Unifor is organizing a demonstration and march, demanding a trade deal that delivers stronger labour rights, the protection of good jobs and higher living standards for all.
When: Tuesday January 23rd @ 11am (lunch will be provided on site)
Where: Gathering at Dorchester Square (on Metcalfe, North of René-Lévesque)
Organized by: Unifor
NAFTA Confronting Contemporary Challenges: Assessment and Perspectives
When: Friday, January 26 @ 9:30 am
Where: L’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Room A-1715
Chairperson: Christian Deblock
Mathieu Arès: Canada and Mexico face the new American deal
Maria Lourdes Zea Rosales, Secretary of the Workers’ Syndicate of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (STUNAM)
Celeste Drake, Specialized, Trade Policy Specialist, AFL-CIO
Organized by: the Center for Studies on Integration and Globalization (CEMED)
NAFTA, Trade and Related Issues
When: Friday, January 26 @ 10:45 am
Where: L’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Room A-1715
Chairperson: Mathieu Arès
Destiny Tcheoualy and Michèle Rioux: NAFTA and the trade and culture debate
Sylvain Zini: NAFTA and respect for workers’ rights
Sharon Treat (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, United States): NAFTA and Regulatory Cooperation
Social event:
When: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Where: Café Parvis, 433 Mayor Street.
Organized by: Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Trade Justice Network
OTTAWA – MONTREAL BUS
To allow workers, activists from civil society organizations and citizens from the Ottawa area to participate, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is giving you the opportunity to get on a bus to Montreal that will take us to the rally and bring us back afterwards.
DEPARTURE: Saturday, January 27 @ 9:00 A.M.
LOCATION: BEHIND 377 BANK ST.
RETURN: 4:00 P.M. from Montreal
A light meal will be served following the demonstration at UQAM (Université du Quebec in Montreal) and information sessions will take place in the afternoon.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT BY EMAIL OR PHONE:
Joanne Louisseize
Email: [email protected]
Phone number: 613-236-9449
Citizen Rally: People and the planet before profit
When: Saturday 27th January 2017 @ 12:00 – 1 :00 pm
Where: In front of the Bonaventure Hotel, 900 Rue de la Gauchetière O
Organized by: the Quebec Network on Continental Integration with support from the Canadian Coalition on NAFTA (Common Frontiers, Trade Justice Network and Council of Canadians)
Lunch
When: Saturday 1:00 pm Lunch
Where: L’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) à la cafétéria du Pavillon Hubert-Aquin.
People and Planet Before Profit Forum
Is it possible to have a trade agreement that respects the environment and the planet?
What are the conditions to make this happen?
When: Saturday @ 1:45- 3:00
Where: Metro Corridor of Management Sciences – UQAM – Room R-M130.
Chairperson: Shirley Dorismond, Vice President FIQ;
Interventions:
Ben Beachy (USA),
Juan Carlos Salamanca GreenPeace-Mexico,
Interventions from Quebec and Canada (TBD).
Organized by: the Quebec Network on Continental Integration with support from the Canadian Coalition on NAFTA (Common Frontiers, Trade Justice Network and Council of Canadians)
3 pm Break
Solidarity Resolution with Mexican Workers
When: 3:10 pm – 3:30 pm
Where: Metro Corridor of Management Sciences – UQAM – Room R-M130.
Presentation by Benedicto Martínez, National Coordinator of Frente Autóntico del Trabajo (FAT); and resolution by Amélie Nguyen (CISO).
Does the NAFTA have a future?
When: 3:30 – 4:45 pm
Where: Metro Corridor of Management Sciences – UQAM – Room R-M130
Animation: Stephen Léger, Vice President APTS; Lori Wallach (Public Citizen – USA); Arthur Stamoulis (Citizen Trade Campaign – USA); Vitoria Alfredo Acedo of the National Union of Autonomous Regional Peasant Organizations (UNORCA); Larry Brown (NUPGE – TJN); Quebec (to be confirmed).
Organized by: the Quebec Network on Continental Integration with support from the Canadian Coalition on NAFTA (Common Frontiers, Trade Justice Network and Council of Canadians)
4:45 pm Closing remarks
