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Trade and Global Solidarity in Health Care


A whole lot of nothing: Alberta’s NAFTA legal opinion

Apr 4, 2000 08:00 PM Alberta’s claim that NAFTA has no implications for Bill 11 is no more reliable than their claim that the Bill is really about protecting public health care or that private surgical hospitals are really not hospitals at all. In fact, a review of the government’s legal opinion reveals that it actually confirms several key concerns raised by CUPE’s critique of the Bill.

Globalization and health: Remarks to the South Asia Partnership Canada Forum

Mar 12, 2001 07:00 PM The ideology of free trade overrides domestic health care policy in Canada. International trade and profits are driving the health care agenda.

Legal opinion concerning the privatization of insured Health Care Services and NAFTA

Feb 29, 2000 07:51 PM

Reckless Abandon: Canada, the GATS and the future of Health Care

Feb 25, 2001 07:55 PM A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that Canada’s health care system is already more exposed to the rules of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) than anyone has been led to believe.

Part I: The facts

Feb 29, 2000 07:28 PM

  1. Qualifications

Part II: Canadian Obligations under Chapters 11 and 12

Feb 29, 2000 07:00 PM

  1. NAFTA Investment and Services Rules
  2. Reservations
  3. Dispute Settlement
  4. Interpretation (Uncharted terrain)

Part III: Discussion

Feb 29, 2000 07:00 PM

  1. The New Permanence of Health Care Reform
  2. The Effectiveness of Canadian Reservations
  3. Is Bill 11 consistent with investment and services provisions of NAFTA?
  4. The Impact of Alberta’s Plans on Canada

Buenos Aires Meeting of Health Unions: Statement of Principles and Actions 2004

Dec 9, 2004 10:55 AM Representatives from CUPE met with leaders of health care unions from 12 countries across the hemisphere in Buenos Aires, Argentina in November 2004. They discussed strategies for the implementation of accessible, universal public health care and resistance to free trade agreements that stand in the way of that goal. The unions adopted a common statement of principles and actions.