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No such thing as ‘free trade’

Posted on August 24, 2005 by Ben

Letter to the Editor of the Victoria News, 24 August 2005 Scott Brison, federal Public Works Minister, told Victoria’s Chamber of Commerce that trade agreements prevent Canada from favouring domestic producers (“Canada can’t discriminate,” Victoria News, August 24). This demonstrates once again why our country should withdraw from the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), NAFTA and … Continue reading »

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A peoples’ agenda

Posted on December 2, 1999 by Ben

Letter to the Editor published in the Victoria Times Colonist, 2 December 1999 I was in Seattle on November 30, along with thousands of others saying ‘no’ to the World Trade Organization and its corporate agenda. The WTO was shut down that day as ordinary citizens filled the streets of Seattle to put forward an … Continue reading »

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