CBC: TPP trade talks too secret, CA NDP MP Don Davies says

[nationalize the fed]

Deal would tie Canada to countries with forced labour and suppression of dissent, trade critic states
By Kirsty Kirkup, CBC News Posted: Jul 10, 2014

The NDP's trade critic says the Conservative government's negotiations on the TransPacific Partnership are unnecessarily secretive, and he's calling on the government to hold consultations on Canada's position in the 12-country talks.

Don Davies addressed about two dozen protesters outside a hotel in downtown Ottawa where negotiations have been held this week for the massive trade proposal commonly known as the TPP.

..."The TPP is billed as a next-generation agreement that will profoundly affect Canada's economy, our social policy and our international standing. Yet the Conservative government is conducting it with absolute secrecy," Davies said.

"I stand with the Canadians who are here today and others who believe that our trade policy should be transparent, it should be open and accountable and it should involve the people who will be affected by the issues."...

'Not Canadian values'...>
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tpp-trade-talks-too-secret-ndp-mp-don-davies-says-1.2703010

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Protesters cry foul at secrecy around Trans-Pacific Partnership talks
Marie-Danielle Smith July 10, 2014


http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/protesters-cry-foul-at-secrecy-surrounding-trans-pacific-partnership-talks

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Why the Secrecy on Canadian Trade Talks?

Because, as leaked documents show, there is something to hide.
By Michael Geist, 8 Jul 2014
http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2014/07/08/Canadian-Trade-Talks-Secrecy/

Anyone hear even a single word about these "talks" in the US media?

[cali]

1. Yes. there are sparse articles about the Ottawa talks

few and far between. You really have to hunt them out. thanks for posting. k&r.

[laundry_queen]

2. Yes, way too secret

We had numerous discussions in class on this (I just finished my Bcom.) Every prof I had over the last few years, from accounting to finance to auditing to int'l business to econ, said bad things about the TPP but especially about the secrecy. A few said it was so bad it would make us long for the days of NAFTA. I hope other politicians point out to the Canadian (and American) public just how secret this deal is - and if it's so secret - why? Obviously the answer is because it's not good for the rest of us non-1%ers and we won't like it.

[bigtree]

3. I agree with Elizabeth Warren

"If transparency would lead to widespread public opposition to a trade agreement, then that trade agreement should not be the policy of the United States."

http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/warren.pdf

[Octafish]

4. I agree with bigtree...

...and Sen. Elizabeth Warren and this guy:

"The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings." -- President John F. Kennedy

[marmar]

5. k/r

Important articles tend to drop out of sight during the summer haze, particularly on Fridays.