I urgently need your help.
Canada’s trade minister is in Chile right now trying to breathe new life into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
You probably thought the TPP was dead when President Trump announced the U.S. was pulling out. But the 11 remaining countries – including Canada – are trying to salvage the massive corporate rights deal.
Thousands of people across this country have called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reject the TPP. Thanks to Council of Canadians supporters like you, the International Trade Committee heard from more than 60,000 Canadians – 95 per cent of whom oppose the TPP.
There’s a good reason why. Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz calls the TPP “the worst trade deal ever.” If ratified, it will:
- Grant corporations the right to sue Canada if laws to protect people and the planet interfere with profit-making
- Cost thousands of Canadians their jobs
- Drive up the cost of your prescription drugs
- Threaten family farms by opening up the Canadian dairy market to imports
But the government isn’t listening. François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s new international trade minister, is in Chile today and tomorrow to meet with the other TPP countries.
There’s still time to pressure the Canadian government to pull out of the TPP before it’s too late. But we must act together now!
Take action! Send a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Champagne and demand that the government withdraw from the TPP immediately.
Thank you so much for everything you do.
Sujata Dey
Trade Campaigner
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