OTTAWA—Investigations to date into the Lac-Mégantic disaster—the most comprehensive of which is the August 2014 Transportation Safety Board (TSB) report—leave too many unanswered questions, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
Corporations and corporate power
OTTAWA – Selon une étude publiée aujourd'hui par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), les enquêtes sur la catastrophe de Lac-Mégantic – la plus complète étant le rapport du mois d'août 2014 du Bureau de la sécurité des transports – laissent encore trop de questions sans réponse.
This paper is an update of a previous paper on Social Impact Bonds by John Loxley published by CCPA. The paper finds an increase in recent SIBs activity by value worldwide and the creation of an enabling environment for SIBs. Social service agencies may be attracted to SIBs because of the funding they offer, however concern remains due to SIBs private funding in areas of public responsibility.
This study documents the 77 known NAFTA investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims up to January 1 2015. These include 35 against Canada, 20 against the U.S., and 22 against Mexico. Canada has paid out NAFTA damages totaling over $CAD172 million, while Mexico has paid damages of $US204 million. The U.S. has yet to lose a NAFTA chapter 11 case. All three governments have incurred tens of millions of dollars in legal costs to defend themselves against investor claims.
OTTAWA— Over the last two decades, Canada has been sued more times than either Mexico or the U.S. under NAFTA's controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism, and the problem is getting worse.
Last December, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) began a yearlong public consultation on the future of Canada’s Internet services. At its core, the Review of Wholesale Services and Associated Policies is about how Canadians are served by the current structure of our telecommunications system and the policies that govern it.
This study warns that controversial investor protection rules in the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union could expose governments on both sides of the Atlantic to a wave of corporate lawsuits challenging environmental protection, financial supervision and other public interest regulations. Canadian and European groups are simultaneously launching the study about the dangers of CETA's investor-state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS).
Burger King’s proposed takeover of Tim Hortons is likely to have overwhelmingly negative consequences for Canadians. According to our report, Trouble Brewing, these are just a few of them:
Burger King’s proposed takeover of Tim Hortons is likely to have overwhelmingly negative consequences for Canadians. This study analyzes Burger King's private equity owner, 3G Capital's, past takeovers of Burger King, Heinz, and Anheuser-Busch and finds it has a 30-year history of aggressive cost cutting, which could hurt Tim Hortons employees, small-businesspeople, Canadian taxpayers, and consumers.