[All] Maude Barlow in Kitchener Oct. 19th

Sat Oct 17 00:06:03 EDT 2009

Please join us at the following event:
Kitchener – October 19
7-9 p.m. Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work Building 120 Duke Street West, Kitchener, ON
Guest speakers: Sid Ryan (CUPE) Maude Barlow (Council of Canadians)

The Ontario government is busy signing and endorsing interprovincial and international agreements that will restrict what provinces and municipalities can do to protect the environment, save existing jobs and create new ones, strengthen public services and support local economies. These agreements say that local solutions are “barriers” to trade and investment and must therefore be eliminated. The purpose of this tour is to talk about three specific trade agreements that will have significant impacts on Ontario communities: 

The Ontario–Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement that Premiers McGuinty and Charest negotiated in secret and signed on September 11, 2009
The Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, negotiations for which start in Ottawa, October 19
A proposed Canada–U.S. bilateral procurement agreement covering subnational governments that could be announced any day.

Contact: (Kitchener-Waterloo) Shannon Balla, shannon.balla at gmail.com, 519-954-3299
(Guelph) David Sills, dsills at sympatico.ca, 519-827-9138

This event is free of charge. Hope to see you there!
More information: http://www.canadians.org/events/index.html#ON
The Council of Canadians / www.canadians.org /1-800-387-7177 
CUPE Ontario / www.cupe.on.ca /416 299-9739
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