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A cross-Canada CETA tour organized by the Council of Canadians
and the Canadian Union of Public Employees
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow and CUPE president Paul Moist have been speaking across the country highlighting the dangers of this proposed deal and to say that Canadian communities are not for sale.
If CETA is signed it will:
Threaten our democracy by putting
corporate rights first
Encourage privatization of Canada’s drinking water and wastewater services
Threaten local job creation and“buy-local” policies
Cause prescription drug costs to skyrocket by at least $2.8 billion per year
Allow big corporations to ignore or challenge environmental regulation
Let’s work together to stop this deal.
This tour began on April 29 in Calgary and events have been held in Montreal (May 24), Toronto (May 26), Saskatoon (May 30), Winnipeg (June 27), Halifax (June 28), St. John's (June 29), Moncton (Sept. 10), Hamiltion (Sept. 27), Windsor (Sept. 28), Abbotsford (Oct. 11), Vancouver (Oct. 12), Victoria (Oct. 13), Ottawa (Oct. 19), London (Dec. 1), and Charlottetown (Dec. 8). Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he was committed to proceeding ‘full-throttle’ on CETA and on having the deal signed by January 1, 2012.
The Council of Canadians and CUPE are already discussing additional public forums on CETA with Barlow and Moist to be announced.
