Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Unifor Slams 'Outrageous' TPP Deal, Says It Will Cost 20,000 Canadian Jobs

TORONTO — Canadian auto workers' union Unifor predicts that 20,000 auto industry jobs could be lost as a result of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal announced today.

Under the deal, Canada's 6.1 per cent tariff on imported vehicles will be phased out over a five-year period.

And domestic content requirements — rules that dictate what percentage of a vehicle or auto part must be made within the TPP in order to be sold within the region tariff-free — will be slashed.

Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, an auto part needed to contain 60 per cent North American content in order to remain duty free.

For a fully assembled vehicle, the minimum content requirement was 62.5 per cent.

The new trade deal will allow for the tariff-free movement of vehicles that have as little as 45 per cent domestic content.

"It is outrageous that the Harper Conservatives have signed a deal that would allow the majority of a car to be made in China, yet still come into Canada tariff-free," Unifor's national president Jerry Dias said in a statement.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca/
Author:  Alexandra Posadzki

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