1. Why did Canada buy TransMountain pipeline?
2. Why can& #39;t we ban Huawei?
3. Why does Canada need to compensate Chinese companies for #COVID19 losses?

Answer to all 3 questions: #FIPA, the trade agreement with China that @stephenharper signed.

#cdnpoli https://thinkpol.ca/2020/04/20/canada-liable-compensate-chinese-companies-covid-19-losses-harper-govt-trade-agreement/">https://thinkpol.ca/2020/04/2...

FIPA, ratified in 2014, was negotiated by Harper government. It was passed without a vote in Parliament. Fipa, which remains in place until 2045, was signed to ensure that China got a pipeline built from Alberta to BC, among other benefits.

#cdnpoli https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/31/justin-trudeau-kinder-morgan-pipeline-china-did-he-fear-being-sued">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...

Under Canada& #39;s FIPA, Huawei Canada — as an existing investor that already owns assets and has business relationships here — "can bring a claim at any time against Canada, for any kind of regulatory action."

#cdnpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/huawei-canada-china-fipa-1.5021033">https://www.cbc.ca/news/poli...

( @nathancullen @DonDavies, I know you guys strongly opposed this agreement. Please feel free to correct me, if I& #39;m wrong on any of this).

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The bottom line is this: @stephenharper signed away in secret Canada& #39;s national sovereignty for corporate profit. The rest of us working class folks, and our children, and even our children& #39;s children, will be paying for this for the next three decades.

#cdnpoli