WikiLeaks reveals CBC and Canada Post may be sold under TPP agreement
WikiLeaks reveals CBC and Canada Post may be sold under TPP agreement
Jul 30, 2015 by Obert Madondo
A secret letter leaked by WikiLeaks on Wednesday reveals that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and Canada Post could be sold under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, being negotiated by Canada and 11 other countries this week in Maui, Hawaii.
The confidential letter, titled, State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Issues for Ministerial Guidance (PDF), reveals the perils Canadas key Crown Corporations now face under the Harper governments burgeoning privatization and trade agenda.
The leaked document was prepared for a TPP Ministerial Meeting held in Singapore in December, 2013. According to the whistle-blowing website, the document indicates a wide-ranging privatisation and globalisation strategy whose main aim is to undermine state-owned enterprises (SOEs) publicly owned corporations whose mandate is to deliver the public good with no or minimal commercial considerations. That will change under the TPP.
Even an SOE that exists to fulfil a public function neglected by the market or which is a natural monopoly would nevertheless be forced to act on the basis of commercial considerations, said WikiLeaks in a press release introducing the leak. Foreign companies would be given standing to sue SOEs in domestic courts for perceived departures from the strictures of the TPP, and countries could even be sued by other TPP countries, or by private companies from those countries.
More:
http://www.canadianprogressiveworld.com/2015/07/30/wikileaks-reveals-cbc-and-canada-post-may-be-sold-under-tpp-agreement/
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)When the talks start up again in a year or so they can get back to their fearmongering.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)waiting is not an option.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)why are corporations doing all the negotiating??
and everything is so so so secret??