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From: nmm@ers.uucp (Neil McCulloch)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: Free Trade: Why is there no 'Plan B'?
Summary: relocate to the US?
Message-ID: <21@assist.apss.ab.ca>
Date: 22 Nov 88 00:03:05 GMT
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Companies in Canada and the US will relocate to Mexico and south America 
because of the more stringent controls we have here. Everything being
relative of course!  Plants in Brazil (no pun intended) are among the
worst polluters in the world. And did I hear someone say Bhopal? 

What we need is sweeping legislation which enforces environmental law
on companies based at home and operating abroad, as well as local ones.
It should be extended to imports too. Any imported chemicals must be
shown to have come from plants which meet local environmental standards.
It would be a bit difficuly with manufactured goods of course, but 
something could be done with the major components. There might be
a blanket exemption for goods coming from countries with E laws as
tough or tougher than our own.

What price Free Trade?

cheers,
        neil