And you thought free trade was about actual trading of goods?
When Steve trumpets about signing "free trade" agreement after agreement, he's letting the public think it's about creating fairness and openess in the trading of goods, and in lowering trade barriers. What he's really doing is crowing to the corporations that he has their back and is protecting their profits - foreign governments and the people they represent be damned. "The FIPA's Investor State
Dispute Settle...ment mechanism clearly undermines (forgive the pun) democracy. It gives Canadian corporations the right to sue Burkina Faso's government -- in a private, investor-friendly international tribunal -- for pursuing policies that interfere with their profit making. While Ottawa says the process protects Canadian investors "against discriminatory and arbitrary practices," it also undermines the public's ability to determine economic policy."
READ MORE: http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/yves-engler/2015/06/canadas-new-trade-deals-good-canadian-corporations-bad-african-de
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