MAI Draft text,
Canadian &
Worldwide links (updated 7 Oct 1998)

• MAI draft texts, including OECD link to most recent, 24 April 1998, courtesy Public Citizen at http://www.citizen.org/pctrade/MAI/What is/maineg.htm
• MAI draft text (plain formatting), 14 Feb 1998, is almost identical to the 24 April draft, loads quickly and can be copied -- unlike the OECD links which need Acrobat Reader, a subtle form of "information management"!
• The October MAI draft text released by the OECD, scanned and formatted by volunteers on behalf of the National Centre for Sustainability, and mirrored here on our website.
• The leaked January draft text of the MAI courtesy Multinational Monitor.

Best picks for MAI research both pro and con:

• Preamble Collaborative, a major U.S. research group and primary source of MAI info; thanks to them for great tips on some of the newer links below.
• MAI-Day! The Corporate Rule Treaty by Tony Clarke, thorough analysis of the MAI.
• Globalization and the MAI Information Centre, a truly comprehensive site! Hosted by the National Centre for Sustainability.
• "MAI? No thanks...!" indexed On-Line Library by Hendrik Zimmerman.
• A somewhat dated but thorough annotated list of MAI sites worldwide from our flora.mai-not newsgroup, plus another such updated list, both courtesy Janet Eaton

Canadian organizations opposed to the MAI

• Council of Canadians, 100,000 members, the largest Canadian organization opposing the MAI, headed by Maude Barlow. They spearhead a powerful national roundtable against the MAI, and have a "Citizens MAI" proposal (here is our response).
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. A national research organization that works closely with the Council of Canadians and other national anti-MAI groups. Publishes the CCPA Monitor.
• Citizens Concerned about Free Trade has a flier Tell us No Lies debunking the Canadian government's attacks on MAI opposition. It is headed by David Orchard who is now running for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party. Along with Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, he's a nationally-recognized speaker against the MAI.
• MAI Legal Challenge was launched on 23 April 1998 by Connie Fogal with the Defense of Canadian Liberty Committee. They have close ties to Paul Hellyer's Canadian Action Party which has a statement on why they oppose the MAI.
• New Democratic Party is the only party in power opposing the MAI, but you'd never know it from their website! Here too is NDP supporter Edna Toth's anti-MAI website. Her link to the NDP's anti-MAI page doesn't work; it is has been moved to the website of the NDP Caucus.
• Green Party of Canada has several anti-MAI statements, has become vocal against globalization under leader Joan Russow, and been labelled a declared a threat to national security by the RCMP.
• Communist Party of Canada has a joint international anti-MAI statement.
• Polaris Institute. A collection of high-quality (somewhat dated but still relevant) articles on the MAI such as Tony Clarke's MAI-DAY article and information on the NAFTA-based Ethyl Corp case. Tony works closely with Maude and the national anti-MAI roundtable.
• Sierra Club of Canada on the MAI and the environment
• MAI-Not! Project (that's us) at OPIRG-Carleton. Here's our "M.A.I.? Tell us why" flier.

...plus some neutral observers:

• The CBC has created an excellent site after their two-part series on NAFTA and MAI.
• The Museum of Nature has a website featuring Mike Nickerson, OECD and other contributors (aussi en francais).

International anti-MAI resources:

• Peoples' Global Action, "a new worldwide coordinating group against the MAI and the WTO"
• Global Trade Watch, a page by the Public Citizen with discourses on trade agreements.
• Boston Area MAI Action Group
• Friends of the Earth - US. Information on MAI and the potential environmental impacts.
• New York Solidarity. Says Preamble, "has a great deal of basic info on the MAI. Very nice for those just learning about the agreement."
• The RISC (Reading International Solidarity Centre) in the UK has a page on the MAI
• From North-East England, a summary and speculation about the MAI's local impact
• New Zealand's Alliance Party "What we say on MAI"
• Another New Zealand site with passionate commentary and useful links at the end.
• Oxfam UK and Ireland have an influential critique of the MAI on their website that emphasizes the effect on the developing world. It's among their policy papers.
• MAI search results from several newsgroups through www.Reference.com, as shown on Australia's Leftlink site. Check out also our own flora.mai-not.
• The Third World Network has new MAI info plus a critique of the MIA, the precursor to the MAI being negotiated through the WTO.
• European site includes Dutch anti-MAI group
• Geneva-based NGO Centre Europe - Tiers monde (CETIM) has published a new book in French, Accord multilateral sur l'investissement (AMI): Attention, un Accord peut en cacher un autre!. It alerts readers to MAI rules in the New Transatlantic Marketplace (NTM) and plans afoot to move the MAI to the IMF or the WTO (their site has contact info only).
• An old MAI article from Media Watch

The Pro-MAI campaign:

• See "MAI? Why?" on our On-Line Library, courtesy Hendrik Zimmerman, for OECD and other links.
• Recommendations of the Canadian government subcommittee on the MAI, plus dissenting minority reports at the end (link updated 7 Oct 1998)
• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's MAI public relations website, plus DFAIT's trade agreement website
• U.S. Council on International Business letter defending the MAI. Deals primarily with environmental issues.

Other closely-related causes:

• The Sierra Club's Common Front on the WTO
• The Sierra Club's Halifax Initiative on IFI's
• The CUPW and CUPE Ontario, useful links to unions and solidarity groups.
• People-Centred Development Forum (David Korten).
• Multinational Monitor
• Corporate Watch and TRAC, the Transnational Resource and Action Center

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