Also included is evidence that the Canadian Minister of Justice has essentially handed the RCMP over to the Americans for use in the drug war. The drug war must end. Canada should demand that the nations it trades with have human rights standards at least equal to our own, and that the US and other nations of the world immediately call a halt to drug war activities within their own borders. Meanwhile, we should work on improving our human rights standards here, ending the drug war in BC and eventually Canada. Best kind of foreign aid, intellectual freedom, assistance for the poor, fast moving, consumer directed economy.
Free trade can be a wonderful thing.
Negotiated treaties between governments are not, however, wonderful things. As a consequence, the phrase 'free trade' when used to describe governments' trade agreements, is not free trade but negotiated privilege. For countries to be allowed into these trade agreements they have to meet certain standards of drug-war oppression. Here are a few stories by Reverend Damuzi, exploring the connection of free trade to the drug war, that you can find online. A consideration of the relationship between the drug war and free trade with a particular focus on international structures, banks and government.