URGENT ACTION REQUEST: Monday deadline to stop Colombia trade deal
by LabourStart
 The Harper government, with the support of Michael Ignatieff's Liberals, is expected to push for a quick passage of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), as the first order of business, when Parliament reconvenes this coming Monday, September 14th.
The CCFTA bill was stalled from achieving a second reading in May of 2009 by the combined actions of opposition MPs from the NDP, Bloc Quebecois and social movement forces both in Canada and Colombia. The CCFTA is a key component of Harper's neoliberal free-trade agenda for Canada and the region and he wants to pass it prior to the expected fall election.
Ratification of the CCFTA bill will require Liberal party support. Canadians opposed to this deal are urged to contact/email Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic Bob Rae and key Liberal MPs of the Standing Committee on International Trade-CIIT.**
If you cannot contact them directly, speak to their assistants and directly express your concerns. Suggested messages and contacts follow.*
Please pass this information to contacts.
* To help stop the Colombia trade deal, please contact Liberal Party representatives and urge them:
1. Not to ratify the implementation of a free trade agreement with the Alvaro Uribe government, which has the worst human rights record in the hemisphere, the second largest number of internally displaced after Sudan and the highest number of unionists murdered.
2. To respect the recommendation of Parliament's Standing Committee on International Trade, which clearly outlines that the CCFTA bill should not be implemented prior to an independent, third party human rights assessment.
1- Michael Ignatieff, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, ON, Tel: 416. 251.5510,
Fax: 416.251.2845; Tel:
613.995.9364, Fax: 613.992.5880 <mailto:IgnatM@parl.gc.ca>IgnatM@parl.gc.ca
2- Bob Rae, Toronto Centre, ON, Tel: 416.954.2222, Fax: 416.954.9649,
Tel: 613.992.5234, Fax:
613.996.9607 <mailto:RaeB@parl.gc.ca>RaeB@parl.gc.ca
3- Maria Minna, Beaches-East York, ON, Tel: 416.467.0860, Fax:
416.467.0905 Tel: 613.992.2115
Fax: 613.996.7942 <mailto:MinnaM@parl.gc.ca>MinnaM@parl.gc.ca
**Here is list of Liberal MPs that are Members of the CIIT:
Vice-Chair: John Cannis, Scarborough Centre, ON Tel: (416) 752-2358,
Fax: (416) 752-4624; Tel: (613)
992-6823, Fax: (613) 943-1045 <mailto:CanniJ@parl.gc.ca>CanniJ@parl.gc.ca
Members: 1- Scott Brison, Kings-Hants, NS
Tel: (902) 542-4010, Fax: (902) 542-4184, Tel: (613) 995-8231, Fax
(613) 996-9349 <mailto:BrisoS@parl.gc.ca>BrisoS@parl.gc.ca
2- Mario Silva, Davenport, ON Tel: (416) 654-8048, Fax: (416)
654-5083; Tel: (613) 992-2576, Fax:
(613) 995-8202 <mailto:SilvaM@parl.gc.ca>SilvaM@parl.gc.ca
***Here are 12 Lib.MPs that won in 2008 with under 5% margin:
1- Ujjal Dosanjh, Vancouver South, BC, Tel: 604.775.5323; Fax:
604.775-5420; Tel: 613.995.7052,
Fax: 613.995.2962 <mailto:DosanU@parl.gc.ca>DosanU@parl.gc.ca
2- Keith Martin, Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca, BC Tel: 250.474.6505, Fax:
250.474.5322; Tel: 613.996.2625,
Fax 613.996.9779 <mailto:MartiK@parl.gc.ca>MartiK@parl.gc.ca
3- Alexandra Mendes, Brossard-La Prairie, QC, Tel: 450.466.6872, Fax:
450.466.9822; Tel :
613.995.9301, Fax :
613.992.7273 <mailto:Mendes.A@parl.gc.ca>Mendes.A@parl.gc.ca
4- Andrew Kania, Brampton West, ON, Tel: 905.846.0076
Fax:905.846.3901 Tel: 613.995.5381 Fax:
613.995.6796 <mailto:Kania.A@parl.gc.ca>Kania.A@parl.gc.ca
5- Ruby Dhalla, Brampton - Springdale, ON, Tel: 905.874.6868, Fax:
905.874.1415; Tel: 613.995.4843, Fax: 613.995.7003
<mailto:DhallR@parl.gc.ca>DhallR@parl.gc.ca
6- Siobhan Coady, St. John's South - Mount Pearl<, NL Tel:
709.772.4608, Fax: 709.772.4776; Tel:
613.992.0927, Fax: 613.995.7858
<mailto:Coady.S@parl.gc.ca>Coady.S@parl.gc.ca
7- Justin Trudeau, Papineau, QC, Tel: 514.277.6020, Fax :
514.277.3454; Tel: 613.995.8872, Fax:
613.995.9926 <mailto:Trudeau.J@parl.gc.ca>Trudeau.J@parl.gc.ca
8- Frank Valeriote, Quelph, ON, Tel: 519.837.8276, Fax: 519.837.8443;
Tel: 613.996.4758, Fax:
613.996.9922 <mailto:Valeriote.F@parl.gc.ca>Valeriote.F@parl.gc.ca
9- Brian Murphy, Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, NB, Tel: 506.851.3310,
Fax: 506.851.3273; Tel:
613.992.8072, Fax: 613.992.8083 <mailto:MurphB@parl.gc.ca>MurphB@parl.gc.ca
10- Paul Szabo, Mississauga South, ON, Tel: 905.822.2111, Fax:
905.822.2115; Tel: 613.992.4848,
Fax: 613.996.3267 <mailto:SzaboP@parl.gc.ca>SzaboP@parl.gc.ca
11- Joe Volpe, Eglinton-Lawrence, ON, Tel: 416.781.5583, Fax:
416.781.5586; Tel: 613.992.6361,
Fax: 613.992.9791 <mailto:VolpeJ@parl.gc.ca>VolpeJ@parl.gc.ca
12- Wayne Easter, Malpeque, PE, Tel: 902.964.2428, Fax: 902.964.3242;
Tel: 613.992.2406, Fax:
613.995.7408 <mailto:EasteW@parl.gc.ca>EasteW@parl.gc.ca
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