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