LOOTER PARTY | HOME | MANNING CONFERENCE INFORMATION | QUEEN, GG, PM EMAILS | CORRUPT AREAS | CHRC | RELEASES | CONTACT EMAIL |
TPP (TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP) SERIOUS LONG TERM
IMPLICATIONS
Please look at the details of TPP, not make general assumptions
about trade. Blindly pushing trade is reckless and a danger to
the economy. The TPP gives away too much.
I have heard grandiose promises of jobs and prosperity with trade
in the past and have information that trade has cost hundreds of
thousands of Canadian jobs, and millions in the US.
We already have the US and Mexico, others are not big spenders,
not joining is a false issue.
Main issues:
1. SOVEREIGNTY. The TPP gives away the authority
of Parliament and Legislatures. A quote This nation has
never seen an agreement that compares to the TPP, which forms a
new Pacific Union, Sessions said. This is far more
than a trade agreement, but creates a self-governing and
self-perpetuating Commission with extraordinary implications for
American workers and American sovereignty. Although this
discusses the US the same is true here.
I sent the Minister of International Trade
an email discussing these topics and asking her to compile a
detailed list of the restrictions that will be placed on
Parliament and the provincial/territorial Legislatures and to
send a copy to me, every Member of Parliament and every member of
a Legislature, across the country. And, point out that the TPP is
changing the Constitutional structure of government. The Canadian
people and elected representatives should be fully aware of all
implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
2. REFERENDUM. This is changing the
Constitutional structure of how Canadians are governed and
therefore requires a Referendum.
3. FLOODING COUNTRY WITH FOREIGN WORKERS AND CANADIAN
WORKER CERTIFICATION STANDARDS. Annex 12-A says
Parliament cannot limit the number of foreign workers brought in
and cannot require labour certifications (which means lower and
false standards, think doctors, engineers, welders, etc.). This
will result in foreign workers that do not have to meet Canadian
standards flooding the country and taking jobs from Canadians,
and Parliament will not be able to stop it. There were problems
last year with abuse with temporary foreign workers and it was
stopped.
4. FOOD SAFETY AND CANADIAN STANDARDS. I do not
want tainted food and milk brought into Canada. Water in many
countries is contaminated. Do you want that and milk from animals
that drink that water brought into Canada? A few dollars is not
an issue, people can be killed by tainted food. Last year pets
were killed by imported tainted food. Many companies advertise
they use Canadian food products because they know Canadians do
not trust outside food products.
Canadian companies will have to compete with companies that do
not have to meet Canadian standards and regulations (labour,
safety, animal care, certifications) and the cost of business
(taxes, carbon taxes, cost of electricity, etc.).
5. OTHER POINTS. There is free trade
and there is fair trade, many issues like currency
manipulation, cheap labor, taxes, cost of regulation, etc. are
not being discussed.
Quotes: The Obama administration promised that the Korea
Free Trade Agreement would produce 70,000 new jobs and soaring
exports. But since it was implemented in 2012, this agreement has
resulted in the loss of 60,000 American jobs and a 25 percent
increase in the manufactured goods trade deficit with South
Korea., from Lipinski: I have my doubts on trade deal, by
Rep. Dan Lipinski 11/14/15, and from: Bernie Sanders (US)
email: Since 2001, nearly 60,000 manufacturing plants in this
country have been shut down, and we have lost almost 5 million
decent-paying manufacturing jobs. There are also huge trade
deficits.
Also, the TPP would give multinational corporations the ability
to challenge laws passed that could negatively impact their
expected future profits.
DO NOT BLINDLY PUSH TRADE, THE TPP GIVES AWAY TOO MUCH.
Following are detailed emails to Minister
and Prime Minister:
From: Barry Ceminchuk <barryceminchuk@yahoo.com>
To: "justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca"
<justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca>;
"Chrystia.Freeland@parl.gc.ca"
<Chrystia.Freeland@parl.gc.ca>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 1:57 PM
Subject: Fw: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Points, please tell
the Canadian people about these and how you are addressing them,
Looter Party
1. There is a news report saying you are going to sign the
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). As this is a symbolic action,
why are you doing this?
2. I previously sent you the following email regarding serious,
long term economic implications of the TPP and asking for a list
of areas where the sovereignty of Parliament and the provincial
Legislatures is given away, and do not have a reply. Or even an
acknowledgement.
The serious economic issues raised include giving away Canadian
sovereignty and control of the border and laws, Referendum,
flooding the country with foreign workers displacing Canadians
(Annex 12-A, see below), removing Canadian worker certification
standards (again, Annex 12-A), putting Canadians out of business
because foreign companies do not have to meet the same health,
food safety, worker safety, environment, animal welfare, etc.
