ACTION ALERT: Sign the public petition against CETA - Put the environment and jobs
before corporate profits!
Opposition to the Canada-European Union free trade negotiations on a "Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement" (CETA) is getting louder as we approach the next round of bilateral trade talks in Ottawa this April.
Government promises of increased trade and jobs from a deal with the EU ring hollow. Study after study show this deal will be bad for Canadian farmers and workers, and expensive for provincial health care systems.
CETA will put a freeze on climate change and environmental policy, and it threatens public water systems in Canada with rules that will increase privatization of public services.
Public awareness of CETA is slowly growing, but it's time to increase the pressure on the federal, provincial and territorial governments to put a stop to the negotiations and hold a public debate now.
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Download and print off the petition so you can collect signatures in your community. When you have enough names, take the petition to your federal, provincial or territorial government representative and ask them to read the petition in the legislature. You can do this over and over again with the same elected representatives, as you collect new signatures each time. By going out into communities we will raise crucial awareness of the implications of CETA while encouraging our politicians to get more involved. (Disponibles en français)
Click here to find your member of provincial/territorial government.
Click here to find your federal member of Parliament. |
