International Trade committee  I think if the Americans scrap NAFTA, we're going to, in some ways, have problems particularly with the auto sector if they go into the TPP or elsewhere. Frankly, I'm for trade. I think if we can have trade without these trade agreements that impose all these restrictions on us,

International Trade committee  —yes, I will—is that the UNCTAD study reported that Canada would suffer a 26% loss in value-added exports if we went into the TPP: wow. I'm passionate about democracy, but economically I think it's horrible. I think we need to start looking at that.

International Trade committee  Just to respond to some of the arguments that were posed here, the whole idea of comparative advantage has really been quite nonsensical. When it was first put forth 200 years ago, or 150 years ago, it was comparing the British exporting wool and importing grapes. It was that sim

International Trade committee  I think it's interesting that in the media response to the OECD reports, the headlines were about the end of globalization, and whether globalization was going to fall. One of the biggest reasons is the rampant inequality it has caused. It has been great for certain sectors—rat

International Trade committee  How do you choose between ideological faith in free trade on the one side and substantial evidence on the other side that our trade policy will hurt Canadian value-added industries, increase inequality, and fetter democratic governance? Surely it's with values. What do you valu

International Trade committee  Merci beaucoup. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to present. Citizens against CETA is a rather grandiose-sounding name for a local group of concerned citizens. We submitted a brief last June filled with statistics refuting the supposed benefits of the TPP, but