Howard Knopf points to a DFAIT consultation – with a deadline of tomorrow – on a possible trade agreement between Canada and the EU. Intellectual property figures prominently in the discussion. Note that DFAIT continues to accept comments on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which is being treated as an "ongoing consultation."
DFAIT Consults on Canada – EU Trade Agreement
January 19, 2009
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Accepting Comments…
…But only from the “invited”.
Just like with NAFTA, the SPP, the EU conception, and every other move to World Government, the public is not even a concern.
“Constitutions?!”… be damned!