tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post3428156894373889832..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: The NAFTA CETA TILMA SPP Beyond the Borders Security Perimeter deep integration corporate globalization bunfestAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-80474467188227297102011-07-20T20:39:21.916-07:002011-07-20T20:39:21.916-07:00Kev's link to 2009 Canada-EU Comprehensive Eco...Kev's link to <a href="http://fileserver.cfsadmin.org/file/tradejustice/db545c3975345be421bf650291a7b9d4601a9a51.pdf" rel="nofollow">2009 Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic<br />and Trade Agreement</a><br /><br />Also : Trade Justice Network link to <a href="http://tradejustice.ca/en/section/3" rel="nofollow">November 2010 Canada-EU trade docs</a>Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-24852580079403694112011-07-20T09:28:36.040-07:002011-07-20T09:28:36.040-07:00I had heard European negotiators were surprised to...I had heard European negotiators were surprised to learn a company in Texas was suing the province of Ontario over its Green Energy Plan (Pickens) and that Dow Chem was also able to sue us to stop local regs resticting pesticide use for lawn care.<br /> <br />Thanks for all you do, Waterbaby.<br /><br /><br />Hey, Kev, thanks for that. Michael Geist also posted it.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-21056465152618532782011-07-20T03:19:17.974-07:002011-07-20T03:19:17.974-07:00oops here is that link
http://fileserver.cfsadm...oops here is that link <br /><br />http://fileserver.cfsadmin.org/file/tradejustice/db545c3975345be421bf650291a7b9d4601a9a51.pdfKevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-89522447428139853962011-07-20T03:15:45.741-07:002011-07-20T03:15:45.741-07:00Sorry Alison not a new one but the original,I wish...Sorry Alison not a new one but the original,I wish there was a new one<br />Here it is in case you don't have it<br /><br /><a href="http://fileserver.cfsadmin.org/file/tradejustice/b743e1db9b85996e2ad1d3d3b99a6cda3c911853.pdf" rel="nofollow"></a><br /><br />As for Europe activists over there are focusing on CETA's impact on increasing EU access to the tar sands (It's difficult to hear us referred to as the "worst climate criminals on the planet" ) and of course agricultureKevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-84172305541989632232011-07-19T23:32:27.730-07:002011-07-19T23:32:27.730-07:00Thanks Alison.
As you know, I've been party to...Thanks Alison.<br />As you know, I've been party to the reporting from the Canadian trade negotiator's regular reporting. They don't want us to disclose the nature of the negotiations, but who gives a rat's ass at this point? It's moved into gloves off territory with this recent AIT bait and switch trick.<br /><br />The CETA deal has all along been seen to be a 'back door' entry for the US to EU markets and this new escalation of investor rights under the AIT only confirms this concept. <br />With that in mind, we have to consider the notoriety of the US and and the abhorrence of its foreign policies by a large majority f the EU Parliamentarians. Therein lies our salvation.<br /><br />The Canadian trade negotiator has admitted that they were surprised by the resistance of many of the EU parliamentarians (esp. the enviros) and the reticence to further the trade deal with such nasty components as the tarsands and other social and ecologically disastrous programmes.<br /><br />Yes, there are the Canadian gov't -funded corporate lobbyists in favour of exploiting Canada's vast, publicly-funded infrastructure and utilities pushing their case at the EU. Yes, there are transnational corps looking to take over our natural resources. They're there in full force to push the deal through.<br /><br />What I'm hearing is a strong distaste for such a trade deal with yet another lapdog of the corporatist US. (You can see how well the former UK pet has faired)<br />We can and should set our sites not on our slavering government lackeys but on the the EU. We should appeal to EU Parliamentarians who are sceptical and reluctant to engage in a trade deal that may benefit the EU in the short term but will only serve to further destabilize the global economy and ultimately the planetary climate if the insane support of the tarsands, coal and other dirty fuels are part of the agenda. The domestic concerns of loss of autonomy for local, social and ecological procurement will be solved consequently.<br /><br />That's not to say that we shouldn't oppose and expose the latest AIT bullshit. This has to be relentlessly brought out and put to each level of government to defend.<br /><br />~I tried to post earlier but lost the whole damn thing, including what I thought was a compelling argument for going straight to t he EU Parliamentarians to torpedo this. <br />First lesson: Always Copy your comments before signing in. Everything is deleted.<br />Second lesson: Your second (un-copied version) will be far less compelling than the first version. It will also be less concise. Sorry for that...<br /><br />peace babies,<br /><br />waterbabyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-83776480135134898042011-07-19T23:05:12.717-07:002011-07-19T23:05:12.717-07:00A new leaked CETA draft? Do you have a link for me...A new leaked CETA draft? Do you have a link for me, Kev?Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-70019335742825999572011-07-19T08:16:59.817-07:002011-07-19T08:16:59.817-07:00Kim Campbell was only half right when she said ele...Kim Campbell was only half right when she said elections weren't the time to discuss important issues, apparently neither is the time between them either.<br /><br />CETA and TILMA will have huge impacts on virtually every area of our lives yet we are met with almost total silence.<br /><br />Reading the leaked CETA draft I was struck by how many times the word transparency appeared, hell there is even was an entire section devoted to it. <br /><br />So sad that they refuse to be transparent with us.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.com