International Trade committee  There you go.

International Trade committee  It actually didn't happen to me. I was quoting from the commercial attaché who gave me this example of things that need to be improved in a future free trade agreement.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  It was in Kobe. It was maple butter.

International Trade committee  Yes, and the Japanese officer thought it was dairy butter.

International Trade committee  I think it was an educational issue, because the people importing it spoke Japanese. The go-betweens, the freight forwarders, the brokers, were all Japanese. So it's not a question of a language issue. It's a question of knowing the products and that the customs officers are kn

International Trade committee  You would think so.

International Trade committee  Our first attempt to get into the country was denied, because at one port the officer felt it would be impossible.... He asked my partner why he wanted to bring in a cake that was two years old. So he closed the books and we had to start from scratch again. It took us another nin

International Trade committee  No, I have no contract. It's all verbal.

International Trade committee  We work with e-mail. The ingredients are aged prior to making the cake, so for the next shipment, which is in September, I need to start that process on July 1. Next week I'll have our allotment for September. It will be, say, 700 cakes. Then I'll go and buy the ingredients, cut

International Trade committee  We grow it in Saskatchewan now.

International Trade committee  It's beginning in Nova Scotia as well, but they're about five years behind the people in Saskatchewan.

International Trade committee  Yes, absolutely, as opposed to.... I believe the Japanese are involved in the research in Saskatoon.

International Trade committee  In my experience, the people I've dealt with have mostly been with the Quebec delegation. The people who work there are Japanese. They are provincial employees. They work for the Government of Quebec. They speak French. They speak English. They speak Japanese. The service I rec

International Trade committee  Yes.