As of April 1st, the people elected to run our municipalities and school boards had better think twice before they make a decision that might affect the profits of a corporation. On April 1st the Trade Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) between Alberta and British Columbia comes into full force. Its implications are far [...]
Entries Tagged as 'free trade'
Happy April fools day. Welcome TILMA
April 1st, 2009 · Keith Reynolds · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Economy, Municipalities, Privatization, P3s & public services
Tags: Council of Canadians·free trade·recession·Steven Shrybman·TILMA
Where’s Our Danny Boy?
February 23rd, 2009 · Ben Parfitt · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Economy, Environment, resources & sustainability
Give Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams credit for leading by example and doing what no BC politician in recent years had the guts to do: force the issue on what, exactly, the public deserves by way of public returns from publicly owned resources. Williams’ well publicized decision in December to yank back AbitibiBowater’s public timber and [...]
Tags: Danny Williams·forestry·free trade·Mackenzie·Newfoundland·pulp and paper
