American Officers To Police Canada- NAU. The Canada-EU free trade deal flies below the radar. In coming days, Canadian and European officials will intensify negotiations on a new trade agreement most Canadians have never heard of.
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is by far the largest free-trade deal this country has ever undertaken. If it goes through, CETA will open up the rules, standards and public spending priorities of provinces and municipalities to direct competition and challenge from European corporations.
Ottawa refuses to even discuss the environmental implications, but a recent trade sustainability impact assessment commissioned by the European Commission has sounded alarms in several areas. The report says the kind of liberalizing trade deal envisioned will lead to increased European investment in the Alberta tar sands, and thus to increased greenhouse gas emissions. This includes fish. The Legislature Raids. Caught In The Act - Ombudsman Report on the G20 Summit.