Varda Burstyn, co-author of the anti-NAFTA manifesto "Women Against Free Trade," finds the secrecy of the SPP "deeply, deeply troubling."
"Increasingly decisions are being taken at more exclusive and elite levels and discussions about the major issues that affect all of us are not made public until decisions are virtually fait accompli," she says. "Formally it's a democracy, but in effect it's an oligarchy."
"Now we're looking at the reality that the Canadian export industry is going to face a dollar on par with the United States... I have no idea how our Prime Minister is going to address this problem. I have seen nothing come out of Ottawa that indicates that this is even on their agenda."...
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