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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:51:31 -0400<BR>From: leadnow@leadnow.ca<BR>To: neiletaylor@sympatico.ca<BR>Subject: Breaking News -- 24 hours until Canada-China FIPA vote<BR><BR>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 130%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #111; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><STRONG>In 24 hours, a vote in Parliament could stop the secretive and extreme Canada-China investor deal, FIPA, for good.<BR><BR>Conservative MPs are deeply divided, and if we build a huge wave of pressure right now there's a chance we can stop this terrible trade deal once and for all.<BR><BR>Tell your MP and party leaders: <A href="http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=138055&ea.campaigner.email=KqFLTorq1ZNTrWC2yaEUqOxxgW%2B/eEJ32t8RM2eLScw=&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target=_blank>VOTE TO STOP the secretive and extreme Canada-China FIPA!</A></STRONG>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><A href="http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=138056&ea.campaigner.email=KqFLTorq1ZNTrWC2yaEUqOxxgW%2B/eEJ32t8RM2eLScw=&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target=_blank><IMG border=0 src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/leadnow/email-images/send-message.jpg" width=200 height=34></A></P></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><STRONG style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Breaking news from Ottawa</SPAN> -- In just 24 hours, a vote in Parliament could stop the secretive and extreme Canada-China investor deal, FIPA, for good.</STRONG><BR><BR>FIPA is the most <STRONG>sweeping trade deal in a generation</STRONG>, and experts thought Prime Minister Harper would sneak it through Parliament without a vote last November.<SUP>1-2</SUP><BR><BR>Nobody expected your campaign to unite Canadians against FIPA. But, <STRONG>together, we've put overwhelming pressure on Conservative MPs</STRONG>, divided their caucus, and the government had to shelve the deal while they try to repair the damage.<SUP>3</SUP><BR><BR><STRONG>Now, the NDP are holding a vote in Parliament that could stop FIPA. There are deep divisions inside the Conservative benches, and if we create a massive public outcry right now we have a chance to <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">stop this terrible trade deal for good</SPAN>.</STRONG><BR><BR><A href="http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=138057&ea.campaigner.email=KqFLTorq1ZNTrWC2yaEUqOxxgW%2B/eEJ32t8RM2eLScw=&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target=_blank><STRONG>We only have 24 hours -- click here to tell your MP and all the party leaders to VOTE TO STOP FIPA, then forward this to everyone!</STRONG></A><BR><BR>If the Canada-China FIPA is ratified, this extreme and secretive deal would pave the way for a massive natural resource buyout, and <STRONG>allow China’s companies to sue Canadian governments in secret tribunals for unlimited damages</STRONG>, restricting Canadians from making democratic decisions about our economy, environment and energy.<SUP>4</SUP><BR><BR>Canadians have a right to determine our future, but <STRONG>this investor deal will undermine our democratic rights</STRONG> and lock us into an inescapable path of foreign-ownership and resource extraction until at least 2040.<BR><BR><STRONG><A href="http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=138058&ea.campaigner.email=KqFLTorq1ZNTrWC2yaEUqOxxgW%2B/eEJ32t8RM2eLScw=&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target=_blank>Click here to tell your MP and party leaders to vote to stop FIPA.</A></STRONG><BR><BR>In December, Prime Minister Harper approved the takeover of Canadian oil company Nexen by China's state-owned giant, CNOOC. If FIPA passes, <STRONG>companies like CNOOC can take over Canadian resources and then sue Canadian governments in secret</STRONG>, if the government does anything that threatens the company’s profits.<BR><BR>Any Canadian law or government decision – even ones that <STRONG>protect Canada’s environment, create jobs and stop dangerous projects</STRONG> – could be fought in secret tribunals outside of our legal system. Arbitrators unaccountable to the Canadian public would have the power to award <STRONG>billions in damages to foreign corporations if we do anything that hurts corporate profits, like improve environmental standards</STRONG> or slow down the export of cheap, unprocessed resources.<SUP>4-6</SUP><BR><BR><A href="http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=138059&ea.campaigner.email=KqFLTorq1ZNTrWC2yaEUqOxxgW%2B/eEJ32t8RM2eLScw=&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target=_blank><STRONG>We need to act now. Click here to tell your MP and party leaders: VOTE TO STOP the secretive and extreme Canada-China FIPA.</STRONG></A><BR><BR><A href="http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-fipa-vote" target=_blank>http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-fipa-vote</A><BR><BR>With thanks for all that you do,<BR><BR>Matthew, Heather, Jamie, Maggie and the whole Leadnow.ca team<BR><BR>p.s. We’ve only come this far because <STRONG>tens of thousands of us have stepped up to stop this FIPA</STRONG> - by taking action, by sharing, by donating to fund radio ads and supporting First Nations who are challenging FIPA in court. We need you now more than ever. <A href="http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=138060&ea.campaigner.email=KqFLTorq1ZNTrWC2yaEUqOxxgW%2B/eEJ32t8RM2eLScw=&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target=_blank>Click here to send your urgent message.</A><BR><BR><STRONG>Sources</STRONG><BR><BR>[1] Tories quietly table Canada-China investment treaty (Globe and Mail)<BR><A href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-quietly-table-canada-china-investment-treaty/article4573635/" target=_blank>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-quietly-table-canada-china-investment-treaty/article4573635/</A><BR><BR>[2] Battle over CNOOC’s proposed Nexen Takeover Heats Up In Ottawa (Financial Post)<BR><A href="http://business.financialpost.com/2012/09/17/battle-over-cnoocs-proposed-nexen-takeover-heats-up-in-ottawa/" target=_blank>http://business.financialpost.com/2012/09/17/battle-over-cnoocs-proposed-nexen-takeover-heats-up-in-ottawa/</A><BR><BR>[3] Opposition, activists in last minute push for more scrutiny of Canada-China treaty (Globe and Mail)<BR><A href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/opposition-activists-in-last-minute-push-for-more-scrutiny-of-canada-china-treaty/article4762814/" target=_blank>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/opposition-activists-in-last-minute-push-for-more-scrutiny-of-canada-china-treaty/article4762814/</A><BR><BR>[4] Canada-China Investment Deal Allows for Confidential Lawsuits Against Canada (Toronto Star)<BR><A href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1264290--canada-china-investment-deal-allows-for-confidential-lawsuits-against-canada" target=_blank>http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1264290--canada-china-investment-deal-allows-for-confidential-lawsuits-against-canada</A><BR><BR>[5] Chinese Companies Can Sue BC for Changing Course on Northern Gateway, says Policy Expert (Vancouver Observer)<BR><A href="http://www.vancouverobserver.com/sustainability/chinese-companies-can-sue-bc-changing-course-northern-gateway-says-policy-expert" target=_blank>http://www.vancouverobserver.com/sustainability/chinese-companies-can-sue-bc-changing-course-northern-gateway-says-policy-expert</A><BR><BR>[6] Chairman Harper and the Chinese Sell-Out (The Tyee)<BR><A href="http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/10/11/Chairman-Harper/" target=_blank>http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/10/11/Chairman-Harper/</A><BR><BR>
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