Good morning, Minister.
I'm pleased to hear that you have read our report. That means, then, that you're aware of the information that over 50,000 Canadians wrote to us and that over 90% of them opposed the TPP during our study. We had a Tufts University study that said 58,000 jobs would be lost in Canada under the TPP. Really, there were some warnings to us, including from the government's own economic impact analysis, which showed 0.2% growth by 2036, which by all accounts is quite negligible. I think that in signing the TPP, you've successfully pitted Canadians against one another across this country, and that's a shame.
I will tell you that we recognize that there are pieces of the TPP that are important to certain sectors. However, as you know, I'm an an auto worker—I represent a region in southwestern Ontario that was blindsided by the signing of the TPP—and auto workers and auto companies like the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association, and Unifor are united in opposition to the TPP. We're at a disadvantage, of course, because none of us have seen the TPP in its current iteration, except for those present here. There have been distinct calls from those groups to be able to be privy to that information. I can tell you that people in southwestern Ontario are in shock, and they're very nervous about their jobs.
I wonder if you can please speak to what you see in the CPTPP that will counter the losses of jobs, in particular with regard to the auto sector.