The Toronto Raging Grannies are speaking out on behalf of all our grandchildren and your grandchildren.
I am accompanied by Kathleen Chung, Doris Bradley, and Christine De Groot.
The first one is sung to the tune of Clementine.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Mess Us Up!
In a back room
In Ottawa
They are cooking up a deal
They say trade deal
We say no deal
Show us what the draft conceals
Trans-Pacific, Trans-Pacific
Trans-Pacific partnership
Not a trade deal, but a bum deal
We must stand up and resist
Overturns of our good laws
Food and safety and the Earth
Privacy laws take a hit too
With no laws it’s quite a mess
This one is sung to the tune of How Much is that Doggie in the Window?
Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal (TPP)
We’ll tell you about a lousy trade deal
The one that serves corporate greed
We must not endorse this TPP deal
It’s time for us all to pay heed
TPP will limit public health care
Make drug costs go drastically high
Decreasing the timing for approvals
Will kiss solid safeguards goodbye
If we pass a law to make our air clean
Corporations can sue us with force
But if corporations cause pollution
We’re helpless and have no recourse
We don’t want TPP bringing imports
That threaten sustainable farms
We want to protect our diverse culture
And keep what we treasure from harm
[Applause]
What we treasure most is our environment and our children. I am Daphne Stapleton, and these were my words: We voted the Liberal government in for democracy; we didn't vote for corporate rule.