International Trade committee  The first one would be to travel to Yamanashi prefecture to visit some of the wineries. It is well worth the train ride from Tokyo. It's about two hours, and it's absolutely brilliant. My real message would be to see the level of competition we are talking about. Some of the wi

International Trade committee  For me, it would be sooner rather than later. As you heard, my business model involves some interesting math. and so for the long term I cannot afford to be patient about tariffs and duties being lowered.

International Trade committee  Honestly, I wish I had the answer to that. From the documentation I saw in the reports, there was no one significant reason that leapt out at me.

International Trade committee  I'm from Toronto. I haven't started moving outside the province. It's my understanding that Bill C-311 was meant, really, to encourage Canadian consumers and Canadian winemakers to connect and be able to purchase wine across provincial borders. It's my general understanding, an

International Trade committee  According to the last document I saw on tariffs on imported wine to Japan, it is 38.5%, I believe. That also accounts for beer. That would explain why now in Japan non-alcoholic beer is starting to become a booming market, because they get better margins. I'm sorry, what was the

International Trade committee  On tariffs, I can specifically speak to the tariff that I would pay as an agent coming into Canada with my samples. The reason my example in my statement was 70% was that I had very kind Canada Customs officers. When I bring in my samples, it is supposed to be 102% of the value o

International Trade committee  It's 38%. I would probably hold it more to my Canadian wine-making friends to answer more specifically about the export market to Japan, but that is the number that I've become familiar with.

International Trade committee  That's correct, yes.

International Trade committee  As a future business plan, yes. There are agents in Japan that are specializing in importing Canadian wine as well. I know that one of the Canadian winemakers that I have spoken to, from Vineland Estates, has an agent in Japan and he travels annually to Osaka to promote his produ

International Trade committee  Yes. It's a challenge for me in two ways. First, allow me to apologize for omitting your name. Thank you for assisting. It was a lovely evening to see that bill pass. One of the challenges we have is that we do need to open up the access. Traditionally Japan is known as a fairl

International Trade committee  For me, the government support has been adequate. In the case of wine and alcoholic beverages, the support comes more in how the product is treated once it's arrived on our shores and the duties, tariffs, and the markups that are applied.

International Trade committee  Good afternoon, honourable members of Parliament, committee staff, and fellow participants. Let me say how much I appreciate the opportunity to address you this afternoon. The topic of a potential agreement between Canada and Japan touches areas very close to my heart. My name i