Showing posts with label CETA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CETA. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Say No to CETA Rally

October 17, 2011 Organizers and activists stand on the steps of the B.C. Legislature along with MLA's who support the "Say No to CETA" rally participants. Approximately 30 members from Locals 111, 333 and 114 participated in the event and were later introduced to the house by MLA Mable Elmore.


Here is a quick video on CETA

Thursday, January 6, 2011

MAUDE BARLOW What you don’t know about a deal you haven’t heard of


In coming days, Canadian and European officials will intensify negotiations on a new trade agreement most Canadians have never heard of. The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is by far the largest free-trade deal this country has ever undertaken.
If it goes through, CETA will open up the rules, standards and public spending priorities of provinces and municipalities to direct competition and challenge from European corporations. Ottawa refuses to even discuss the environmental implications, but a recent trade sustainability impact assessment commissioned by the European Commission has sounded alarms in several areas.