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Trade Deals vs. ‘Core Community Values’

Trade Deals vs. ‘Core Community Values’ How a federal ‘no’ to Nova Scotia mine got whacked by NAFTA’s tribunal. Canada lost a big chunk of its sovereignty as well as its right to protect local communities from bad developments earlier this year in a little reported NAFTA tribunal decision. Furthermore the appalling ruling has major […]

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North American Union: US/Canadian Generals Discussed Fully Integrating Their Militaries

North American Union: US/Canadian Generals Discussed Fully Integrating Their Militaries Ever since the plans for the Trans-Texas Corridor (AKA NAFTA Superhighway) were canceled by the Federal Government and the Texas State Legislature, the theories surrounding the North American Union have largely fallen out of public’s awareness. However, every now and then a story will emerge […]

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TransCanada quietly plots response as Keystone XL rejection seems imminent

TransCanada quietly plots response as Keystone XL rejection seems imminent Alberta company consulting lawyers on possibly suing U.S. under NAFTA A source involved in Keystone XL said the main suspense now is how Obama will make his big announcement about the pipeline: quietly, in a mid-summer Friday afternoon statement, or boldly from a platform like […]

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Sacred Cows? Nah, Secretive Trade Deals Are Mostly Bull

Sacred Cows? Nah, Secretive Trade Deals Are Mostly Bull Global pacts like the TPP threaten made-in-Canada system, argue dairy farmers. [Editor’s note: The 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, now in advanced stages of negotiation, is ruffling the feathers of Canadian dairy farmers, who worry the agreement will impact the industry’s long-standing “supply management” system that protects farmers […]

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The TPP, Monsanto, Rockefeller, Trilateral Commission, Brzezinski

The TPP, Monsanto, Rockefeller, Trilateral Commission, Brzezinski All hands on deck for global, economic, corporate dictatorship   There are dots to connect here. They’re real, and they’re spectacular. Let me begin with a brief exchange from a 1978 interview, conducted by reporter Jeremiah Novak. He was speaking with two American members of the Trilateral Commission […]

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Free Trade Deals Put Profits Over Public Interest

Free Trade Deals Put Profits Over Public Interest ‘Poison pill’ strategy ties hands of future governments. Opponents of so-called free trade deals have always struggled with the question of why these international treaties don’t generate more alarm and vocal opposition from Canadians. These treaties, after all, trump all other Canadian authority to make laws — […]

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Canada Is Trading Away Its Environmental Rights

Canada Is Trading Away Its Environmental Rights In 1997, Canada restricted import and transfer of the gasoline additive MMT because it was a suspected neurotoxin that had already been banned in Europe. Ethyl Corp., the U.S. multinational that supplied the chemical, sued the government for $350 million under the North American Free Trade Agreement and won! Canada […]

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