Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement uses the lopsided process of investor-state arbitration to decide disputes that affect third parties and the public Since winning a majority in 2011, perhaps the most significant and irreversible decision by the Harper government was its lopsided investment deal with China. Among other concerns, the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion [...]
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Don’t be fooled by the spin on the Canada-China treaty
There is a lot of spin about the Canada-China investment treaty (or FIPA). Canadians should not be fooled into the deal. They should insist on an independent review of the government’s claims, before the treaty is locked in for 31 years.