CETA Analysis from others organisations

English   Français

Commission's Factsheet

In the area of rights and freedoms on the Internet

Michael Geist

• CETA Negotiations Continue Under Cloud of ACTA Concerns
• The Inclusion of ACTA Within CETA: Why The Concern Is Warranted
• Billions at Stake if Canada Caves on Drug Patent Demands
• CETA Update, Part Two: ACTA Provisions Are Still Very Much Alive
• CETA Update, Part One: Political Decision on Pharma Patents in the Fall
• Why the European Commission's Assurances on ACTA & CETA Don't Add Up
• EC Says ACTA ISP Provisions Dropped from CETA, Yet Most of ACTA Likely Remains Intact
• The Inclusion of ACTA Within CETA: Why The Concern Is Warranted
• ACTA Lives: How the EU & Canada Are Using CETA as Backdoor Mechanism To Revive ACTA
• Canada – European Trade Deal At Risk Due To Controversial Copyright Rules
• Beyond ACTA: Proposed EU - Canada Trade Agreement Intellectual Property Chapter Leaks

EFF

• Canada-EU Trade Agreement Replicates ACTA’s Notorious Copyright Provisions

EDRI

• CETA: EU ditches criminal sanctions.... almost
• ENDItorial: CET(A)CTA – Criminal sanctions provisions broadly identical

Seattle to Brussels

• CETA Analysis
• Response to DGtrade on ISDS

Jeremy De Beer

• Implementing International Trade Agreements in Federal Systems: A Look at the Canada-EU CETA’s Intellectual Property Issues

Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic

• FAQ on CETA

Government of Canada

• Report on GIs in the CETA negotiations

In others area

Global analysis

• The Nelson Daily: Can Harper's CETA trojan horse be stopped?
• Report of Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: CETA and Nova Scotia: Who Pays for ‘Free’ Trade? (See: CETA and Nova Scotia: Oversold benefits, untold costs)

Society, economy, environment, access to public markets (water, electricity, etc.)

Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)

Against economic liberalization of postal services of Canada Post

Eg: [1] or [2]

The Council of Canadians, chaired by Maude Barlow

Against economic liberalization, highlight threats to Canadian communities and the environment

• The CETA Deception
• The Globe and Mail- What you don't know about a deal you haven't heard of
• [3]
• [4]

Trade justice Network

About: The Trade Justice Network is comprised of environmental, civil society, student, Indigenous, cultural, farming, labour and social justice organizations that have come together to challenge the scope and secret negotiating process of the Canada-European Union free trade negotiations (CETA), and to highlight the need for a more sustainable, equitable and socially just international trade regime.

[5]

Comic: Top ten reasons why CETA is bad for Canada

Québec Network on Continental Integration (RQIC)

Group of associations, including ATTAC-Québec for example

The Réseau québécois sur l'intégration continentale (RQIC) is a coalition of research teams and of grass-roots, union, community, environmental, and international-cooperation organizations. Its objective is to propose a vision of development for the Americas in a framework of respect for social, labour, and human rights and to promote democracy, involvement, respect for the environment, and the eradication of poverty throughout the hemisphere.

Highlight the economic, social, environmental and political effects of CETA on Quebec

[6]

CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees)

• VIDEO: Canada’s communities are not for sale!

Against oil sands

• Tar Sands and the CETA by CCPA
• Canadian lobbying against EU climate policy must end, says joint letter ahead of trade talks
• Potential Impacts of the Proposed CETA on the Pace and Character of Oil Sands Development (pdf)
• Keep Europe Out Of The Tar Sands (pdf)
• Keep Europe Out Of The Tar Sands (briefing note by EU and Canadian

orgs)

• Legal opinion on Tar Sands and CETA investment

Rob Duffy:

• What's Wrong With CETA? Plenty.

Terry Boehm, NFU President:

• CETA getting tougher on Citizens with each SECRET Draft

Health and Access to Drugs

• CTV News: EU drug demands could cost Canadians $2B a year
• Strong majority of Canadians oppose drug patent extension in Canada-EU trade deal: poll
• The Proposed EU-Canada Trade Agreement Raises Health Concerns in Both Canada and European Union by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
• National Post: An expensive gift to European drug manufacturers
• The Globe and Mail: Why Canada should reject EU demands on pharma patents

Access to water

CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees)

CETA Watch: Toronto calls for protection from Canada-EU trade deal

New leaked Canada-EU trade documents show Canada “open for business” for water privatization, say CUPE, Council of Canadians

Huffington Post: Why Our Water Is At Risk

Protection of provinces

Municipal opposition grows to Canada-EU trade pact

Legal opinion urges provinces to put brakes on secret CETA talks (with legal analysis)

Investment

• Transnational Institute: The Dark Side of Investment Agreements

Documents

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
•