The Harper Government ratified the controversial Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) Friday after secretly signing the deal with China in Vladivostok, Russia in September 2012.
The Canadian public has been offered no opportunity to clarify the details of the agreement or discuss its economic or environmental significant even though FIPA is the most significant trade and investment deal in Canada’s history since NAFTA.
The Canada-China FIPA is a bilateral trade agreement intended to protect and promote international trade and foreign investment between nations through legally binding agreements.
Canada has 24 similar trade agreements with other nations including (Read more…)