"In effect, it will give China access to, and control over, some of Canada’s natural resources for the next 31 years."
Why 31 years, is that number commonly used in other trade agreements? Or is 2045 a special year?
If the next Canadian government decides not to honor this agreement, what could China do (outside of military action) besides negotiate a new agreement? If the next Chinese government decides not to honor this future legacy agreement, what could Canada do, besides negotiate a new agreement?
It seems inefficient to make secret agreements that can be rescinded by massive public opposition once the agreements are made public.
Optimistic locking in databases only works when the chance of a conflicting lock is low.
Wow. I checked CBC, CCTV, and globe and mail myself before commenting and didn't see anything.
After your comment I double checked and saw it buried at the bottom of the politics page.
Sadly, the CBC doesn't provide any insight except for the usual quotes from political parties. CTV is marginally better. But the real question is where do you go for real journalism in this country?
Some excellent journalists have moved from CBC to Al Jazeera. And, I note that many former American news anchors can be found on RT. Please do your own research, and take everything with a grain of salt.
Could you try to investigate that question with your usual news providers? I for one would be interested to learn about the reasons, if you can find out any.
I think the reasons are straightforward. Page views. Rob Ford gets clicks, and doesn't take any effort to write. Complex trade deals are boring and take research to make sense of, and after all that research may not even result in a meaningful story.
"Even if found unconstitutional by a court down the road...once the treaty has been ratified, none of the obligations assumed by Canada can be modified unless China agrees," he said."
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Leaked the day that FIPA (the Canada-China trade deal) gets ratified by Prime minister Harper [1].
http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/harper-oks-potentially...
Why is this not being reported by any of our national news outlets! Instead I'm fed the latest drivel on rob ford.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-china-investment-trea...
http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canada-ratifies-investment-de...
http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-fipa/
Why 31 years, is that number commonly used in other trade agreements? Or is 2045 a special year?
If the next Canadian government decides not to honor this agreement, what could China do (outside of military action) besides negotiate a new agreement? If the next Chinese government decides not to honor this future legacy agreement, what could Canada do, besides negotiate a new agreement?
It seems inefficient to make secret agreements that can be rescinded by massive public opposition once the agreements are made public.
Optimistic locking in databases only works when the chance of a conflicting lock is low.
Wow. I checked CBC, CCTV, and globe and mail myself before commenting and didn't see anything.
After your comment I double checked and saw it buried at the bottom of the politics page.
Sadly, the CBC doesn't provide any insight except for the usual quotes from political parties. CTV is marginally better. But the real question is where do you go for real journalism in this country?
"Real" journalism is difficult to find. Maybe look locally, internationally, and places that you've not been before.
http://thetyee.ca/
http://www.democracynow.org/
http://rt.com/
http://english.aljazeera.net/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
http://dissidentvoice.org/
Some excellent journalists have moved from CBC to Al Jazeera. And, I note that many former American news anchors can be found on RT. Please do your own research, and take everything with a grain of salt.
Let me know what you find out.
Could you try to investigate that question with your usual news providers? I for one would be interested to learn about the reasons, if you can find out any.
I think the reasons are straightforward. Page views. Rob Ford gets clicks, and doesn't take any effort to write. Complex trade deals are boring and take research to make sense of, and after all that research may not even result in a meaningful story.
Is this the "official" reason given by the media though?
Is that assessment based on Canadian law?