiations Download 348.25 KB28 pages Global civil society should not be lulled into complacency…

Most Canadians, if asked, would probably view the issue of the “fiscal imbalance” as a good cure for insomnia. That’s too bad because it is…

Canada taking a key role in the militarization of space Few Canadians realize that their taxes have long been used to make this country a…

Agribusiness firms wallow in profits, farmers in losses About six years ago, I met with a group of farmers in Gravelbourg, a mainly French community…

Renegotiating NAFTA won’t solve Canada’s trade problems Several prominent critics of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), including NDP leader Jack Layton, have proposed…

Agency to regulate Human Reproduction Act still not set up March 29, 2006 was the second anniversary of the passage into law of Canada’s Assisted…
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