... "corporate profit-making rights", far and beyond any degree of laws that have been created to protect social, labour, or even human rights. With all that being said, free trade has brought with it many improvements to our society. In assessing the effects of free trade on our economic and social values it must first be noted that Canada is a small trading country whose employment and income are very much dependant on foreign trade.3 Allies of free trade feel that it puts us in a position to be more competitive in the global market, our exporting abilities have increased dramatically and we are able to push our country to the next stage of globalization.4 Initially after free trade was introduced, the Canadian economy responded with flying colours; the federal operating budget drastically shifted from a deficit of 16 billion dollars to a surplus of 6.6 billion dollars. Within the first ...

See this essay or coursework document in full right now