Renegotiate NAFTA, new Green party leader says
Last Updated Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:31:59 EDT
CBC News

The new leader of the Green Party of Canada has called on the government to give notice to the U.S. that it wants to end the free-trade deal.

Elizabeth May, winner of the Green party's leadership convention, at the moment the results of the vote were announced. (CBC) That threat could be used as a lever to improve the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Elizabeth May told cheering delegates in her acceptance speech Saturday.

May, elected with 65 per cent of the votes at Saturday's convention, said NAFTA works for the U.S., but not for Canada.

Alluding to the Conservative government's recent proposed settlement of the long-running softwood lumber dispute, May said Prime Minister Stephen Harper has demonstrated that "if you push us hard enough, we'll finally say 'uncle.' "

While Canada has won many legal rounds in the softwood fight, the government opted for a negotiated solution.

"We're not against trade, " but it must be fair, May said.

'Cancer epidemic'

She also said the party would focus on the prevalence of cancer: "This country and all of North America is in the midst of a cancer epidemic that nobody wants to talk about."

She also took on economic growth, comparing it with the way cancer spreads. "Unlimited economic growth is the ideology of the cancer cell."

And she said the idea that Canada cannot meet its Kyoto targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions is "the big lie."

May criticized U.S. spending on nuclear weapons and its budget deficit, which some analysts fear could destabilize the world economy.

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Every country says if the US goes down, it will affect world economy, yet they seem to want us to go down!

I'm getting really tired of the USA being constantly criticized by other countries, yet they turn around and want something from us.

I say stop all trade pacts, end globalization and get our jobs back here!