Webinar CCPA

Next week, the CCPA-Nova Scotia, in partnership with the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour (NSFL), is hosting an insightful webinar about interprovincial trade barriers and the tariff crisis.

Details: Thursday, May 8th, 7-8 pm ADT on Zoom

Register for the Zoom link: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2TfRYBeMS626RrV9a22egg#/registration

Chris Roberts, National Director of the Canadian Labour Congress's Social and Economic Policy Department, and I will open the discussion with an overview of the trade war, and debunk the proposal that removing interprovincial trade barriers is a solution that could result in significant economic growth.

The webinar includes a roundtable discussion on the impacts of the trade war in the region and nationally, as well as worker-centered solutions in the face of imposed tariffs.

Roundtable Speakers:

  • Bea Bruske, President, Canadian Labour Congress

  • Lana Payne, National President, Unifor, and member of the federal government's Canada-US panel on tariffs.

  • Jessica McCormick, President, Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour, and a member of that province's trade committee.

Moderator: Ajay Parasram, CCPA-NS Steering Committee member and Associate Professor, Departments of International Development Studies and History, Dalhousie University

Opening remarks: Jennifer Murray, Atlantic Director, Unifor

Closing remarks: Danny Cavanagh, President, NSFL


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