An Open Letter to Harper: STOP FIPA

PM Harper raises a toast with the Chinese PremierWe're getting through to Conservative MPs who could help us secure debate on the Canada China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPA). Now we're taking our request to the top—to Prime Minister Harper.

Stand with me, fellow Canadians, and sign my Open Letter to Harper. Together, we demand that he preserve Canadian rights and sovereignty and protect Canada's prosperity.

This treaty must not be enacted without proper public debate and discourse. Help me gather 30,000 signatures on this letter, which I will deliver to Harper on or before November 1st—the day the treaty will become law if we don't speak up now.

OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER HARPER

November 1, 2012

Prime Minister Stephen Harper,

It is my privilege to deliver to you this letter signed by tens of thousands of Canadian citizens. All of them are deeply concerned about the direction in which this country is headed under your leadership. It is not just the proposed sale of Nexen to CNOOC that is hugely problematic but even more so, the passage of the Canada China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPA).

The signatories to this letter find FIPA unacceptable on a number of fronts:

1. It undermines Canada’s democracy and sovereignty and takes away our right to make decisions or enact laws that protect our natural resources and environment.
2. It allows Chinese corporate interests (both private and state-owned) to sue us behind closed doors for limiting their right to profit from investments they have made in our natural resources.
3. It exposes Canadian taxpayers to hundreds of millions of dollars in damages—made payable to Chinese investors--without their knowledge.
4. It has been tabled quietly in the House of Commons without so much as a press release. There has been no parliamentary debate or vote and no public scrutiny.

With the foregoing in mind, I demand that you suspend passage of this Act immediately and allow Canada’s citizens and their elected representatives to review and debate this pact in full.

I await your response,


Clayton Ruby, C.M.
Board Chair, ForestEthics Advocacy
B.A., LL.B, LL.M., LL.D. (honoris causa)

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Number Date Name Location
14413 Fri Nov 02 16:44:32 EDT 2012 Jim Simpson Mississauga, ON
14412 Fri Nov 02 16:42:27 EDT 2012 Rhonda Taylor vancouver, BC
14411 Fri Nov 02 16:40:51 EDT 2012 Mark Thornberry toronto, ON
14410 Fri Nov 02 16:39:12 EDT 2012 Anonymous Belleville, ON
14409 Fri Nov 02 16:33:48 EDT 2012 daniel watson edmonton, AB
14408 Fri Nov 02 16:33:10 EDT 2012 Nicole Perkes Vancouver, BC
14407 Fri Nov 02 16:23:36 EDT 2012 Peter Loppe apology accepted!ancouver, BC
14406 Fri Nov 02 16:19:00 EDT 2012 Anonymous Nanaimo, BC
14405 Fri Nov 02 16:14:52 EDT 2012 Anonymous Toronto, ON
14404 Fri Nov 02 16:10:41 EDT 2012 debbie sutherland vancouver, BC
14403 Fri Nov 02 16:09:42 EDT 2012 Trudi Neabel Sault Ste Marie, ON
14402 Fri Nov 02 16:07:57 EDT 2012 Jeff Weaver Maple Ridge, BC
14401 Fri Nov 02 16:00:47 EDT 2012 Tammy Hudgeon Gabriola Island, BC
14400 Fri Nov 02 15:59:50 EDT 2012 Doug Marcon Sudbury, ON
14399 Fri Nov 02 15:59:31 EDT 2012 Todd Doldersum toronto, ON
14398 Fri Nov 02 15:57:02 EDT 2012 Janet Gamache Victoria, BC
14397 Fri Nov 02 15:55:55 EDT 2012 Diane Watkins Coldwater , ON
14396 Fri Nov 02 15:49:27 EDT 2012 Joanne Brophy Waterloo, ON
14395 Fri Nov 02 15:38:40 EDT 2012 Nancy Douglas Surrey, BC
14394 Fri Nov 02 15:38:29 EDT 2012 Florence Hawker Burnaby, BC
14393 Fri Nov 02 15:33:58 EDT 2012 Liam French Canmore, AB
14392 Fri Nov 02 15:28:09 EDT 2012 J Mousseau Toronto, ON
14391 Fri Nov 02 15:27:59 EDT 2012 Aimee Palin Whistler , BC
14390 Fri Nov 02 15:20:49 EDT 2012 Susan Devitt Langley, BC
14389 Fri Nov 02 15:19:26 EDT 2012 Gabrielle Filiatreault St-Bruno, QC
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