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[Lydia Travers]

Hello all,
registration deadline is today (my apologies, but I just saw this) - for
those who wish to learn more about CETA - see below and consider
registering.
in good food,
Abra

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Abra Brynne
PO Box 684, Nelson, BC V1L 5R4
phone: 250.352.5342


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From: NFU Office <nfu at nfu.ca>
Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 8:24 AM
Subject: [CETA] Webinar: What's wrong with CETA? - Sept 19
To: NFU Office <nfu at nfu.ca>



*For those of you unable to attend due to the time, we will be recording
and circulating a link following the webinar.*   Invitation to a free
webinar: What’s wrong with CETA?
(EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) Friday, September
19, 2014

*16:00h – 17:30h Berlin/Brussels*

*10:00h – 11:30h Ottawa*

*(7:00h PT / 8:00h MT / 11:00h AT)*



*Please register until September 16th 2014 with: *Nelly Grotefendt* (*
*Nelly.Grotefendt at power-shift.de* <Nelly.Grotefendt at power-shift.de>*)*

*Hosts*: PowerShift e.V.; Forum Umwelt & Entwicklung; Council of Canadians;
Trade Justice Network;

Réseau Québécois sur l'Intégration Continentale; European Citizens’
Initiative against TTIP and CETA



After more than five years of negotiations, Canada and the European Union
are widely expected to announce on September 25 the completion of the text
of the Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the
beginning of the ratification process.



Heralded as the most ambitious trade agreement ever signed, CETA goes far
beyond facilitating trade to threaten the right of governments in Canada
and Europe to regulate corporate activity in the public interest. CETA will
include broad investor protection clauses and investor-state dispute
settlement (ISDS), regulatory convergence, new rules on intellectual
property and patents, and will include disciplines on government
procurement at all levels of government, labour mobility, agriculture,
financial services, and a whole host of other “technical barriers to
trade”. Already being called the template for the US-EU Transatlantic Trade
and Investment Partnership (TTIP), this corporate rights deal is a threat
to democracy and sovereignty on both sides of the Atlantic.



*Join us for this free webinar to learn about CETA and what to do against
it Europe and Canada!*



*Agenda*

Moderation: *Peter Fuchs (PowerShift e.V.)*



*Part 1: Overview*

·      *Scott Harris** (Council of Canadians)*
*State of play - Why worry about CETA?*



*Part 2: Critical Issues*

·      *Pia Eberhardt (CEO)** :*
*CETA's investment chapter*

·      *Scott Sinclair** (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives):*
*CETA and (public) services  - Government procurement*

·      *Berit Thomsen (ABL), *

*Terry Boehm (NFU)** (tbc):*

*CETA and agriculture*

·      *Michael Butler (Council of Canadians)**:*
*CETA and health care*

·      *Natacha Cingotti (FOE Europe) **(tbc):*
*CETA’s Sustainable Development Chapter *



*Part 3: Resistance and further civil society collaboration *

·        *Alessa Hartmann (German NGO Forum on Environment and
Development), Stephanie Roth (ECI Stop TTIP), Scott Harris (Council of
Canadians), Pierre-Yves Serinet (RQIC):*
*What to do against CETA & TTIP?*



Followed by Q & A
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