TRADE TALK

“All the signs point to the TPP posing a major threat to good-paying jobs in Canada.” – Unifor National President Jerry Dias “We have come a long way from the threat of eliminating supply management. The government has clearly understood the importance of supply-managed dairy farms in rural Canada and the economic activities they generate.” – Dairy Farmers of Canada President Wally Smith “It appears that the Conservatives, operating a ‘caretaker government’ in an election, have just double-crossed the supply-managed sectors of Canada’s agricultural sector, as well as the auto sector.” – Green party Leader Elizabeth May “Had we not been in this deal, we would have been very quickly disadvantaged by our competitors like the Americans, and we would have been shut out of the market.” – Jim Laws, executive director of the Canadian Meat Council “I look forward to seeing the details of the deal, but we go into it from a position of being resolutely and consistently, I might add, pro trade.” – Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau "Stephen Harper has no right and no mandate to sign a deal that we are just learning about during a federal election.” – Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians “I want to reassure the Canadians who depend on it for their livelihood that we have reached an agreement that will clearly benefit our auto industry here at home.” – Stephen Harper “What needs to be maintained in its entirety is the revenue of farmers. There are promises, a lot of things in the conditional and no actual text yet.” – Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe “I am confident the TPP will provide a supportive framework for Bombardier to expand our aerospace and rail in this important region.” — Alain Bellemare, Bombardier president “Is it unreasonable to expect that such a massive deal, which gives tremendous new powers and benefits to multinational corporations, should include enforceable provisions to guarantee basic labour, health and environmental standards?” — Martin O’Hanlon, spokesman for the Trade Justice Network “For companies such as BlackBerry, having consistent rules between countries on issues such as intellectual property rights, e-commerce and the cross-border flow of data will further protect the investments we make in research and development.” — John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry “Ten years from now, I predict with 100 per cent certainty people are looking back, they will say if we’ve got in it, they’ll say that was a great thing. And if we haven’t, they’ll say that was a terrible error.” – Stephen Harper