Hi David,

I’m Soledad, OpenMedia’s Community Engagement Specialist, and I wanted to update you about an important development that will give you the opportunity to take part in Parliament’s consultations about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Toronto.

As you may know, Parliament’s trade committee has been travelling across the country holding in-person hearings on the TPP.¹² In response to the limited public participation seen at the first few hearings,³ the committee will now include one hour for public comment in each meeting. This is your chance to participate.

We know the TPP will strip us of our democratic rights and threaten the open Internet. That’s why it’s so important that Canadians like yourself turn up in numbers at the trade committee’s upcoming hearings.

This Friday May 13 (that’s right, two days from now), the committee will be in Toronto, and we need to show decision-makers Canadians don’t want this deal.

Our friends at Unifor are organizing a protest for 10am, right outside the hearings at the Carlton Ritz Hotel. If you can show up on Friday, you will also be able to use the public engagement hour to tell the committee why you oppose the TPP, and give a voice to thousands of others like yourself. Here are the details:

When: Friday, May 13

Where: Carlton Ritz Hotel, 181 Wellington Street West, Toronto,

Protest: Be there for 10am!

Public engagement hour: 11:45am-12:45pm

Facebook event

Speaking slots for the public engagement hour will be handed out on a first-come-first-served basis, so be sure to arrive early to ensure you’ll be enabled to speak.

If you are planning to attend and/or you want to stay in the loop, use this Facebook event to RSVP and stay in touch with others planning to come.

These consultations are our last best chance to force our elected representatives to listen. If you can, make sure you attend. You’ll be doing the Internet a huge favour.

With gratitude,

–Soledad, on behalf of your OpenMedia team

P.S: If you’ve yet to do so, don’t forget to send your message about the TPP directly to Parliament’s trade committee, your MP, and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland using our tool at https://LetsTalkTPP.ca.

Footnotes

[1] Consulting Canadians on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Source: Government of Canada

[2] We Made it Happen: Your Voices on a Jumbotron outside the TPP Hearings. Source: OpenMedia

[3] I went. I saw. I cried for what counts as ‘public consultation’. Source: OpenMedia

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