Thank you.
A number of agricultural companies have discussed the implications of not ratifying it and what that would mean. In the west, we heard from a number of associations that said the cost would be well in excess of 58,000 jobs, and it would be quite significant, with a serious domino effect.
How might ratifying, or not ratifying, the TPP affect areas with labour shortages, such as the trucking industry and the meat and fish processing industries?
We have heard the arguments that increasing the wage will draw more people into those occupations, but statistically that has not been the case. An increase in wage from $15 an hour to $20 an hour is not drawing people, for example, into the area of fish processing with the opportunities for labour mobility.