The cities’ problem with CETA

Municipal representatives should be shouting from their rooftops about this assault on their economic and social development authority. Where is the Federation of Canadian Municipalities on this issue—and where have they been all along?

Do the mayors of Canada—especially those of the large cities where the first challenges are likely to arise—have any idea of the implications of CETA? If they do they seem inexplicably quiescent. The Trudeau government could have nixed the procurement chapter but chose not to. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY MURRAY DOBBIN

July 10, 2017

POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The trouble with demonizing the leader of an unpopular government is that it gives the next leader a way too much slack. I remember writing a column years ago comparing Brian Mulroney with Paul Martin (who more or less ran Jean Chretien’s government). Who was more destructive ...

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