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CETA Trade Deal Threat to Public Water

Submitted by delores on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 09:31.
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New report on leaked CETA documents explains threat to water services from Canada-EU trade deal

Dylan Penner
January 26, 2012

 

OTTAWA, ONTARIO - The Council of Canadians and Canadian Union of Public Employees have released a briefing note on recently leaked documents related to ongoing Canada-European Union free trade negotiations. The documents show that Canada and the provinces have failed to protect drinking water and wastewater services from trade rules that would encourage and lock in privatization.

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