CETA and TTIP: Open Letter from Canada

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CETA and TTIP: Open Letter from Canada


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From: Sujata Dey <sdey@canadians.org>
Subject: CETA and TTIP: Open Letter from Canada
Date: June 22, 2015 at 9:03:09 AM CST

Hi everyone,

We are distributing a open letter about Canada’s horrible experience with ISDS in NAFTA and how we are the most sued developed country under ISDS in the world. It is written by Maude Barlow, who was instrumental in opposing Free Trade and NAFTA in Canada and Paul Moist, the president of Canada’s largest union. We have already sent it to MEPs in the Green, New Left and Socialists in Belgium, Ireland, UK, France, Spain, Germany, Austria and Luxembourg. We are also trying to push it on social media.

We would so appreciate getting help in getting it out in your networks. We feel that it will help fight TTIP and CETA in Europe.
Please share on Twitter and Facebook.


ENGLISH
The EU needs to stop dangerous trade deals.
[ http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/maude-barl ... 86512.html ]
Tweet: [ https://twitter.com/CouncilofCDNs/statu ... 5715685376 ]

DEUTSCH
Ein offener Brief aus Kanada
[ http://www.huffingtonpost.de/maude-barl ... 90550.html ]
Tweet: [ https://twitter.com/CouncilofCDNs/statu ... 6503692288 ]

FRANÇAIS
Lettre à l'UE du Canada
[ http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/maude-barl ... 90368.html ]
Tweet: [ https://twitter.com/CouncilofCDNs/statu ... 1612811265 ]

ESPAÑOL
Carta abierta desde Canadá sobre el TTIP y el CETA
[ http://t.co/MjZDsKjCW0 ]
Tweet: [ https://twitter.com/CouncilofCDNs/statu ... 3213797376 ]


Here is an excerpt:

As the EU-U.S. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement vote was postponed
[ http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade- ... -245803521 ] in the European Parliament on June 10th, the European Union is on the precipice of a major decision. Lurking in the background is another key decision about the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

We Canadians are writing to you, the Socialists, New European Left, and Greens, because you have the power to stop these dangerous trade deals. With this type of trade agreement, we have a choice: Do we accept rising inequality, unchecked corporate power, and lowered social and environmental standards, allowing the one per cent to become richer at our expense, or do we draw a line in the sand?

As Canadians, we have first-hand experience with these kinds of deals, having passed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the U.S. and Mexico. And we have some tales to tell.

As witnessed in various elections, Europe is screaming for change: more democracy, more equality, and more protection of the environment, the very goals your parties strive to achieve. But these goals cannot be achieved by words or even legislation in the face of all-encompassing trade agreements. To ignore these agreements is to throw out your own platforms and submit to the demands of the one per cent.

Many are asking for a line in the sand. In Munich, 40,000 people protested TTIP;
[ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/j ... ch-bavaria ] protesters at the G7 were pepper sprayed for their troubles. Two million people have signed a European petition to reject TTIP and CETA,
[ https://stop-ttip.org/?noredirect=en_GB ] and 97 per cent of the 150,000 consulted by the European Commission rejected the investor-state provisions
[ https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/ar ... sds-report ] and resulting corporate lawsuits.

Citizens are becoming more informed and sophisticated. As many leftist parties go through internal questioning, citizens look to you for visionary leadership. They, and we, are hoping that you can work together to hold the line for Europe and for the rest of the world.

Thanks for you help!


Sujata Dey, BJ MBA
Trade Campaigner/Responsable de la campagne sur le commerce international
The Council of Canadians / Le Conseil des Canadiens
300-251 rue Bank Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P1X3
1-800-387-7177 ext. 226| +1 613 223-4487 ext. 226| Cell: +1 613 796-7724 | sdey@canadians.org
Twitter: @sujata_dey | http://www.canadians.org