Tax Convention and Arrangement Implementation Act, 2016   in this debate for a long time, I want to ask him about the global trends in terms of debates around protectionism and maybe a rising anti-trade sentiment in certain quarters. Canada is a nation that has benefited significantly from trade. Our previous prime minister was a strong leader

International Trade committee   with regulatory autonomy and democratic decision-making, or at least having a sober discussion about it instead of simply going to the barricades and saying any type of criticism is anti-trade, which it is not.

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act   that G20 economies introduced 145 new trade restrictive measures between mid-October 2015 and mid-May 2016, which is the highest monthly average since 2009. I witnessed this myself. The anti-trade movement and some of these concerns were brought up here earlier. I share the same

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, for decades from the Green Party left we have been hearing this anti-trade rhetoric and they are always nitpicking about things that really do not matter, quite frankly. What matters is creating wealth for the world. I am going to read you a quote: According

International Trade committee   that will have significant economic benefits for Canadians across the country. This trade represents 60% of Canada's annual GDP, and one Canadian job in five is tied to exports. That's why we need agreements like CETA, especially during a time of rising protectionist, anti-trade sentiment

Agriculture committee  , we support trade. We're not anti-trade, as has been indicated sometimes in the press. We get a lot of bad press in supply management. I don't know why. I might be biased. Really, it comes down to the fact that we have a very strong system here in supply management, in poultry

Food and Drugs Act  Madam Speaker, again it comes back to the NDP being anti-trade and using any type of excuse at its disposal as to why not to do a trade deal. In regard to human rights, the member was there when we heard from the ambassador of Honduras in committee. She said, if we want to see

Business of Supply   anti-trade discourse and it is important that we have leadership in Canada that is prepared to talk about the value that trade has produced for both countries. We are speaking today about a specific trade issue that is happening in a context in which American elites are questioning

Business of Supply   this fall. Canada is pushing back hard against the anti-trade sentiment, and we are securing some tangible wins for our producers. However, we in this House are all very aware of the real challenges. Despite these challenges, our government is doing everything possible to find

International Trade committee  I'm glad to see that $5.3-billion number because a lot of times some of the anti-trade people say, “We've been part of this agreement and we've had no gains”. They've never done the analysis on what it would have been like if we wouldn't have been part of that agreement. What

International Trade committee   shore chapter of the Council of Canadians. I wish to start by stating that neither I nor the organizations I represent are anti-trade, protectionist, or opposed to trade agreements. However, I am concerned about the bias inherent in the TPP's investor state dispute settlement

International Trade committee   and corporate leaders, is not anti-trade. We are for fair trade. We support trade deals that respect the rights of people, labour, and the environment and that reduce inequality between and among nations. An early definition of “trade” was the act or process of buying, selling

Food and Drugs Act   in having affordable pharmaceutical drugs for Canadians, somehow we are anti-trade. This is the kind of thing we should be talking about when we are talking about trade: tradeoffs. Some may be reasonable, some may not. We may ultimately be in favour of some, and ultimately not others

Food and Drugs Act   for president seem to be anti-trade in their rhetoric at this moment in the election cycle, does not sign on to the TPP, it actually presents a greater opportunity for Canadian farmers, Canadian manufacturers, and Canadian exporters to grab a greater share. The potential to grow would

Food and Drugs Act  . We are hearing the classic anti-trade arguments from two different kinds of sources. We are also hearing from what I would call the punters, the people who do not want to take a position on trade one way or the other and are therefore, rather than showing leadership, just