CETA Public Meeting Featuring Maude Barlow and Barry O’Neill in Victoria
2011 September 27, by Chapter Council
Public Meeting: Canada’s communities are not for sale! With Maude Barlow, Barry O’Neill and Local Speakers
Thursday, October 13 7 p.m. David Lam Auditorium (MacLaurin Building) University of Victoria A144 MacLaurin Building, Ring Rd, Lekwungen and WSANEC Territories.
Featuring
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians
Barry O’Neill, President, CUPE BC
Learn more about how CETA threatens Canadian communities and how you can help stop this deal.
Why CETA is a bad deal for Canada
Canada and the European Union are negotiating a new Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). This is a big deal for Canada and so far, negotiations have been quietly taking place behind closed doors.
If CETA is signed it will:
- Threaten our democracy by putting corporate rights first
- Encourage privatization of Canada’s drinking water and wastewater services
- Threaten local job creation and “buy-local” policies
- Cause prescription drug costs to skyrocket by at least $2.8 billion per year
- Allow big corporations to ignore or challenge environmental regulation
Let’s work together to stop this deal.