Absolutely.
The TPP represents an unprecedented erosion of the ability of all Canadians to ensure that they will be guaranteed access to a decent standard of living and that Canadian legislation protect the right to that standard of living. The entire structure of this deal is drafted so heavily in favour of multinational corporations and at the expense of working-class Canadians that it simply cannot be improved or fixed with minor changes.
The Minister of International Trade herself has confirmed that there are only two options—to ratify the TPP as it is or to reject it outright. On behalf of working Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, we implore the federal government to reject the TPP outright as a bad deal for working people here and across the country.
Thank you.