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Canadian Government Lobbies Europe To Pass CETA (freezenet.ca)

Posted by timothy on from the but-that's-canadian-rules dept.

Dangerous_Minds writes: The Canadian government isn't just siding with the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Justin Trudeau is also actively lobbying Europe to try and pass the Comprehensive economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Freezenet points out that the agreement contains many provisions including a three strikes law and website blocking.

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  1. The new boss by ADRA · · Score: 2

    Just like the old boss. People voted for a party who's interests have been well known to side with big business, so there's zero surprise here. For the uninformed, the 'party' rules the individual representatives much tighter than say the US where its common to vote against/abstain from voting on ballot measures against one's personal (or representative) interests.

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  2. Justin Trudeau by roman_mir · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ha ha ha ha ha, Justin Trudeau, the so called 'liberal'. He'll legalise your pot and he will oppress you in every other way imaginable.

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    1. Re: Justin Trudeau by Jester998 · · Score: 2

      Actually he's already backpedalling on the legalising pot thing.

      I'm not worried though, because the budget will balance itself, and there's a level of admiration for China because of their basic dictatorship.

      I don't want to live in this country any more, but the US isn't much better with 'bama. :(

    2. Re: Justin Trudeau by Ravaldy · · Score: 2

      TPP was already proceeding with conservatives so nothing changes, he just finished the job. The benefits are highly in Canada's advantage because Canada is already importing a hi percentage of good from other countries. What happens now is that the goods other countries need become more affordable due to the removal of high importation fees.

      Only time will tell if it's as beneficial as it looks on paper.

      FYI, I happen to know a food manufacturer that had 2 big deals pending on this trade deal going forward.

    3. Re: Justin Trudeau by Altrag · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Heh if these were just trade deals, that wouldn't be a problem.

      Unfortunately what we're "trading" is our freedom, especially in the realm of copyright. CETA (and TPP and basically every other "trade" agreement you've heard of in the past decade and who knows how many you haven't heard of) give us just enough carrot that we'll brave the stick, while everyone politely overlooks the shotgun in the corner.

  3. Re:Afraid you don't grok Canada by Prune · · Score: 2

    Tory/Communist...ultra far right

    So they went "ultra far right" and therefore they're "communist".
    Mod parent down for cretinous imbecility.

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  4. Re:Afraid you don't grok Canada by Curtman · · Score: 2

    They specifically said they would not repeal C-51 actually. You're thinking of the NDP maybe? "Repeal C-51" doesn't even make any sense. Does it mean scrapping the legislation that it created and leave us with no anti terror legislation? Or does it mean bringing back the 3 pieces of legislation that it replaced? The repealers would never answer that question so nobody trusted them.