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Canada opposition NDP: would not feel bound by Pacific trade deal

Published 2015-10-02, 05:46 p/m
© Reuters. Canada opposition NDP: would not feel bound by Pacific trade deal

By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Canada's main opposition party
said on Friday that if it won an Oct. 19 election, it would not
feel bound by the terms of a major Pacific trade deal the ruling
Conservatives are negotiating in the United States.
The New Democrats, currently trailing third in the polls,
said in a letter to Trade Minister Ed Fast that the
Conservatives had no public mandate to take part in talks on the
12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
"I wish to advise you that an NDP government will not
consider itself bound to any agreement signed by your
Conservative government during this federal election," NDP
leader Thomas Mulcair said in the letter.
Critics fear the proposed trade agreement could damage
Canada's auto industry, which has powerful unions that have
historically tended to support the New Democrats.
"Concessions given by your Conservative government could
devastate families and the communities that rely on this sector.
An NDP government will not accept that," said Mulcair, who also
cited the potential threat to the dairy sector.
A spokesman for Fast said Mulcair knew full well that any
deal would be fully debated and voted on in the next Parliament.
Polls show the center-left New Democrats are sinking
steadily in popularity and trail both the Conservatives and the
opposition Liberals.
If the New Democrats recover significantly and the other
parties stumble, Mulcair could in theory be in a position to
form a government.
Depending on the election result another option would be for
the New Democrats to act as a junior partner in a government
with the Liberals, who have yet to say what they would do with
TPP if they took power.

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