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Why Free Trade Within Canada Is an Illusion

Daniel D. Veniez | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada
Read More: Top 10 Barriers to Competitiveness, Free Trade, Free Trade Commerce, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Free Trade, Free Trade Canada, Video, Canada News
Daniel D. Veniez

Free trade within Canada remains an illusion. In its report, "Top 10 Barriers to Competitiveness", the Canadian Chamber of Commerce estimates that obstacles to internal trade cost the economy at least $14-billion a year. Right on cue, this report was ignored, joining a long and distinguished list of excellent studies that gather dust.

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The Darker Side of Free Trade Between Canada and the U.S.

Maude Barlow | Posted 12.05.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Free Trade US, Free Trade Mulroney, Ed Fast, Mulroney Free Trade, Canada Free Trade, Free Trade Canada, US Free Trade, Canada US Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement, Slideexpand, Canada Business News
Maude Barlow

Canada remembers a milestone this week -- the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. Former Mulroney government officials and the business community that supported the first-of-its-kind project are running predictable victory laps in commentaries this week. Well, I'm sorry to crash this little party but there is something seriously wrong with this picture.

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Don't Count Your Trade Deals Before They're Hatched

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.03.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: EU-Canada Trade Agreement, Canada Eu Free Trade, Video, Canada European Union Trade Deal, Eu Trade Deal, EU-Canada Trade, Cp, Free Trade Canada, Free Trade EU, Canada Business News

QUEBEC - The new Quebec government says its support for a Canada-Europe free trade agreement is not yet certain and is warning that it should not be t...

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British PM Pushes Huge Canada-EU Free Trade Deal

CP | Heather Scoffield | Posted 03.27.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Davos Summit, Video, Canada Eu Trade, Cp, Davos Forum, Davos, David Cameron, Canada Eu Free Trade, Canada EU Trade Deal, Ceta, Free Trade Canada, Canada Free Trade, Davos Meeting, World Economic Forum, Canada Politics News

DAVOS, Switzerland - Quick completion of a trade deal with Canada will help Europe regain some of its competitive edge, says British Prime Minister Da...

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New Free Trade Deals Threaten the Environment

Maude Barlow | Posted 08.04.2011 | Canada
Read More: Ceta, Free Trade, The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, Natural Resources Canada, Arctic Sovereignty, Free Trade Canada, Canada News
Maude Barlow

No wonder the Harper government doesn't talk about the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement much. If Canadians find out what is in it, they would turn it down.

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