Trade Justice Network

Submission to Global Affairs- UK-Canada trade negotiations

The following submissions respond to the call for input from Global Affairs Canada to share views to help define Canada’s priorities with future trade negotiations with the United Kingdom. On December 9, 2020, Canada and the U.K. signed the Canada-U.K. Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-U.K. TCA). The United Kingdom has also submitted a notification of intent […]

Gloved hands drawing vaccine from a vial, text reads People before profits.

40+ CSO Open Letter: Canada must support global access to COVID-19 vaccines at the WTO

March 10, 2021 SENT VIA EMAIL The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada Re: Canada must support global access to COVID-19 vaccines at the WTO Dear Prime Minister, Since the beginning of the pandemic, world leaders have repeatedly spoken of the need for global solidarity to get us all through this […]

Watch the “Monopolizing the Recovery- WTO-TRIPS Waiver” Webinar

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Trade Justice Network host a conversation with global experts on the Indian and South African governments’ proposal at the WTO for a waiver from certain intellectual property rights in the TRIPS agreement so that countries can confidently and affordably respond to the COVID-19 emergency. Special attention is paid […]

Monopolizing The Vaccine Webinar- Registration Here!

Hear from global experts about the South African–Indian joint proposal to temporarily waive certain WTO intellectual property rights to help all countries respond to the COVID-19 emergency—and Canada’s disappointing opposition to the idea. Mustaqeem De Gama, Counsellor at the South African Mission in Geneva accredited to the WTO and UN. Sangeeta Shashikant, Legal Advisor and […]

Letters from Civil Society: WTO Waiver from TRIPS around COVID-19 measures

At the World Trade Organization in October 2020, South Africa and India brought forth a proposal for a “Waiver from certain provisions of the Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for the prevention, containment, and treatment of COVID-19”. The government of Canada, along with other wealthy nations such as the U.S., […]

Trade Justice PEI Letter

December 3, 2020 The Honourable Mary Ng Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade & The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne Minister of Foreign Affairs Dear Ministers Ng and Champagne, Re: Trade Justice PEI letter supporting proposal by India and South Africa for a “Waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the prevention, containment, and treatment of […]

Trade Justice Network Letter

December 2020, Ottawa, Ontario — Dear Ministers Ng and Champagne, We are writing to you on behalf of the Trade Justice Network, a coalition of environmental, civil society, student, Indigenous, cultural, farming, labour, and social justice organizations that came together in 2010 to call for a new global trade regime founded on social justice, human […]

Feminist Foreign Policy- Submission to Global Affairs

“While gender equality, especially in education and employment, contributes to economic growth, the reverse is not true; economic growth does not contribute to gender equality nor to improvements in health, welfare or basic rights.”[i] Ottawa- Monday, November 30, 2020 Dear Global Affairs Canada, We are writing to you on behalf of the Trade Justice […]

Corporate power in global trade: Will corporations sue states for measures taken to combat COVID-19?

Jesse Whattam, Co-ordinator of Trade Justice Network Over the past four months, Canadian governments have taken unprecedented measures to minimize the spread of COVID-19 as governments worldwide have enforced lockdowns, closed borders, changed public policy and provided various stimulus packages. As the pandemic has spread, we have witnessed politicians across the spectrum articulate a struggle […]

Letter to Ministers- Need For Fairer and More Transparent Trade Agreement Process

Ottawa- Friday, February 21st, 2020 Dear Ministers, We are writing you on behalf of the Trade Justice Network, which is comprised of environmental, civil society, student, Indigenous, cultural, farming, labour and social justice organizations that have come together to challenge free trade agreements and their impacts on social justice and the environment. We seek to […]