Barry Finnegan   Why I am against CETA & for democracy   14 11 2016
Channel: Barry Finnegan
Date: 2016-11-14

Barry Finnegan gives an 11 minute run-down as to why he's opposed to the CETA. 
One has to remember, that the only EU and Canadian government-recognised research paper on CETA predicts a boost to the EU's annual economic growth of 0.01%; yes, that's 1/100, one-hundredth of one percent!
Also, no evidence has been provided as to why we need to have  a Regulatory CoOperation Council between the EU and Canada which will be empowered to remove or change EU regulations on the health and safety of food and agriculture, workers' rights, etc, nor why these changes can then be implemented without ever have to be approved by a democratically elected parliament.
No one in Fine Gael nor the EU Commission has explained either why CETA calls for the privatisation of public services; or why it would be illegal to re-nationalise them after the private sector makes a mess of our services.
You won't be able to find anyone in Fine Gael either who can explain why, if CETA protects the 'precautionary principle', does the term not appear anywhere in the 1,598 pages of CETA!