Reminder to Liberals – remember that vote on the China-Canada Foreign Investment Protection Agreement?<\/p>\n
What have the Liberals been telling Canadians about the Canada-China Foreign Investment Protection Agreement (FIPA)?<\/p>\n
The agreement locks Canada in to a secret process giving Chinese companies a say in Canadian investments and natural resources.<\/p>\n
If you spent a bit of time on Google, you might find these quotes:<\/p>\n
\u201cLiberals have raised concerns about provisions of this agreement, particularly on the issues of transparency during arbitration, termination of the agreement, and the length of time the agreement is in force.\u201d \u201cThe Liberal Party does have serious concerns with the Canada-China FIPA.\u201d<\/strong> \u201cThe Liberal Party has raised concerns about provisions in the Canada-China investment agreement\u201d<\/strong> But don\u2019t be fooled. When the issue of FIPA was put to a vote in the House of Commons all the Liberals present \u2013 including Justin Trudeau – voted in favour of the agreement and with Stephen Harper.<\/p>\n
\nEmail response on behalf of Justin Trudeau, April 25, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJoyce Murray, April 25, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n Wayne Easter, House of Commons, April 18, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n