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Procurement rules unfairly pit locally owned competitive companies against large corporations.
We think there are very clear conflicts between a lot of what was offered, particularly in the ISDS and climate change in Canada. Canada has signed on to the Paris agreement, and we've made a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global temperatures from rising. We think the TPP would allow corporations to sue governments for compensation for loss of future profit. I think we need to address climate change, and TPP is going to make this quite difficult.
Trade deals like the TPP are superficially about trade. They are ultimately designed to limited the authority of national governments over their own economies, and to expand the scope of power of multinational corporations. These deals contain ratchet mechanisms, such as the investor-state mechanism, that make it difficult, if not impossible, for countries to roll back concessions to corporations and reclaim democratic control.
Placing these powers into corporate hands by ratifying the TPP would be anti-democratic and contrary to the interests of Canadians, including future generations.
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