Subject: FYI - NCNDP Blaikie & MAI (fwd) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 060236 -0500 (CDT) From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org> To: emfguru@hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 20:37:35 From: "Richard W. Woodley"To: rbeavers@llion.org Subject: FYI - NCNDP: Blaikie & MAI >X-Authentication-Warning: busdial1.istar.ca: [209.29.119.140] didn't use HELO protocol >X-Sender: wharding@pop.fed.ndp.ca >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.2 (32) >Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 15:40:00 -0400 >To: wharding@fed.ndp.ca >From: Wayne Harding >Subject: NCNDP: Blaikie & MAI > >NEWS FROM CANADA=92S NDP =09=09=09=09 APRIL 29, 1998=20 >(Aussi disponible en fran=E7ais.) > >PEOPLE HALT MAI:=20 >BILL BLAIKIE CALLS FOR DEBATE=20 >ON SOLUTIONS FOR GLOBALIZATION > >OTTAWA - New Democratic Party trade critic Bill Blaikie today congratulate= d >Canadians on their work raising concerns about the Multilateral Agreement >on Investment (MAI) after the ministers of the 29 OECD countries announced >they ave decided not to sign or set a new deadline for the much criticized >agreement.=20 > > "The Canadian-led campaign against the MAI shows how people working >together can change the course of globalization for the better. Canadian= s >have sent out the message that we don't just want a global marketplace, we >want a global community," Mr. Blaikie said. =20 > >New Democrats, federal and provincial, have been the only political party = to >consistently oppose the terms of the MAI and offer alternatives for dealin= g >with globalization.=20 > >"We've helped put the brakes on the MAI, now we need to map out the option= s >for ensuring the globalizing economy is environmentally sustainable and >benefits working people, not just investors," the Member of Parliament for >Winnipeg-Transcona said. =20 > >"The federal government should learn a lesson from the MAI and begin to >engage Canadians on the possibilities for dealing with the dangers posed b= y >globalizing markets."=20 > >"Urgently needed are measures to stabilize financial markets, enforce >international environmental standards and core labour rights, and >regulations to prevent tax evasion by multinational corporations," Mr. >Blaikie said. > >- 30 - > > > > ********************* Richard W. Woodley ********************* =20 woodley@igs.net *********** http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ab190/ =20 -------------------------------------------------------------- =20 National Capital Freenet Information Provider =20 Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service =20 http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/bridlewood-emfinfo/ =20 Archive provided courtesy of WaveGuide, http://www.wave-guide.org Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html