To fellow clickers and Ron -

What a nice present to hear the Tobin Tax has been unearthed.  Ron handily convinced me
at the Prairie Region Health Promotion Summer School last summer that inroads into the
high level international trade "programs" by public health are essential to our goals
of public health.  I was just waiting for such an opportunity, I hope many others grab
at it as an act of the new year, and perhaps a new time for health promotion.  Lorraine
Telford

> From:    Ronald Labonte <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Please Support the Tobin Tax!
>
> Greetings to all CLICK4HP subscribers, and best wishes for the New Year.
>
> Some time ago I posted some information about efforts to organize a health
> voice on global trade and investment policy.  One potential policy option
> is that of implementing a Financial Transaction Tax, or Tobin Tax, on
> speculative investment.  The Happy New Year's news is that the Canadian
> House of Commons will be debating a private member's bill to do just that,
> in February 1999!
>
> This is one of the most encouraging developments, on the global policy
> front, to come along in a long time!  If we can "win" this one, we have a
> much better chance of ensuring that our globalizing economy works to the
> long term human, social and health interests of all, and not just the
> short-term financial interests of a few.