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The Facts on Free Trade
Publisher: Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)Year Published: 1988 Pages: 128pp Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX3715 A thorough examination of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement's impact on Canada looks at a wide spectrum of questions. Abstract: This thorough examination of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement's impact on Canada looks at a wide spectrum of questions. Issues discussed include national identity, job losses, corporate culture, economic and political integration, the environment, the public sector, industries and natural resources, health care, labour, marginalization, and education. The booklet was published before the agreement was ratified, but the analysis it presents is becoming more relevant as the effects of the deal become clearer. - Contents PART I: A Bad Deal for Canada Lots of Pain, No Gain: A "leap of faith" into the U.S. embrace - Jeff Rose On Being Canadian. The question is: "Do we really want a country?" - Margaret Atwood Jobs on the Line: The stakes for workers are intolerably high - Shirley Carr Backing the Wrong Horse: Many more jobs will be lost than gained - John L. Orr Corporate Colonization: In the free-traders' money game, nations don't count - Eric Kierans A Constitutional Challenge: Ottawa can't force this deal on the provinces - Ian Scott Economic Integration: The first step toward political affiliation to the U.S. - Bruce Wilkinson Trade Deal Threatens Environment - Julia Langer PART II: What Happened at the Table Corporate Canada's Dream: Economic continentalism made a political reality - Daniel Drache Gutting the Auto Pact: A surender of safeguards in a key industry - Bob White A Smaller Public Sector: government programs and services face cutbacks - John Calvert A Continental Energy Policy: We give up control of our oil and gas resources - John Dillon Consumers Won't Benefit: The promise of a shopper's heaven is just a fairy tale - Riel Miller A Bureaucratic Monstrosity: The Canada-U.S. Trade Commission may prove unworkable - Stephen Clarkson Agricultural Concessions: Farmers and food industries lose more than they gain - John Warnock The Fisheries Threatened: Fishing jobs and communities put at risk - Geoff Meggs PART III: How the Deal Hurts Americanizing Services: U.S. firms eager to run our institutions - for a profit - Marjorie Cohen Health Care Endangered: Medicare won't survive the stampede for profits - Sean Usher Labour Law Erosion: Our labour relations system also faces Americanization - Michael Lynk Labour Movement Targeted: The impact on Canadian unions would be devastating - Gilbert Levine Downgrading Education: Americanization will hurt our school system - Wilfred Brown What Kind of Canada? Our culture is not protected under this deal, as promised - Rick Salutin Provinces' Hands Tied: Canada's control of its resources would be curbed - Andrew Jackson Regional Disparities: The deal will hurt, not help, the have-not provinces - Scott Sinclair Industrial Policy Restricted: Canada would have little economic flexibility left - Hugh McKenzie "Maritimizing" Canada: Speeding up the de-industrialization of our economy - Michael Clow How Women Would Be Victimized: A Book Review - Sue Vohanka PART IV: Defeating the Trade Deal The BCNI Calls the Shots: Big corporations are pulling the Canada-U.S.trade strings - David Langille Many Companies Don't Like It: The business community is not united behind this deal - Jim Conrad Debate Stifled in Quebec: Support for trade deal based on lack of information - Peter Bakvis The Pro-Canada Network: Building a coast-to-coast movement to block the deal - Tony Clarke There are alternatives!: We can build a better Canada on our own - Steven Langdon Together We Can Win: How to prevent the deal from being implemented - Dennis Howlett Avoiding U.S. Colonization: We must defend the better society we've created in Canada - Ed Finn Why I Don't Like this Trade Deal - Duncan Cameron Subject Headings |