The Carney government is celebrating a new trade deal with Indonesia, but labour voices are sounding the alarm over a weakening of worker protections compared to recent deals that Canada has inked.
In a press release, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s (Nepean, Ont.) office described the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement as “game changing,” noting that it is the first bilateral agreement with a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Finalizing the deal was a pillar of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy, and part of a growing effort to diversify the country’s trading markets.
