A call for open, progressive trade agreements

Send a Message to CHANGE CANADA’S TPP-STYLE TRADE DEALING!

PCM supports this campaign hosted by Open Media.
The “Let’s Talk TPP” report calls on the Canadian government to:
1. Formally withdraw from the TPP
2. Implement real transparency in negotiations
3. Embrace multi-stakeholder engagement

Keep TPP text out of future Trade Agreements
The Canadian government is trying to revive the TPP, or at least its contents.

• International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne will be discussing the TPP and other ‘free trade’ deals at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on May 20-21.
• Champagne already participated in the Trade Ministers meeting in Chile on March 14-15, with the “remaining” TPP signatories plus China and South Korea to discuss  moving forward on trade deals.
• Trudeau seems ready to make concessions demanded by the Chinese government in the Canada-China Free Trade Agreement talks: e.g a tar sands pipeline to the coast & unfettered access for Chinese state-owned firms to invest in tar sands projects

You can let your MP and the Minister of International Trade know where you stand by joining the campaign.
The “Let’s Talk TPP” report will be sent to them based on your postal code.

The coalition endorsing it includes LeadNow, Council of Canadians, Private Internet Access, Unifor, CWA Canada, United Steelworkers and more….

The TPP would have restricted the government’s ability to regulate to ensure affordable medicines, financial stability, workers’ rights, protection of the environment and climate change mitigation, and to protect indigenous rights and other fundamental human rights.

For these reasons, we believe it is not acceptable for TPP rules to be used as a model for future trade negotiations whether bilateral, regional or multilateral, including the World Trade Organisation. We urge the Canadian government to accept that this model has failed, and to engage in a more open and democratic process to develop alternative approaches that genuinely serve the interests of our peoples, our nation and the planet.