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Not So Fast: TPP Needs Public Consultation, says Council of Canadians

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“Not so fast: TPP needs public consultation, says Council of Canadians
Media Release
November 5, 2015
Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, October 3 2015, Corporate Video Productions Toronto. CC-Via Flickr.
OTTAWA – With the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) text finally revealed, the Council of Canadians asks that new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau not repeat the mistakes of his predecessor by failing to consult with the public about the agreement. After years of secret talks where only cleared advisors and lobbyists were consulted – with no input from Parliament, civil society or labour organizations – a full democratic accounting of this far-reaching deal is long overdue.

The Council of Canadians is asking for a full public consultation, including an independent human rights, economic, and environmental review of the document. It also asks that the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions, which allow corporations to sue states for lost profits, be excised from the deal. The Council of Canadians also asks that any progress made at the…

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