International Trade committee  We have a disproportionate number of seniors living on Prince Edward Island, and many of those seniors do not have private insurance. They're living on quite low incomes. It's those people who are going to be getting hit twice. They will pay once through their taxes—well, that's

International Trade committee  Of course it will also impact insurance premiums most likely, because the insurance companies are going to be paying out larger amounts of money to cover people's drug costs. The interesting thing is that after patent protection was extended as a result of NAFTA, brand-name manuf

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International Trade committee  Well, they never got their public auto insurance. It was an election issue, and the new government came into power on the promise of making auto insurance public. My understanding is that there was both the threat of a nation-to-nation suit and an investor-state dispute. They we

International Trade committee  There is a list attached to the underside of our speaking notes.

International Trade committee  What I would do is check with the Environmental Coalition of Prince Edward Island. They have information on their website, and if there are any studies on that, you would find them there.

International Trade committee  There are certainly studies that have been done on the level of nitrates in our rivers. There are about 14 active watershed groups on Prince Edward Island. They have analyzed. They have taken samples of the water in our rivers and measured nitrates. It's a sensitive issue on Prin

International Trade committee  Yes. Any increase in exports will likely be offset by increased imports and intensified competition in the U.S. market. Let's remember that Vietnam is the third-largest exporter of seafood in the world and has very low labour costs. For all these reasons, we believe that the TP

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for inviting us to speak today. Trade Justice PEI represents 20 island groups and hundreds of individuals on Prince Edward Island who oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The idea that eliminating all barriers to trade will bring prosperity to us all is fall