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OTTAWA — After nearly half a decade of negotiations, Canada and the European Union still have at least two more years of work to do before those free-trade aspirations can be met.

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The federal government on Tuesday laid out a timetable for ratifying the 1,500-page agreement to break down most of the tariff walls between Canada and the 28-nation EU bloc.

But the text of the deal for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Comprehensive — tentatively reached last October following five years of negotiations — has yet to be made public.

Instead, copies of the full document have been sent to all Canadian provinces and territories, and to the EU member states, where they will be translated and reviewed by lawyers.