It's the most radical trade deal since the ill-fated Multilateral Agreement on Investments. And it is for that reason why British Columbians need a public hearing on the soon-to-be-enacted Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement between B.C. and Alberta, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees. "This deal is extremely powerful - it binds not only the province but all municipalities and school boards to its broad-sweeping provisions," said CUPE BC president Barry O'Neill. According to the Community Charter of British Columbia, municipalities are "an order of government" that have the "authority to determine the public interest of their communities." However, the TILMA - like Bill 30, a law passed by the BC Liberal government that removed the public's right to vote on proposed private power installations in their own communities - undermines that authority, says the union.



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