International Trade committee  One thing I would just add is that we can't do it alone. We need you guys to come on board with us.

International Trade committee  I'm young so I'm easy to encourage. Yes, I'm encouraged by the direction. I'm encouraged by the words that are coming out of people like Peter MacKay. He put out a press release the other day and said we're going to do these things. You make a good point. We'll see what comes o

International Trade committee  I'll just give you the basic thoughts on it and then these guys can give you the facts. I agree with you 100%. I think that's the issue right there; you hit it in a nutshell. We have a hard time proving it for other countries. I think Canada is very transparent about what it's do

International Trade committee  No. Again, I go back to my point that it's a comprehensive, broad-based thing. It can't be focused on just ACCA and SFF. It has to be broader than that. It has to be based in tax policies, in government procurement, and in financing that is over the life of the ship. I think it'

International Trade committee  If you were to remove shipbuilding? I can't speak for all industries or the agriculture industries. I don't know enough about their industries to know if this is going to be positive for them or not. I think they have to come here and tell you themselves what it affects. But as

International Trade committee  No, I can't say that--

International Trade committee  I'm not exactly sure what you're saying. Are you asking about a green policy?

International Trade committee  I'm not sure about the purchase of goods, but I do know that shipping is the most environmentally friendly way of shipping goods. I also know that we underutilize both the St. Lawrence Seaway and our possible ways of shipping goods by sea. So yes, shipbuilding can have some ben

International Trade committee  We're open to looking at things like that, but I can't really speak to it today.

International Trade committee  I'll grab that one. I just think the tariff isn't working today. I think it's obvious. You could make it 15 years or 20 years, but that's not the issue. I think that--

International Trade committee  No, that's not what I'm saying at all. If you go back to what I said when I came in, I said that we need the policies in place, not tariff protection. Do you know what I mean? We have to build our industry and make it healthy. We have to build it up so that it competes, and then

International Trade committee  If it hits the ground, I'll be dancing in the streets, but it's a long process. It's very hard to get that money to the ground. You have major companies competing for it. We need a different procurement policy, and I think the government is moving towards that, towards centres

International Trade committee  I think he's asking Industry, but I have some insight on that. There was a job we did in the Halifax shipyards. It was called the Stevans Tug. It was a Norwegian firm, right?

International Trade committee  Now you would want to check that with our company and Mr. McArthur, but that's my understanding.

International Trade committee  That owner got SFF and also ACCA through his own country.