Canadian standards, and the resulting concern of health and
safety of Canadians, etc.
I have heard grandiose promises of jobs and prosperity before
with trade and the result has been the loss of hundreds of
thousands of Canadian jobs (see below) and millions in the US.
Please learn from past actions.
Please acknowledge and respond to the points in my email.
If this is too complicated for you please get smarter people and
someone who can intellectually handle the points.
If you are one of the simpletons who just blindly support
trade please get people with the intellectual ability
to examine details and understand the implications of such.
Barry Ceminchuk
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Barry Ceminchuk <goodguys@looterparty.com>
To: "Chrystia.Freeland@parl.gc.ca"
<Chrystia.Freeland@parl.gc.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 6:16 PM
Subject: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Points, please tell the
Canadian people about these and how you are addressing them,
Looter Party
I ask you to please tell the Canadian people about the issues
mentioned and ask how you are addressing these points.
There are major issues that should be looked at, including giving
away Canadian sovereignty and control of the border and laws,
Referendum, flooding the country with foreign workers displacing
Canadians, removing Canadian worker certification standards,
putting Canadians out of business because foreign companies do
not have to meet the same health, food safety, worker safety,
environment, animal welfare, etc. Canadian standards, and the
resulting concern of health and safety of Canadians, etc.
These are all major issues that have serious long term economic
consequences for Canada. The TPP is a threat to the Canadian
peoples form of government, their jobs and their health and
safety. And small Canadian businesses. It is reckless, dangerous
and a threat to the Canadian economy to blindly support trade.
With the Sovereignty point below, I also ask that you compile a
detailed list of the restrictions that will be placed on
Parliament and the provincial/territorial Legislatures and send a
copy to me, every Member of Parliament and every member of a
Legislature, across the country. And, point out that the TPP is
changing the Constitutional structure of government.
An example is the information below clearly shows that limits may
not be placed on the number of foreign workers that displace
Canadian workers and that Canadian work certification standards
do not have to be met. Therefore, this appears to be saying that
the federal or any provincial government may not legislate or
limit the number of Canadians displaced or require Canadian
worker certification standards.
What about medical doctors, other professions and occupations?
The Canadian people and elected representatives should be fully
aware of all implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Also, we already have the US as a trading partner and the other
countries are minor, they are not big spenders.
I sent a similar email to the previous Conservative Minister and
did not get a reply. I have concluded these issues are all too
complicated for him. So, some points are a bit snarky.
I hope you are better than him.
The issues are:
1. SOVEREIGNTY.
2. REFERENDUM.
3. FLOODING COUNTRY WITH FOREIGN WORKERS AND CANADIAN WORKER
CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.
4. FOOD SAFETY AND CANADIAN STANDARDS.
5. OTHER POINTS.
1. SOVEREIGNTY.
The article "Jeff Sessions on Obamatrades New
Pacific Union Like the EU: Something America Has
Never Seen Before", by Matthew Boyle, 17 Jun
2015:
This nation has never seen an agreement that compares to the TPP, which forms a new Pacific Union, Sessions said. This is far more than a trade agreement, but creates a self-governing and self-perpetuating Commission with extraordinary implications for American workers and American sovereignty. Such a historic international regulatory Commission should never be fast-tracked, and should never be put on a path to passage until every word has been publicly scrutinized, every question answered, and every last power understood by Congress and the American people.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/17/jeff-sessions-on-obamatrades-new-pacific-union-like-the-eu-something-america-has-never-seen-before/
I ask what powers does this
Commission have and how do they affect the authority
of Parliament and provincial Legislatures? How does this restrict
any potential laws or actions? And, any actions that could affect
the admission of people into Canada (see Temporary Entry for
Business Persons below)?
Again, I also ask that you compile a detailed list of the
restrictions that will be placed on Parliament and the
provincial/territorial Legislatures and send a copy to me, every
Member of Parliament and every member of a Legislature, across
the country.
And again, point out that this is changing the Constitutional
structure of government.
From the TPP:
Chapter 12 Temporary Entry for Business Persons
https://medium.com/the-trans-pacific-partnership/temporary-entry-for-business-persons-3559e41ae388
Annex 12-A: Temporary Entry for Business Persons by country
Canada is at:
https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/TPP-Final-Text-Annex-12-A-Temporary-Entry-for-Business-Persons-Canada.pdf
The phrase "without reserving the right to impose or maintain an economic needs test or numerical restriction" is mentioned.
