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It's certainly quite possible that Canada will defect. We've got an election in 2 weeks and it's a very tight three way race. The traditional "middle" party is running on a very left-leaning platform, so opposition to the TPP is going to be one of the major differentiators between the two left-leaning parties.

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It will be really unfortunate if we cannot see the document before the election. I am not sure we can trust the government to give an honest assessment of it.

Yeah, in a situation where the conservatives don't win the coming election, I have no problem imagining the NDP or Libs rejecting it on the basis of it being "a treaty Stephen Harper negotiated in secret"

Although, reflecting on the limited number of campaign ads I've heard, this seems to be something that no one is really talking about.

No one is talking about it? Just yesterday I attended a whistle-stop tour stump speech by NDP leader Tom Mulcair; he had a LOT to say about the TPP and the NDP's clear intent to oppose it should Harper try to ratify it in secret.

Very cool!

I'll admit that I don't follow the leaders' discussions all that closely; most of my opinion on what's going on in this race has to do with the ads I've seen and heard, whether on CBC Radio, TV, or before watching Youtube videos.

My impression that there hasn't been much public discussion about it mostly comes from the fact that the only memorable place I've seen TPP mentioned has been on HN.

Add to that the likelihood of a minority government. So the TPP would probably have to see the support of two major parties (neither of which might be the ones forming the government).

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