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Beware trade-deal trade-offs for Nova Scotia
The federal Standing Committee on International Trade will be in Halifax next week to hold hearings on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)…
Saving the Green Economy
Ontario’s Green Energy Act and the WTO Download 416.21 KB28 pages This study examines the WTO ruling on Ontario’s Green Energy Act, its implications, and options…
Ten questions about the CETA
After weeks of rumours, it’s now official: the CETA talks have produced an “agreement-in-principle”. This proposed treaty is about far more than simply trade. It…
Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade Download 137.9 KB 6 pages CCPA Senior Research Fellow testified to the House of…
The EU wants a wide-open banking system. We should say no.
The stakes are high in the last stages of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) talks, yet there remains a serious lack of…
Globalization, Trade Treaties and the Future of the Atlantic Canadian Fisheries
Download 1.72 MB76 pages The report, Globalization, Trade Treaties and the Future of the Atlantic Canadian Fisheries, describes how new treaties could undermine the ability of Canadians…
Canada-China investment deal deserves greater public scrutiny
The pending takeover of Canadian oil and gas producer Nexen by the state-owned Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation is attracting a lot of attention. There…
Canada’s Humiliating Entry into TPP Trade Deal
The Harper government’s frantic efforts to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations came to fruition last week, with the announcement that Canada will be admitted…
Remarks to a Town Hall Meeting on the CETA
Last week I spoke along with Maude Barlow and Paul Moist at a well-attended public meeting in Charlottetown on the Canada – European Union Comprehensive…
PEI and the CETA
Remarks by Scott Sinclair, to a public meeting on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in Charlottetown, PEI Introduction No one questions that…
The Perils of CETA
Proposed Canada-EU trade deal a bad deal for most Canadians As its name suggests, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (or CETA) is intended to…
Tar Sands and the CETA
The recent decision by the European Union (EU) to disregard Canadian government pressure and forge ahead with regulations that recognise the higher green-house-gas intensity of…
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