The CCPA's Trade and Investment Research Project pools resources and expertise from a wide range of Canadian non-governmental organizations and academic institutions to understand how corporate trade and investment treaties affect public policy and democratic decision-making. Since 1999, TIRP research has examined and critiqued the impacts of these agreements on social, environmental and economic development policy at home and abroad.
Trade and Investment Research Project
- April 26, 12–1pm EDT Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwscOuqpjMuGt3ZnCU5LzOrjsK_bxRn6eF5 The vaquita, the world’s smallest porpoise, is on the verge of extinction. Scientists...April 14, 2022 | National OfficeLe français suit. Canadian organizations concerned with vaccine equity and the TRIPS waiver negotiations at the World Trade Organization are urging the Canadian government to not accept a compromise...March 28, 2022 | National OfficeThe Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has joined over 130 international civil society organizations in writing a letter to members countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO), urging them...November 23, 2021 | National Office
How Canadian companies use trade and investment agreements to bully foreign governments for billions
Early Impacts of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
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Analysis, opinion and multimedia resources on the "New NAFTA" and progressive alternatives to the corporate trade model.

Why we must remove WTO-protected intellectual property rights barriers to a global pandemic recovery.