Why BROKE should be concerned about all the trade deals NAFTA, FIPA, CETA, FTAA, etcetera
Subject: NEW FACTSHEET: Free Trade is fracking with ourfuture ~ Councilof Candadians
Heres our new factsheet on fracking and trade agreements with a focus on how Lone Pine Resources is challenging Quebecs fracking moratorium and asking for $250 million in compensation. The factsheet provides information about how NAFTA, FIPA and other investment deals put democracy and the environment at risk. It is available in both English and French through the weblinks below:
http://canadians.org/sites/default/files/publications/Fracking-Freetrade-factsheet.pdf
NAFTA and Canadas FIPAs allow expropriation for a public purpose, like the fracking moratorium, but still give investors the right to be compensated at fair market value even where a public purpose is demonstrated
http://canadians.org/sites/default/files/publications/fracture-libre-echange.pdf
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Emma Lui
Water Campaigner
Council of Canadians