Also:
and will not:
(a) require labour certification tests or other procedures of similar intent as a condition for temporary entry; or
(b) impose or maintain any numerical restriction relating to temporary entry.
Temporary is 6 months to 3 years depending on the category and is extendable.
This affects the ability of Canada to
control the borders and laws and sovereignty and control
immigration. This means that Canadians can be displaced and
replaced with foreign workers and that Parliament cannot restrict
areas where there is high unemployment and set limits, and that
there are no limits as to how many Canadians can be displaced.
This is also placing a large part of control of the Canadian
border and immigration in the hands of corporations and
unscrupulous organizations that will try to exploit the
provisions.
The will not require labour certification tests means
they can lower standards and false credentials do not matter,
which means they do not have to meet Canadian work certification
standards. I ask if for example, medical doctors can be brought
in and that they do not have to meet Canadian standards? And what
about other professions and occupations, and which ones? And how
does this affect the authority of Parliament and the
Legislatures?
Also, article:
http://www.dickmorris.com/tpp-not-about-trade/
Excerpts:
While it officially embraces 11 countries plus the U.S., 76 percent of our trade with these nations is with Mexico and Canada, already covered by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Any export growth is likely to have been already covered by NAFTA, making the TPP irrelevant to our trade relations.
The TPP is nothing but an effort by the globalists to circumvent American sovereignty, transferring a host of issues from the control of the U.S. Congress and the various state legislatures to international trade courts.
Indeed, many of the provisions are said to be aspirational, setting policy goals and leaving it to the trade courts to sort out. Any assurance that the treaty curbs currency manipulation is fanciful. The courts can interpret it any way they want. Indeed, the International Monetary Fund now does so, preventing any effort to restrict Chinese manipulation, despite overwhelming evidence that it is happening.
But the main impact of the TPP is to create legal obstacles in the way of American attempts to regulate access to our market.
Does American or state law restrict genetically modified food? The TPP won't permit it.
Does the U.S. Congress impose limitations on the "free flow of labor" between America and Mexico? The TPP can stop it.
Dick Morris also has a video, dated
November 19, 2015, entitled TPP Erodes U.S.
Sovereignty Dick Morris TV, at:
http://www.dickmorris.com/tpp-erodes-u-s-sovereignty-dick-morris-tv-lunch-alert/?utm_source=dmreports&utm_medium=dmreports&utm_campaign=dmreports
where he discusses US sovereignty (same here in Canada, affecting
Parliament and the provincial legislatures), food additives and
thus food safety, also patents, copyright, etc. and the
`horrific` delegation of authority. This is worth watching, 2:26
long.
He also has a video, dated November 25, 2015, entitled
Dolphins Facing Extermination Dick Morris TV,
at:
http://www.dickmorris.com/dolphins-facing-extermination-dick-morris-tv-lunch-alert/
where he talks about the TPP implications affecting fishing nets
that kill dolphins which is affecting sovereignty.
I am concerned about trade follower politicians that do not
understand all the issues and do not understand details and the
implications and consequences of such. Some seem to hear the word
trade and do not think beyond that. There seems to be
the old 1990's thinking, just blindly push trade.
It is your job to protect Canadians and Canadian interests.
Another point here is that the money paid here in Canada will be
moved out of the country, further affecting the Canadian economy.
2. REFERENDUM.
As the information points out, the TPP affects Canadian borders
and sovereignty and laws, and this is fundamentally changing the
Constitutional structure of government and the way Canadians are
governed.
Therefore this should be placed before the Canadian people, with
the consequences and implications openly and fully discussed with
a Referendum.
Therefore I, and the Looter Party, demand a Referendum if you
want to agree to the TPP.
Harper has said that if the voting system is to be changed this
is changing the fundamental way Canadians are governed and should
be done through a Referendum. Same principle here.
3. FLOODING COUNTRY WITH FOREIGN WORKERS AND CANADIAN
WORKER CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.
Dick Morris in the United States (www.dickmorris.com) has also
done an excellent job digging out this information. Below I
mention a lot of his points, again they refer to the US but they
are also applicable here.
With flooding the country with foreign workers, with no checking
if Americans (and Canadians) available, credentials, skill
levels, etc., see the article The real fast-track
threat, by Dick Morris - 06/16/15 at:
http://thehill.com/opinion/dick-morris/245179-dick-morris-the-real-fast-track-threat
Some excerpts:
An article by Daniel Costa and Ron Hira of the Economic Policy Institute wades through the pages of TISA documents posted on WikiLeaks to find provisions on open immigration. Article 4, concerning Entry and Temporary Stay of Natural Persons, states signatories shall not maintain or adopt Economic Needs Tests, including labor market tests, as a requirement for a visa or work permit. Costa and Hira explain: In other words, U.S. laws or regulations limiting guestworkers only to jobs where no U.S. workers were available would violate the terms of the treaty.
