International Trade committee  As I said, I was just looking at the various agreements that we already have on environmental issues, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The TPP will, in effect, override those, and a lot of good work that went into that is going to be lost, indeed

International Trade committee  It's so critical at this time to really take that seriously, not just climate change but all the—

International Trade committee  Of course, we've taken what involvement we can. Most of us have been volunteers in the previous consultations, sending in submissions and such things. As far as trade agreements go, I'm stretched to think of one, but that's not usually what we're thinking about. We look at what h

International Trade committee  I agree that there are plenty of lobsters. The reasons are complex, and I'm not an expert on that.

International Trade committee  Oh, no. One of the major factors for that is that there are so few cod to eat the lobster.

International Trade committee  The lobster, I mean that's—

International Trade committee  Just because there's a lot of one species doesn't mean that the balance is there, that's for sure.

International Trade committee  Well, no, not for lobster. That's what they're fishing right now. There's plenty of them.

International Trade committee  I don't have an opinion on that. I think we're doing okay as far as quotas and that sort of thing go now that we've had the cod collapse and such crises. There are a lot of problems still, but my point is climate change and its effects on the oceans are a major blow to the future

International Trade committee  Okay. Instead, it includes the non-binding assertion that transition to a low-emissions economy requires collective action, but it requires nothing to require such action—and again action is the key here—or to prevent the TPP from increasing climate-disrupting emissions. The TP

International Trade committee  I'm not sure of the relevance, but of course Canada has to accept its place in a—

International Trade committee  Well, it's not something that I worry about. What Canada is doing is my concern. But the United States and China are probably the two highest. That would be my guess.

International Trade committee  Thank you. My name is Tony Reddin. I'm a volunteer with Sierra Club here on P.E.I. As hopefully you already know, Sierra Club is the oldest environmental public interest organization in North America. I want to speak especially about environmental issues, and in particular clima