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Evidence of meeting #19 for International Trade in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was tpp.
Evidence of meeting #19 for International Trade in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was tpp.
12:35 p.m.
A voice
We're on there.
12:35 p.m.
As an Individual
Now the fall seems so much more devastating, watching.... The potential of the TPP being ratified is so high, and the youth vote is so sad. There was so much hope before, and now we are the ones who are going to be raising children in this economy and living in this environment. We are the ones who are going to be taking care of aging parents who can't afford medication.
Please, listen to us. Please, respect our opinion. We had so much hope for the Liberal Party. Please, do not let us down.
12:35 p.m.
Maitri Guptki As an Individual
This will be really quick. The big question is, how does this benefit youth? There has been very little discussion of that, very little representation of that. If I were to go up to university students, only about 1 out of 10 would even know what this thing is. I think that is the responsibility of the government, which they are failing to do.
I want to say something else. I don't know if everyone will understand this reference, but just because we don't wear pink to the table on Wednesdays, that doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to sit at the table.
12:40 p.m.
Daphne Stapleton As an Individual
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.
12:40 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Mark Eyking
Well, folks, what a way to end the day. Thank you, everybody, for coming here today. Our time is up. We will have a report coming forward soon.
That ends the meeting. Thank you very much to everybody for coming.