Trans-Pacific Partnership is a wonderful idea – for China By Dan Breznitz | 26 December 2015 I don’t agree with all of the author’s points of view, but some of his criticisms of the TPP, arguing from a free market … Continue reading →
By Alan Mercer Continuing from Part 9 on the topic of country of origin labeling: Country-of-Origin Labels Repealed for Beef, Pork Courthouse News Service | 22 December 2015 . . . The country-of-origin labeling rule, or COOL, was repealed under … Continue reading →
Continuing from Part 8 on the topic of country of origin labeling: Transparency? In this case, I’m going to go outside the scope of the TPP, but I think this would definitely relate to issues that affect Canada when it … Continue reading →
By Alan Mercer Congress Drops ‘Country Of Origin Labeling’ Rule On Meat Products From: https://www.youtube.com/user/RTAmerica | 23 December, 2015 Congress has repealed a law requiring vendors to label the country of origin on meat packages. The World Trade Organization has … Continue reading →
By Alan Mercer My analysis of the TPP on the subject of country of origin is: Just a Question: Will Canadians know where their food comes from under the TPP? https://canadianliberty.com/?p=23028 Some of you may already be aware of how … Continue reading →
Once when we were free By Jon Rappoport, nomorefakenews.com | 24 December 2015 . . . That’s all propaganda. It panders to people who are afraid to be what they are, who are afraid to stand up for themselves. . … Continue reading →
TPP trade agreement undercuts biologic patents (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tpp-trade-agreement-undercuts-biologic-patents/article/2578333) JOHN R. GRAHAM | 12/15/15 U.S. law grants biologics exclusivity for 12 years. The TPP, however, allows no more than eight years. I don’t agree with the article’s concerns–and I don’t think life … Continue reading →
New Books Network interview: Nick Hopwood: Haeckel’s Embryos: Images, Evolution, and Fraud (http://newbooksinscience.com/2015/11/30/nick-hopwood-haeckels-embryos-images-evolution-and-fraud-chicago-university-of-chicago-press-2015/), University of Chicago Press, 2015 By Laura Stark et al. | 30 November 2015 | newbooksnetwork.com How do apologists for evolution close ranks to defend fraud? Twisting … Continue reading →
Trans-Pacific and Canada’s Trade Future (http://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/trans-pacific-and-canadas-trade-future) tvo.org | 10 December 2015 Stuart Trew explains the foreign investor rights towards the end of the discussion. Also available as a podcast via iTunes. More info (http://tvo.org/gsearch/TPP) on TPP at TVO.org
Continue reading →Adoption of the Paris Agreement United Nations, Framework Convention on Climate Change | 12 December 2015 Conference of the Parties Twenty-first session Paris, 30 November to 11 December 2015 Agenda item 4(b) Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (decision 1/CP.17) Adoption … Continue reading →