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The upcoming federal election should be an opportunity to ask all political party leaders to take a stand against the unfair investor-state dispute settlement system that allows foreign investors to sue states, but not the other way around.

Opinion
BY MICHEL BéLANGER, BERNARD COLAS, PAUL FAUTEUX, DAVID GOODERHAM, SABAA KHAN, KONSTANTIA KOUTOUKI, RICHARD LINDGREN, AND DANIEL TURP
June 11, 2021

Opinion | BY MICHEL BéLANGER, BERNARD COLAS, PAUL FAUTEUX, DAVID GOODERHAM, SABAA KHAN, KONSTANTIA KOUTOUKI, RICHARD LINDGREN, AND DANIEL TURP | June 11, 2021

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