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La Ville de Québec doit se prémunir contre l’AÉCG
11-May-2012 Tribune libre
À l’instar de Burnaby, Saskatoon, Kingston, Toronto, Montréal et Baie-Comeau, il est impératif que Québec adopte une résolution demandant une exemption complète de cet accord bilatéral.
Quebec City must protect itself against CETA
10-May-2012 Quebec Hebdo
Following the example of Burnaby, Saskatoon, Kingston, Toronto, Montreal and Baie-Comeau, it is imperative that Quebec adopts a resolution demanding a complete carve out from this bilateral agreement.
Canada’s other drug war
4-May-2012
There’s a debate raging over Canada’s intellectual property regime. If one side’s right, Canada stands to pay $2.8 billion more every year in drug costs while it undermines its generic-drug manufacturing sector.
EU trade deal could send drug prices soaring, provinces warn Harper
4-May-2012 Postmedia News
Provincial governments are expressing concern about the prospect of sharply higher prescription drug prices for Canadians if the Harper government accepts European Union demands for expanded drug patent protection laws.
Blasting ‘weak-kneed’ skeptics, Tories fan out to plug EU trade deal
27-Apr-2012 Globe and Mail
The Harper government’s PR machine will be working overtime Friday as 40 per cent of the Conservative Canadian cabinet fans out across the country to shore up support for a free trade deal with the European Union.
CETA: foundering on the agricultural issue
25-Apr-2012 La France Agricole
Canada and the European Union hope to conclude a free trade agreement by November 2012, however discussions stumble on supply management of Canadian farm products.
Canada-EU negotiators are talking. But is it a round?
25-Apr-2012
Canadian and European negotiators are back at the table in Brussels this week to pick through unresolved issues in the Canada-European Union free trade talks.
Oilsands not a sticking point in EU trade talks
25-Apr-2012
Canada’s oilsands aren’t a sticking point in trade talks with the European Union, Denmark’s trade minister said today in Ottawa.
Canada-EU free trade talks ’75 per cent’ complete, EU rep says
24-Apr-2012 Calgary Herald
At least two issues continue to stand in the way of a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union, but a deal should be finalized "within half a year," the Danish trade minister said Monday.
Parti Quebecois sounds warning about possible Canada-EU trade deal
20-Apr-2012
Quebec’s official Opposition, which is leading in public-opinion polls with an election looming, is sounding some alarm bells about a potential Canada-European Union free-trade deal.
Cities seek exemptions from EU-Canada trade deal
18-Apr-2012 Postmedia News
As Canada and the European Union negotiate final details on a free-trade deal expected to be completed this year, dozens of communities across the country are voicing major concerns or seeking exemptions from the pact.
NDP asks Tories to release details of Canada-EU free trade deal
17-Mar-2012
The Opposition NDP is asking the federal government to lift what it argues is a veil of secrecy over one of the largest free-trade deals in this country’s history.
S. Korea’s exports fall after FTA with EU: report
12-Mar-2012
South Korea’s exports to the European Union (EU) fell after the implementation of the Seoul-Brussels free trade deal due to the region’s deepening debt crisis, a report showed Monday.
Trade deal could mean end of procurement strategies, panellists say
12-Mar-2012
An impending trade deal with Europe could spell the end of procurement strategies like the one used to award the $25-billion shipbuilding contract to Irving Shipbuilding Inc. in Halifax.
Toronto’s last-ditch attempt to soften Canada-EU free trade deal
10-Mar-2012
Toronto city council’s decision this week to seek an exemption from any Canada-Europe free trade agreement didn’t get much attention.
EU fears Canadian beef imports 

24-Feb-2012 Western Producer
European agriculture’s resistance to greater Canadian grain and meat imports is one of the unresolved issues in Canada-European Union free trade talks as they head into their third year.
N.S. aims to bar key industries from trade deal
5-Feb-2012
Nova Scotia is trying to protect its liquor monopoly and its mining, forestry and fishing and gambling industries from a new free trade agreement between Canada and Europe.
Documents show CETA ill-advised
2-Feb-2012
The City of Saskatoon’s executive committee recently voted narrowly in favour of a motion that calls on the provincial government to exclude the city from a potential Canada-European Union free trade deal. There are good reasons why councillors should uphold that decision when the proposal comes before them next week.
Canada seeks to carve out agriculture, telecom in EU trade talks: documents
29-Jan-2012
Leaked documents from the Canada-European Union free trade talks suggest Ottawa is seeking to carve out telecommunications and agriculture from any agreement.
City may seek trade deal exemption
28-Jan-2012
Saskatoon should request an exemption to a large-scale free-trade agreement being negotiated between Canada and Europe, a Saskatoon city committee agreed.