trade deal with China... is this for real? Scary...

[somethingnuw]

Cory Doctorow at 9:00 am Sat, Sep 13, 2014

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Under the terms of the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, approved by PM Harper on Friday, China can sue Canada in secret tribunals to repeal national and provincial laws that interfere with Chinese investments, including laws limiting construction of the Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline.
The treaty allows the government to engage in secret negotiations to vary its rules and laws to avoid harm to Chinese assets, or to pay public money to Chinese companies, and only publish notice once the matter is final and settled. The way the deal is structured, it can't be undone, even if the Canadian courts find it to be unconstitutional, without consent from China. More significantly, it overrides existing treaty obligations to Canada's First Nations, allowing Chinese investors to force the Canadian government to grant access to aboriginal lands that are technically not Canadian territory.
Canadians can (and should) sign this online petition to stop FIPA.

 

[moyiesledhead]

"Advertise at Boing Boing!"

Hard for me to take the rest seriously after reading that!

 

[S.W.A.T.]

If its on the internet it must be true

 

[rzrgade]

Anything with the words "tar sands" is a waste of precious reading time........

 

[arff]

Will this effect the production of rzr axles??

 

[imdoo'n]

only if they go by tar sands project. is the way i understand it.

 

[rzrgade]

We send them tar, they send us axles............lifes good.

 

[arff]

We send them tar, they send us axles............lifes good.

Works for me.

 

[Riverjet]

7 Things Harper Doesn't Want You To Know About The China Trade Treaty (And A Few He Does)

 

[somethingnuw]

7 Things Harper Doesn't Want You To Know About The China Trade Treaty (And A Few He Does)

thanks... i figured there was more too it than tar sand and axles... where there is smoke there is fire...

crazy... how stupid can we be... and to think I actually liked Harper