Menu
International
Our publications are available to all at no cost. Please support the CCPA and help make important research and ideas available to everyone. Make a donation today.
Should Canada be completing a trade deal in the middle of an election?
The Obama administration is pulling out all the stops to wrap up the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations this week. Trade ministers, including Canada’s Ed Fast,…
What’s the big deal? The high stakes of TPP
On September 29, Dairy farmers from eastern Ontario took their tractors to protest on Parliament Hill.
Torture of Afghan Detainees
Canada’s Alleged Complicity and the Need for a Public Inquiry Download 3.76 MB96 pages This report discusses Canada’s shortcomings and violations of international law relating…
New report calls on government to launch a public inquiry into actions of Canadian officials relating to Afghan detainees
OTTAWA— A new report, entitled Torture of Afghan Detainees: Canada’s Alleged Complicity and the Need for a Public Inquiry, has just been released by the…
A Losing Proposition
The Failure of Canadian ISDS Policy at Home and Abroad Download 1.48 MB 62 pages This report documents the 55 known cases of Canadian investors…
TPP Shakedown in Maui
A shakedown is defined as extortion by means of force, threats, or intimidation. That’s a pretty accurate description of what’s now happening in Hawaii to…
TPP Deal Puts BC’s Privacy Laws in the Crosshairs
British Columbia’s privacy laws are in the crosshairs of the nearly completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. If you’re wondering what the heck data privacy protections…
State Invaders: The Game
The CCPA Monitor presents STATE INVADERS! Can you stop the next wave of trade lawsuits? Fight off real investor–state lawsuits from UPS, Chevron, Scotiabank and…
Escaping free trade
The following is excerpted and adapted from Vaillancourt’s book, L’Empire du libre-échange (The Stranglehold of Free Trade), released by M éditeur in 2014. It has been lightly edited…
The Big Heist
On April 12, 2013, the late Jim Flaherty, then Canada’s finance minister, made an unpublicized trip to Bermuda, one of corporate Canada’s tax havens of…
Investor vs. State
A system that empowers corporations to sue governments for compensation whenever they feel a policy or decision has interfered with their expected profits sounds like…
Updates from the CCPA
Read the latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you.
CCPA Updates