illustration by Margaret Scott At today’s meeting in Montebello, Quebec, – which hasn’t exactly made headlines in Washington or Mexico City – the agenda is almost exclusively about expanding business operations drafted by big-business representatives and business-oriented appointees coming from …
Category Archive: Canada
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Colombian Free Trade Pact Shot Down: One Step Forward for the U.S., One Back for Canada
Recently, the Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives staunchly denounced the previously initialed free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia, while postponing (at least for several months) the ratification of a comparable trade measure with Peru and Panama. This is …
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Guantanamo and the Semantics of Terror
On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear whether Guantanamo detainees may use habeas corpus to challenge their detentions in federal courts, a right they heretofore have been denied. In Canada, this has spawned speculation that the case …
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Fast Track to Trade Failure? The Political, Economic and Environmental Consequences of Executive Trade Negotiations
Below you will find the first in an ongoing series of articles on the effects of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) throughout the Western Hemisphere. In the next several weeks, COHA will issue in-depth reports on migration in and immigration from …
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[Canada] cannot do business with Colombia in good conscience if the abductions and assassinations continue
In your February 15th editorial, you concluded that “[Canada] cannot do business with Colombia in good conscience if the abductions and assassinations continue.” That sounds good to one’s ears and we applaud the Ottawa Citizen’s strong moral stance on trade …
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