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Question 8: Prosperity

What should Canada do to help make the benefits of globalization more widely shared within and among all countries?

 

 

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Globalization is good as long as it doesn't destroy the national fabric of countries. Chapter 11 of NAFTA represents the kind of globalization we don't need. We do need a globalization which will promote egalitarianism around the world and which actively linked to nature conservation. sunrise 2003-04-30 17:59:13
Canadians need factual, correct, unbiased information as to which countries their products are from, what is big industry, who runs unions; as well as a better system of news media which is critical in its presentation, appropriately balanced (appropriate being defined by documented events, not medi 1794 2003-04-30 17:59:00
DFAIT has asked for views on Canada's foreign policy strategy and has invited the CANADIAN EMPLOYERS COUNCIL (CEC) to provide input.

For your information, the CEC is "the voice of Canadian business on international labour issues".
It is recognized as representative for Canada busin
CanadianEmployersCouncil 2003-04-30 17:58:48
Firstly recognize that free trade is not fair trade. Support human rights, social and environmental justice. Don't subscribe to the corporate exploitive model of globalization. Insist that the public good and global commons are protected and take priority. We need to ensure that trade agreements 1780 2003-04-30 17:58:36
It depends what kind of globalization we are talking about. 1778 2003-04-30 17:58:25
Support multilateral organizations, have a foreign affairs organization that is truly involved in
the countries they are deployed, and encourage Canadians to get involved in other
countries to help them develop.
1773 2003-04-30 14:05:50
I think that the liberalization of international trade is inevitable, however every effort should be made to ensure that Canada and other nations retain the ability to develop social programs for the benefit of their citizens. By maintaining health care, education, etc., we will help to ensure that 1766 2003-04-30 13:49:15
Globalisation has worked so that powerful communities
have appropriated the resources and labour of poorer
communities to accumulate large amounts of even more
power and resources. Such accumulated wealth becomes
a target of the resentment and anger of the have-nots,
since unfortunately, accum
baij 2003-04-30 13:48:48
In international development, Canada should concentrate our efforts on governance and democratization. We should promote good governance abroad because it is the right thing for a fortunate country to do, because it is in our own immediate interests, and because we are uniquely well equipped to do 1765 2003-04-30 12:26:54
Canada must speak out against the privately owned Federal Reserve System that is defrauding Americans of their wealth. JFK and other Presidents tried to end the FRS and give back the authority of creating money to the US Government but were assassinated. The World Bank is doing the same scam all ove 1763 2003-04-30 11:28:01
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