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International Trade committee  I think we touched on that earlier. If we had that same agreement the United States has on the quality, acceptance, and certification of the product, the value-added would reduce the cost of transportation. It would allow us to produce a finished product that would create employm

May 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Allen F. Roach

International Trade committee  We are good to go with that product, and it is a niche product in Japan.

May 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Allen F. Roach

International Trade committee  Certainly, and I think we pointed it out in our testimony, in order for us to bring those students here, that has to be open, it has to be transparent, and it has to be...I won't say quick, but there has to be a good flow in order for that to happen. We certainly would want to se

May 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Allen F. Roach

International Trade committee  In terms of students, the process there now seems to work well. We just have to work with it more and certainly have a better understanding of what the Japanese government has in terms of allowing that to happen and in working with them.

May 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Allen F. Roach

International Trade committee  That certainly was a major part of my discussions this past spring when I was at the Boston Seafood Show. I met with many producers and processors down there, and we had some very strong conversations around that branding. Of course, some of it came back to whether it was a P.E.I

May 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Allen F. Roach

International Trade committee  A good point is the hard shell versus the soft shell. A lot of our product that we sell—and you know Nova Scotia and the difficulties they have around the sale of lobster—is that purchasers, buyers, automatically say it's a soft-shell lobster. Well, most of the lobster, pretty we

May 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Allen F. Roach

International Trade committee  I think one area we need to look at, certainly for the Atlantic region, is our need to have a hub for shipping that's specific to Atlantic Canada—I've had conversations with the minister of ACOA in this respect—so that we could take whatever the goods are, whether tuna or blueber

May 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Allen F. Roach

International Trade committee  Absolutely, yes.

May 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Allen F. Roach

May 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Allen F. Roach

International Trade committee  Exactly, and certainly between the different sectors, whether it's agriculture or seafood.

May 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Allen F. Roach

International Trade committee  Chairman and committee members, thank you for inviting me to today’s committee meeting. This is my first time attending a parliamentary committee meeting, and I am honoured to be representing Prince Edward Island as the Minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning. In Prince Edw

May 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Allen F. Roach