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|    the lyin' Cons to All    |
|    Why won't Harper release TPP agreement ?    |
|    11 Oct 15 16:21:26    |
      From: brewnoser2@gmail.com              I think we know why . . . . there are details in it that would *fry* any       chances for their re-election and likely put them on a hot seat that Harper       could not withstand. And you can bet the lizard of Oz has told them to delay,       delay, delay until the        election is over.              Secret negotiations that will affect each and every person in Canada - and now       the purposeful hiding of the results of those secret negotiations.              Demand they release the TPP text, or else ask Hillary Clinton to send us a       copy from the U.S. (=^.^=)       ______________________________________       CTVNews.ca - Sunday, October 11, 2015              The NDP is stepping up its offensive against the Trans-Pacific Partnership.The       ad, which started running on Sunday, criticizes the 12-nation trade deal for       including countries where the "wages are low" and "environmental laws are       weak."              It also points to Doctors Without Borders' disapproval of the agreement with       an argument it will "drive up" the price of prescription drugs, and claims       that it will also "drive down wages."              The ad also takes aim at Conservative Leader Stephen Harper for negotiating       the deal "in secret" and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau for not being "clear"       in his position.              NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has emphasized that his party does not support the       trade deal in its current form.              At a campaign rally on Vancouver Island on Sunday, Mulcair said the NDP "will       not be bound by Harper's secret deals" and will "fight for a better deal for       Canadians."              "Harper won't release the full details of it, and if he's so proud of it, why       won't he show it to Canadians?" said Mulcair.              The full text of the agreement has yet to be released, but Mulcair says he's       seen enough in his briefings to predict it will cause drug costs to go up,       wages to go down, jobs to be lost and it could be "devastating for the       environment."              In an appearance on CTV's Question Period Sunday, also expressed concern about       the implications for Canada's auto and dairy sectors, and commended U.S.       Democratic presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton, for opposing the agreement.              "We would never put that deal before Parliament. We would try to get a better       deal, the same way Hillary Clinton says that she doesn't like the deal that's       been negotiated for American working families, I don't like the deal that's       been negotiated,"        Mulcair said.              "And you can understand if Hillary Clinton finds it's a bad deal for American       families, you can imagine how bad it is for Canadian working families, because       we got a worse deal than the Americans did on auto," he added.              The NDP has seen their support plummet in the past several weeks, dropping to       third place behind the Conservatives and the Liberals, according to the latest       polling.              However, the TPP could act as a wedge issue, especially in B.C. where the       trade deal could have the most perceptible effects. Countless goods departing       to and incoming from newly opened markets in the Pacific Rim will pass through       the province's ports.              B.C.'s forest and technology sectors could also be affected by the deal, which       Mulcair highlighted in his rally speech in Vancouver on Sunday.              https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtU5oaMAOI       b7xt-oXFPqf-ZoTVANJOWotF4QxZ8cHkX5PxU4g              https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSk9wROu7f5       pR2t8_u_m0MFM70rxhsfAkNFwOeOhSNqU09dZ23-g              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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