2010 G8/G20 Canadian Civil Society Coordinating Committee
Parliamentary Roundtables on the G8/G20 Agendas
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Room 2-2, National Press Building, 165 Sparks Street, Ottawa
Perspectives on proposals for change - Rethinking the global financial system
Questions and answers and discussion
Rethinking the global financial architecture – perspectives from civil society
Soren Ambrose, Development Finance Coordinator, Action Aid International
Looking ahead - A looming debt crisis? Towards ensuring future responsible lending
Questions and Answers
Establishing an Independent Sovereign Debt Workout Mechanism
Oscar Ugarteche, Senior Research Fellow, Instituto de Investigaciones
Económicas, UNAM, Mexico and member of the Latin American Network on
Debt and Development (LATINDAD)
Beyond a new debt crisis
Gail Hurley, Policy and Advocacy Officer, European Network on Debt and
Development
Africa's trade during the crisis and the conclusion of the Doha Round
Tina Nanyangwe, formerly Jesuit Center for Theological Reflection
Follow-up brief to MPs who attended a Parliament Hill discussion on privatization
REPORT FROM MEETING WITH NATIONAL FARMERS UNION MEMBERS
Background
Since the mid 1970s the realized net income of Canadian farms have fallen consistently. The farm crisis that dominated headlines a few months ago may have been triggered by environmental conditions but statistical information clearly indicates it is part of an ongoing trend that has seen net income per farm (in 1998 $) fall from $50,000 in 1975 to -$2,000 in 1999. Clearly this is part of an ongoing trend that the AFB must address in dramatic fashion lest we see the complete annihilation of the Canadian family farm and with it, the rural communities on which much of Canada was built.
