Free Trade

9 Minutes

Canada Labour

Can labour sharpen up its fight against corporate trade deals? Bob White thought so!

PV November 19, 2024

By Dave McKee October 31 was the deadline for submissions to the federal government’s public consultations on the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The date, Halloween, is auspicious since capitalist trade deals like USMCA and its...

5 Minutes

Canada

Farmers and consumers need an anti-monopoly agricultural policy

PV January 16, 2024

By Adrien Welsh Hundreds of agricultural producers demonstrated in Quebec City on December 6, calling on authorities to address the problems they faced. While last summer’s bad weather had a catastrophic effect on harvests...

4 Minutes

Canada Labour

Communists call on Parliament to reject USMCA

PV March 4, 2020

The Communist Party of Canada has issued a statement calling on Parliament to refuse to ratify the US-Canada-Mexico Agreement (USMCA) and urging the labour and democratic movements to mobilize against the deal, which is...

3 Minutes

Canada Labour

Wither the fight against USMCA?

Editorial February 25, 2020

As this issue goes to press, legislation enabling the implementation of the US-Canada-Mexico trade agreement is progressing smoothly through Parliament. Too smoothly. Bill C-4 has already passed its second reading and has been sent...