NAFTA worries: Quebec groups come out strong

CARTT.CA HAS MENTIONED EFFORTS by many in the cultural and media sectors to support the federal government’s effort to maintain the cultural exemption as part of a renegotiated NAFTA – and now we’ve taken a look at letters by Quebec members of The Coalition for Culture and Media supporting the Trudeau’s government efforts to preserve a global cultural exemption in this and any future trade agreement.Three reasons explain the timing of this campaign:Certain clauses in the proposed agreement between Mexico and the U.S. relating to electronic commerce if applied to Canada could be detrimental.The sudden emergence of the cultural exemption as...