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International Trade committee  I can pick up on that one, if you want.

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  Absolutely. We were just a proponent for a project that did virtual trade missions to Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China, and we had 18 Atlantic Canadian exporters spend 21 days doing those B2B meetings. There was lots of interest in that, given that most people would be going

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  We always do a survey afterwards. We did the Hong Kong one with a platform from Montreal called B2B/2GO, and we did two of them using traditional methods with consultants and trade commissioners. There were good comments on all. They're generally very successful and very cost-eff

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  What might we not see come back?

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  Well, we'll have to find other ways to get to market, or we'll have to sell to other markets. We've seen a really dramatic change in air traffic to Europe, but to Asia, it has been very good. We're selling a lot more lobster to China because we can get there.

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  I would agree that [Technical difficulty—Editor] predictability [Technical difficulty—Editor].

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  Absolutely. From our understanding, a rollover was the way to go for the transitional period and then the parties will negotiate a more formal agreement over time.

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  I have no details.

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  For our exporters, it's just having the certainty that we have a multi-year agreement for planning. I think it's just good to have certainty. It's good to know that it's not just a one-off or a one-year agreement.

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  What I'm told and what I've seen in the news release is that it's a rollover of the CETA tariffs for lobster, so they will be the same as they would have been had the U.K. stayed inside the European Union, so very close to zero for all of those items. No, we weren't informed goin

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  Well, frankly, I wasn't aware of the agreement until last week, learning that it was close to being finished. We're in touch with officials at GAC all the time about all kinds of different issues. I reached out to many of my members last week to ask them about the impact of a no

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee We appreciate your having us here today. Greetings from the east coast. The Lobster Council of Canada is the only table that represents the entire lobster value chain. We're unique in that respect. We have harvesters, dealers,

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine

International Trade committee  Thank you. The Wi-Fi is a little unstable. That's with restaurant chains, independent distributors, retailers and other importers that value high-quality Canadian seafood. Our exporters have developed really strong and important brand recognition in live lobster, processed lob

November 23rd, 2020Committee meeting

Geoff Irvine