The Trade and Investment Research Project pools resources and expertise from a wide range of Canadian non-governmental organizations to understand the implications of the latest generation of trade and investment treaties. Formed in 1999, the project examines the effects of these far-reaching treaties on public services, public interest regulation, environmental protection and alternative economic development.
Trade and Investment Research Project
- On June 29, 2019, the federal government launched a public consultation on initiatives intended to "modernize" the Canadian regulatory system. Interested Canadians were invited to provide input on...September 6, 2019 | National OfficeCCPA is proud to co-sponsor this terrific video from our colleagues at Corporate Europe Observatory. It chronicles grassroots resistance to efforts by Canadian mining company Gabriel Resources to...June 24, 2019 | National OfficeOn September 21, Canada and the European Union announced that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), a controversial NAFTA-plus free trade deal initiated by the Harper government and...October 17, 2017 | National Office
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How "good regulatory practices" in trade agreements erode protections for the environment, public health, workers and consumers
April 30, 2019 | National OfficeThe use and abuse of investor-state dispute settlement by Canadian investors abroad
Analysis, opinion and multimedia resources on the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement.
For a full list of all of CCPA's work on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and its implications, click here.