Thank you so much for your presentations this morning. I have so many questions, I think it's going to be tough to narrow it down. You all gave a great snapshot.
Mr. Haire, you said we have a poor history in trade agreements, and that's the truth. Under the previous government, we signed the most trade agreements we ever have, yet we have not seen the benefit of that. Our trade has actually gone down after every FTA we have signed with a country. By Global Affairs' own admission, in the economic impact assessment that was released two weeks ago, trade will go down, under the TPP, with all of our current FTA members. That means the U.S., Mexico, Chile—everyone we currently have a deal with, we will lose trade with.
From what we've heard on this panel, the largest trading partner we have is well known; it's the U.S. To enter into an agreement that would put that in jeopardy, or see that trade go down, wouldn't make sense from a business perspective either, because that is the market where most people are trading. I am certain that would be reflected by you as well.
I want to talk about jobs. I want to talk about the potential 58,000 jobs lost. I would like to ask my colleague Mr. Dhaliwal to please submit the brief he was referring to, because I haven't heard of it either. I'd ask him to please submit that brief to the committee so that we can study it, because the only study that has labour included—our own impact assessment does not include labour—shows 58,000 jobs lost.
I want to ask you, as a representative of 65,000 members, what would the impact be? Can you also give us a snapshot of your current situation around jobs, the unemployment, and inequality that you are experiencing?