Say Bye to Buy Local

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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 – [email protected]	Ottawa Poster
October 19	Kitchener	Maria Hatzipantelis  [email protected] /& Janice Folk Dawson [email protected]	Kitchener Poster	Media	Photos
October 20	Toronto	Yolanda McClean [email protected]	Toronto Poster	Media Media
October 26	Sudbury	Wyman MacKinnon [email protected] & TBC	Sudbury Poster	Radio Ad	Photos
October 27	Windsor	Andrea Madden [email protected] /	Windsor Poster
November 17	Kingston	Paul Norris [email protected]	Kingston Poster
November 18	London	Angie Welch [email protected] /	London Poster
November 19	Hamilton	Jim Beattie [email protected] /	Hamiton Poster

Click for Trade Tour Poster

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

Trade Tour Fact Sheet