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Et leur Européens non-plus ne nous aiment pas au point d'entrer dans un accord de libre-échange avec le Canada parce que l'élite gagnera mais tous les autres (genre, vous et moi) perdront!

Et qui de mieux que le Council of Canadians pour tout expliquer...

Let’s put CETA negotiations on ice

As yet another round of secretive negotiations took place in Ottawa for a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union, the Council of Canadians sent a clear message: it’s time to put CETA negotiations on ice.

The broad-ranging trade, investment, regulatory harmonization and labour mobility deal has been widely criticized for lack of public transparency, for including new rules that will limit provincial and local governments’ ability to set “hire and buy local” policies, and for increasing the cost of health care and prescription drugs for Canadians.

In early February, thanks to the work of local Council of Canadians chapter activists, Nelson, B.C. joined the growing list of cities and school boards asking for an exemption from CETA if the deal unreasonably restricts local jobs and sustainable development policy.

“We congratulate the City of Nelson for standing up for local jobs and local democracy,” said Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians in a media release following a vote by Nelson’s city council. “The truth is there’s no benefit to Canadian municipalities for being shackled by international trade restrictions on their local policy and spending powers. Cities are Harper's bargaining chips in these EU negotiations – they should have a right to say ‘no’ to CETA.”

While negotiators met behind closed doors in Ottawa, Council of Canadians staff took to the world famous Rideau Canal to raise awareness about the deal. Using lightboards (pictured above) with the message “Put CETA on ice,” handing out materials to people passing by, and speaking to the media, we got the word out that CETA is a bad deal for Canadians.

As part of Canada’s Trade Justice Network, we also joined social justice, labour, environmental, Indigenous, women's, academic, health sector and fair trade organizations from Europe, Canada and Québec representing more than 65 million people to demand that Canada and the EU stop negotiating an excessive and controversial investor rights chapter in CETA. This chapter, similar to one that exists in NAFTA, allows corporations to sue governments for health, environmental or any other policies that put the public good ahead of private profits. The groups issued a joint statement that read: "We urge the EU and Canadian governments to follow the lead of the Australian government by stopping the practice of including investor-state dispute settlement in their trade and investment agreements, and to open the door to a broad re-writing of trade and investment policy to balance out corporate interests against the greater public interest.

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