Thank you for your presentations to the committee this morning.
There have been a lot of conversation this morning about the benefits of TPP and yet this committee has seen little evidence of that. Global Affairs presented. The chief negotiators presented. By all accounts they have no economic impact study around the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This is of concern to us, and we know they're working toward that.
The Tufts University study shows 0.2% growth to our GDP over the next 14 years. The Peterson Institute shows zero per cent growth. Nothing is being presented to us to tell us that these opportunities exist.
In your poll you say that you spoke to Canadians about being slow to embrace the TPP despite general support among Canadians for free trade agreements in general. In general we think of them lowering trade barriers, removing non-tariff barriers, and such. Do you think this is at least in part because the TPP is more of an investment deal than a trade deal, and Canadians have legitimate concerns around the amount we've been sued under such provisions, such as Chapter 11 in NAFTA?