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Free trade deals: Not sacred cows, mostly just bull

Trade did not begin when the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement was signed in 1989, and neither will it stop if the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is not signed.

Trade agreements' investor protection clauses that enable corporations to force governments to compensate them when social or environmental policy impedes profits are contrary to democratic values.

Today, Canada's supply management system is under attack. Some trading partners, such as New Zealand and the U.S. want to sell their dairy products to Canadians, and lobbyists from other sectors within Canada would like to sacrifice the supply managed sectors as a way to obtain benefits for their own sectors.

While CETA, the TPP and NAFTA are called "trade" deals, they are really sets of rules that limit governments and empower corporations. The corporate sector may make profits the top priority, but for Canadians, it is common sense to guarantee that our people can rely on both the quality and quantity of food produced by our farmers.

READ MORE: http://rabble.ca/news/2015/07/free-trade-deals-not-sacred-cows-mostly-just-bull

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