The traitor ratified FiPA agreement with China

[arikara]

Harper Gov't 'Conceded to China' under Pressure: Treaty Expert

FIPA 'is the price China demanded to open its purse strings for investing in the resource sector in Canada.'

...

Gus Van Harten is an associate professor at the Osgoode Hall Law School and an expert in investment treaties.

Van Harten said FIPA is practically a one-way deal in favour of China, and Ottawa needs to acknowledge the non-reciprocal aspects of the deal and explain why they would ratify it two years after it was first signed.

"It seems to me the federal government has conceded to China under pressure to give them this treaty," said Van Harten. "My guess is this is the price China has demanded to open its purse strings for investing in the resource sector in Canada."

He said China had ratified the deal right away and seemed to be getting antsy Canada had taken so long, even speculating the recent detentions of two Canadian coffee-shop owners in the country on accusations of spying may have been part of Beijing's pressure.

In a press release today, Ottawa insisted the deal will protect such Canadian investors in China and help build trade relations. The release claims the deal will give "Canadian investors in China the same types of protections that foreign investors have long had in Canada."

But Van Harten doesn't buy that line.

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http://www.thetyee.ca/News/2014/09/13/Harper-Conceded-to-China/

[delrem]

1. Harper.

Bought and paid for in his boyhood, his every move after that paid for.

You expect that he also keep track of his allegiances?

[arthritisR_US]

5. I hate the fecker but could you please explain

his boyhood stuff?

[DonCoquixote]

2. I do hope I am wrong

But I think when the smoke clears, Harper will have done the sort of deep, toxic, cancerous damage to Canada that his friend Bush did to our nation.

That being said, how long till the next chance to vote his ass out?

[blkmusclmachine]

3. Is Diebold is doing the vote "counting"???

[arikara]

4. I think May in 2015

Harper just gave the country over to China to do with as they want for absolutely nothing in return.

It looks like now our best path could be the the Icelandic model of getting rid of the crooks and saying NO WE WON'T pay to clean up the mess they made, nor honor their agreements. Then we have to go to a Norwegian model of huge royalties charged to the extraction companies along with strict monitoring of their polluting ways. And a made in Canada model where if they pollute their assets are taken to clean up and they lose their corporate charter. No second chances.

Ah, I can dream.

[arthritisR_US]

7. Oh feck, I like your thinking! nt

[arthritisR_US]

6. I'm afraid you're right and we are too stupid

to see it

[CHIMO]

8. China-Canada Investment Agreement Locks Canada into Legally Binding Terms

Hupacasath First Nation Legal Challenge argues that the deal was unconstitutional but the judge failed to consider the impact on the whole Nation, ruling in favor of the government

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=12462