Webinar: Challenging the TPP and other Mega Free Trade Deals
Want to know how to challenge the TPP?
Join an online webinar with photos, quotes, and references created to provide background knowledge on corporate globalization, corporate power, and free trade agreements as context for understanding the mega-trade agreements like the TPP, TTIP, CETA and TISA.
It also provides specific knowledge on the nature and negative impacts of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) and the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).
The PowerPoint concludes with information on the Canadian government’s promises to consult citizens and groups before ratifying the TPP and makes recommendations for influencing government and becoming engaged in government consultations on the TPP.
WHERE: Your computer – you will need a good internet connection. We will be using Adobe Connect for the webinar. (It is possible to dial by phone)
WHEN: Saturday, March 12th – 1:00 PM EST (10 am PST, 11 am Mountain, 12pm Saskatchewan, 2pm Atlantic, 2:30pm Newfoundland and Labrador)
How long: 2 hours
WHO:
- Janet M. Eaton PhD, Sierra Club
- Jennifer Chesnut, Council of Canadians London Chapter, to speak about actions chapters can do
- Harjap Grewal, Council of Canadians Pacific Organizer, about how to make presentations on the TPP.
Sujata Dey, Council of Canadians Trade Campaigner, will be on hand.
Please fill in this Google form, if you plan on attending. You will receive an e-mail with the website
Sujata Dey, BJ MBA
Trade Campaigner/Responsable de la campagne sur le commerce international
The Council of Canadians / Le Conseil des Canadiens
300-251 rue Bank Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P1X3
1-800-387-7177 ext. 226| +1 613 233-4487 ext. 226| Cell: +1 613 796-7724 | sdey@canadians.org
Twitter: @sujata_dey | www.canadians.org
