The TPP was negotiated entirely in secrecy and was meant to be presented to the voters as a fait accompli. Its investor provisions would override local, provincial and national control over the environment, health care, food standards and other important common  interests. And as a reward for neutering democratic control over our lives, Canada was projected to have gained - as the article says - a mere four billion dollars in extra economic activity over 30 years. If only on this one issue, Trump did the right thing.