well, this should be interesting.

as far as i can tell, these are the positions of the parties:

conservatives: absolute support.

liberals: near certain support. there's a handful of things that they're likely to not like, but not to the extent that they're likely to reject it - unless it's singularly terrible. but you know who's a wildcard, here? dalton mcguinty. he got nailed on some green procurement. that's a possible sticking point that could build some support near the top. it is known that there are a number of prominent liberals at both levels that are not happy about the way that these deals operate. it will be interesting to see what kind of details come out and what the sitting liberal premiers, in general, have to say about this. but, unless the position is clarified to the contrary, voters should expect the liberals to support the deal.

ndp: this is going to force mulcair to be more specific. i found a quote about pharmaceuticals this morning. is that serious? voters were left to a lot of guesswork regarding this, in trying to interpret what mulcair was saying. my interpretation has been that he's been working up specific issues in such a way that he'll have enough wiggle room to vote for it should the ndp win, but also enough that he can vote against it if it turns out it will pass anyways. this is a retreat to perpetual opposition party-type thinking: they'll promise to vote against it, so long as they can't stop it. but, to be fair, voters should keep an open mind about this. yet, they should also be exceedingly critical about they hear from the ndp, and analyze the language very carefully. all indication is that mulcair, personally, supports the agreement and is only coming out against it for votes, in ways that he can flip on.

the greens oppose.

and, remember: it DOES have to pass a vote in the house of commons before it's over. it's not done yet.

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-tpp-agreement-atlanta-1.3254569