Letter to Minister Stockwell Day, Department of International Trade - RE: Canada/European Union (EU) Economic Agreement

Minister Stockwell Day
Department of International Trade
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON  K1A 0G2

Dear Mr. Day:

I am writing to thank you for your letter dated May 1, 2009, in response to my letter dated March 25, 2009, which expresses a variety of concerns about how postal services may be affected by the negotiations of an economic agreement between Canada and the European Union (EU).

While I was pleased to get your letter outlining the process for negotiations, I was hoping to get an understanding of your views on the matters the union raised in its letter.  I am still interested in your views.

I am also interested in knowing if postal services are part of the “established areas of negotiations” you refer to in your letter.  We understand that the EU has identified postal services as one of its priority service sectors in these negotiations.  CUPW would like assurances that our government has not agreed, and will not agree, to put postal services on the table.

Thank you in advance for your response to this matter.

Yours truly,

Denis Lemelin
National President

 

c.c.   

National Executive Committee, Regional Executive Committee, National Union Representatives, Regional Union Representatives, CUPW Specialists, CUPW Locals
Louis Levesque, Deputy Minister for International Trade, DFAIT
David Plunkett, Director General, Bilateral and Regional Trade Policy, DFAIT
Rob Merrifield, Minister of State (Transport)
John Baird, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
David Christopherson, MP
Mario Laframboise, MP
Joseph Volpe, MP
Peter Julian, MP
Scott Brison, MP
Serge Cardin, MP