EU, Canada strike landmark historic free trade accord

[Locutus]

You're the man Steve.

The EU and Canada signed a free trade accord Friday after four years of tough talks, saying it will boost growth and set the stage for others, including a massive EU-US deal.


Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper hailed it as "the biggest (trade) deal our country has ever made" while European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso said it was "highly ambitious and far-reaching ... (and) of great importance for the EU economy."


It will provide new opportunities by increasing market access and "be the basis for gaining a strong foothold in the North American market and so provide a catalyst for growth and the creation of jobs in Europe," Barroso said.


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EU, Canada strike landmark historic free trade accord | RealClear

 

[Sons of Liberty]

The Council of Canadians will go ballistic.

 

[Goober]

The Council of Canadians will go ballistic.

The first step in getting rid the marketing broads.

 

[PoliticalNick]

Oh great! Not one trade agreement has done anything to help the people of Canada. All they have done is help corporations. One day people will wake up to this fact but it may just be to late. By then our govts will have given all our industry to Asia and all our resources to the rest of the world and the citizens will be left holding out cups begging for spare change.

 

[Angstrom]

Oh great! Not one trade agreement has done anything to help the people of Canada. All they have done is help corporations. One day people will wake up to this fact but it may just be to late. By then our govts will have given all our industry to Asia and all our resources to the rest of the world and the citizens will be left holding out cups begging for spare change.

Who cares, will be dead by then.

 

[CDNBear]

OAll they have done is help corporations.

And as we all know, corporations are autonomous entities run by automatons.

 

[PoliticalNick]

Who cares, will be dead by then.

I don't plan on dying in the next 10-20 years. Do you?

 

[Goober]

Oh great! Not one trade agreement has done anything to help the people of Canada. All they have done is help corporations. One day people will wake up to this fact but it may just be to late. By then our govts will have given all our industry to Asia and all our resources to the rest of the world and the citizens will be left holding out cups begging for spare change.

You drive a tractor trailer?
Whose goods do you move?

We pay thru the nose for dairy products due to the marketing board- made quite a few millionaires when they sell their quota.

A huge market for Canada is opening up.

And lastly- who works for Corps- People- what do they earn - money.

 

[PoliticalNick]

And as we all know, corporations are autonomous entities run by automatons.

Nope, but they are fictional legal entities given the same rights as a person under the law yet their only legal obligation is to maximize profit regardless of how it affects real people.

 

[CDNBear]

Nope, but they are fictional legal entities given the same rights as a person under the law yet their only legal obligation is to maximize profit regardless of how it affects real people.

Man, when you miss a point, you really miss a point.

 

[PoliticalNick]

And lastly- who works for Corps- People- what do they earn - money.

Unfortunately with every new trade deal more of those people become Chinese or Malaysian or some other Asian working for 25 cents an hour.

 

[Goober]

Nope, but they are fictional legal entities given the same rights as a person under the law yet their only legal obligation is to maximize profit regardless of how it affects real people.

A Corp cannot have the same rights as a person- If they did - The Corp could be sentenced to prison terms.

 

[PoliticalNick]

A Corp cannot have the same rights as a person- If they did - The Corp could be sentenced to prison terms.

Check it out man. They do have the same rights, just not the same liablility.

Despite not being human beings, corporations, as far as the law is concerned, are legal persons, and have many of the same rights and responsibilities as natural people do.

Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Goober]

Check it out man. They do have the same rights, just not the same liablility.


Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nope- Criminal Code and the Charter-

It was if I recall a Cat plant that closed in southern Ontario- the union refused the cut in salary- about half- they moved production to the US and all the jobs were filled.

Why should Auto Workers get paid so well?
How highly skilled is this work?

 

[Angstrom]

I don't plan on dying in the next 10-20 years. Do you?

We won't be holding cups begging for change in the next 10-20 years m8 get off the doom kool aid.

In 150 year when the planet is ransacked dry, and un-habitable.

 

[PoliticalNick]

Nope- Criminal Code and the Charter-

It was if I recall a Cat plant that closed in southern Ontario- the union refused the cut in salary- about half- they moved production to the US and all the jobs were filled.

Why should Auto Workers get paid so well?
How highly skilled is this work?

Nice deflection! Sorry to toss the truth at you like that and leave you with no response but to change the subject.

 

[Goober]

Nice deflection! Sorry to toss the truth at you like that and leave you with no response but to change the subject.

Nope.
Is Wiki recognized by Canadian Courts?

 

[CDNBear]

Nope.
Is Wiki recognized by Canadian Courts?

Nope.

It's not even recognized by Canadian Schools.

 

[PoliticalNick]

Nope.
Is Wiki recognized by Canadian Courts?

Of course absolutely nothing in wiki is ever true. Even when it refers directly to Canadian commercial law.

Like its counterpart in many other common law jurisdictions, a Canadian corporation is a legal entity separate and distinct from its shareholders or directors that holds rights and responsibilities similar to those held by individual Canadians. Notable exceptions are that corporations cannot vote, and enjoy only some of the rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. A corporation can also be referred to as a 'company'.

Canadian corporate law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[CDNBear]

Of course absolutely nothing in wiki is ever true.

No one said that. It's fallible. People like you have the ability to edit it.

Even when it refers directly to Canadian commercial law.

Why don't you just refer to Canadian commercial law than, instead of posting wikiality links.

I always enjoy reading the way you interpret law. It's funny as hell.