it is extraordinarily friendly. - the technology sector in mississauga is booming. any of you who think that some of your businesses would like to expand by making investments in canada, you should look at mississauga. you can just get off the plane at pearson airport and you are right there. that is my little plug. i'd just like to thank my colleague, the mexican ambassador. it is funny because -- and also to you, mayor faulkner, mayor garcia and all of you for being here during the course of the negotiations there were some difficult times. there were some bruised egos and some difficult words exchanged on all three sides. the mayor of niagara falls, new york, knows how close canada and the united states have been over the years. i grew up in hamilton. i spent a good amount of time in niagara falls, new york. we are extraordinary close to as two countries. i was fortunate to get to know the mexicans much better. the ambassador plus processor and i got to be quite good friends. i got to know extremely well and i will tell you that not withstanding, you know, some o

the technology sector in mississauga is booming. and any of you who think that some of your businesses would like to expand by making investments in canada, you should look at mississauga. you just get off the plane at pearson airport and you are right there, so that is my little plug. i would like to thank my colleague, the mexican ambassador. and also to you mayor faulkner and mayor garcia, and all of you for being here. during the course of negotiations there were difficult times. there were some bruised egos and some difficult words exchanged on all three sides, and the mayor of niagara falls, new york knows how close canada and the united states have been over the years. i grew up in hamilton. i spent a good amount of time in niagara falls, new york. we are extraordinary close as two countries. i was fortunate to get to know the mexicans much better. the ambassador's pre-to sesser -- predecessor and i got to be quite good friends. i got to know extremely well and i will tell you that, notwithstanding some of the rhetoric and di

i am a former worker rights attorney and represented a lot of miss classifie mississauga cs classified workers. there is an effort in the california state legislature right now to coddy fiin legislation the new law as, you know, created in a way by the supreme court, which is reverse how things are usually done but very welcome. under the abc law it is very unlikely uber and lyft drivers are independent contractors. it will be interesting to see how the whole landscape changes based on this new california decision. i think it will change a lot in terms of what we see in terms of rights workers have and how they are classified in california and i think it is going in the right direction. i want to add that. >> i want to say thank you. this is fascinating. especially i did not know about the public private initiatives where municipalities are subsidizing. i wanted to make a report on it. i am glad you brought that up. the elephant in the room is that for uber definitely and possibly for lyft it is estimated 40% of the cost of each ride is subsidized by venture be capital. they want to ke