International Trade committee  Right. We've actually had a lot of our people—we have members all over the country—who have been quite disappointed to this point with the consultation process, particularly with the minister. Your initial consultations were meeting with stakeholders, and these were called open

International Trade committee  That's what they said about NAFTA, especially when we included Mexico, that we were going to need those protections for investors. However, most of the suits under NAFTA have been against Canada, so the kind of protection that we are getting out of it isn't necessarily worth it.

International Trade committee  There are countries that refuse to sign agreements with ISDS mechanisms in them, including Brazil and South Africa. India also has an interesting view on investment. It is possible to be a trading nation and not necessarily sign ISDS. Obviously, if ISDS had reforms in the sense t

International Trade committee  Good morning and thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm Sujata Dey, trade campaigner, national, Council of Canadians. I will be speaking to you in English. I am here with Steven Shrybman, one of our board members, who practises international trade and public interest law. He's a partner a