My name is Gail Ferguson and I have worked as a librarian for most of my life, so I know the importance of information, information sharing, and community engagement.
I would say that there are a lot of things that I'm learning today from coming here and hearing different people speak about their concerns about the TPP. This afternoon I'll probably have some conversations with neighbours and friends, and this evening over a glass of wine we'll talk about some of the issues that I learned about today.
I appreciate my two minutes here. I think it's an opportunity for the government to engage their community, the broad community across Canada, in talking about the TPP. Someone mentioned earlier that there are a lot of new MPs who were just elected last fall. This is a huge learning curve for them, as it is for all of us.
However, to have one hour for the people of Toronto, the GTA, and the surrounding communities to come to speak is insufficient. Secrecy and democracy are incompatible. We need to open this up further and have more opportunities for people to get together to engage about this very important topic.
Thank you.