Yusuf said there is still no sign that a free trade deal would help to fight poverty, improve working conditions or help people take control of their lives. Marc Lortie, senior Canadian organizer for the Quebec city summit, told reporters earlier this week that promoting democracy in the hemisphere will be the summit centrepiece. Cuba has been excluded from the Quebec meeting. It does not refer to the free trade pact itself, which is expected to run as long as 900 pages. International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew has heralded the decision to make public a draft text of the proposed pact as a sign of unprecedented openness, even though it won't be available before next week's summit.
Activists call it window dressing.
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