Join us for a
TOWN HALL MEETING
at the High Country Inn
Wed Oct. 17, 7pm
TILMA
Our best defense against this very dangerous secret
trade deal is
KNOWLEDGE.
Take the time to read what other Canadians have said about this agreement.
LINKS:
Dalton McGuinty says NO to TILMA if it undermines Labour standards.
TILMA Agreement: Overview of Immediate Implications for Local Governments
Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association
Deconstructing Dinner: The impacts of TILMA on agriculture in Canada (listen to the radio broadcast)
TILMA and the Environment; Sierra Legal Defence Fund
TILMA is a BAD DEAL for Yukoners!
The Yukon is a territory of individualists, people who have grown strong in a place where our voices can still be heard. The TILMA deal will strip our lawmakers of their power, jeopardize our autonomy and endanger the rights of municipal and First Nations governments, and even our territorial government to decide what is right for Yukoners. Our policies should not be made by corporations, by Outside interests. We are Yukoners - the decisions belong to us.
TILMA is the new Trade Investment Labour Mobility Agreement. Find out what the BC and Alberta government's new inter-provincial trade agreement REALLY means for Canadians, and make your voice heard. This deal was signed in secret, without any public consultation and without consulting duly elected lawmakers.
The Yukon Government is considering signing on to this agreement. It is up to all Yukoners to speak up, let the Premier and all elected officials know that TILMA is BAD FOR THE YUKON and we don’t want it. We urge all Yukoners to learn everything they can about this dangerous trade deal.
The YUKON is NOT INTERESTED in TILMA!
Join us for a
TOWN HALL MEETING
at the High Country Inn
Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 7pm
With visiting experts from the Canadian Labour Congress, Council of Canadians and the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour
Speakers:
- Larry Hubich, President of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour
- Erin Weir, Canadian Labour Congress
- Carleen Pickard, Council of Canadians
- Alex Furlong, President, Yukon Federation of Labour
To find out more, contact the Yukon Federation of Labour
Ph: 667- 6676 or visit www.yukonfed.com
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Ask Questions!
Q. Why would ANY government subject its Q. Whose interests would a
own public interest regulations and laws dispute panel represent; business
to a legally binding process (with penalties and outside forces, or the citizens of
up to$5 million) Initiated by private interests? the Yukon?
Q. Why does TILMA put our public interest Q. Are interprovincial trade
in the hands of unelected and unaccountable barriers really so significant
individuals, operating solely within the that the Yukon needs to
constraints of theTILMA agreement and largely agree to the enormously powerful
outside our normal legal framework? constraints on government that
exist in TILMA?
Q. Why would any government abrogate its
responsibility to make its own decisions in the
interest of its citizens, and open itself up to
awards and penalties that only the taxpayer
is liable for?