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Say Bye to Buy Local

Say ‘Bye' to ‘Buy Local'—Find Out What Secret Trade Deals Mean for Your Community With CUPE Ontario President Sid Ryan and Council of Canadians Chair Maude Barlow.

CUPE Ontario President Sid Ryan and Council of Canadians Chair Maude Barlow are embarking on an eight-city speaking tour to discuss the impact of secret inter-provincial and international trade agreements that may impact your communities. Find out what you need to know and how you can make sure secret, undemocratic trade agreements don't force you to ‘say bye to buy local'.

Click here to read CUPE and the Council of Canadians assessment of the Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation agreement, negotiated in secret

A primer on Trade Deals impacting Ontario

Click the links below for posters and contact information for each tour stop.

Dates Location CUPE Contact Poster Media Photos
October 13 Ottawa

Carleen Pickard - cpickard@canadians.org 

Ottawa Poster    
October 19 Kitchener

Maria Hatzipantelis  maria.hatzipantelis@gmail.com /&
Janice Folk Dawson jfd@members.cupe.ca 

Kitchener Poster Media  Photos 
October 20 Toronto Darius Dadgari ddadgari@gmail.com /&
Yolanda McClean yolanda.mcclean@cupe4400.org

Toronto
Poster

 Media

Media

 
October 26 Sudbury Wyman MacKinnon wmackinnon@cupe.ca & TBC Sudbury
Poster
Radio Ad   Photos
October 27 Windsor Andrea Madden amadden@wecas.on.ca / Windsor
Poster
   
November 17 Kingston Paul Norris paulnorris.cupe109@ripnet.com  Kingston Poster    
November 18 London Angie Welch hinney@rogers.com / London Poster    
November 19 Hamilton Jim Beattie jimbeattie1000000@hotmail.com / Hamiton Poster     

Click for Trade Tour Poster

Read letter from Sid Ryan dated September 10th, 2009 re. Provincial Trade Tour

Trade Tour Fact Sheet

CUPE Ontario 305 Milner Ave. Suite 801 Scarborough ON 416-299-9739