http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/general/michael-geist en http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/possible-58000-canada-job-loss-tpp <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25.2px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#000000;"><img alt="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cc-WQogWIAAzBOy.jpg" style="width: 444px; height: 296px;" /></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 241);"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Highest per capita of all countries </span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#000000;">The March 7 "Trouble with the TPP" post</span><span style="color:#000000;"> by Michael Geist [</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law] </span><span style="line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">canvassed the economic studies released to date on the agreement, finding that the evidence suggests that the economic gains for Canada are modest at best. In addition to efforts to assess the economic growth impact of the TPP, some studies have also tried to estimate its effect on employment.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25.2px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#000000;">The Tufts University study</span><span style="color:#000000;"> referenced yesterday has a specific analysis on job growth. It anticipates that Canada will lose jobs as a result of the TPP, projecting a loss of 58,000 jobs in Canada. That ranks the third highest in the TPP, but the highest of all countries on a per capita basis. </span><br /><strong><a href="https://ARTICLE"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 25.2px;">SEE FULL MICHAEL GEIST </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 25.2px;">ARTICLE </span></a></strong><span style="line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><a href="https://ARTICLE">HERE</a>:</strong> </span></span></span><br />  </p> </div></div></div><div class="service-links"><a href="https://twitter.com/share?url=http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/possible-58000-canada-job-loss-tpp&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=&amp;text=Possible 58,000 Canada job loss with TPP?&amp;counturl=http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/possible-58000-canada-job-loss-tpp" class="twitter-share-button service-links-twitter-widget" title="Tweet This" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Tweet Widget</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/possible-58000-canada-job-loss-tpp&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;width=100&amp;height=21&amp;font=&amp;locale=" title="I Like it" class="service-links-facebook-like" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Facebook Like</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" title="Share this post on Facebook" class="service-links-facebook-widget" rel="http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/possible-58000-canada-job-loss-tpp" target="_blank">Share on Facebook</a></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/michael-geist" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">michael geist</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/trans-pacific-partnership-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">trans pacific partnership</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/canada" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">canada</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/job-loss" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">job loss</a></div></div></div> Tue, 08 Mar 2016 15:20:27 +0000 Timothy Gillespie 4453 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/possible-58000-canada-job-loss-tpp#comments