Thank you.
My name is Ben, and I am 23 years old.
Governments like this one have been negotiating and failing to take the action that the science says we need on climate change for my entire life, failing to keep fossil fuels in the ground. The TPP will continue this trend. We know it equals climate change. It will prevent our governments from regulating corporations to keep fossil fuels in the ground. But we know that this process was created for corporations and not for us.
I'm here to send a message to the government. We know you're going to ratify the TPP. We know you're on the side of fossil fuel companies that are locking us on a path to runaway climate change. And we plan to stop you. We don't have time for the TPP, and we don't have time for your bullshit negotiations.