Trans-Pacific Partnership

All out against the TPP: Vancouver edition

| November 26, 2016

Shortly after election night, we received the news that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was on rocky ground in the United States. As much as most of us were ready to bounce off the walls in face of such a major victory for the people, it didn't seem quite right to declare confidently that the agreement was "dead" just yet.

The truth is that, yes -- the TPP faced a major defeat with the loss of the U.S. support and the statements senior government officials that they would not pursue a vote in the lame duck session of Congress.

Our last chance to knock down the TPP is here, let's seize it!

Marie Aspiazu

| October 20, 2016

It's been over six months since the TPP was signed by its 12 participant nations back in February and it’s been a heated battle since. We've seen public consultations, protests, political debates and even Jumbotruck stunts, all of which have shaped the conversation on whether this deal is actually to the benefit of signatory countries and their people.

Is the TPP falling apart? Let's take a look at where the 12 nations are at

Marie Aspiazu

| August 22, 2016

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As the ratification fight intensifies, we're watching closely as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) winds its way through national legislatures across the globe. So grab your popcorn, and let's take a look at where the TPP stands in each country yet to ratify.

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Canadian media is failing citizens with its reporting on corporate rights deals

The Trudeau government is hell-bent on ratifying two massive investment agreements -- the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- that will radically undermine Canadian democracy. Yet very few Canadians are informed about these deals because our mainstream media has been so irresponsible in reporting on their impacts. The first-order irresponsibility is the media's absolute determination to cast these deals as "trade deals" when even a casual reading reveals that they are corporate rights agreements which, because they are treaties, trump our courts and constitution.

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Let's not mix xenophobia with legitimate resistance to corporate trade deals

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The decision of British voters to leave Europe has been treated as evidence that they're intolerant xenophobes keen to seal themselves off from the world. That Donald Trump is on their side only helps make the case that they represent a boorish throwback, a desire to make the English-speaking world great again by turning it into a giant gated community surrounded by sky-high walls.

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Trudeau, Obama and neighbourly love

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Hannah Arendt wrote her doctoral dissertation on Saint Augustine and Love. She was taken by his concept of neighbourly love, a third category next to love as desire, and love of God.

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An invitation to protest the TPP this week

Brent Patterson

| May 11, 2016

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The House of Commons standing committee on international trade will be in Montreal, Quebec City, Windsor and Toronto this week to hear testimony on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Milk may be the latest obstacle to TPP ratification

Brent Patterson

| April 6, 2016

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Milk is shaping up to be an obstacle to the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the United States.

The TPP would open some of Canada's dairy market to imports from the U.S., but less than what had been demanded by American dairy farmers. Last year, the Globe and Mail reported:

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The real poison pill in the TPP

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Canadians have many reasons to be concerned about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive international trade agreement that, if ratified, will result in restrictive new rules governing our daily lives, from how we use the Internet, to how much we pay for medicine.

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TPP consultations: Now you see them, now you don't

Sujata Dey

| March 30, 2016

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On the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), International Trade minister Chrystia Freeland has claimed to be in "listening mode." And she says no decision has been made yet. It is widely reported that she is touring the country to hear Canadians on the TPP.

In February, during question period in the House of Commons, she said:

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