International Trade committee  I'll just echo Jay's comments quickly with three points. I think the Brand Canada point is really interesting. I know that was a passion of former finance minister Jim Flaherty, and there was a Brand Canada initiative in budget 2012 or 2013. It would be interesting to know where

International Trade committee  Let me first recognize your attendance at the committee. It's wonderful to see you here, Ms. Freeland. I would note in 2014 I attended this committee when there was not a single woman on this committee, and so I would like to commend Ms. Liu, Ms. Grewal, and Ms. Freeland. It's n

International Trade committee  I believe in participation on the basis of excellence, but it's great to see a number of women members of Parliament here today. On your point on China, first of all, a bilateral agreement is complex. It is a very different market than Canada, but we have seen economies very sim

International Trade committee  —how they found out about her.

International Trade committee  That's a good question. I'm not familiar with the data on that point, so I wouldn't be able to answer.

International Trade committee  A quick answer is that I think the Canadian capacity is there and there is interest in, for example, modernizing our open skies agreement for direct service with Australia. But they have their own unique approach to these agreements. With Vietnam, there would have to be a commerc

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. Let me make a couple of points. First of all, regarding taxes, these are not always federal tools; in some cases these are provincial tools, provincial costs. The aviation fuel tax, which will rise to, I believe, 6.7%, will make Ontario the most he

International Trade committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman and committee members, for this invitation. Before I begin my remarks, let me tell you a little about our organization. The Canadian Council of Chief Executives is a not-for-profit, non-partisan enterprise composed of the CEOs of 150 leading Canad

International Trade committee  Quickly, I think the Montreal gaming cluster is an incredible asset for Canada. I was quite taken that President Park, in her state visit to Canada, mentioned the Montreal video gaming community and mentioned the Cirque du Soleil. Clearly she's someone who enjoys Canadian enterta

International Trade committee  As I've outlined to this committee previously, our primordial and key relationship will continue to be with the U.S. That being said, Canada is vastly underexposed to Asian markets when you compare us with similar economies. It is a bit of apples and oranges at times, but we've s

International Trade committee  I agree, it's hard to ask interesting questions in an environment of violent agreement, but let me attempt to provide an interesting answer. The Trade Commissioner Service reports annually on the trade they've facilitated. I encourage you to take a look at that report, or it may

International Trade committee  The dispute settlement mechanism, particularly on autos, was essential to concluding the deal so that this was a good deal for Canada. The U.S. snap-back clause is also in effect. I think it's important to think that Canada will need to work with its EU and U.S. partners to ensur

International Trade committee  You've quoted at length from several CCCE documents, so I thank you for that. I would just simply add that a positive trade balance is of course something that all Canadians want to see, but it isn't the whole picture. We've been encouraging Statistics Canada to improve their m

International Trade committee  In the auto sector in particular, particularly on finished automobiles, the two-way trade is overwhelmingly in favour of Korea exporting into North America.

International Trade committee  I would be happy to serve if so called by the minister.