[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - October 23, 2015
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- Published on Friday, 23 October 2015 13:30
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Why Canada is one of the most sued countries in the world
NAFTA, the free trade deal between Canada, the USA and Mexico that came into effect in 1994, was the first trade deal among developed countries to include an investor-state provision. It grants investors of the continent the right to sue one another’s governments without first pursuing legal... action through the country’s legal system. Before NAFTA, ISDS provisions were only negotiated between developed and undeveloped countries.
Council of Canadians opposes the entry of BGH milk into Canada through the Trans-Pacific Partnership
In 1998 the Council of Canadians won a moratorium against the use of Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH) in Canada. Under the TPP trade deal, Canadians concerned about drinking milk from hormone injected cows will need to read their labels carefully.
Trudeau will decide within weeks on nuclear waste dump on Lake Huron
The Council of Canadians is calling on incoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reject a plan to bury 200,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste near Lake Huron.
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