Hundreds gathered to protest of the trans-pacific partnership outside COnservative candidate Jeff Watson’s office.
Unifor invited watson to attend and he did.
The proposed trans-pacific partnership would bring together 12 countries in a single free trade zone -- which the union says could potentially threaten Canadian auto jobs.
Union members say they feel that Watson has been 'silent' on the issue.
“It's frustrating,” says Chris Taylor, president local Unifor 200. “It's disgusting it really is.”
Strong emotions from a man who says he's had enough.
“I represent Ford workers, we just lost an engine program to Mexico because the two levels of government couldn't wrap their heads around a 1000 job increase," says Taylor.
His fear along with hundreds of others, is the trans pacific partnership that could threaten 24,000 jobs in the auto sector.
“We have the highest unemployment rate in all of Canada,” says Taylor. “We've had that distinction unfortunately for the last 7 or 8 years, so you can defend losing more jobs because you want to sign a free trade agreement".
Watson was at the rally. Both parties were hoping for dialogue on the issue, but according to Watson, things got heated.
“They weren't giving me the opportunity to speak,” says Watson. “We had personal threats made against me that we have on video barking obscenities and other things at me. That's not really desiring to have a conversation what they're looking for.”
