International Trade committee  From what we've seen, the rapid response mechanism has been effective in a number of cases where independent unions have been in recognition fights, basically, with yellow unions, as they're called—unions that are corrupt and not really representative of workers. This is often the case in the automotive industry, where these kinds of recognition fights have been going on.

International Trade committee  Yes. I believe there remains, in chapter 14, a portion of what was previously chapter 11, which will apply to certain strategic sectors, including energy and telecommunications. I don't have a list off the top of my head of all the sectors that chapter 14 still applies to, but it means that Mexico, in its efforts to exercise its sovereignty over its energy sector, is potentially exposed to lawsuits from American investors.

International Trade committee  Yes, precisely.

International Trade committee  Hi there. My name is Nik Barry-Shaw. I'm the trade and privatization campaigner with The Council of Canadians, which is a grassroots membership-based organization comprising 43 chapters across the country and uniting over 150,000 supporters from coast to coast to coast. I'm happy to be here to speak about the CUSMA review because as some of you may know, the council was founded in 1985 in the crucible of debates around continental free trade, first with the United States and then with Mexico.