Article 5 goes further, proposing that member nations shall take market access and national treatment commitments for intra-corporate transferees, business visitors, and ... contractual service suppliers and independent professionals. The draft then goes on to require signatories to allow entry and temporary stay of [contractual service suppliers and independent professionals] in a long list of specific fields.
Costa and Hira point out that "foreign firms would not be required to advertise jobs to U.S. workers, or to hire U.S. workers if they were equally or better qualified for job openings in their own country." They note that the treaty means that "potentially hundreds of thousands of workers could enter the United States every year ... importing cheaper labor to supplant American workers."
The Annex 12-A mentioned above says the
same thing which shows what the TPP really means. And again,
above I raised questions about Canadian worker certification
standards.
These are serious, long term economic issues, jobs out and
massive influx of foreign workers here. And possibly unskilled
and lower skilled people (not Canadian standards).
We recently went through this with temporary foreign workers and
the many problems that occurred.
Another quote:
The treaty is often billed as
impacting high-tech Silicon Valley jobs only.
This is trying to flood the country with foreign workers, and
those with lower or false credentials and trying to lower the
wages of these Canadian workers. And, possibly endangering the
health and safety of all Canadians.
Politicians talk about helping small business and well paying
long term jobs when they are actively trying to destroy the
industry. This is absurd. Too complicated for these people.
There is a good book that shows many of the schemes with foreign
workers, Michelle Malkins and John Miano's SOLD OUT
How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels
Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers.
This angers me as the tech industry is a way average people can,
with some schooling (that is not outrageously expensive) and
discipline and hard work, possibly get a well paying job. They
are actually destroying the industry and affecting job prospects
and wages.
As the book also mentions, this is causing young people to shy
away from the industry, affecting future job prospects.
This also affects the industry in Canada, as the politicians here
tend to follow the US.
This is flooding the country with foreign workers. And, the above
book shows some of the schemes that will be used.
Another article, and there were more from other writers:
Revealed: The Secret Immigration Chapter in Obamas Trade
Agreement, by Alex Swoyer, 10 Jun 2015:
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/10/revealed-the-secret-immigration-chapter-in-obamas-trade-agreement/
Again, the same provisions are in the TPP.
Again, politicians talk about helping small business and well
paying long term jobs while they sell out Canadians businesses
and jobs.
4. FOOD SAFETY AND CANADIAN STANDARDS.
Literally selling out the farm.
In the National Post, June 27, 2015, page A13, Letters to the
Editor, a dairy farmer in British Columbia, Julaine Treur of
Agassiz B.C., mentioned that she and her husband own and operate
an average size dairy farm, and that they were concerned that the
trade talks could wipe them out because they could not compete
with companies that do not have to meet Canadian standards (food
safety, worker safety, environment and animal welfare).
There is also a full page advertisement on page A12 of the July
28, 2015 National Post, entitled Canadian Milk Matters that has
excellent points, like Canadian standards and food safety, and
large farms that do not care for the animals, etc. They have a
website:
http://milkledowneffect.ca/
This is a valid concern, food products have to meet Canadian
standards and this could affect not only thousands of small
Canadian businesses but the health and safety of the Canadian
food supply, which is the health and safety of Canadians.
If the TPP does not meet Canadian standards then it should not be
agreed to. What get Canadians killed with lowered standard food
safety? The food safety issue alone is enough to stop the
importing of food products to Canada. The health and safety of
Canadians is paramount. The Canadian standards point is also
important.
I also mentioned that some tainted imported pet food killed some
animals awhile ago.
If you do not understand the point about food safety then I
suggest you go to these countries and drink the water (not in
nice hotels or in Hawaii (US standards), but out in the country)
and have a lot of ice with your drinks. Some countries have raw
sewage in their water and other contaminants (parasites,
bacteria, etc.). And drink the milk from animals that drink the
water.
Again as said above, the health and safety of Canadians is
paramount. It is your job to protect Canadians and Canadian
interests.
It seems some are too busy blindly following their trade
agenda and not smart enough to understand the details and
the issue of Canadian health and safety standards.
Again, I am concerned about selling out Canadian farms and small
business to companies that do not have to meet Canadian
standards. And, endangering the health and safety of Canadians.
