Mr. Chair, I was in Halifax the day before yesterday. I met with some of the companies there and with the Government of Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia has been very successful in developing a relationship with China, as you've said. We have heard that certain lobster shipments have been impacted. We have people at our embassy in Beijing, notably a representative from CFIA, looking into what is happening. It's difficult to reach officials responsible for customs during the Chinese New Year, but he's doing his best. We're not entirely sure if this is a new regulation yet, or whether it has to do with markets for seafood and live food products being closed, restaurants being closed, transportation and coal supply chains being disrupted and people just staying at home and not going to markets and, with the Chinese New Year celebration, those having been shut down and so on. Logically this has an impact on imports of certain food products from Canada, especially those like live lobster that are associated with the Chinese New Year.
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