Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

The Minister was at pains to emphasise that the chances of Ireland being successfully sued by a Canadian company are low. He is presumably aware that approximately 1,000 Canadian corporations are currently taking cases in ISDS processes against states around the world. They are very much engaged in what Joseph Stiglitz described as "litigation terrorism".

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