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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. 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.