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NAFTA: Not Working For Canada Either

Published 05/16/08 Economy In Crisis - Print Article
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Americans aren't the only ones upset by the failed trade policies of NAFTA that has shipped our industries abroad and stagnated middle class wages...

Source San Francisco Chronicle:

Facts, however, are persistent things - facts like the Toronto Star report showing "almost half of all Canadians [believe] NAFTA should be renegotiated," with 80 percent saying it has done little or nothing for workers.

"Canadians believe NAFTA needs serious work," said Jack Layton, leader of Canada's New Democratic Party. The likely prime minister candidate told me he wants to reform the pact because it helps corporations overturn laws and because its lack of standards forces workers into a wage-cutting, environment-destroying race to the bottom.

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