News from the Provincial and Federal NDP
Fort Erie, Ontario, October 13th, 2015 – Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath joined Niagara federal NDP candidates Carolyn Ioannoni (Niagara Falls) and Malcolm Allen (Niagara Centre) to talk about Stephen Harper’s secret TPP deal, and the damage that it could do to jobs and the cost of life-saving medication.
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath
“During Stephen Harper’s lost decade, over 8,000 good-paying manufacturing jobs in Niagara have been lost. Now Stephen Harper’s secret TPP could kill more jobs, and make life-saving medication more expensive,” Horwath said. “This is a two-way race, and the only way to protect jobs, privacy and the cost of medication is to stop Stephen Harper by voting for Carolyn Ioannoni.”
During the past week, former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, Blackberry co-founder Jim Balsillie and Hillary Clinton have all come out in opposition to the secretly negotiated deal. Senior members of the US congress have committed to reopening the TPP. Yet Liberal leader Justin Trudeau refuses to take a position against this secret deal. Only Tom Mulcair has committed that he will not be bound by Harper’s agreement.
“There is only one voice speaking out against the TPP – and that voice is Tom Mulcair’s,” said Niagara Falls NDP candidate Carolyn Ioannoni, “Justin Trudeau won’t stand up for Canadians. Canadians deserve a Prime Minister who they can trust to stand up when it matters. Tom Mulcair has been clear – New Democrats will not be bound by a deal that is bad for Canada.”
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Who said that there is only one voice speaking out against the TPP? Elizabeth may has been very much against it. ” – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May says the new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a bad deal and would be blocked by Green MPs in its current form. & The Green Party has serious concerns with the fundamentally undemocratic and non-transparent nature of the negotiations surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),” stated May.
“With investor state provisions that allow foreign corporations to launch suits against Canada in private arbitrations if government decisions are considered bad for profits, this deal is a threat to Canada’s sovereignty.
Signing this deal in the midst of a federal election is another disturbing example of Harper’s pattern of unaccountable, secretive, and undemocratic practices.”
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