Okay.
At a previous meeting, we spoke with Mr. Trew from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. He wondered how the government could claim to have a progressive agenda. Of course, many chapters cover women's rights, the environment and human rights. However, the agenda isn't often worth more than the paper it's written on, since it doesn't include any binding mechanisms.
How can anyone claim to have a progressive agenda for labour and the environment, while championing the notorious ISDS, which protects the interests of private companies against democratic and political will? This undermines the ability to legislate. It also threatens a government's ability to address threats to workers' rights, public health, social justice and so on.
Witnesses also spoke of violations made by Canadian mining companies on site.
Could you comment on this statement?