TILMA CAMPAIGN:
(Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement)

TEXT OF THE TILMA AGREEMENT
http://www.ecdev.gov.bc.ca/ProgramsAndServices/Trade/Joint_Trade_Agreement_April_2006.pdf

WHAT EXPERTS ARE SAYING:

NEW! State of Play: Canada's Internal Free Trade Agenda click here

Sierra Legal Defence Fund - TILMA and the Environment click here

The Myth of Interprovincial Trade Barriers and TILMA's Alleged Economic Benefits -
by Marc Lee and Erin Weir click here

Asking for Trouble: The Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement - by Ellen Gould click here

SUMMARY: Asking for Trouble: TILMA - by Ellen Gould click here

Guide to the TILMA - legal opinion by Steven Shrybman click here

Short summary of legal opinion by Steven Shrybman click here

The Dark Side of TILMA by Barry Oneiil click here

The TILM A Gamble Not Worth Taking by Murray Dobbin click here

Memo from Maxine Copeland, CUPE National Rep (Alberta) click here

WHAT GOVERNMENTS ARE SAYING:

A letter of reply from Minister Harry Van Mulligen, responding to Larry Hubich's letter asking "10" questions about TILMA click here

Legal Analysis of TILMA for Saskatoon City Council by the Saskatoon City Solicitor click herec

Analysis of TILMA for Burnaby City Council by the Burnaby City Director of Finance
click here

Joint letter from BC / Alberta Governments to Municipalities click here

TILMA Contains No Threat To Labour - Ken Krawetz (Sask. Party Labour Critic and Deputy Leader) click here

Report on TILMA and the Potential Impact on Saskatchewan Municipalities by Sean McEachern, Senior Policy Analyst click here

STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE ECONOMY - NINTH REPORT - June 2007
click here

SFL PRESENTATIONS TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE ECONOMY (June 2007):

Presentation by SFL President, Larry Hubich click here

Presentation by the SFL Trade Committee click here

OTHER PRESENTATIONS:

Presentation by Marvin Meickel to City Council - May 28, 2007 click here
Presentation to Executive Committee of the City of Regina - May 23, 2007 click here
Presentation to Executive Committee of the City of Regina - April 25, 2007 click here

THE TILMA BASICS:

TILMA Talking Points click here

TILMA TIMES:

Volume 1 - February / March 2007 - Cities and Municipalities under Attack
Volume 2 - February / March 2007 - Democracy Under Attack

GET ACTIVE IN THE CAMPAIGN:

Open Letter to the Premier re TILMA - April 2007
click here

**NEW** TILMA Postcard click here

E-mail the MLAs about TILMA click here for sample letter

Donate to the SFL TILMA Campaign click here

Submit a resolution to your Local / Union sample resolution

Submit a resolution to your Municipal Council sample resolution

LINKS:

BC anti-TILMA website - created by Janice Crawford, Surrey, B.C.
http://www.stoptilma.com

Making the Links radio interview with Ellen Gould
http://www.makingthelinksradio.ca/Audio/tilma.mp3

Briarpatch Magazine - "Ralph's Last Laugh: Inter-provincial trade deal ties the hands of government"
http://briarpatchmagazine.com/news/?p=366

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives http://www.policyalternatives.ca/documents/Saskatchewan_Pubs/2006/TILMA.pdf

Relentlessly Progressive Economics - includes TILMA bibliography
(as well as a complete and accessible list of papers, but not articles, on TILMA)
http://progecon.wordpress.com/tag/tilma/

Council of Canadians
http://www.canadians.org/DI/issues/TILMA/backgrounder.html

The Tyee
http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/24/TILMA/

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Make Poverty History -
Larry Hubich letter to the editor
Click here....

(printed in the Moosomin Spectator November 28, 2005)