The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: House of Commons submission
Howard Mann, Associate & Senior International Law Advisor, testified to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade, regarding the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
His submission details his expert analysis and essential view that the draft agreement "will provide foreign investors into Canada with the most investor-¬friendly set of corporate rights ever drafted by the Canadian government into a treaty."
Audio of his December 5, 2013 testimony is available from the Parliament of Canada. Mann's presentation begins at approximately 1:14:40.
Mann also wrote an op-ed on this issue, published by iPolitics.ca: How money calls the shots in CETA.
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