Many thanks to Janet.
Dear All:
Last Friday I attended the excellent TPP Conference Making Sense of the TPP held at the University of Ottawa and co-sponsored by the Canadian Writer’s Association, two Departments at Ottawa U and the national Trade Justice Network [of which I am a member], The list of stellar speakers is noted below in a posting from Scott Sinclair of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives which provides links to the video coverage of the entire event on CCPA’s website.
All the presentations together in one day provided a useful overview of the magnitude of the issues and threats to democracy, the environment, climate change, health care, human rights, the economy, jobs, etc that come with this mega- trade agreement but what made the day all the more useful for activists trying to stop the TPP was a masterful keynote presentation by world renowned Nobel Laureate Economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz with his repeated and convincing warnings to the Canadian government not to ratify the TPP.
I also include media coverage of Professor Stiglitz visit with one 6 minute interview in which he makes the case for Canada not to ratify the TPP in an interview with Dianne Buckner of CBC’s The Exchange:
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz says Canada should reject TPP
The Columbia University professor says the TPP deal is flawed and pro-big business.
TPP ‘worst trade deal ever,’ says Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
Trans-Pacific Partnership should be revised to advance interests of citizens, not corporations, he says
CBC News Posted: Mar 31, 2016 8:45 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 01, 2016 4:51 PM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/joseph-stiglitz-tpp-1.3515452
Video talk embedded 6:45 minutes [Good interview with Buckner where he advises Canada not to sign but to renegotiate]
Nobel laureate Stiglitz says Canada should reject TPP
https://ipolitics.ca/2016/04/01/nobel-laureate-stiglitz-says-canada-should-reject-tpp/
Joseph Stiglitz To Canada: Stay Away From Flawed, Pro-Big Business TPP
CP | By The Canadian Press
Posted: 04/01/2016 2:06 pm EDT Updated: 04/01/2016 2:59 pm EDT
[Embedded video with Stiglitz speaking about issues with GDP and his work with the OECD to develop an alternative.]
fyi- janet
The video of the Making Sense of the TPP event held at the University of Ottawa on April 1 is available at: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/newsroom/updates/what%E2%80%99s-big-deal-understanding-trans-pacific-partnership .
It includes the keynote address by Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz .
[ Note Professor Stiglitz keynote is at the very beginning of the afternoon session]
The morning panel included:
- Gus Van Harten, Associate Professor – Osgoode Hall Law School – “Who has benefited financially from special privileges in the TPP for foreign investors in ISDS?”
- Meghan Sali, Digital Rights Specialist, Open Media “IP, copyright and Canada’s digital future”
- Scott Sinclair, Senior Researcher, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Trade and Investment Project “Democratic deficit: the TPP’s questionable legitimacy”The afternoon panel included:
- Professor Ron Labonte , Canada Research Chair Globalization and Health Equity and Ashley Schram “The TPP and health. Few gains, some losses and many risks”
- Jeronim Capaldo, Research Fellow Global Development and the Environment, Tufts University “Unemployment, Inequality and other Risks in the TPP”
- Steven Shrybman, Goldblatt Partners “Does the TPP really advance labour rights?”
- Pia Eberhardt, Researcher and Campaigner, Corporate Europe Observatory “Why are Europeans concerned about TPP’s little brother, the CETA?”This event was hosted by the Trade Justice Network, CWA/SCA Canada, and the University of Ottawa’s School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and The School of International Development Studies.