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– New NAFTA agreement would threaten Canadian digital rights if signed (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 7, 2018

The announcement that the United States and Mexico had reached a tentative agreement on NAFTA has sent Canadian diplomats scrambling, and has digital rights advocates seriously concerned.
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