Also, from the article Stop Giving Farm Animals
Antibiotics: Pediatricians, "Children can be exposed
to multiple-drug resistant bacteria, which are extremely
difficult to treat if they cause an infection, through contact
with animals given antibiotics and through consuming the meat of
those animals," report author Dr. Jerome Paulson, immediate
past chair of the academy's executive committee of the Council on
Environmental Health, said in an academy news release.
http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Health-News/stop-farm-animals-antibiotics/2015/11/16/id/702305/
Serious. What controls will there be on other countries regarding
this?
You may have noticed many companies advertising that their food
products do not have artificial hormones, additives, etc. and
that they are using Canadian products (A&W and McDonalds).
5. OTHER POINTS.
There is free trade and there is fair
trade, many issues are not being discussed, currency
manipulation, worker safety laws, etc. These require people who
have the ability to think beyond the simple and their own
concerns and understand the details.
Also, I have read some articles that are generally in favour of
trade and in the past have heard grandiose promises of jobs and
prosperity. These people do not seem to understand that details
have to be looked at and that blindly pushing trade is reckless,
dumb and a danger to the economy.
Some quotes I found where trade has cost millions of jobs:
The Obama administration promised that the Korea Free Trade Agreement would produce 70,000 new jobs and soaring exports. But since it was implemented in 2012, this agreement has resulted in the loss of 60,000 American jobs and a 25 percent increase in the manufactured goods trade deficit with South Korea., from Lipinski: I have my doubts on trade deal, by Rep. Dan Lipinski 11/14/15.
Excerpts from the article Will the
GOP Capitulate Again?, Pat Buchanan, Feb 20, 2015:
In the first decade of this century, the United States lost
5 to 6 million manufacturing jobs. We lost 55,000 factories, a
devastation of industry not unlike what we inflicted on Germany
and Japan in 1944-45.
Of particular interest is Korea, with which the United States
signed a free-trade agreement in 2011. Since then, U.S. exports
to Korea have fallen, U.S. imports have risen 80 percent, and we
ran a $25 billion trade deficit in 2014.
With the KORUS deal the template for the new Trans-Pacific
Partnership, how can Republicans vote to throw away their right
to alter or amend any TPP that Obama brings home?
The great and justified complaint against China and Japan, who
have run the largest trade surpluses at our expense, is that they
are "currency manipulators."
http://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2015/02/20/will-the-gop-capitulate-again-n1959706/page/full
Excerpts from an email from (believe it or not) US Presidential
candidate Bernie Sanders:
--- On Mon, 10/5/15, Bernie Sanders
<info@BernieSanders.com> wrote:
> From: Bernie Sanders <info@BernieSanders.com>
> Subject: Some bad news on TPP this morning
> To: "Barry Ceminchuk" <bceminchuk@yahoo.com>
> Date: Monday, October 5, 2015, 10:04 AM
>
> The TPP would expand the same failed "free trade"
> policies to 12 other nations that have already cost millions
> of jobs and shuttered tens of thousands of factories across
> the United States.
>
> Make no mistake: if TPP passes, it will further hurt
> consumers and cost American jobs. So we must stop
> it, together.
>
> Since 2001, nearly 60,000 manufacturing plants in this
> country have been shut down, and we have lost almost 5
> million decent-paying manufacturing jobs. NAFTA alone led to
> the loss of almost three-quarters of a million jobs
> the Permanent Normalized Trade Agreement with China cost
> America four times that number: almost 3 million jobs. These
> agreements are not the only reason why manufacturing in the
> United States has declined, but they are important
> factors.
>
> The TPP would also give multinational corporations the
> ability to challenge laws passed in the United States that
> could negatively impact their expected future
> profits. Take, for example, a French waste management
> firm suing Egypt for over $100 million for increasing the
> minimum wage and improving labor laws. Egypts
> crime in this case is trying to improve life
> for their low-wage workers. Or Vattenfall, a Swedish energy
> company, has used this process to sue Germany for $5 billion
> over its decision to phase out nuclear power. Should the
> people of Germany have the right to make energy choices on
> their own or should these decisions be left in the hands of
> an unelected international tribunal?
>
> Bernie Sanders
Again, please inform the Canadian people of these issues and the
details and tell the people and me how you will address the
points.
Again, I also ask that you compile a detailed list of the
restrictions that will be placed on Parliament and the
provincial/territorial Legislatures and send a copy to me, every
Member of Parliament and every member of a Legislature, across
the country. And, point out that the TPP is changing the
Constitutional structure of government.
The Canadian people and elected representatives should be fully
aware of all implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Again, these are serious issues that have long term, serious
implications for the economy of Canada.
Barry Ceminchuk
Looter Party
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To go to the Manning Conference Information page click here.
To go to the Bribery page click here.
Email: goodguys@looterparty.com