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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Does Canada’s rule of law protect us? From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	By analyzing the number of investment lawsuits by country Canada has been a much more inviting target for foreign investor lawsuits, regardless of the rule of law. The FIPA promoters’ …	Gus Van Harten	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From Evolutionary Leadership From: Clean Money Revolution View New Society Publishers	Financial success and power can have big value, but there is much more to life than that. We must be successful as human beings. The clean money revolution is about causing less harm and doing …	Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge	27	2017	$2.70 Add
From Faith in the Investment Canada Act From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	It is true that the FIPA has a carve-out for the Investment Canada Act. This carve-out lets the federal government block specific Chinese takeovers of Canadian companies. On the other hand, the …	Gus Van Harten	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From For-profit arbitrators instead of judges From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	all of the decisions of investor-state arbitrators are open to doubt because of the absence of judicial safeguards: secure tenure, a set salary, an objective method of case assignment, and so on. …	Gus Van Harten	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Foreword/Preface From: The Canadian Investor View Irwin Law Inc.		Anita Indira Anand	10	2020	$1.00 Add
From John Ivison From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	Looks at John Ivison’s attack on NDP leader Thomas Mulcair in relation to the FIPA	Gus Van Harten	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From Labour at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Canadian Unions had a rough ride over the decade and a half after the mid-1990s The state and business initiatives that had sapped labour’s strength continued and had forced the labour …	Craig Heron	23	2012	$2.30 Add
From Laura Dawson’s lawn darts From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes an interview with Laura Dawson about her opinion on the FIPA. He concludes the interview worked as a sort of damage control on the part of the governement	Gus Van Harten	14	2015	$1.40 Add
From Lawrence Herman From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes Lawrence Herman’s opinions on the FIPA	Gus Van Harten	15	2015	$1.50 Add
From Market access for Chinese investors, but not for Canadian investors From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	Chinese companies have a general right in the FIPA to buy into Canada’s economy, which is then subject to limitations in some cases. On the other hand, Canadian investors have no general …	Gus Van Harten	11	2015	$1.10 Add
From Milos Barutciski and Matthew Kronby, part one From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	Another group that emerged to defend the FIPA after it became controversial was lawyers who work in investor-state arbitration	Gus Van Harten	11	2015	$1.10 Add
From Milos Barutciski and Matthew Kronby, part two From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	The key claim in Barutciski and Kronby’s Globe and Mail article was that the FIPA would benefit Canada. When they made this claim, I suggest that Barutciski and Kronby should have …	Gus Van Harten	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From Nashville Calling From: Clean Money Revolution View New Society Publishers	I was unwilling to enter the business world if it meant giving up a life of meaning, or abandoning my incredible friends who had dedicated themselves to protecting people and planet. I needed an …	Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge	25	2017	$2.50 Add
From No standing for Canadians From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	brought to you by the FIPA. Arbitrators can make decisions that affect Canadians, without ever hearing from them.	Gus Van Harten	6	2015	$0.60 Add
From Other explanations for a lopsided deal From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	analyzes other opinions about why the government would accept such a lopsided arrangement with China	Gus Van Harten	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From Outcomes of lawsuits From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	it is next to impossible to evaluate what is happening in settlements. Even if we know that a settlement exists, its terms are rarely public. The terms should be public, at least in a democratic …	Gus Van Harten	8	2015	$0.80 Add