[All] Big changes by leaps and bounds with USMCA
Lanteigne
water.lulu at yahoo.ca
Wed Dec 11 14:40:08 EST 2019
Hi folks
So here is a quick update for ya. Lots of good stuff on the go!
First big news, USMCA has been signed. This is the new Trade Agreement that replaces Nafta. Canada has an absolutely extraordinary roll to play in this because our Minister Chrystia freeland isn't a hand shaking kind of person. In fact she was banned in Russia for exposing corruption when she worked as a journalist there. If you look at the agreement you will see in section 27 it includes provisions specifically to fight corruption. That includes bribery, collusion, conflicts of interest and this policy has actual teeth including sanctions etc. Check it out.
Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada 05/30/19 Text | United States Trade Representative
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Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican State...
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The funny thing is Donald Trump is a big fan of the policy but in a way it is like the Aesop fable of the Eagle and Arrow where the bird gets struck with the arrow made with his own feather. https://fablesofaesop.com/the-eagle-and-the-arrow.html
It is amazing that any US president would actually agree to the terms of the Anti Corruption legislation but I am most thankful for that. In the mean time we have Jason Kenny and Doug Ford acting very nervous. My view, this was the reason. Things are moving very quickly now and it is very good.
Some big moves happening right now: Halliburton cement is leaving Alberta.
Halliburton to suspend cementing operations in Alberta
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Halliburton to suspend cementing operations in Alberta
A multinational corporation that has operated cementing services in Alberta for close to a century plans to shut...
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Ontario is reversing plans for deeper cuts to legal aid. Still short of funds but a big improvement never the less. Ontario reverses plan for deeper legal-aid cuts
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Ontario reverses plan for deeper legal-aid cuts
Ontario Attorney-General Doug Downey said Monday that after consultations with those in the legal field, the gov...
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BC's ratification for Undrip has opened the door to First Nations to form business partnerships. This is important because many firms need to invest in carbon offsets and many First Nations reserves still run on diesel. I have worked with a fella who was establishing the data base to make it easier to connect international investors to First Nations communities, to invest in green infrastructure programs to help build up local economies while advancing fossil fuel free solutions. If the program works well with First Nations we intend to expand this to investments for all northern communities be they Canadian or Indigenous communities. This is all super stuff happening.
Billion dollar boom: UNDRIP opens the door to First Nations partnerships
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Billion dollar boom: UNDRIP opens the door to First Nations partnerships
First Nations business set to hit $100 billion in just five years
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I have been talking with many folks outside GREN who are with Indigenous Groups and Canadian judiciary groups, policy folks etc. to see what we can do to advance solutions swiftly without breaking apart the fabric of nationhood constructs and by far one of the easiest solutions that have surfaced from the observation of a friend of mine and I is the simple logic that education, health, environmental policy, MOE and MNR laws and building codes which currently fall under Provincial jurisdictions, needs to be under Federal Jurisdictions. These all relate to live saving policies.
The system in the past was designed for tax evasion, weaker environmental fines and cheap exploitation of the lands and resources and to kettle us from the rights and liberties of other people but now we know that's not reasonable or affordable to do.
If you are going to protect a river and the fish in it, the laws to protect that entire system must be consistent. Rivers cross First Nations and Provincial so it has to be federal. With health care and education it is economically beneficial to everyone to simply provide it.
I made the call today to Catherine Fife and Bardish Chagger to support the idea of moving these laws to federal jurisdiction and I'd like to ask GREN to please support this too. We can all remain who we all are and continue to do what we do without having to undo the fabric of nationhood. Instead of having a federal minister, create a federal committee with Provincial Reps, Indigenous Reps and a Federal leader who represents the whole.
Thanks everybody
Lulu
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