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The Ottawa Make Trade Fair Volunteer Committee has been meeting for approximately a year and a half now. Campaigning has been done through attendance of various events, presentations, working with schools and similar community outreach. A number of projects that have been accomplished by the committee so far are been a list of over 100 local Ottawa businesses that carry fair trade products, an educational game promoting fair trade, as well as a general PowerPoint presentation on fair trade that may be tailored to the specific audience. Current initiatives include translation of the above documents into French, research on fair trade issues, committee training on the new website, and an increased involvement and interaction with Transfair Canada and the Ottawa Fair Trade Network. Our committee also makes every attempt to work with other Oxfam groups on common issues.
Contact us:
Drew Black drew.black@hotmail.com
About the Make Trade Fair campaign (www.maketradefair.com)
Oxfam's report "Rigged Rules and Double Standards," shows that 128 million people could be lifted out of poverty if the rules allowed Africa, Latin America, East Asia and South Asia each to increase their share of world exports by just one percent. In Africa it would generate over $100 billion - five times what the continent receives in aid and debt relief. However, rich world hypocrisy and double standards stop this from happening. The G8 countries (especially US, EU, Canada and Japan) and big corporations rig the rules through subsidization, effective control of the IMF, World Bank and WTO, ignoring labour and environmental standards in other countries, taxes and tariffs and profiteering off falling commodity prices in poor economies. Our group campaigns to end these rigged rules and to ensure fair prices for goods, economic security through long term contracts, and above all, healthy producers receiving what they deserve for their products.
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