The following is a list of municipalities who have passed resolutions opposing the World Trade Organization and the General Agreement on Trade in Services. Also included are municipalities where a vote is pending.
Updated: July 2001
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Passed: Annual Meeting on May 28, 2001
Text of resolution on CFWTO website at:wtoaction.org/discuss/
Alberta
Red Deer, St. Albert and Sylvan Lake - Passed
British Columbia
Passed:
Vancouver, North Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Richmond, Kamloops, Bowen Island, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Powell River, Tumbler Ridge, Williams Lake, Burnaby, New Denver, Delta, Abbotsford, Campbell River, Quesnel, Wells, Comox, Courtenay, Cowichan Valley
Regional District, and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM)
New Brunswick
Passed: Sackville, Port Elgin
Pending Vote: Saint John
Newfoundland
Pending Vote: St. Johns
North West Territories
Passed: Yellowknife
Nova Scotia
Passed
Municipality of the County of Colchester (includes 11 districts, towns and communities including Tatamagouche and Stewiake), Truro, Sydney, Mahone Bay, Pictou County, Chester Municipal Council, Town of Lunenburg
Ontario
Passed: Tecumseh, Guelph, Kingston, London, Windsor, Region of Niagara (includes mayors and representatives from St. Catharines, Welland, Niagara Falls, Port Colborne, Thorold and seven other towns in the region), Northumberland County (seven municipalities represented), Township of Alnwick-Haldimand, Brighton County, Cambridge, City of Ottawa (newly-amalgamated including former cities of Kanata, Nepean, Gloucester, Orleans, Rockcliffe)
Pending
Vote: Collingwood
Quebec:
Passed: Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Fleurimont
Saskatchewan
Passed: Prince Albert, Regina
Voted down in Moose Jaw but council will ask FCM to monitor GATS
Pending: Swift Current, Saskatoon
For more information on the campaign to oppose the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the WTO check out wtoaction.org and cupe.ca
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