Refine by MP, party, committee, province, or result type.

Results 1-4 of 4

Agriculture committee  If I might, I will just comment quickly on how we get there, how we make this an equitable situation. I think countries have already struggled with that question in the framework agreement, and that's one of the reasons there's a harmonizing formula out there to bring higher tar

June 15th, 2006Committee meeting

Tyler Bjornson

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for the question. With respect to the first question related to increased access for grains and oilseeds, I'll give you a live example where, as we've heard a number of times, I think Canada is in a 148-to-1 position on a particular area under the sensitive

June 15th, 2006Committee meeting

Tyler Bjornson

Agriculture committee  Let me add to that. Actually, in this round of negotiations, from a non-tariff-barrier perspective we have to make sure we get the rules right on the dispute mechanism, so that countries actually abide by the outcome of the panels. Beef hormones provide a great example of that, a

June 15th, 2006Committee meeting

Tyler Bjornson

Agriculture committee  We thought we'd use canola as a bit of a live example of some of the issues that Alanna just talked about, and in particular how Canada's isolation on certain issues in the WTO can have a serious impact on its ability to push for ambition in other areas. As most of you know, can

June 15th, 2006Committee meeting

Tyler Bjornson