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Bruce Campbell
Time to draw a line in the sand
NAFTA and the softwood lumber dispute In the lead-up to the NAFTA leaders’ meeting in Waco Texas, former free trade negotiator Gordon Ritchie called on…
Of Independence and Faustian Bargains
Going Down the Deep Integration Road With Uncle Sam Download 111.87 KB16 pages
A path through the Bush visit
Beyond the obligatory niceties, next week’s visit by George W. Bush will reveal little about the actual direction of Canada-U.S. relations. But it does provide…
Straight Talk
Big Business and the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement Fifteen Years Later Download 49.15 KB
From deep integration to reclaiming sovereignty
Managing Canada-U.S. economic relations under NAFTA For some months now, business leaders and other free trade proponents have been beating the drums for another big…
From Deep Integration to Reclaiming Sovereignty
Managing Canada-U.S. Economic Relations under NAFTA Download 229.33 KB11 pages
The real Chretien legacy budget
After all the hype, was yesterday’s budget Jean Chretien’s “legacy” budget? The answer is yes, though not in the way he may have intended, and…
The Chretien legacy budget
Promises unkept and challenges unmet Budgets are perhaps the single most important policy moment in the life of a government. Budgets are about choices. They…
Social Watch Canada 2003 Report
Canada’s health care choice: Pawning or polishing the jewel in the crown of social programs Download 168.32 KB8 pages
Key Points From the Cabinet Memorandum (Aug 7, 2002) Seeking a Mandate for WTO Negotiations Leading up to the Sep 2003 Summit
The memorandum to cabinet conveys the same PR message that the trade ideologues are giving to the Canadian public: trade is good (no qualifiers); liberalization…
What Paul Martin should do
Paul Martin and his Liberal colleagues are handicapped by their anti-deficit phobia in dealing with the current economic downturn. A surplus come-hell-or-high-water approach makes sense…
NAFTA at Seven
Its Impact on Workers in All Three Nations Download 134.3 KB30 pages
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