Mr. Chairman, one of the more notable changes as proposed in this bill is an expansion of the definition of “country of the union”. It includes not only UPOV member countries now, but expands to members of the World Trade Organization as well. Once these changes come into force, all citizens, residents, or registered offices within a WTO member country would and could apply for protection in Canada, so that would include Taiwan.
On October 7th, 2014. See this statement in context.