International Trade committee  We have a very robust dialogue and cooperation with the provinces. I either meet with them or talk to them before and after every negotiating round. They are aware of every area in which provincial jurisdiction will be brought to bear in these negotiations, and we consult obvious

International Trade committee  Sure, I'd be happy to. First, just to be clear, nobody is asking any country to wind up their state-owned enterprises. Canada, like every single TPP member around that table, has state-owned enterprises. In all of our modern FTAs we have rules regarding state-owned enterprises a

International Trade committee  Yes. Maybe I'll wait a moment before responding on civil society quickly while Nadia checks it to confirm. I know we have but I just want to make sure I get the facts correct. I mentioned earlier that we have reporting mechanisms where we provide a webinar to hundreds of interes

International Trade committee  Absolutely. We have them on a regular basis. We schedule them when we have something new to say, to be honest. We schedule them when a certain period of time has gone by and we have something to report. It was after every round previously. Now that we have moved from formal round

International Trade committee  Go to our website.

International Trade committee  You're very welcome.

International Trade committee  That comment is meant to reflect the fact that the TPP is going to be more rigorous than other mechanisms that are under discussion in the region that include a broader membership including China, the RCEP and others, which are very important initiatives. I don't mean to suggest

International Trade committee  Yes, I can talk about that. In the TPP it's been a bit of an iterative process for a few reasons: one, when we joined; and two, it's not a bilateral negotiation. Unlike the Canada-Japan FTA, for example, where a study was done before we joined that assessed a number of things, t

International Trade committee  I'm not sure it would necessarily have an impact. Concluding with Japan, I'm not sure that would have an impact on the TPP as a whole. I think the parties to that agreement would still press forward to ensure that they get the deal that they're looking for. I'm also not sure it w

International Trade committee  I think that all options would be open to us, because it would be a different configuration. We would define our interests in the bilateral context or in the regional context depending on the discussions being had at that table. I don't think by concluding a certain package bilat

International Trade committee  The U.S. system and their way of consulting are different from ours. In the Canadian system, as we know, there is this process of consulting and discussing with this committee; then there is the treaties and Parliament process that we have. That's the mechanism by which the gover

International Trade committee  We have mechanisms in place in Canada. Our system works in a different way. We have a policy for tabling treaties in Parliament. Once all of Parliament has access to the text, members can debate it. That's when the discussion can be held.

International Trade committee  Absolutely.

International Trade committee  I certainly don't see that from my perspective at all. I think that it comes down to what we were saying a little earlier, that as negotiations progress, the easier issues get resolved, and the harder issues remain. The harder issues take time. They take energy, they take effort,

International Trade committee  No, not to my knowledge. We have, amongst ourselves as negotiators, an undertaking that specifies that we will keep the details of the negotiating text confidential. To my knowledge, everybody is respecting that.