Tag Archives: NAFTA

NAFTA & Canada vital to the U.S. economy

The U.S. Senate’s recent confirmation of Robert Lighthizer as the new United States trade representative signals that the work to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will get under way soon. Against that backdrop, we hope you and ...

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Is the CETA free-trade deal treasonous?

I can’t help wondering whether it’s treason for a government to support a fascist so-called “free-trade” deal like NAFTA and CETA. I use the term “fascist” advisedly. As WWII Italian dictator Benito Mussolini defined the term, fascism is a merger ...

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Carbon pricing a triumph of ideology over reason

Canada’s political and business leaders are pursuing an emissions-reduction (carbon) agenda that will harm our nation’s citizens and our economy. And it’s an agenda that defies prevailing world trends. The COP 22 Marrakech Climate Change Conference began on Nov. 7 ...

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Whom does free trade benefit? Will it help or hurt?

If you were an Ontario autoworker when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect, you likely saw your job shift to Mexico or a southern U.S. state in the redneck zone where “unions” is a curse word. ...

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